i doubt the front of the hull has been fired at by bm60. “irl performance” you can link me up to some tank armor trials of the merkava armor to show me that it performed as well as leopard 2’s armor against apfsds then
you can read more about it there.
Interesting, I heard that incident was caused by an M339 shell, not M392, however a comment under the post also states a different shell that was used in the training regiment. Personally, I don’t have a clue.
I dont have the video i saw tons if videos about merkava
idf claims that merkava can stop all treaths in the region from other tanks from the front at least which including the egypt top round which is ke-w ehich is similiar in performance to bm60
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/1eYOWMuJWJ3n
Here is the bug report on it that was accepted so who knows maybe we can see merkava armor rework soon
Right but guessing how much damage Merk 4 armor modules can absorb before becoming useless is an impossible task. They are meant to be replaced after a few HEAT hits and perhaps can withstand a much larger quantity of APFSDS.
yeah and a particular goverment claimed that a t72b3 destroyed abrams with a single shot even though in reality it was destroyed by a drone
it is pointless to blindly trust such sources. the usa goverment have also talked trash about performance of something (patriot, wink wink)
good however it seems to be for armor type fix rather than making the armor invulnerable to 3bm60 because the reasoning wouldn’t be accepted but the type was factually incorrect with shown sources which will be corrected
when a bug report gets accepted with multiple claims, it means that the base claim may be accepted while the other claims with less evidence dont. it will still show up as accepted.
definetly the damage in that image is meant to be replaced as soon as its viable which was after 1 atgm.
remember that while the general area damage may be less, it will cause much deeper damage instead.
Yeah but considering the merkavas were made specifically with crew protection in mind it would make no sense that the front armor sucks
Weak turret too for the tank of it weighs
and some fighters were made with air superiority in mind yet got beaten by some multirole fighters in the same task
yes the merkava was made with crew protection in mind but they also had weight restrictions in mind, too. its not invulnerable from front.
its not very weak. additionally a lot of the weight in the tank comes from the side composite armor that other tanks dont have.
I remember when LIC variant used to have better turret protection than the rest of Mk4 but instead of buff rest of mk4 standard they nerf LIC Until these day nobody know why gaijin did that
The thing weighs 80 tons irl but 65.5 in game
weight isnt based on armor values ingame though. devs add it as standalone. they might add more weight if they add more armor or they may not. they just try to use it to simulate.
better 65.5 ingame with current armor than 80 and needing to buff that too
Can we consider introducing the shed at the top of the turret into the game Mekava 4 as a modification? Personally, I think it’s not bad. Because its installation is a considerable distance from the top armour of the turret, once it is locked to the top by missiles such as AGM65, it can also detonate them in advance, which makes up for the shortcomings of the APS system for insufficient interception above.
Still better than the mine protection lol, it can also save u from arty
Come again?
bm60 can pen it easily not talking about dm53 and the american top round
Tbh the 200mm roof armor do that job but sure why not
I too think it is a very interesting idea.
But unless you are in SB mode, one reason I can see for not implementing it is because you are playing from a third person perspective, which could interfere with your forward view
Also its increasing your profile a lot so ig ppl wont even use it
Not a great idea. It makes your tank stand out like a sore thumb…and it’s not like the cage is actually made to stop anything other than RPGs fired from above and Striker-type drone bomblets.
i dont know whether war thunder would be realistic here or not but in real life, that cage on top of the tank will absolutely not defeat the agm-65.
65’s penetration won’t drop enough to not be able to penetrate.
LOL, you just need to know that Warthunder and Earth are two planets, where even a 2,000-pound bomb explodes at the top of the tank, there is a high probability that the target will not be destroyed.
