Yeah but considering the merkavas were made specifically with crew protection in mind it would make no sense that the front armor sucks
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Weak turret too for the tank of it weighs
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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
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The thing weighs 80 tons irl but 65.5 in game
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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.
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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.
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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.
the bomb system is indeed trash
I dont have the source on hand but even in game u can see the barrel still can go down
Well, i can tell you from my military service in the Merkava Mk4 i have plenty of photos of the gun depressed all the way down, and i checked this ingame, it is mostly accurate.
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Becerfull not to show smt clasified lol
Haha dw
I have manuals and stuff but im NOT gonna deal with this shit, i’d rather have a shitty tank ingame, knowing its better irl, than cause another leak incident
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