i literally said earlier i used 3bm22 and 3bm15
It’s an M60, it ain’t gonna protect against modern rounds.
A merkava however, should be able to defend itself against those.
People are saying: “It’s wAs MaDE To HanDLE hEaT ProJEcTILes!!”
Ok then, riddel me this:
Why do I get fucked by a heat round at THE FRONT and at the fucking turret cheek?
But even with all of that, the merkava should be able to protect against APFSDS.
I got pen’d by a T34 one time
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I would like to discouss about the Merava armor. It’s so underwhelming and it doesn’t just make sense.
Merkava Mk3’s hull and turret are made from pure RHA - there is, no composite whatsoever. All composite armor comes in detachable modules strapped onto the hull and turret.
Thus, with armor modules on, the relative armor values are around:
front turret - 450mm against APFSDS, 700mm HEAT
upper glacis in thickest place - 420mm APFSDS, 650mm HEAT
lower glacis center - 170mm APFSDS, 250mm HEAT
lower glacis lower part - 220mm APFSDS, 350mm HEAT
Those are not particularly impressive values - on the level of T-72A - and really not great for a 60+ tonnes tank. Mk IV is better, no data, but probably + another 50/100mm of protection.
Right now Merkavas don’t have that armour to it at all.
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Where did you get those pictures?
Is the previous dev server model in this photo now the same as the live?
fount them on the internet
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Merkava Mk4 also misses 250mm of NERA(~425mm CE) on the sides of the hull as you can see here:
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/0zC0kcgHznTY
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Create a bug report and provide the sources bro
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Terrible modeling work… imagine being the heaviest modern tank that exists only to be designed with armor that can’t stop 3bm42.
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In reality, can Russian tanks like T90M withstand small Ukrainian suicide drones? No, according to the videos. But Merkava is different, this tank has repeatedly demonstrated its high efficiency in real combat and easily resists modern threats.
The armor values of tanks such as Abrams and Merkava are fictionally placed in the game and do not have the slightest resemblance to reality.
Real life mk4 :
Front armor 880~1400 mm
Front turret 600~1030 mm
Maybe against HEAT.
HEAT 1400 mm
Kinetic 880 mm
idk what you think, but according to trigonometry 300-450mm at such angles as in the front turret are equal to at least somewhere between 1000-1500mm and knowing it has SLERA or whatever kind of MODERN composite armor, I just dont think its normal for 1980s 450mm KE penetrators to pass through ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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Bro gaijin doesn’t want to accept the truth about the Merkava armor because if he brings the real Merkava armor, the Russian tanks in the game will no longer be able to penetrate the Merkava armor.
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for some reason they know all the russian object tanks’ armor composition in detail, but they label all the Israeli top-tier vehicles as just NERA
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Actually, nothing would be able to penetrate it. Not even the A7 Leopards. The hull armor should be in the ballpark of ~650-700mm Against Kinetic threats and About 1200-1400mm on the turret. Even from 30 Degree side angle since the armor is all around pretty much the same.
The Merkava uses SLERA in it’s hull front armor which is unique to it and provides excellent protection and multiple hit resistance. The LOS thickness should be roughly 650mm on the hull front…of composite and SLERA mind you.
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