how it isn’t losing to the shir 2 and a t-64? the only thing it’s winning against the t-64 is it rear speed, otherwise the t-64 has a better round and way more armored, the mobility feels the same tho.
the shir 2 has more mobility and a better round and reloads faster.
the merkavas are a walking weakspot if its encountering apfsds rounds, however both t-64 and shir 2 has their ace up the sleeve with the shir 2 being good at hull down and rear speed + the t-64 having more protection against HEAT with it’s additional era modification.
…and gun depression, reload rate, thermals, turret traverse speed, gun elevation speed.
And the T-64 has a 5TD engine, its load asf and you can hear it coming a mile away. Sounds like a vacuum cleaner.
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the gun depression is an obvious factor, the reload rate is relative, not every player has the merkava mk2d on ace… same for gun elevation and traverse speed.
yes i know the engine is loud tho.
And relatively, for equal crew skills, the Merkava’s rotation and elevation speeds are always substantially faster.
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also the merkava has -8 depression and the t-64 has -6 depression, not that it would be a big difference tho.
Makes a huge difference combined with an actual reverse gear, 23.3 kph instead of 4.2, lol.
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i’ve already mentioned that before.
And I’m mentioning it again
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i don’t think thats relevant if i already mentioned it. i know the problem factors.
The point was the depression + reverse gear, which you said " not that it would be a big difference tho."
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i would like to just agree its an mk2 with an terribly modelled add on armor at this point.
i was talking about the depression differences only
In practical gameplay, its the whole of the differences combined, not just one or another.
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in a practical scenario it really depends if you need to retreat or not and if you have enough depression or not.
in my opinion i would retreat if i didnt have enough depression.
i would take any other 9.7 mbt over the merkava mk2d.
Depression and reverse gears are tightly connected. You’re not using one or the other.
Smart use of the terrain means popping in and out of defilade, and tanks that have both strong depression and strong reverse gears will dominate in those scenarios.
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it really depends on the map, urban maps or plain terrain? maybe.
russian mbts do better on plain terrain due to their nature and because of russian terrain.
i still don’t agree how the merkava mk2d is better than the t-64bv, if not the fcs and reverse speed.