Merkava Mk4 is BROKEN and I’m going to show you what I mean. My examples will use the russian Kornet missile that can penetrate up to 1200mm of RHA.
This is what the armor is supposed to be like, because its 450mm of NERA with an angle of around 63 degrees.
When I hover my mouse on the sloped armor, it shows the actual values of it.
Now, for some reason, in the other side its completely messed up. On the sloped part its saying the thickness is around 800mm. And on the part that is flat-like its saying around 700mm.
The Merkava Mk.4 is known for its ability to withstand this Missile and many other missiles IRL, as it’s extremely resistant to any chemical threat.
The fact the Kornet can pen it frontally in some areas is due to the armor of the Merkava Mk.4 being incorrect.
The Kornet shouldn’t be able to own any Merkava Mk.4 anywhere frontally ingame, yet on protection analysis the whom thing lights up green like a Christmas tree…
Anyway, cope, because the side turret armor should be even stronger than that lmaooo. It was literally designed to deal with chemical threats as the more prominent threat in mind, hence the usage of modern SLERA as its armor, which it currently lacks ingame.
Currently there are ongoing armor bug reports gaijin has acknowledged, and furthermore many threats discussing this topic. The Merkava is currently missing 15 tons of weight, as well as 15 tons equivalent of armor against chemical and kinetic projectiles. If you’d like links I can provide them.
