in the ussr tech tree at 8,0 there are no tank destroyers except for the premium object 120. therefore i think something should be added there while researching i stumbled across the prototype 2S35 Koalitsiya-SV its a twin barreled 152 mm artillery piece. it had an oustanding 16 rpm . this was mostly because it had 2 autolouders it also feutures a crewless turret with 3 crew in the front of the tank laid out like a 2s38. It was built on a t80 chassis with the t72 diesel engine which in game has 743 hp at 2000 rpm. The guns had an ammo count of 70 available there was also a heavy machine gun on top for defending against aircraft and a coaxial 7,92 mm machine gun. here is a cutout of the the tank an internal components https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/27/5c011b7f77e2c0d6d367a3ac157e3504.webp
why do i think its balanced? mostly becaus first of al all the ammo is located in the turret itself so a decent shot will most certanly knock it out and secondly because of its relatively high profile so sneaking is not very usefull and there is no real evidence that it had a laser rangefinder. it also has an upgraded variant of the m-46 cannon which is allready in game on the object 268 and at this moment has no proximity fuse shell
alltough its only a prototype i think it would be a great addition to the game due to how fun it would be and as filler to the 8.0/8,3 russian ground
Considering half of the turret or the vehicle is ammunition house and other half for the cannon’s internal modules, I doubt it would be past 8.7, and it’s pretty obvious since Gaijin didn’t added any SPG into the game past 8.0.
8.7 I see as limit, yet it still have all the other features that the 2S19 has: Laser rangefinder and HE. Neither the prototypes built, if I’m not wrong, two only, don’t features a 12.7 mm heavy machine gun, it’s clear by the photos.
And as such unique vehicle, double cannons, I doubt it will be at the tech tree. If in any near future Gaijin adds this either as Battle pass main prize or a event, which I prefer as event since I don’t need to waste two months grinding it, and also, needing to waste 2,000 GE to get this vehicle.
It does exist as this thread poster clearly prove you wrong. The cancellation of the use of two 152.4 mm cannons is unknown, maybe due to mechanical complications, resulting in the 2S35 with a single 152.4 cannons or 155 mm cannons.
It would probably be limited to 8.7 because simply is a HE slinger barely armored. Part of the community which didn’t bought the VIDAR asks sometimes for a future increase in its BR up to 9.0 if I’m not wrong. And compared to other SPG in this BR would be the most limited in terms of mobility. Simply a T-72 with a huge ammo barn on top of it, but would have a decent firepower to compensate the lack of mobility as a sniping vehicle.
The first image suggests there was more than one prototype created and the second images prototype seems to be right behind the first tank in the first image.
