I guess at least 5 aircraft in rank VIII from 5 countries might get medium-range active radar homing beyond-visual-range (BVR) Air-to-Air Missile in next month
It’s simple. Go back in time and ask Germany to spend enough money to keep up with the litteral superpowers of the cold war lol.
If they do add rank VIII either the 90M or the BVM '23 will definitely be there. I would personally bet on the 90M though.
With some of the previously tier 6 MBTs moving up to tier 7, I have no doubt that the T-80BVM will go up.
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For sure, I think most 11.7s will be moved to rank VIII, but I was specifically talking about the new BVM Obr. 2023 that was also leaked by olivia.
However I seriously doubt we will see that thing before the T-90M.
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Well BVM 2023 is another 11.7, while T-90M is looking like a 12.0 to compete with 2A7+ and others.
Tho it’s possible there are composite changes on Obr 2023 I’m unaware of, or maybe Gaijin will “hate Russia”. Who knows.
The T-90M is a rough equivalent to the T-80BVM, so unless the BVM is also moved up, it’s going to be 11.7.
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No, T-90M has significantly more armor than BVM, and removes all but the driver’s port & gun area weakspots.
The armour upgrade isn’t significant enough to make a large difference in game, and losing the weak point that is aimed at the least doesn’t change much.
Well the Tog is now in the server to test out and look at.
A bit of an issue on its turret though at the gunner sight xD
Very easy to nail the gunner with MG fire I am going to guess along with 1 shotting using HE to that area if you cant pen it normally.
Really like how its traverse etc seem to be correctly implemented at least? I wonder if gaijin will be brave enough to implement the turret lifting thing I have heard it can do if the traverse gear breaks.
Kind of a shame gaijin went with the historical cap of 14kmh over the on paper/attempts to make it 20-24kmh, would have made it a little more useful given the low armour (akin to how Sturmtiger got a much faster reload to make it usable)
BVM’s primary weak point is the entire turret. Its turret is seen at 10.3, just without the ~30% ERA front coverage.
arhs?
That weak point is smaller, not removed, and it’s not the entire turret, it’s a small area around the mantlet.
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they cant as far as im aware germany had a ban on air industry
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Germany developed multiple jets, some with other nations and some independently. It’s just that none of the independent ones entered service.
No, it’s the entire turret that’s not covered by ERA, which is ~70% of the front of the turret.
BVM has no armor on its turret compared to other tanks.
People forget to look at the fact that T-80BVM’s turret is just T-80B’s turret from 10.3, just with ~30% front ERA coverage.
I’m not sure what BVM you have, but the one in game does not have 70% of its turret front exposed.
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It’s the one in-game.
50% of the ERA you see on the front isn’t covering any armor, it’s covering air.
Because that ERA is there for when the turret is traversed.
any part of the turret that isnt covered is penetrable
Which is only roughly 25% of it not counting the mantlet, not 70% of it.