The OG Israeli T-54M3 prototype for Vietnam, circa 2011.
(costly & superior to the series produced T-54/55M3 that Vietnam eventually adopted)
Soviet 100mm D-10T2S replaced with Israeli 105mm M64 L71A L.52. The pintle mounted DShKM was replaced with an NSV.
60 mm C07 Commando mortar & CL-3030 IS-6 smoke launchers were mounted externally on turret side. LWR was added.
Turret front was upgraded with Israeli SL-ERA, very similar to that mounted on the Israeli Merkava. Composite material skirts were mounted on the sides of the hull
Power pack upgrade include an MTU 881 8-cylinder diesel engine with 1,000 hp coupled to an Ukrainian gearbox.
FCS upgrade include Spanish Indra Sistemas TIFCS-3BU FCS with laser range finder and thermal camera.
The prototype is easily identifiable from the regular T-54M3 from the camo scheme alone. A non-standard dark green base with black and orange stripes was applied with an embossed yellow star symbol by the Israelis.
As opposed to the standard Vietnamese camo scheme of light green, dark green and black spots with painted yellow star in red circle applied to the series produced T-54M3.
Vietnamese T-54M3:
As the prototype ended up being too costly, Vietnam Army resorted to simplify the T-54M3 upgrade for series production.
The modern Israeli SL-ERA was replaced with indigenous Vietnamese ERA. The 100mm D-10T2S with thermal sleeve & the DShKM were retained.
C07 Commando external mortar & CL-3030 IS-6 smoke launchers were removed. 2020 the project concluded.
I hope some devs read this. I havent played for 2-3 years now. havent spent money on the game even longer. but i appreciate your recent efforts to solve problems and listen to the community. keep it up. if you manage to revive the sim mode i d even consider spending money on this game again.
(Current AGM-114B entered service in '82 and 9L in '77, KA-52 didn’t even have its first flight until '97, and 1Z didn’t even fly until 2000. Why is it using decades-old weapons?)
This should have been in the Smell of Victory battle pass but the flamethrower variant of the L3 would be great. Would be a great premium or event vehicle that can shred at low tier.