“Yeah, the fake gun is super interesting. That uniqueness makes it more of an event vehicle IMO, like the replacement M10.”
- Hmmm, that would also be an option - though I’m not sure a fake gun is a good enough reason to introduce a tank that was definitely mass-produced and used exclusively as an event vehicle.
“By the LOSAT comparison, I meant more that without an autocannon and with terrible armor for 11.0, it would be a highly specialized sniper vehicle (which is what it would excel at). A very, very specialized support vehicle, like the LOSAT, albeit in a different way.”
- It would just be a missile hunting tank, yes. Like all non-MBT’s it would of course be insufficiently armored for a direct confrontation and should therefore not be in the first line, but it would probably still be relatively heavily armored for a fighter tank - I compare it here with the LOAST, the Chrisantema-S (which is 9.3 but still useful at top-tier) or the CV90120.
Unlike them, it would probably withstand MG or even MK fire, which would be quite practical - but it would probably be more sluggish and definitely larger and more conspicuous.
I just suspect it would ultimately play as a slower but slightly more stable rocket fighter tank - as long as you have the minimum range under control it should be widely deployable.
“I think the Hafiz (M113 with SPIKE NLOS) would be a more balanced TT vehicle.”
- On which BR would you introduce this? I’m taking my cue from the Chrisantema-S on 9.3 and its capabilities, I would also think of this BR.
As far as I’ve seen, the Hafiz has no other armament apart from the SPIKE and is also only lightly armored.
Although the SPIKE track their target themselves, they lose it even if they can no longer see it - while the Chrisantema-S can also engage through fog.