I’d say given they do the ERA justice, the oplot is already an amazing tank, and imo it is worth trading 3 hp/t compared to say the BVM, for nearly 3x the reverse speed, neutral steering, a great commanders optic, and neutral steering
the side armor on the oplot will also be vastly better than the BVM and 90M, even if it doesn’t cover the whole side
the vertical handling speed is regrettable, but I think it’s workable. if they do give it a couple more degrees of elevation speed then it will be very nice though
EDIT: I wonder if it would be possible to email KMDB about a maximum vertical traverse speed since they don’t state one officially lol
agreed the all around improvement in mobility with neutral steering and reverse is a worth trade of for an reduction in straight line mob, shell pen isnt to worrying since you are shooting weak spots anyways and along as it has decent spalling, vertical handling is quite sad tho
i think its just steel after the cut out for the sight as for the rough surface on the steel it just looks like welds
it could be, but since KMDB says the oplot has spall liners, I’d like to at least try my luck
Why you think so?
because duplet has already been shown to degrade 3bm42 by upwards of 88%
3bm42 pierce full module and pierce back plate. Only last steel plate stop it
like this
assuming you are correct, you would be saying that the T-84’s frontal armor is inferior than the T-80U, do you have a video showing that? The video I posted already showed that it stopped it well before the textolite layer
From this video, it stop it to pen the UFP (witch btw a doubt the 3BM42 can penn it even without the ERA). Where did you get that “upwards of 88%” and
???
Can we see any actual data
yes agaist kinetic
no
in your video we dont know exactly which apfsds are used
Manufacturer says 60% 3BM42 - is 274mm. But side armor has only one layer “thick nizh” (HKChPWSH-34P), insted of.
Side armor consist of 1 HKChPWSH-34P and 2 HKChPWSH-19A layers. But HKChPWSH-19A dont provide kinetic protection at all.
If you provide data, then give an accurate description. And the description clearly states: The principle of action of the lightweight HKChPWSH elements is identical to that of the
standard ones (used in the “Nizh-1M” complex) and is based on the impact of shaped charge jets of element charges on a weapon, followed by its destabilization and destruction.
It’s interesting what the CBR of the Russian forum is doing on the Euro-American forum)
Let’s say that nizh era is almost the same as k-5 era protection value vise, wouldn’t this be superior to the T-80U’s armor?
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3бм42 || 520-60%= 312 ✅
3бм32 || 560-60%= 336 ✅
In reality, the projectile has more armor penetration than in the game.
I already told you this🤦♂️
the idea that an ERA that degrades over 300mm’s against a common APFSDS is inferior to a 50mm plate of steel is a wild conclusion by Ralin.
also, I don’t know what you are implying by “thick nizh”, a double stack of nizh is literally just duplet, there is no distinction between two layers of nizh and one “layer” of duplet
since the UFP armor of the UD (and T-84) is unchanged besides the upper steel plate being removed, it’s pretty simple to conclude that the 3bm42 round did not enter the last layer of textolite, but instead the first layer, which would match up with the figure and video I posted
aka, roughly 60mm’s into the actual armor
And dont provide kinetic protection
Fake table
Of course!
