Type 81 (C)
If you plan to raise a short-range flack without radar to 11.7 and thus also fall out of a playable lineup and Japan again has no more flak from 9.3 to the end
Then I expect you to raise the Strella flack, which operates in the same way, by at least 1 BR for all nations.
The same applies to the 2S38 which operates in the same way as an Otomatic at 11.3 only a complete BR further down.
So step up the 2S38 or step down the Otomatic to 10.7
Reason: The APDS on this vehicle is extremely threatening and I believe it needs to be modified. I suggest that instead of removing the APDS for this vehicle, the BR be set to 7.7.
Reasoning:
Bad armor, bad shell room and magazine placement making it easy to ammo rack.
Firepower inadequate for the battle rating and versus Battleships and Battlecruisers
Reason: There’s literally no 10.0 lineup for France, what the hell is it gonna do alone?
Also its round would be insufficient to deal with targets in uptiers.
This nerf is just completely uncalled for.
Reasoning: The Merkava Mk.2D is a durable vehicle due to its armor and module layout. However, it is not excellent when looking at firepower and armor, and does not perform as well as a BR 10.0 deserves. I suggest that this vehicle should not be changed from BR 9.7.
Compared to those vehicles, the Merkava would certainly be slightly better armored. However, both Leopard1 and AMX-30 have excellent mobility instead of armor. On the other hand, I would say that Merkava does not have superior mobility and is less survivable.