As the M551 in its current state is extremely bad, what are some possible ways to buff it other than reducing its battle rating? Also if its BR was reduced how would it impact its performance and the br bracket?
The only issue that i find was the atgm drop at launch other that it is fine
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Well the ATGMs don’t do any damage and if you don’t kill(which is always) you’re stuck with an 18s reload which is longer than the time it takes for the gunner to come back.
Long range is also not much better as the ATGMs require you to keep LOS until impact which keeps you vulnerable (exacerbated by ATGMs revealing your position).
I’m happy that its BR moved from 8.3 back to 8.0, but I still think it’s underwhelming. A reload buff to something like 10s could be pretty nice.
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Well gajin doesnt actually do that.
There should be something caled Sheridan TTS which would add thermals and LRF IIRC, would need to check suggestion to know for sure.
If it should be standalone vehicle or new mod aviable to standard Sheridan, hard to tell.
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I think that type of Sheridan would be reasonable at 8.0 as the current sheridan is somewhat underwhelming even at 8.0.
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Well you arent really stuck with the 18s, you can always switch to the heat for a shorter reload, if youre using the sheridan just with the atgm you are using it wrong, as the heat is the actual killer on this tank
Thats an issue with all atgm that being said it keeps being useful as it is far easier to land the first shot
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Obviously, it’s the RPG screen mesh field-modification from Vietnam!
On a more serious note, being able to upgrade it to the A1 version with a laser rangefinder, or even the TTS version with the thermal sight would help somewhat. An easier and perhaps more impactful change would be to decrease the reloading time. Also, fix the damn drop of the Shillelagh ATGM!
Another cool field mod is the dual .50 cals.
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It could get a LRF which would help it a lot
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Heat does even less damage and still you have a longer reload then the time it takes for gunner to come back although its better then ATGM imo.
Full caliber heat just seems to do less damage then heatfs idk why.
If they add the upgraded version they will just make it premium at the same BR as they have a habit of doing that :/
Could be because of the 12s reload.
Most HEATFS slingers have a much quicker reload (6.7, 7.1, 5s, etc).
May think that the longer reload is warranted by some sort of better damage but unfortunately that’s not the case here.
yeah it should do the kind of damage you would expect from full caliber 152mm heat with 3.5kg of explosives. Also if they made heat better at overpressuring then that would be great aswell
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Russian and French HEAT works wonders because of the amount of explosive filler they have.
The French AMX-40’s HEAT gets 25mm of HE fragmentation IIRC.
The Russian 125mm’s HEAT gets around 33mm or something like that IIRC.