Russian Teams Steamrolling NATO - Top Tier is Broken Again?

It definitely isn’t.

TheChieftain deals with this pretty well when he states those loaders boasting such reload times never quite seem to reach such load times when they actually record themselves doing it.

The M1 Abrams with the 105mm achieved a 5.33 second reload on average according to sources, but that model was able to lap-load.

The 120mm version loads slightly slower and every single video recording I’ve ever seen of a loader inside an actual M1 (not a training facility, training with the doors kept continually open or mock-up) is between 6-10 seconds.

Gaijin has definitely went with a very, very generously quick reload, but they have done that across the board for most (if not all) nations for gameplay purposes.

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Well then i am in the wrong lmao, i saw video’s out there saying that abrams crew members saying it and that thats a reason to buff the abrams reload. My fault on not doing proper research lmao :)

Just because it can does it mean it should

This is a very important thing to keep in mind

Some sources here:

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Between 5.3 - 8.5 seconds for 105mm versions of the M1.

Some footage of scenarios that are actually applicable to real world engagements:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpqWsyrW18c

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Theoretically Gaijin could go as low as ~1.8 - 2 seconds if it was treated the way the current T-series’ Rammer cycling is, since the only thing that is required for the loading procedure is the ammo compartment’s door to be closed before the gun is declared ready to fire.

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I also caught a 350kg tuna in real life.
You believe me, right ?

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lil’ reminder because there are some people who need it

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2:34 it shoots and 2:39 its fully loaded. I would probably add some decimals to that loading tho. Also for consecutive firing the load time reduces to 4 seconds if you do not let the door to be closed.

Like in this one, loads at 1:29 and fires again at 1:33. 4 seconds but I suspect the door was kept open.

As I said earlier, if you actually time it it’s not really that quick.

This is one of the fastest ones I’ve seen being recorded, and it’s still around a full second slower than War Thunder’s version.

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Not to mention WT reloads unaffected by hitting bumps or general mobility, and they never tire out.
Also having 2 crew and being able to control turret while reloading. Lmao.

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I last played it around Nov 25th 2025, in the height of LMUR and RU CAS spam. And i’ll play it over T-90M every day of the year.

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They likely don’t have it. And nobody wants to grind out another tree over a forum discussion.

Instead you get CBT flaws that get you killed upon the inconvenience of seeing a player with more than room temp iq.

It quite clearly shows KH-58 as the best overall as its pretty much the same as most others other than ALARM and ARMAT before not slowing down at all…

I timed it well, even giving some miliseconds extra as margin of error.

I do not see why.

I started grinding it bc of the cool looking harriers and also they have the chally 2 with iron fist which can intercept sabots.

Where is the folks saying the BMPT “wasn’t responsible for RU WR”
“I kill braindead BMPT for breakfast, lunch, dinner”
“Abrams, Leopard, Stroking-vehicle 122B+ master race”
And all the sudden memory loss about all the statements.

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It only gets those results due to a large part of the playerbase struggling against it’s single strength and refusing to learn from it.

Those matches are hardly ever won by the T-90M lol.

I have already done your challenge. My Ariete and all my Chally 2s have better stats than the T-90M and were honestly all more fun to play.

The T-90M is mediocre at the very best, I still prefer calling it dogshit.

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Credit where it is due. Fair enough.

…and yet your stats in the T-90M are still on a par with your 12.7 Abrams such as the SEPv2. A tank which you have said you enjoy and prefer to use over T-90M yet statistically the T-90M has netted you more results.

See the contradiction?

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I played a lot of my SEPv2 games when the 2A7 was at it’s most powerful 2-3 years ago, combined with me just not being as decent back then as I am now.

The gooner M1A1 HC, M1A2T, M1A2 trophy and SEPv3 are my more recently played Abrams and all sit considerably higher than the T-90M in performance.

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yeah the russians have worse shells not only because of historical reasons but also…THEIR NOT FIGHTING RUSSIAN BIAS ERA AND BLACK HOLE BMPT ARMOR! THEY DONT NEED BETTER SHELLS!