Your correct they don’t match irl reloads, in game the manual loaded tanks load faster than the irl tank they portray.
If we are going that far, there’s a lot of other variables to consider, but rather than make annoying mechanics, they could just give things like the abrams a 5.5 sec load time aced, the T-80Us their 6.0 sec load time, then everyone is happy.
You are correct, apparently the title page didn’t upload, not sure why. But I just saw a bunch of other similar posts that all get labeled “not a bug” but have the same info. You cannot tell me gaijin is not artificially nerfing Russian vehicles
and ive seen videos for sub 4 second, and given ace crew is supposed to represent the best possible crew it should get a reload closer to that number than average
you guys are arguring about the wrong thing, russia is suffering a lot in light tanks missing / 12.7 with r60m against f18a / f18 spam in sim / fighter missing from 10.0 to 12.7 / APC missing
I have yet to see chinese mbts being comparable to russian ones in terms of armour by heavily benefitting from current ERA implementation, especially considering they are still missing stuff like spall liners
they definitely dont benefit as much as russian tanks, but they do benefit, it for example it slightly reduces the hitbox of the LFP because if you even clip the backing plate of the first ERA blocks gaijin treats the round as having to go through the whole block, not just a tiny edge of the backing plate
Honestly, I think the main issue should be something else. A good starting point would be to increase the size of the maps and decompress the BRs, regardless of whether helicopters are strong right now or not. There will come a point where the main nations will become nearly impossible to play against because everyone will have ridiculous weapons, especially for CAS.
If things are already absurd with regular fire-and-forget missiles, just imagine when anti-radiation missiles arrive. In ARB, weapons like the Meteor (I’m not sure of the exact designation, so I’m using it as an example) will only make things worse.
The trend is clear — it’s only going to get worse. Russia is extremely strong right now simply because they’re the first nation getting these kinds of systems. But if they expanded the maps and improved the BR system, they could remove many of the unnecessary nerfs affecting probably every nation.
One artificial nerf I always mention is the AIM-120, which currently feels like an AIM-7F with more Gs of maneuvering. If you fire it from more than 5–6 km away, you have to keep the radar locked the whole time, otherwise it gets spoofed by just a few chaffs — it’s a ridiculous nerf.
Genuinely what kind of proof do you want here? We know where the LDIRCM is located on the MI28, weve seen the documentation of only 4 LMURs and weve yet to see any evidence whatsoever about the KH38MT being mounted on the planes we have in game