Should the AuF1 be moved from BR 7.0 down to BR 6.7. Aside from its good mobility and “fast” reload speed. its not that good. The gun handling is rather poor and the turret is vulnerable to 50cals. The Soviet and “NATO” 152mm-155mm are at BR 6.0-6.3, while the Swedish Bkan is at 6.7 and I dont think anyone will argue that the AuF1 is better than the Bkan. Especially after the implementation of ammo creates.
Furthermore the AuF1 is the only 7.0 tank in the tree, you then have the FOCH and AMX-10M at 7.3 (which no one takes) then the great 7.7 line up, which again no one is going to upteir the AuF1 to 7.7. Meanwhile at 6.7 you have a good line up, which would only be improved with the addition of a BR 6.7 AuF1.
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Mobility. This is the key feature making this vehicle such high BR compared to others, also, France have few 6.7 vehicles that doesn’t need AuF1, also, 7.7 lineup is one of the most strongest in-game, the AuF1 is a good vehicle to be in.
Comparing to others, I guess 2S3M could be easily be a higher BR vehicle due to the mobility and the firepower, sadly it’s not auto loaded but the 3OF25 is the third shell with most explosive TNT equivalent in-game between self-propelled guns.
Faster reload than the 7.3 Type 99, I believe its faster too.
Are you serious? The reload’s are identical (7.5 seconds). Besides, reload is less important in an artillery piece if every shot is a one shot. And the Type 99 has practically a rail gun. Better gun handling and 14.8kg of TNT at 940m/s (meaning its handling much easier) compared to the French 810m/s and 6.8kg. The gun and shell is superior in every way.
And on top of that, the biggest weakness of the AuF1 is its size and vulnerably. The back is one giant ammo rack so any shot to the turret means back to the hanger. That is in stark contrast to most artillery pieces that take forever to kill.
The AuF1 definitely should go down. It is worse than its peers at lower BR’s, it has no BR-lineup to be paired with and France desperately needs any AA it can get to fill the inexcusable 6.7-8.3 gap.
