It is quite embarrassing to see a vehicle with a lower BR that can devastate anything, with an invulnerable front armour, a formidable shell that does not decrease its deadly penetration through any distance; every single trait of this vehicle overpowers its cousin with a higher BR. The M4A1, at 3.3.
The vehicle is more often seen in lower BRs, making rank II unnecessarily difficult to play. My point of view here is that it overwhelms the traits of the M4A1 in 3.3, but is mostly similar to the M4, with a BR of 3.7, so the M4A3 (105) should be moved to 3.7 rather than dominating zakos♡ in rank 3.0.
The shell that eliminates everything…
Comparison between shells commonly found in 3.3
Comparison of the armour with M4A1
although yes the round and armor is better on the front plate and turret, the armor is still all round this, the rounds are quite low velocity and the turret rotation speed is either roughly the same with the M10s or worse, so yes its better in the frontal armor protection area, its arguably worse than the M4A1 due to ease of use and it most cases if you get immobilized by someone on your right your turret traverse speed isn’t fast enough to do anything about it, its better played like a casemate or its actual use of mobile artillery than in your face run and gun, while yes the HEAT round is good to the point it can UFP panthers, it still is a low velocity shell that takes time to aim
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Honestly the M10 is way better considering the reload buff they gave it, and it’s now 5.0 secs max which is insane even with expert.
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Great vehicle, although it’s not very beginner friendly due to the low velocity shell and heat can be annoying due to obstacles and bushes on most maps. Also the damage from the shell isn’t great, so it’s probably fine where it is
indeed, id say the M4A1 is still better than it, i remember back when i first started 7ish years ago enjoying the M4A1 and M10 more than the M4A3 105
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