Idk T-62-M-1 has always been bad ngl. 8.7 is was good, then they nerfed its NERA to mainly react to HEAT and not act like RHA against darts and that kinda killed the tank.
Because even the weaker darts on the XM803 will pierce you every where pretty much.
It also has one of the worst reloads for the br, with decent pen, no reverse gear etc.
Combined with one of the worst turret traverses
Then if you fight those monster 8.3-9.0 auto cannon spaa, they can just commander hatch / gun sight you and your dead.
All in all, it’s an okay 9.0
Edit: oh and what I said the other day about suspicious users returning, me and a full squad of buddies where playing the other day, and we were using the bmd-4s… anyway on space port a T-72 was pushing the German one to be exact. I told my buddy to flank him so he did, and the T-72 was looking directly at him, so I pushed, then he quite literally snapped to me and dead, didn’t helo the edge of my atgm caught the pillar on the building and blew up.
But what was crazier was I got to say “I’m dead” and he was already reloaded and killed my buddy. Was less than 4.0 secs. Talk about a super suspicious user for sure.
How’s it always been bad?
It’s got decent composites, an okay reload for a round better than most 9.7s and 10.0s.
This isn’t unique to the T62M1 that is literally any MBT that comes across them.
The Composites work just fine against darts, it’s just not super thick compisites.
The thing has decent armour in comparison to tanks with spaced armour or just plane ol’ steel
MBT 70 dart cant pen it’s composites
Also the reverse of 7.5 / 8kmph isn’t great but it’s not a massive negative either.
Especially since most of the Pattons at 9.0 got that nerf to the transmission
Also, my bad, I forgot 3BM21 exists. Yes that is a good round. But the tank over all is a super glass cannon.
It’s NERA add on armor works really only against early HEAT-FS and Early APDS.
even with it off it’s the exact same.
The T95E1 dart BTW is pretty damn strong for its BR to be fair, if the vehicle had a stab it would be at least 9.0
No it isn’t at all. it can stop some lower pen early APFSDS which is more than most 9.0s can say.
The fact it gets an 8.5 second reload and 3bm21, and composites is enough to move it up if they wanted
Even with it on… it pens…? Dude I literally put a screenshot here:
It has mediocre mobility, no thermals, and kinda bad turret traverse. Its reload is longer than most of its peers, it’s more akin to being a glass cannon TD.
This is more a convo for: