I don’t disagree with you at all. I’m sure a lot of things in game are better IRL than we think they are. We don’t have access to truly accurate documentation for anything recent. Everything has to kind of be based on a best guess or on game balancing. I do believe the VT5 should be better based on the info I have seen.
So how exactly does Gaijin determine the performance parameters of their in-game vehicles? I strongly suspect they have never conducted actual physical measurements of real-world tanks.
which 4 ？
And I would like to know why was the VT5 changed from 11.0 to 11.3?
Because it fires the 2nd best 105mm round in the game, is very mobile, and has a great reload.
If HSTVL wasn’t in the game, the VT5 is easily the 2nd best tank.
HSTVL and VT5 are however fighting for second while Centauro 120 is comfortably sitting in 4th or 5th wondering why it’s still 11.7.
It can’t even resist high-caliber machineguns on the front sometimes
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Welcome to light tanks. The best light tank in the game is also one of the weakest armored: CV90120.
It’s weaker than both HSTVL and VT5 in armor, yet despite that, its mobility, ammo performance, and other characteristics make up for that armor shortfall for a light tank.
A light tank’s primary duty is recon, with a secondary of taking out opportunistic tanks, so armor’s not the valuable thing for them.
But realistically the VT5 should have been better armored
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There’s a 3 ton external armor package similar to what TAM 2IP has that brings VT5’s mass to 36 tons for extra HEAT protection at minimum. VT5 or the domestic one is currently in the files with that package, and will likely be the tech tree version after the 10.0 IFV I also forgot the name of.
It’s however still a sub-40 ton tank that has a focus on crew comfort [large] and powerful powerpack [large]. It’s not going to resist more than HEAT, light auto cannon fire, and allegedly 1950’s APHE.
The Bangladesh VT5 has less armor and a different turret face and is lighter compared to the one in the article where the lead developer claims it can resist early 100mm AP
- HSTVL is first, but 2S38 is 2nd place
- Armour is important for light tanks, its to resist against 12.7 mm to 30 mm for a brief moment, needed alot of times
- centauro has too high of a br, but i think the shell of the vt5 is not good enough for 11.3. comparing it more to other vehicles like the 2s25m and cv90105
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Russian tank producer also claims that their tanks are invincible and superior… so what?
The shell that has almost 500mm pen and a gun that reloads in 5 sec is not good enough for 11.3? The fuck? Better dont let that hear the fuji
The point is.
the claim about 100mm ap protection can’t be applied to the Bangladesh VT5 since its not the same model…
Yea i agree and most claims are bs anyways.
Still should be able to resist some high-caliber rounds? You’re telling me that the armor can’t sometimes survive even those?
2S38 is like 20th. It’s 10.3, and inferior to Sprut-M and TAC-2C for the light tank role.
VT-5 fires the 2nd best 105mm round in the game penning more than 500mm of armor at 60 degrees [halve that for the statcard information].
Fuiji is 11.7 for a reason
at 11.3 we have the M1A1 with 600 mm pen and 5 second reload ( ace ), but thats a mbt
I feel like the cv platform cv90105 and cv90120 should be the best comparison:
at 10.3 we have cv90105
and at 11.7 we have the cv90120
and at 11.3 we have the vt 5
10.3 for 421 mm pen
11.3 for 491 mm pen
and 11.7 for 600 mm pen
So 1.0 br for a 70 mm increase but a 0.3 br for 109 mm increase?
All platforms have the same 5 second reload , and the cv 90 platforms have a similar platform to the vt 5
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first of all, M1A1 will only have 5sec reload when you have Ace Crew and thats not so easy to get. Barely anyone has that and with a injured/dead loader it takes alot longer aswell.
Also M1A1 has first Gen Thermals, and gaijin is known to BR stuff up the better the Thermal is. And Its a Med, having no Scout ability and no LWS.
CV 90120 is a papertank, thats the absolute papertank that will not survive any hit by anything. Also its a br higher already. So what is it u try to tell with that? That VT5 should go 11.7?
VT5 has everthing you want of an Light tank, only gun depression could be better.
You have nice Gen2 Thermals (i think its gen2, but its not useless gen1 atleast)
You have nice pen
You have LWS
You have very good mobility
You have a autoloader that is fast and makes you keep reloading fast even after you got hit and survived evventually
You have some armor, enough to not get killed by a random 12.7 from the guy you just disabelt but has still a 12.7 that he can use
You have a smoke generator that u can use to kill stuff as you can see through with your thermals (what many people are never use cause they are stupid)
You have HE-VT that are super usefull against helis and crap
And u tell me it should go lower br to 11.0 fighting poor 10.0? wtf
11.3 is fine, just because people are crap, tanks should not get lower BR. We saw what happened with 2s38 back then… by that logic you would need to make RDF a 10.3 tank, comparing it to 2S38.
The current armor of this vehicle cannot survive some higher caliber machinegun rounds which is pathetic. Even if the VT5 we have in game is a version with weaker armor you cannot be telling me that the armor can’t even survive a 50. cal.
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