I’ve been waiting for rank 1 Israel since before it was announced for War Thunder…
i dont think a premium mekrava 4a would be a good idea, since it is completely copy pasted.
a good idea might be
merkava 4, but with iron fist, made for testing
and i dont think adding a top tier tank is needed, what is needed, is a merkava armor rework, namer armor rework (comon, a merkava without the turret but same weight = way less armor and worse speed?)
and a top tier spaa already, or else israel top tier is cooked
i agree, but im thinking another one just because alot of nations ingame already have 11.3 and 11.7 premiums, and israel has the raam sagl which gets uptiered alot, so if they add one that is 11.7 they could lower the raam sagol’s BR, but also yeah fix the armour already pls
I’m on board for a majority of changes, however there are some I beleive you’re just absolutely wrong about.
Firstly the Sabra Mk.1:
It should be at 10.0 and it should stay there. Your comparison to a light tank is hilarious and quite foolish. It’s a great tank and it more than viable with its gun and ammunition. I would however love to finally see the composite armor on this vehicle buffed, give its weaker than rubber fabric screens man…
Secondly the A-4N Ayit:
It’s fine at 10.0 in GRB, if fact it should even be there is Air RB man. It’s Mavericks and Walleyes are quite strong and unseen at the BR, and it’s a very potent SPAA killer.
Thirdly the Merkava Mk.3s:
Perhaps earlier versions can be limited to the earlier 120mm APFSDS rounds used by the Merkava (not ingame yet) and dropped in BR only then, but they’re mostly fine where they’re at. Their mobility is fine for the most part, their protection is decently viable and trolly, and their cannon is quite powerful and effective. It should not see itself going anywhere below 11.0, and it never will given Israeli players are too skilled to let that happen.
Next the Merkava Mk.4s:
It’s fine at 12.0 and should go no lower (although yes an argument could be reasonably made for the non APS variants to be 11.7). It has some decent armor, enough in which an M1 or M1 KVT cannon reliably pen the vehicle to knock out any turret crew from the front except with a pixel shot. It’s a great tank, much better than the Arietes at the same BR. You’ll live, as have I. Just needs its armor buffs someday and we’ll be good to go.
Lastly the Aircraft, Kurnass/Kurnass 2000/AH-60:
Just a LOT of decompression in Ground RB when it comes to CAS, hopefully it’ll be fixed someday but as of now it is what is it, and Israel isn’t the only one suffering from this.
As for things such as the Early Merkavas going up, kind of torn, so I’ll leave that to those more experienced with it.
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i agree. sabra is very good and should stay in 10.0
everything else needed
Never said it can’t, but it’s unknown how good it actually is so guessing it for the sake of balancing is the right way.
You aren’t supposed to be on an equal footing when compared to a vehicle full BR higher than you, that’s not how it works.
That round is more than enough to deal with 11.0s.
Decades old designs don’t seem to be much of a problem.
It’s not.
Their neighbors are far from having a decent, let alone good, tech. We seen what they’ll most commonly face in the latest conflict.
yes but WHAT IF Egypt attack them with 1980 ABROOMS? they have to TANK THE SHOT! So israeli armor now can tank Godzilla atomic breath because israeli government makes it so!
the merkava 4 entered service in ~2002
they designed it in the 90s.
have you seen what egypt has?
the only reason the 2000 isnt a threat is because israel has good tanks that can hold their line and tank KE rounds
Im sorry who said the merkava is impenetrable to anything?
That’s a good post.
IF people want to argue decompression at 12.0 they can of course, even if I personally disagree at this time with current information and arguments.
Though ground does need decompression at 2.7, and that would increase the top BR by at least 0.7 just from decompressing 2.7.
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Are you afraid of 1980 abrams and M60???
The way you people say it sounds like this think can and will tank at least 13 different Kaiju death lazor.
yeah yeah, whatecer you say sweetie
I really like your “statshaming” word. If you trying to pretend like you know vehicle you should at very least have good kd on it and make good points relying on facts. You failed in both.
GL in your games. Youre just a below average player.
@CobarGG
If you think 2:1 KDR is below average, that’s lol.
The F-15E is on a KDR climb now that it’s performance spaded; cause news flash, bombing while good for consistent rewards, is not good for your precious statistics.
That and when I say something is OP, I don’t need to play it, I need to assess its capabilities vs the things it sees.
Which is how I know Su-30SM is OP without ever having to play it in ground RB.
11.0
No, 11.7 AT THE LOWEST.
Sabra belongs at 10.0.
There are more mistakes but I largely agree, they’re beating a dead horse with their BR changes.
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I’ve played the Merkava Mk.4M a lot, with a 3.5 K/D in it. I think it is fine at 12.0. The main problem with it is the existence of superior vehicles at the same BR, plus the teams. I think the 2A7’s/122’s could do with going up to 12.3.
Best they have are M1A1s.
Also, more than half of their tanks are T-55/62 and M60s, which definitely are massively inferior.
the M1A1SA came at the same time as the merkava
and “why should you develop any tanks, to fight tanks which are a decade older?”
a 120mm will still go through a merkava 2 and 3