The armor protection of these versions does not change in any way, the Swedes had MEXAS from Leopard 2S (Strv 122A), and it remained in other modifications (B/C/D).
Modification “B+” is generally a demonstrator, created by the German side, with a purchased subsidiary Swedish company, which no longer exists, on the basis of a Swedish tank. And as I remember, it was disposed of
This will be the same modification as Norway (Leopard 2A8NOR), only with Swedish features. Do not expect anything fundamentally new
But i have not seen anything regarding newer APFSDS yet, but it would be odd to upgrade the barrel and not also buy newer rounds made for that barrel (to take full use of the length).
that doesn’t make sense, just because they don’t have it doesn’t mean that they can’t fire it if they did have it. The strv122 has the exact same barrel as the Leopard 2A4 (L/44) so can fire all the same ammunition that it can.
The new strv123 however is going to get the same barrel that the Leopard 2A(6?)/7/8 has (L/55A1).
By your logic, Abrams can also fire German shells because it has a licensed Rh cannon, which is fundamentally wrong. It is impossible to shoot with what a nation does not have.
When the “123” is ready, it will probably get the DM63 or a newer shell, obviously
Are you trying to say that 122 can’t fire newer rounds because of the lack of access to the round or are you trying to say that 122 can’t fire it ever even if they had access to the round because of [insert your reason here if applicable] reason?
Because purely on a technical level, if a DM53 round is inserted into a 122’s canon, it will fire without issues.
Oh then yes, i agree. But then you are saying it wrong.
If you say “it can’t fire it”, that means it isn’t physically and practically capable of doing so. If you want to signal the thing you mean you say “The 122 doesn’t fire DM53 as Sweden doesn’t use the round”.
The key word is “can/can’t” here. It can, but doesn’t.
This is a gaijin problem. I am speaking about Irl, as it really is.
About Italian and Canadian tanks it is true, they do not use them, and it is directly the fault of gaijins. But Abrams can use KE-W, since Australia has modernized its tanks, with the receipt of new shells and is now switching to M1A2
Meanwhile in WT, even the most modern Leopard 2A7’s are less armored than the Strv122… Would be HILARIOUS to see the Strv123 be added and it have worse armor than the 122, granted, being swedish, its likely to be handheld and be the single best leo 2 ever added to the game xD
Well, the armor isn’t changing on the 122 → 123 upgrade, just gun, electronics, sights etc. the hull and external armor will remain the same as before.
