It really works when it works. So far my go to strat has been taking the railway in the flat sinai map (you know which one) I have gotten upwards of 7 kills there in one life with both the 103a and 103c. Some spots you dominate but just due to your autoloader. They should just give it the 2.8 autoloader and keep it 9.0. It will get even more niche and might get some op accusations but I don’t think it will change a lot of things.
Pretty much, you don’t set out to play it as much as you take the opportunities you are given.
As far as helping it goes, the obvious one would be hull aiming, but that would require a general rework of mobility, so it’s not happening soon.
Realistically, splitting the engines, and even the transmission would give it much needed survivability.
Buffing the autoloader would be whatever imo, I’ve never felt it an issue.
Making the front fuel tank external would be nice, and filling the gas cans on the side for that extra bit of autocanon protection.
Also once you get the blade remember to use it, you can create a fairly nice spot for yourself where you otherwise’d be out in the open.
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The 103s in general are… odd, and always have been, imo.
Meta-wise they tend to simply not conform - nail them in the transmission and they have no chance for example - but can be quite good.
In all honesty they are probably the closest us swedes have to a “heavy” tank in WT - hard to pen and kill from the front, but easy to disable, and easy to kill and pen from the sides.
They die to apfsds, of course, but everything does.
I honestly dont mind where they are placed right now, but I personally liked both the 103 and Ikv at 8.7.
I feel like the autoloader would be good bc its my fav thing about it. Sweden starts having trolly autoloaders from 3.7 to top tier basically. My fav tactic with my fav ww2 tank m42dt has been reload baiting by shooting the ground when someone is around the corner to make them peek and then shoot em. It also works well if you get stuck in a corner with the 103 since you cant peek corners. Having a 2.8 second dm23 would also be diabolically funny IMO
ikv91 105 is slower than the t55m. Has a similar reload and worse shell. Same battle rating and like 1000x less armor (50 cal pens ufp). You are basically a medium tank with scouting and no armor. I don’t even get why its 9.0
Splitting of engines is technically ahistorical, but I would be fine with it.
The issue with the 103C, thougjh, is that its a casemate in an era where everything is now poised to fight casemates. Darts rip through the front extremely well, even HEAT-FS does it sometimes.
I think the 103C was fine where it was. I do yhink a ~9.3 Strv with ERA would be cool, though perhaps not good.
100%, and the Strv 104 exists - which is unironically goated and I love it.
104 is really good. I thought the era would be useless but it saved my ass more times than id like to admit
Yep, and the dart is everything you need at 8.7.
One of the best Centurions overall ingame, tbh.
strv105 looks like shit if i say so myself. I dont have it but its literally a centurion at 9.3. a 7.7 tank with era slapped on. The gun fires dm63 which is cool. And it gets thermals but id rather play the t72
Fairs.
I havent gotten it yet sadly too busy grinding the hellscape of 7.7 swede AB air, but given it faces the 2S38…
Both needed to go up, 7.7s stood little chance against either one.
downtiers should not be taken into consideration when balancing a vehicle.
Then neither should uptiers.
And suddenly 103C is fine against other 9.0, glad we settled that.
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Its literaly not. Name one 9.0 mbt please. Please note that 103c is an mbt and should be compared with other mbts.
What that has to do with anything lmao?
Amayway ill bite.
Both T-55AM and Leopard A1A1 are MBTs and both are 9.0.
t55am does have a worse gun. But it has over the 103c:
Better armor:composite that works way better than the 103c for both heat and apds shells. Apfsds performance against its armor is just like103c where it just ignores armor.
Better gun handling:Having a turret that has a stab means it can fire on the move which the 103c can certainly not.And due to having a turret it can also peek corners which 103c can not.Also having a turret means you can actually fight back after loosing the engine.
Hull aim: Hull aim in its state is just ass. I don’t think this needs a lot of explanation.Having hull aim in this game is more of an inconvenience than a feature.
You say “what does this has to do with anything” . It has a lot to do since these are the vehicles it will face. It facing just better tanks overall is just stupid
doo doo
How to Strv 103 (any)
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Step 1 go up hills or slight terrain cover
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Step 2 Camp Hull down
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Step 3 Free kills
it’s hard to get used to, yes, but used properly it’s even harder to defeat
that only works for the 103a