Would programable mean that the HE M3M is a proxy fuze shell?
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No, it means that Gaijin will make it bad. Look no further than Leopard 2A7Vs DM11 and how it’s by far one of the most (if not the most) purposeless multipurpose rounds in the game.
Basically, unless it has an actual proxy fuze, it will be made a timed round - meaning useless against helis (because they move - shocker, so timed fuze’s become worthless), useless against targets that actually move (because the round is set to explode after a selected time interval, so the target already moved away), useless even against stationary targets unless you don’t set the fuze because Gaijin coded them in such a way, that they explode in front of the target, rather than on top of it - so the HE load hits the most armoured parts instead of the least armoured ones.
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This. Nevertheless, there at least one HE-VT shell in-game which does work: M339 (Delay Fuze, can overpressure any tank by firing at the roadwheels).
Spookston made a video recently about it:
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Is DM11 able to be explode with a timer OR a when it gets into the proximity of an air target ?
M339 is HE-TF, the Merkava HE is a special case, don’t count on getting anything similar on other vehicles.
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DM11 its just time fused but can do something like the merkava shell where it can partially penetrate and explode
We still don’t know what the XLR looks like. At Eurosatory 2022, the “XLR” was just a Leclerc SXXI with some extra side protection and a RCWS.
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For one, XLRs are going to replace the CITVs with PASEO:
So you’ll know a XLR when you see it. Also the XLR has been in the works since 2015, so hopefully it’s a bit more than just an upgraded FCS
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Safran just won a contract with KNDS to produce new optics for the Leclerc XLR (not referring to PASEO) so yeah, Leclerc XLR still isn’t ready it seems.
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hopefully it will qualify as a different vehicle to gaijin so we can have this “xlr” sooner since we dont know much about the actual finished product
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Hopefully upcoming armor report alongside with fuel tanks report will increase Leclerc’s efficiency a lot.
İf that happens then XLR can wait little more, i believe better shell should come first.
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for sure im just waiting for mobility to be fixed
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Current mobility doesnt bother me too much but it will be nice to see a buff.
Yeah I’d rather have better acceleration and 90 km/h top speed than a new shell honestly
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Personnal ranking of what would be the most important to change:
armor > mobility (hyperbar engine) > new shells.
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I agree, think the fact that the Leclerc can be penetrated from the front by a Panzer 4 says a lot, and it needs to be fixed.
Although the OFL 120 F1 is too inconsistent in my experience.
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All of them need change of course, but i think better (=reliable) armor would bring more fun time than just a more powerfull shells.
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I fully agree with you here. However I am a bit skeptical, because the armor is always going to be a nightmare to get good resources on, and previous attempts have shown that Gaijin is very “cautious” to changing it. As it stands, the armor just doesn’t stand up to top tier gameplay. No other top tier MBT can be killed from the front by 30mm APFSDS, other then the Leclerc. Which is probably the most frustrating thing about it imo.
New shells improve one-shot capability and reaction times versus complex armor. SHARD is a heavy dart, between 5-6kg.
It’s not because i’ve put shell 3rd rank that i don’t care about them, or that we don’t need more sheels.
Challenger 2 just got an armour rework i wouldn’t hold your breath lmao