It becomes solely a benefit when coupled with the Gen 2 thermals.
In the opinion of the majority of folks who have spent the last 3 years talking about 2a6 (if not longer)
Clearly proving you chose to ignore my statement of the lower half of the breach entirely can be penetrated with the M18 round APHE round.
You choosing to ignore something doesn’t change it.
Again I’m aware that it is.
however the angle to the tanks is the same 90 degree angle.
Would you like me to turn it off and show the exact same thing¿
I didn’t ignore them, it’s plainly stated above the 2A6 turret front is better, the rest of the turret side / rear is pretty much the same, unless you get Gaijined with a shot.
whilst ignoring the gen 1 gunner sights as if Leclerc isn’t running gen 2
Using the gunner thermals at gen 2 is objectively better in game than commander thermals.
EDIT : just to prove a point
vertical camera, off.
the HSTVL can actively pen through the entire UFP bar the very frontal section on the 2a6
He has resorted to just blatantly trying to insult / claim you are more insignificant with his last statement.
His argument of my vertical camera angle was on, actively worked against him, Leopard 2A6 hull is shown to be arguably weaker VS the HSTVL round at 500 meters.
You can be for historical accuracy all you want but that doesn’t exclude vehicles from moving up in BR after getting buffs if they’re performing better than they should.
Leclercs are 2A6 equals, so giving them handouts will push them into the crowd that deserve 12.3 or more, like uparmored Leopards do.
I personally consider the Abram to be in a somewhat similar situation as the Leclerc. Clearly not bad compared to others at its BR, but also not equivalent to 2A7 and cie.
As for which is better, I don’t really know, my only experience with the M1 is the AIM. I do think it’s harder to kill them than the Leclerc tho but it comes with its own problems
Edit : the vehicles that I believe should go up are the T80BBM, T90M, leopard 2A7 and derivatives.
The vehicles that are good but not exceptional are the type 10, Leclerc, M1. Vehicles that could go down are the ariete, challenger 2 and merkava. I don’t really have strong opinions the Chinese tanks and the challenger 3. They would probably still be okay at the same BR as the Leclerc and cie, but I wouldn’t say they are quite as good
Also, « going up », « staying at their BR » and « going down » is solely considering them in a vacuum, I’m not considering lower BR tanks. This might require an overall increase in BR with decompression