When can we expect the armor to be usable? The vehicle is moving to 12.0 alongside tanks such as the 2A7, Strv-122, T-80BVM, and T-90M, yet its armor remains almost as useless as an Ariete.
We know the vehicle should be 80 tons, so why not make the change now? Correct the weight and buff the armor. It’s been acknowledged for nearly a year now that this vehicle should have stronger armor.
It’s a fact that the Merkava should be a heavy tank at top tier and now is the best time to make that a reality. I plead with Gaijin to take this chance and finally fix the Merkava.
Take the 15 tons of extra weight on the Sholef V1 and give it to the Merkava Mk.4, then fix its armor, two birds one stone. Oh and the Namer as well gaijin please…
And what’s really funny is that gaijin could’ve just made the merkavas be the “Heavy tanks” of top tier. 81 tons, powerful APHE and APFSDS, insane armor with small weakspots and kept the 6.7 second reload
But nah you get a 5 second reload, you get a 5 second reload, everyone gets a 5 second reload!!
I don’t have any issues with the 5 second reload since the Merkava has an assisted loader, but I don’t like that they chose this approach either. I’d much rather armor buffs.
I’ve Been waiting for this thread. The Merks are such great tanks and they got nerfed into the ground years ago. I’d love them to Fix the armor as well as the engine block…