Across my time playing War Thunder, I have encountered a select few vehicles which have truly enthralled me as a player, the Strv 103 series being some of those, with access to some of the best firepower at the respective BRs but with an interesting caveat, the lack of a turret…
I have had countless hilarious moments putting APDS rounds straight through the UFPs of Soviet MBTs from over 2km and watching as my engine tanks the umpteenth round from a whole enemy team while laughing with my single crew member and a dream.
This thread is revolving around experiences, discussion, tips and appreciation for the most unique MBT in game. Please feel free to send gameplay footage or Screenshots and also please avoid pointless arguments.
For control tips set the hull aim to “X”, with this is easily to change for movement and engage mode as we can refer to this,
My experience with the vehicle, all variants was very nice I can’t lie and say it’s bad just because the stabilization while using the hull aim, this, in my opinion is the only issue, It’s a bug that persist since the vehicle addition, we all hope it gets fixed along with Hydropneumatic suspension vehicles like TKXs and Type 10s that struggles while moving in the lowest suspension configuration.
I don’t know why people still bringing the vehicle with half ammo but I prefer taking it with 1/4 of HESH and the rest APDS or APFSDS if C variant. The vehicle itself is very situational but If you know positioning you can pretty easily hold some positions in most maps and the crew positions surely will make the enemy waste some shots even by the side.
In general the vehicle is good and in experienced hands can be operated in most maps except by the stabilization issue that most times need to be manual adjusted because of a aim offset.
Quite a long time nobody’s posted here, I’ll break the strike.
I’ve recently unlocked the 103A and I can’t really say yet since I still haven’t got the hand of it, but it is very funny and interesting to play, I may not be the best with it but it definitely is a refreshing experience. The gun is excellent and being able to survive with 1 crew is beyond extraordinary.
The only bad experience I’ve had with it is the lack of parts; Any penetrating hit will mostly take your gun or engine/transmission with it, and I remember apologizing to a player for asking him to help me repair three times.
I like to keep my vehicles historical, but since there are barely any Swedish emblems I decided to make a simple (and fake) Swedish military license plate, displayed only on the front because no premium. I simply put two German “022” numbers next to each other and it gives the correct impression. Wish we had generic license plates for nations such as Germany, Sweden or Finland, would be great!
I wanna get the 103C but I’m way too lazy to jump into 8.7. It does look like a beast tho, resisting HEAT-FS sounds like a blessing with that thing.
Also, after having played the 103A a bit more I can say the most frustrating is having your mobility destroyed with practically any penetrating hit. I also have the bad luck of setting up in a position I’d call decent, only for 0 enemies to appear. I still haven’t got used to its playstyle, it’s individually unique and hard to master.
