Recently, all 12.7 MBTs except the Type 10, TKX, M1A2T and Merkava Mk.4M got better stock APFSDS. In the case of the Merkava and M1A2T, this is understandable, given that their stock rounds already had 588 and 583 mm of penetration, respectively. However, the Type 10 and TKX still use JM33 as their stock round, which is the worst stock round at 12.7, even being outperformed by L26 on the 12.7 Challenger 2s. Why did the Type 10 and TKX not get better stock ammo when the Leopard 2RI got DM43 as it’s stock round like all other Leopard 2s at 12.7?
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T-series tanks have 3BM42 as their stock round while others have 3BM60 equivalent rounds as their stock round.
Gaijin has only added DM53 to Ariete so far.
I want Gaijin to add more foreign ammo to other tanks that can fire it, cause realism > historical reenacting.