Just some more info:
The commander sight is actually called MOP (moyen d’observation panoramique):
So it’s probably a derivative of MPS specifically for the VBCI.
SAGEM states MOP uses an uncooled TI which would be of the third generation. Also the MOP has a 20° FOV.
We don’t really need it, give us the 40mm instead
+1
We need more wheely bois !
why whining on the 25mm when we can have it both 25 and 40mm
the armour is an extimation for all the value. i base the value on the existing vehicles in game and the estimated thickness saw on the picture. this mean there is nothing reliable about the thickness of the armour
I am believing I under estimated the turret’s armour. from those picture we can see by the welding line the armour is way thicker
the turret is small and unmanned, which would have little effect on the survivability of the crew. but the damage on the weaponry and ballistic equipment could led to the vehicles being temporarily disabled in battle. the armour has been said to be immune against 14.5mm heavy machine-gun should have 30-40mm of RhA steel. from the picture, the welding seems to match. i will correct the armour value shortly in the suggestion
Probably one of my favorites IFV’s, just a simple but effectively armored 8x8 with a strong 25mm main gun and optional APS system. It’s Commander’s MPS is a big bonus for it too when in SIM battles for SA. I hope to see it in game soon with the EIREL Infra-red Jammer preferably. It can also equip its cage armor as a modification like how the M1128 has its modification so it can be added or removed. With its abilities like its 400rds/min, soft-kill APS, M919A2 APFSDS-T rounds, high mobility, good armor, thermals, commander’s sight, [especially compared to the in-game Italian VBC (PT2)], definitely BR 9.0 worthy.
France need tech tree IFV, other tech tree get similar vehicule. It will be better for the french tree that those copy paste leopard 2.
Huge win for France. Congrats 🇫🇷
Now let’s see how many bug reports are going to be needed when the devserver is live 👀
Since @Mulatu_Astatke has already added the VBCI’s Sagem MOP commander panoramic sight, I would like to add the info of its gunner’s sight here.
The French VBCI uses GIAT’s Dragar one-man turret, and its optics are modular, but the French Army chose the most advanced option.
In front of the gunner of the VBCI there is a gunner’s primary sight, and below it is a monitor for gunner’s thermal imager.
The gunner’s sight model is called VTI (Viseur TIreur), a day/night periscope designed by Thales Angénieux, that incorporates direct view daylight channel, thermal imager, laser rangefinder elbow. This has a day channel with a magnification of x6. In video mode (monitor), VTI has the magnifications of x2, x4 in wide field of view and x6 in narrow field of view with a x12 large field magnifier. Thales Optronique integrated its Catherine-QW third-generation high-performance thermal imager into the VTI, which uses the QWIP (Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector) sensitive array and can detect a tank target at a maximum distance of 10.9km and recognize it at 4.1km.
Anybody know if this version of the VBCI has spall liners?
Yes, it does have spall liners.
what do you wanna bet gaijin hasnt modeled it lol
Yes, my skill liners cometh
(they probably aren’t even modeled in game rn)
After looking at the dev stream, it appears unsurprisingly that the VBCI has 0 of it’s spall liners modeled.
Doesn’t the VBCI use M919A2? Devserver only has PMB 090.
average gaijin moment lol, what can we say though, at least we’re getting something
Holy moly how they massacred this vehicle.
The machinegun doesn’t elevate with the MG, and the CITV is completely unusable.
Along with that, the spall liners are still completely absent.
Still another big crime is that the IRCM is modeled but doesn’t work.
Yeah it needs some serious TLC, as mentioned:
It’s a pretty advanced IFV with all its advanced parts broken lol.
I bet the APS will be rough and will function the same as that on the BRENUS. If I’m not mistaken, the version on the VBCI is the EIREL NG. If not, it just working period would be nice.
