VT5 has worse shells(492 pen) compared to m10 booker (530pen) and worse protection.The rest of those two vehicles are nearly identical however VT5 BR is 1.0 higher than m10 booker,which makes no sense.So either VT5 should be downtiered to 10.7 or M10 booker go uptiered to 11.7,or those two vehicles all be placed at a br between 10.7-11.7
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VT5 is better in multiple ways, but I do agree that the VT5 should either be fixed or moved to at least 11.0.
i think its more of a case of both should be 11.0/11.3
VT5 has acces to ATGM while the M10 Booker only have shells and no ATGM. The VT5 should be 11.3
I don’t think ATGMs are used extensively in top-tier engagements, except in niche situations (for example, engaging a moving helicopter). Because of that, using ATGM access as a primary justification for assigning a vehicle a battle rating of 11.3 is weak reasoning.
Light tanks such as the 2S25M, which sit 1.7 BR lower, have notably stronger ammunition options—better APFSDS, better ATGMs, and better HEAT-FS—while only giving up a modest amount of armor protection. Additionally, most Soviet/Russian MBTs have access to ATGMs, yet in practice it’s rare to see players rely on them in MBT gameplay.
From a practical performance standpoint, I would rather have an additional ~40 mm of APFSDS penetration—something consistently valuable in typical engagements—than ATGMs that are situational, difficult to employ effectively at top tier, and often not even brought into matches by most players.
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It should stay at its BR. Anything lower and it’s not fair.