it makes no sense that the leopards cant aim over the back when irl they have better gun depression over the back then t72-90s do irl
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Gaijin has a weird understanding of the NATO hump
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That’s how they work IRL:
There is a safety mechanism in the fire control system that stops the barrel from going lower than a certain angle in the back arc. IRL this can be overridden by disabling the fire control system but that is not a mechanic that is in the game (this would also turn of some other functions like the stabilizer for example). At least that is how i have understood it to work.
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Doesn’t get better than that. ^^
Well they put the enemy spawn in front of you so map design is clearly bias to NATO tanks ;p
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I do actually have video from conflict that should not be named when Leopard 2A4 is engaging enemies behind him while moving and the gun is fully stabilized.
Since then I started to believe it was just gaijin attempting to nerf it.
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Well, this is just a simple artificial nerf to balance the generally low depression of Soviet tanks. I find it funny that people complain about the low depression of Soviet tanks because many maps have uneven terrain, which disadvantages them, but nobody mentions that on city maps (which practically all maps have) a Soviet tank can stand still in a street and, without needing to rev its engine, cover its entire 360°, while a NATO tank would have to move the vehicle and make noise with its engine to target an enemy approaching from behind.
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Well, this is just a simple artificial nerf to balance the generally low depression of Soviet tanks. I find it funny that people complain about the low depression of Soviet tanks because many maps have uneven terrain, which disadvantages them, but nobody mentions that on city maps (which practically all maps have) a Soviet tank can stand still in a street and, without needing to rev its engine, cover its entire 360°, while a NATO tank would have to move the vehicle and make noise with its engine to target an enemy approaching from behind.
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Just make it so if you turn off stabilizer…you can hit your engine rooftop,aint hard at all to be honest
(Would also make that keybind having a function which isnt useless)
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Its probably just far too exaggerated in game
Just do what every leopard does and stay in spawn all game peeking while the enemies camp caps before the KH38s come and obliterate the team that never pushed.
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It’s simply due to the NATO standard engine mount location and size, I don’t like it either, it’s pretty much the only flaw in the ENTIRE Leopard 2 line but I just play in ways where I avoid that, I just play positions where I can turn easily or don’t have to shoot backwards. If you’re getting shot at from the rear anyway you’re probably dead because the engine makes no difference so any round at that tier goes straight through.