Why does Abrams have such weak armor?

Russian HE and AP munitions can destroy the Abrams head-on; I have absolutely no idea how that’s possible

it’s complicated.
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The corporate response from the community is that NATO hulls were mostly built minding chemical-based protection.

In reality, it’s a comfortable lie to excuse the current asymmetrical balancing and classified documents that excuses Gaijin from modelling vehicles properly, including the Abrams.

The difference in weight between the M1 Abrams and the M1A2 SEP is almost 10 tons, yet none of that weight went to hull protection under Gaijin’s logic, just turret cheek protection. And even then, it’s somewhat unreliable.

Make it make sense. In the end, it clearly doesn’t.

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what is this image XD

the m1a2 armor is made of this in game
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oh look another abrams bad post!

most if not all tanks have their HE cheese spots

literally all tanks at top tier have the driver hatch weakspot

Chinese players seem to do perfectly good in them

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30mm HE …

Yea, thats an inherant issue with how HE and APHE is modelled in game.

Every vehicle can be cheesed from it

My guess with this issue is that the wedge connection to the hull roof plate is working as a armor hole of some sort:

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I’m saying “of some sort” because at the same time it’s unintentional it’s also a consequence of how the model was handled during the development. This specific spot between the 15in hull roof plate and 7,4in of the composite section cap is the issue of this problem with the Abrams’ hull, reason why a T-34-85 can pierce and deal heavy damage, although I never seen someone exploit this issue.

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Then I suppose the F-15C GE is an awesome plane because skilled players used it and managed to peform within its first month.

Spoiler alert: People used it from November to December, and most of its good stats from skilled players rushing it also stayed. Under this new logic that brit mains are implying quite frequently since the M1A2T came out… are US air players becoming good at the game?


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its been a couple months now. Still far better on the boards for the Taiwan Abrams.

No, the F-15s are just good planes.

the Gripen E is beating them in K/D and that is far from a better plane lol.

Pretty much everyone that isnt a freeaboo has said this. I reccomend reducing your dosage of copium

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Abrams is one of the most heavily armoured tank in top tier. 10/10 ragebait

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Not against the Gripen E or 14.7s. The Golden Eagle is a missile bus, but lacks acceleration and base energy retention to even compare it to 14.7s.

Again, minor nation bias doing its work, combined with a vehicle that is nowhere near as hopeless to be seen as a merit of having a better K/D.

Nah. I’ve seen both you and Morvran repeating the Abrams stats way more often than mains from other nations. Nothing wrong with the argument at all, you have the right to believe in its inner logic, but also acknowledge that once you dust the argument off, it has visible flaws and counterarguments. It’s not a huge snap.

Lol, the shitty turret ring says hi.

I laugh every time i see a Taiwanese Abrams in hull down position in my Abrams, i just shoot between the turret chick and kill , meanwhile Russian tanks are impossible to kill in hull down position lol

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I love the T-80E1 Premium full bush mekes the game 1000% more funny

and guess what, its monthly stats are much closer than you are trying to imply, and it will likely trend even closer when the next months stats are out

the GE very much was not when it came out

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