I was playing a match in my Leopard 2K, which uses the same gun and ammunition as the Leopard 2A4, and I fought against a BMPT. I fired six shots into its side, dead center — all of them resulted in non-penetrations. How is this even possible?
It feels like the vehicle has infinite protection due to its reactive armor, which apparently can stop 200 mm+ kinetic penetrators, while being what — 5 cm thick? That’s a joke. Even worse, after the reactive armor was already gone, my 408 mm penetration APFSDS round still does not penetrate and results in a non-penetration. On what exactly — air?
There is literally nothing behind that spot that should be able to stop the round. And please don’t tell me the fuel tank can stop 408 mm of penetration — even then, maybe 370 mm at best. This makes absolutely no sense.
The BMPT clearly needs a serious rework of its armor model and should be moved up significantly in battle rating. I would suggest BR 11.7–12.0, where it would sit between its T-72 and T-90 variants.
if you have trouble, i made a post explaining where to shoot the bmpt with loe2a4 . you can trust as both bmpt and leo2a4 user. unlike some who dont even have the thing and still say none sense
Yeah, the HSTV-L can’t penetrate the BMPT’s side either. I fired about three shots, one shot took out a track, the second hit some battery, and the third simply disappeared into the spall armor.