During the AMPV program to replace the M113, the Namer was brought up as an example of survivability. A main issue with the Namer, however, was that its weight exceeded the recommended crossing weight of European Bridges.
The Namer within War Thunder is 64.4 tons, slightly heavier than a Leopard 2A7V, but less than an M1A2 SEPv2 and SEPv3 in-game. The SEPv3 is present in Europe, and while very heavy, it still crosses bridges within Europe, even if carefully, thanks to its Military Load Classification Rating of 120. MLC Source below.
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In War Thunder, the Merkava Siman 4 and the Namer are supposedly only 0.6 tons apart in weight. That alone feels extremely unrealistic.
When you zoom out, the problems become even clearer. The Siman 4 is only about 4 tons heavier than the much older Merkava Siman 1. Strangely enough, it weighs exactly the same as the Siman 3.
To make matters worse, every Siman 3 variant in the game shares the exact same listed weight, no matter what armor package it’s supposed to have. For example, the Siman 3B and Siman 3D are shown as identical in weight, despite obviously having very different armor configurations.
When you put it all together, it’s pretty clear using basic logic: the weights of all the Merkava-based vehicles in the game are grossly unrealistic and clearly lower than they should be.
Though you don’t have to take my word for it, the IDF itself stated it’s 80 tons in promotional material. In this video source, they not only named the video “How do you move a tank that weighs 80 tons?”, but they also talk about it around 36 seconds in.
