We must be playing completely different games then.
So you just explained the average Merkava, Ariete, or M1 gameplay experience, shoot anywhere within the hull or just any pixel you can see of the hull to kill it. Anything below the turret ring on all of these tanks is a guaranteed 2 crew members at absolute minimum or the entire crew.
Meanwhile Leos have a armored nose pike and are immune there, while the entire UFP of the BVM and 90M are immune to damage. The 90M in particular is even more resilient due to it’s fuel tanks being spall shields and it having actual spall liners, most of the leopards have this boon only on side shots.
The abrams has a lot of empty space next to the drivers place, the UFP can bounce and apfsds from time to time due to its extreme angle. the difference is that the abrams has very good turret cheeks unlike the ariete and merkava. There is not a single problem with the T90M being the most survivable because even if it survives one shot, it most likely cant out reload you or is left severely hindered. Absolutly no one should complain about russian mbts, all we see people talk about is the pantsir and the KH 38. The poing is, give the merkava 700-750mm of relliable turret cheek and UFP armor and thats it, it wouldnt change anything, literally, just make the experience less shitty for those who have proven their lack of intelect by grinding israel…
Uhhh no, the driver has two fuel tanks next to him encased in armor, which, if a round penetrates, generates additional spall. That is anything but empty space.
Unless the tank is on a positive incline and you are firing from the front no, not at all. That and it is extremely common for a round that does get deflected to simply bounce into the turret ring and kill the turret crew.
Like literally ever other tank in the game, except that the T-90M and BVM are far less likely to be successfully penetrated to begin with.
Wow, its almost like thats the same exact situation the M1 series finds itself in because when you have a barn of a hull, even if your turret is strong, people just shoot your hull.
Turns out that both tanks need their hull armor re-examined if they want to be actually relevant, just like how the Ariete WAR kit needs a serious buff.
Buddy it’s called complaining and everyone have a right to complain about anything especially about the Merks that suffer from being “Plastic” and huge inaccuracies, so from what you’re saying people shouldn’t complain and just shut their mouths, good point!
And whats the issue with the T90M and BVM being more survivable? They are not even that good, they are slower, clonkier and have terrible reverse speed, they are cramped and have the slowest reload among 12.0 MBTs. Again, you dont seem to mind at all that you already have tanks with the survivability of a T90M and mobility and gun handling of the Merkava in the german, italian and swedish tech tree. If russian bias exists, it is certaintly not in the ground… or in air battles…
It’s a tank that got blasted off by impoverished dudes with makeshift RPG standing 10m about. idk if their claim about “deflecting all KE projectiles in the region” is even true or does that means “our airstrike will take care of the KE projectile launcher first thing first”.
video of RPG shooting on merkava - video ends few seconds after the hit - no aftermath
big explosion = merkava destroyed merkava bad
come on man,
only 2 merkavas were destroyed in gaza (destroyed, not damaged)
one by literally 3 ton IED, which the driver ACTUALLY survived that.
You don’t need to tell me that russian lies. their exports are dogshit enough to warrant replacement in half the time average american export need replacement. straight up noped and look for replacement.