So the chinese 8.3 spaa PGZ09 got the ahead ammo.
Will this ammo be added to the gepard and gepard A2 since the chinese got it on their vehicle?
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Gepard doesnt have the equipment to program AHEAD
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Looked around for info. Only one place says that it could but it depends if a gepard is upgraded to the GDF 5 or above version of the 35mm.
I guess the first gepard is out but the A2 “could” have it atleast as a upgrade, but i guess theres no sources if germans ever did this upgrade even as a test.
I guess its up to gaijin if they want to enable it or not.
I just dont see how the chinese spaa can stay as 8.3 at that point. Or gepard at its 8.3
But that all depends if they fixed the ahead to work properly or not.
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The Chinese geoard should go to 9.0 with ahead, current gerpard should go to 8.7
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Germans never did the upgrade /tested it or anything
.the gepard 1a2 is nissing its main ammunition Fapds either way but not ahead
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The programming coils are externally visible, havent ever seen a Gepard with them
Its the thick piece at the very end of the barrel here, ingame you can see them on the Puma and PGZ09
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Not to be confused with the coils of the gepars to calculate speed for targeting
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Ok so we have established that Germany never upgraded theirs.
How about in the name of balance we could say that the A2 was by chance upgraded to it. The chinese SPAA wit hthat ammo is absolutely stupidly outmatching gepard and any other SPAA at its BR now.
It feels like whenever i get hit its always been that one.
So in the name of balance maybe we should add it.
Thats not how war thunder works,
As far as i am aware their never was any gepard capable pf programming ahead.
Not in any country
The result will be fairly obvious.
The PGZ09 will be raised in br.
Or like the M247 only get a limited amount of ahead in a match
Like i said i realize that. but it would be a “possible” upgrade. not impossible.
I know gaijin is gaijin and might not think the same about it but i just feel like ´how i feel like about the matter.
but yes, pgz09 will or should absolutely go up in br.
It isnt a possible one, it never happend
Give the gepard 1a2 FAPDS and it will work great.
More velocity, higher range and more dmg on hit
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Thats not a programming coil
That would really leave a large gap and Germany doesn’t even have a solid CAS at that BR range to help.
FAPDS from Ger Gepard 1A2 would be more useful than AHEAD anyways. Its over 100mm pen and very high velocity. Makes it easier to aim for air targets and Gepards would be nice to use vs Ground.
Where is FAPDS?
was it over 100mm?
why or from where do i remember sth about over 70mm
What would the gap be, and sabres can carry bombs
Not a lot of sabres at 8.3 and below.
The Wiesel isn’t really a good SPAA and the Kugel is just not great at 8.0 let along 8.3
me playing wiesel as spaa was realy just make a laser line and something gonna hit
The turret traverse just kinda kills it for me. I prefer to use it as a rat tank