From m experience fighting the XM246 it dies far easier than the other Gepards. Side shots in particular feel far more consistent, and front shots ALWAYS result in disabling the XM246, if not kill it outright.
Gepards, in contrast, will regularly absorb HEATFS and APFSDS and simply not take any damage.
The XM246 isn’t a heavy tank. Of course it can be killed. It isn’t incredibly difficult either. All you have to do is aim at the right spots and its dead.
And that is the difference. I can aim anywhere and completely disable or kill the Gepard. I don’t just take its gunner and then get completely obliterated by its Commander Override. I don’t have a shell consistently ricochet off the hull. I point, I click, I kill. Simple as. With the XM246, you have to aim and think- which is exactly what makes it that much harder to kill, and that much more difficult to face.
1.0 kps seems fine?
I’d say the kpd is higher because it is an SPAA which you will bring out later in the match with higher chance of survival
Nope. If you’re attacking it from the front, hitting the hull is inconsistent. Hitting its turret a lil too high, or a lil too far to the left or right results in only killing one or no crew members. When firing from the side, you have a pretty small area you can hit to kill both turret members.
In contrast, the XM246 has tons of components which means any shot from the front is pretty much and auto-disable it, regardless of where you hit. Shots from the side are also free kills due to the massive ammo belt running along the side of the turret.