I don’t agree with this.
XM800 has crazy mobility so it can get to the ambush spots first, getting easy shots on incoming enemy rushers in lights and side shots on mediums. You’re underestimating what 33 HP/t can do in that BR. It also has a nasty gun depression so you can exploit some rat spots where people simply don’t expect you to fire from.
Balancing high mobility, high damage output light vehicles has always been an a challenge for Gaijin.
Smaller maps inflates their efficacy. Put them in a field or a large map and watch as every tank, ATGM carrier just destroys these light tanks.
Put them in a 5x5 French vilage map where they can hide and peek and they are stupidly good.
You’re underestimating
maybe I am, but either way I’ve mostly played light tanks and have had far worse experiences against the gepard than the XM800t
Xm800T must go down to 7.0. Facing against tiger2s and Is3-4s is better for the game.
Pretty wild to see someone claim the Type 87 P is decent, let alone OP.
It’s a massive, clumsy box of a tank that struggles to turn and can’t reverse well. It’s massively tall too, so good luck hiding behind anything. The gun is utterly reliant on having flank shots on vulnerable enemies, something the 87 cannot guarantee due to it’s conspicous size and poor handling.
Also, something I haven’t seen mentioned here which seems relevant is the fact that the XM800T has substanially boosted RoF over standard 20mm autocannon users, at 1050 vs 800 RPM. This, plus the incredible gun handling, stabilizer and agile platform is what allows it to out-rat other rank tanks at the tier so consistently. Which is also why it’s at a much higher BR than all of them.
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XM also doesn’t need to reload every 100 rounds unlike 87 and it has access to full APDS belt.
Meanwhile 87 has 3/4 APDS belt which means 25% of your ammo is useless.
In my opinion XM is more than 0.3 better than 87, as it practically has no downsides.
I think the gepard and all the marksman SPAAs should be higher too, radar shouldn’t be facing ww2 planes in GRB
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