M41A1 (all) — turret traverse speed has been reduced from 36 to 24 deg./sec. Source. 152mm G-530 shell — this round is now considered semi-AP and calculated by the corresponding formula. Max armor piercing value reduced from 95 to 69 mm. A-IX-1 explosive — incorrect TNT equivalen...
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (Likely 1970s-Present) Light Self-Propelled Gun/Assault Gun – Unknown Number Built The KPA (Korean People’s Army), the standing military of North Korea, has a very peculiar selection of equipment, much of which is designed locally with roots in ...
France (1950s) Heavy Tank – Fake After the liberation of the country in 1944-1945, France found itself with a serious need to rebuild its military industry, damaged by years of war and occupation, if it wanted to remain a serious player in international politics as well as a respected ...
Eventually a new open-topped turret with full traverse, mounting the 75mm M2 howitzer was developed to fit into the turret ring of the M5 tank. Few other changes were found to be necessary beyond removing the ball-mounted hull machine-gun and transferring the driver's and co-driver's ...
IS-7 — turret armour has been converted to volumetric armour. Tiger II (H), Tiger II (H) Sla. 16, Tiger II (10.5 cm KwK) — gun mantlet and the turret front have been converted to the volumetric armour. Type-16 — magnification of the gunner and commander sights have been specified...
Previous players of Type 62 and 63 will be very familiar to its performance minus the HEAT or even APFSDS rounds; while new players will certainly enjoy the 85 mm gun that packs a punch and a magnification at up to 7x, they will have to be extra careful with the slow turret traverse ...
The excellent turret traverse speed makes tracking targets very easy. Aircraft are instant confetti under its FI-T rounds. Although the AP-T penetration at 100 meters is only 60 mm, declining to 47 mm at 500 meters, the high fire rate and high velocity allow multiple hits at weak points ...
High turret traverse speed. Light armor. Vehicle History▼ The history of the M551 Sheridan light tank started in 1959, when at the request of the US Army, work began on a promising tank to replace the M41 Walker Bulldog and M56 SPG. During the final stages of testing, problems emerged ...
HEAT rounds usually are usually not used as the primary ammunition type for this sole reason. Upgrading the tank should mainly be dedicated to turret traverse, hull traverse (as this is needed even with the turret traverse upgrade) and engine upgrades. The Tiger's 88 has massive destructive ...
An extractor fan was also installed in the turret to remove fumes produced by the tank gun's fire. The tank crew was reduced to three as the larger tank gun limited turret space. To make room for ammunition storage, the auxiliary turret was removed. The Crusader III was also equipped ...