It’s still the same 226 penetration, but because it’s APCR so it will be less effective than 226 AP of Cen 1’s gun. But it has very good turret armor ( 252 at the turret cheek, 126mm front side armor )
I don’t think that’s the case. I’m willing top bet that the 177 and 254mm sections you see are at the turret ring bar under the gun, not the sides around the mantlet, thats likely still 152mm.
But you were wrong, it has very good turret armor ( 252mm at the turret cheek, 126mm front side armor ), I watched them from a video of a Russian supertester :)
The frontal armor is listed as 254 here, while on the standard centurions, it’s listed as 152. While what you said could be the case, I’d at least hope they’d give the vehicle usable armor again.
I know, I just watched teh demos, they clearly show that the turret cheeks on the Strv 81 are 254mm thick and the sides of the ftront are like 100+mm thick, too. This is just how it is on the supertest atm
This entirely negates the point of the Centurion, which is better mobility than the Caernarvon.
To me Caern is better in every way except for mobility.
Mk2 – new turret with a 17pdr.
Mk3 – new turret with the 20pdr.
Mk5 – new turret with the 20pdr, 120mm UFP.
Mk5/1 – new turret with 20pdr, 120mm UFP.
Mk5/2 – new turret with L7-105mm, 120mm UFP.
Its basically the war thunder one but with no missles, BORING
A mk7 with stock gun, thats what this is
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A Centurion clone, yay!
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This should be celebrated! It’s the first Centurion clone evah!
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Apparantly alot of people wanted the Strv 81 as a premium for Wot, myself included…. don’t ask i don’t even know myself why.
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No need to explain yourself, we all have had this sort of ‘want it, need it’ thing before.
*thinks about 59-Patton*
Yes, quite.
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Because we need more svedish mediums, when toptiers are heavys…
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It probably has an odd number of crew as well again not matching the rest, just because Wargaming(tm)
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In English they say Centurion. That’s basically what this is.
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Unless is classify as HT, it will be a bad trainer for Ikea HT staffs.
Meanwhile 4202 is still crying with 0.5 less RoF
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Is it me or does it’s standard APCR ammo have less penetration than the Cent1 AP ammo?
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It’s still the same 226 penetration, but because it’s APCR so it will be less effective than 226 AP of Cen 1’s gun. But it has very good turret armor ( 252 at the turret cheek, 126mm front side armor )
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I certainly hope this would spell a buff for the non-premium centurion turrets. Armor looks properly good on this one.
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I don’t think that’s the case. I’m willing top bet that the 177 and 254mm sections you see are at the turret ring bar under the gun, not the sides around the mantlet, thats likely still 152mm.
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But you were wrong, it has very good turret armor ( 252mm at the turret cheek, 126mm front side armor ), I watched them from a video of a Russian supertester :)
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But why would they do that, I doubt the actual Centurion had that much turret armor lol
This can quite easily compensate the poor mobility.
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even the turret top is 80mm sloped at 67 degrees equal 206mm effective armor
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It’s actually much more than 206. I saw the video, you were right. If they buff the mobility a bit I will def be buying it.
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The frontal armor is listed as 254 here, while on the standard centurions, it’s listed as 152. While what you said could be the case, I’d at least hope they’d give the vehicle usable armor again.
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I know, I just watched teh demos, they clearly show that the turret cheeks on the Strv 81 are 254mm thick and the sides of the ftront are like 100+mm thick, too. This is just how it is on the supertest atm
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Oh, sweet! Hope this stays, then.
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The swedes requested the Tank with increased frontal turret armor so this will not mean an armor buff for the British Cents.
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Need a better engine or more alpha for my interest.
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then Cen 1 will eat dirt because this tank’s turret is very strong
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I know. And that’s why I probably will ignore this tank. The Cen 1 is capable and fine, but I find it incredible boring to play.
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Those resistances and that engine is dreadful.
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This entirely negates the point of the Centurion, which is better mobility than the Caernarvon.
To me Caern is better in every way except for mobility.
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Isn’t the Strv 81 a Mk3 or 5? And didn’t the Centurion get 118mm hull starting at Mk 2?
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The Strv 81 at the Swedes were some 80 Mk3s, and 160 Mk5s. The thicker UFP was introduced with Mk5.
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Wikipedia says the thicker hull came with the Mk 2, though. Doesn’t the Mk 3 come after that?
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Mk2 – new turret with a 17pdr.
Mk3 – new turret with the 20pdr.
Mk5 – new turret with the 20pdr, 120mm UFP.
Mk5/1 – new turret with 20pdr, 120mm UFP.
Mk5/2 – new turret with L7-105mm, 120mm UFP.
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The 120mm of hull armor was apparent in Mk. VII variant and onwards.
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IIRC, the Chieftain said that the 5/1 had extra armor on the hull.
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Here is detailed armor specs video of the tank
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This thing can fit my whole Strv 74 Crew in it at once… Shut up and take my money…
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