The FV227 Conceiver is the Tier VIII vehicle in the new British line of twin-barreled heavies. It has adequate mobility (with a base top forward speed of 34 km/h) and good protection—the latter due to thick armor plates placed at rational angles (the nominal values are 280 mm for the front of the turret and 120 mm for the front of the hull).
In its top configuration, the FV227 is equipped with a Twin 32-pdr gun with –10° of maximum depression. This gun offers good accuracy and aiming time in Single Fire Mode or excellent stabilization and 560 HP of average damage per doublet in Salvo Fire Mode (with the same DPM).
The Selective Fire Modes Mechanic
British twin-barreled heavies have two firing modes: Single Fire and Salvo Fire. You can switch between the modes anytime by pressing “X”. This neither resets nor pauses gun reloading and can be done on the move.
In the Single Fire mode, the guns shoot alternately (starting with the left gun). You can shoot a gun only after the other has fully reloaded. In this mode, the gameplay is much like that of the British single-barreled heavies’ line: stabilization, accuracy, and aiming time are all enviable.
In the Salvo Fire mode, the tank’s top speed and turret traverse speed are decreased, guns take longer to fully aim and accuracy is lower than in the Single Fire mode, but the stabilization of the guns improves drastically, the one-time damage is doubled, and the DPM stays the same.
The reloading time in the Salvo Fire mode is always ×2 of the reloading time in the Single Fire mode. If you shoot a salvo, you must wait the double time as you need both guns to fully reload to be able to fire even a single one. At the beginning of the battle and when you change the shell type, you also need to wait for both barrels to load.
