WoT: Leaked Balance Changes of the Japanese Type 71 Branch

• ⬆️ Tier X Type 71 (BUFFED)
• ⬆️ Tier IX Type 68 (BUFFED)
• ⬆️ Tier VIII Type 57 (BUFFED)

Type 71 (Japan, Tier-10, HT, techtree, mechanics: automatic hydropneumatic suspension, gun cooling). Changes relative to the 1.27.0 base:

Firepower:

• Accuracy at 100m: from 0.42 to 0.38
• Dispersion at 100 m of a cooled gun: from 0.28 to 0.22

Survivability:

• Turret front armor: from 120 to 165 mm

Mobility:

• Max forward speed: from 35 to 40 km/h
• Max. speed reverse: from 14 to 16 km/h

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Type 68 (Japan, Tier-9, HT, techtree, mechanics: automatic hydropneumatic suspension, gun cooling). Changes relative to the 1.27.0 base:

Firepower:

Turret – SHB-1 [Stock]
Gun – 105 mm M68 L7 [Stock]

• Gun loading: from 11 to 10.3 sec
• Accuracy at 100 m: from 0.42 to 0.40
• Accuracy at 100 m of a cooled gun: from 0.28 to 0.24
• Aiming time: from 2.3 to 2.1 sec
• Dispersion from turret rotation: from 0.10 to 0.08

Turret – SHB-1-2 [TOP]
Gun – 105 mm M68 L7 [Stock]

• Gun loading: from 10.5 to 9.8 sec
• Accuracy at 100 m: from 0.42 to 0.40
• Accuracy at 100 m of a cooled gun: from 0.28 to 0.24
• Aiming time: from 2.1 to 1.9 sec
• Dispersion from turret rotation: from 0.10 to 0.08

Gun – 120 mm Gun Type 60 [TOP]

• Accuracy at 100 m: from 0.42 to 0.40
• Dispersion at 100 m of a cooled gun: from 0.28 to 0.24

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Type 57 (Japan, Tier-8, HT, techtree, mechanics: gun cooling). Changes relative to the 1.27.0 base:

Firepower:

Turret – SHA-1 [Stock]
Gun – 105 mm Gun Type 92 SHA-1 [Stock]

• Gun loading: from 11.5 to 11 sec
• Accuracy at 100 m of a cooled gun: from 0.28 to 0.26
• Aiming time: from 2.4 to 2.2 sec
• Dispersion from turret rotation: from 0.13 to 0.10
• Armor penetration of 1 (AP) shell: from 208 to 215 mm
• Armor penetration of 2 (APCR) shells: from 250 to 270 mm

Turret – SHA-1-2 [TOP]
Gun – 105 mm Gun Type 92 SHA-1 [Stock]

• Gun loading: from 11 to 10.4 sec
• Dispersion at 100 m of a cooled gun: from 0.28 to 0.26
• Aiming time: from 2.3 to 2.0 sec
• Dispersion from turret rotation: from 0.12 to 0.10
• Armor penetration of 1 (AP) shell: from 208 to 215 mm
• Armor penetration of 2 (APCR) shells: from 250 to 270 mm

Gun – 105 mm M68 L7 [TOP]

• Accuracy at 100 m of a cooled gun: from 0.28 to 0.24

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A preliminary review of the changes in the performance characteristics of the techtree vehicles, which was sent to EU bloggers, from the upcoming update, has leaked onto the Internet.

❗️ IMPORTANT: these are preliminary changes and the performance characteristics may still be changed before the 1.27.1 Common Test! Keep this in mind.