turret cheeks also seem correct at ~820mm, the only dubious parts being the mantlet and the areas right next to it, where the 2A4 mantlet still extended

And the hull sideskirts are fucking worthless for some reason but that's the case for all tanks

@Knefel The hull should be slightly different values with a higher extension of the area the composite covers being a bit short with the vertical coverage of the composite not actually covering areas it should on where the UFP meets the "roof" of the hull where as the base value of the mantle of the turret being 500mm instead of the approximate 525mm from Canadian tests/results from the middle east.

Also a universal problem that's *still* in the game is APFSDS being able to ricochet where it should just shatter because that's what it does when hitting a bad angle unless very specific conditions occur

Yeah, the fin ricochet has been an issue since the T-62 was added. Not that it matter terribly with the 2A5, unless you're looking down on the UFP there's no projectile in the game that won't bounce off of 82° armor, and with how tough the turret front on that thing is the worst it'll do is break the gun.

Oh you'd be surprised how many soviet shells will bounce off your UFP, go through the gun mantle and then the shrapnel will kill your loader and gunner simultaneously

Bussian Rias amirite?

lel not what I meant but

I'll forgive the ruskies for having to deal with the turret ejection system

The hull values though should be more effective against the Soviet penetrator rod design instead of the values being negated like they are in War Thunder.
Armour that's built to be effective against Soviet penetrators and not against NATO penetrators shouldn't be the other way around like they currently are

The soviet sub-penetrator designs are already less effective against angles

that goes out of the window vs mango of course

sure, but they'll still meme their way through any part of your hull except the line where the UPF meets the LFP

Even T-64s will since they get the T-80B's shell now

Yeah, mango is monoblock tho

Yeah, but it's also called "Mango"

Actually scratch that, Mango isn't monobloc, Svinets is

Mango is segmented into 2 pieces to better resist reactive armor bending

Arguably just as good against NERA than monobloc

Better against ERA, though you don't see that very much on non-soviet stuff in WT

will try to play war thunder for the first time

oh boi

Do try, the later rank grind gets a lot of people, but the early ranks are fun as hell

@Knefel how many hours do you have on the game?

Around 2k

since early 2013

But a lot of those hours are from before WT tanks were even a thing

and most were played without premium

hmmm

what server do you play on?

NA?

EU, but the server only runs the battle

It's not a Wargaming.ru game.

the progression stays the same no matter the region

Everyone technically plays on the same server

but matchmaking happens on the server best for your internet/whatever one you choose

oh i see

because i live in south america and i wanted someone to teach me the basics of the game

and no one from my circle of friends play the game

saw some people talk about it in this text channel and felt interested

It's free, no reason not to try it