The thing that bugs me most though, and generally got fixed* on other vehicles is that as soon as you hit 7th gear you will drop 5-10kmh in speed for a short time, I dont think I have ever noticed such a thing on any othr vehicle in WT.
As for weight, I mean, its generally not actually that bad going up to 50kmh, you are faster then a lot of tanks with the weight reduction already (such as a Warrior, generally I will hit 50kmh before those which are pretty nippy), and vs its HP it isnt that bad either.
Just frustrating that this is imo, the main reason for the tank being bad, it gets stunlocked at 52-54kmh, drops, then builds up to there again slowly and locked into it, if it acted like any other light tank in WT, especially on hard ground it would be going zoomies and imo be 1 of the better light tanks of its BR, heck even if the block was at 60kmh it would likely be a real contender for a good scout because it would then have the mobility advantage vs medium armour.
I also thought it was a similar drivetrain as stormer, and you do not have the speed loss as much of an issue with that, which is also heavier. (while a higher HP engine, the transmission limits it afaik and a similar hp/t ratio?)
Not only not losing the 5-10kmh speed when it drops into 7th, it also tends to have an easier time breaking out of the 50-52kmh rutt and staying out.
Stormer does also struggle to accelerate in 7th gear, almost identically to the Scimitar Mk.2
(HVM on test drive doesnt go past ~33-34 mph offroad without some serious convincing, identically to the Scimitar Mk.2)
Automotively the Scimitar Mk.2 seems to behave almost identically to the Stormer HVM despite the weight and horsepower differences, it even drops its speed a little bit going from gear 6 to 7
People probably havent realised as Stormer HVM lacks anti tank weaponry, and thus noones zipping around so desperately with it, and the AD is lighter and doesnt suffer nearly as much from the gear ratios. And probably the placebo of the lower pitch of the Mk.2s engine (wrong engine sound btw) makes it feels slower than the higher pitched Stormer engine sound (that of the Bradley)
its mobility might feel worse as the wide weight distribution of the cages, likely mean you need more force to turn the same number of degrees due to inertia, resulting in it slowing down more (HVM feels like it pivots much quicker than Mk.2)
Hopefully these ARMs come in the next update. Even if their performance is mediocre, they’d help us tackle enemy SPAAs. So do Gaijin really have no intention of letting the Tornado GR.1 carry a pair of ARMs?
