Definitely a +1 for the GePatton
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This is f**king ugly and i love ugly. Also perfect for a sidegrade or squadron option
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It say better as due to the fact it uses el gep gun it gets apds
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This would be a great addition. The US has a decent sized BR gap from 7.7-9.0 which is a BR range where most other nations have already something like this to fill (e.g Gepard, Chieftain Marksman, Type 87). It’s a pretty standard type of AA for the tier and would probably play like a cross between Gepard (guns & ammo) and Chieftain Marksman (lower speed, armoured hull). It’s perfectly suited to bridge the gap and we can pretty easily guess how it would play from all the similar vehicles we already have. I’m always in favour of filling capability gaps wherever possible, and this would slot in very nicely with my 8.3 & 8.7 US lineups.
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8.3 8.7 gap filler all day long. Nothing wrong with more spaa options
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This is not an 8.3 vehicle, it’s at least a 9.0.
It had its own proxy round produced with the “Motorola Proximity Fuze” replacing the point detonating fuze in the HEI round.
It should feature belts with HEI and SAPHEI interspersed, plus smaller SAPHEI belts like the Gepard.
It has similar special armor to the M3 Bradley meaning a spaced composite of thin High Hardness steel plate with air gaps backed with a 1" Aluminium plate. The turret was produced by FMC.
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consider we already had m247, it would better stay at 8.3 without vt to fill the gap
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Do you have more information, some documents on the XM246, and the proximity rounds? I can’t find anything
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I agree, otherwise it’ll end up being folder’d
Unfortunately, it seems they removed the article about the MPF from Archive.org, but you can find info on XM246 even if it is sparse.
But from my notes it was supposed to be smarter than the M822 round in that it would take range to the target into account so its burst pattern would have maximal effect instead of “just” exploding near a target: Similarly to the M822 if it were on collision course it would use it’s point detonating sensor instead of exploding near the target.
But in game it would be no different, only less explosive mass than the M822.112g vs 120g and less fragments. So, an initially faster but less powerful M822 round.
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I would prefer if they put the GLAADS at 8.3, give the M247 its real max engagement range of up to 10km and move it up to 9.3-9.7 and then put the XM246 at 9.0 either folded with M247 or not.
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Given that the GLAADS doesn’t have a radar and likely no APDS rounds, it’ll be an even worse SIDAM and I don’t think it’d fit at 8.3…maybe 8.0?
Altough XM246 could get those proximity fuse rounds, I think it’d better fit at 8.3 given its similarities to the other “Gepard-style” SPAA, with the T249 DIVAD getting those proximity rounds and going to ~9.0 (since it was rechambered from 37 mm to 35 mm with the same ammo as Gepard, XM246…)
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GLAADS does have AP, that was part of the concept to use AP against long range targets and HE against close so half its ammo would be AP if Gaijin implements it right. Its IRST I think will be enough to have it at 8.3 just fine.
The Sperry DIVAD was never built, that picture is marketing material, old fashion photoshop.
The Vigilante 37mm was offcause build but had a very low ammo count but would likely have far better range than M163 but it was designed to shoot like 5 or 6 times before it needed to reload.
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35mm SPAA for US? (Ooooo and even APDS!)
Perfect gap filler option! Major +1 (given the horrendous state of the USA SPAA line especially)
Wow that’s amazing, too bad Gajin hates America’s SPAA line.
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Need to find out It’s vertical and horizontal speeds along with its maximum and min elevation
The rotation speed is going to be the same as Sgt York, so 90 degrees per second, I know this because it was build to fight the same scenario as GLAADS and DIVAD which was a plane going 300m/s 200 meters above the ground 200 meters from the fire unit which requires 90 deg/sec to track.
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Watch it just be ai art again with no meaning behind it…
(I pray that’s not the case, but it’s gaijin ofc)
Excellent find btw, I’ve literally only just seen this reply, i thought I’d see how the suggestion was coming along.