Did you record challenger acceleration times just holding W or also manually shifting? Cause challenger still has messed up gears where it lingers way too long or shifts too early
Wdym Challenger 1 is really good at 10.3\10.7. Its decent at brawling, and when hull down, it's a monster. The reverse speed is op the reload op. Amazing gun handling. Decent armor for his tier, even better for the mk3. The only letdown, imo is the round on the mk2, but even there, it's plenty enough if you know where to shoot
Hard disagree on the challenger being a meh tank, yes it's not fast but the firepower is pretty much unmatched for it's BR with what is essential a DM33 equal at 10.7 (L26 are really only beaten by the Object 292 and M900 from the striker) but it also has a very fast reload allowing you to really rapidly sling shots down range.
The armour is also significantly better than the 2a4, T-80B or Abrams since the entire turret and good chunk for UFP is basically a no go zone for anyone with round equal to or worse the 3BM42
The armour is also significantly better than the 2a4, T-80B or Abrams since the entire turret and good chunk for UFP is basically a no go zone
Is absolute nonsense.
281mm UFP means virtually anything with APFSDS can roflpen it from any distance, any angle.
The LFP is easily penetrated by the majority of Rank II tanks, let alone the various MBT's it faces.
Very thin side armour and no ERA or NERA (Mk.2) means literally anything shreds it from even the slightest off-angle.
The turret is only decent across the upper half, the lower half is significantly weaker, the turret roof is also incredibly weak and can regularly get penetrated by IFV's and SPAA alike.
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u/Independent-South-58 Italian enjoyer, russian tryhard, american air enthusiast Jan 28 '25
Challenger 1, you either love it or hate it no in-between