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[KRZYBooP]

Howdy Boom Jockeys!

Spoiler

 

The Tier VIII Premium Italian tank destroyer is coming to the Supertest soon.

The SMV CC-64 Vipera is the first Italian tank destroyer in our game.

It is equipped with a 120 mm gun with a 5-shell magazine. There is a 6 s loading time between shells and a total reload time of 36 s. The gun has an accuracy of 0.44, an aiming time of 2.7 s, and a depression angle of –10 degrees. While standard Armor-Piercing shells penetrate 220 mm, special APCR shells penetrate 264 mm. Damage per shot is 400 HP.

The vehicle features reliable armor for its tier. The frontal hull armor is 210 mm and the turret armor is 275 mm. The turret traverse angle is limited to 90 degrees. The vehicle has a decent HP pool of 1,400, a forward speed of 36 km/h, and a specific power of 11.7 h.p./t.

The Vipera is an Assault Tank Destroyer designed for frontline battles. This vehicle plays almost like a tank with a cyclic gun, but the 6-second reload time between shots and high damage per shot allow it to outplay many opponents in one-on-one combat.

Don't forget about the Vipera's low speed, however, which prevents it from quickly reacting to changes in battle and moving between flanks. So, choose your direction of attack in advance.

[BianHong]

I just can't... a 5-clip autoloader TD.

 

What is keeping WG from reinstating WTE100 in the game again?

 

EDIT: Forgot the emoji...

Edited by BianHong, May 12 2022 - 21:53.

[Kharah]

BianHong, on May 12 2022 - 15:52, said:

I just can't... a 5-clip autoloader TD.

 

What is keeping WG from reinstating WTE100 in the game again?

 

In what way does this resemble the WT E 100? The WT had a 2 second intra clip with 5 560 alpha shells, this thing has 6 second intra clip for 5 400 alpha shells. It's a tier 8, but for quick burst damage this tank is terrible, while the WT E 100 was the best quick burst damage tank in the game while it was available.

Edited by Kharah, May 13 2022 - 00:13.

[wifibandit]

[BianHong]

Kharah, on May 12 2022 - 15:12, said:

 

In what way does this resemble the WT E 100? The WT had a 2 second intra clip with 5 560 alpha shells, this thing has 6 second intra clip for 5 400 alpha shells. It's a tier 8, but for quick burst damage this tank is terrible, while the WT E 100 was the best quick burst damage tank in the game while it was available.

 

Since you mentioned burst damage, then what separates it from being OP compared to the bust damage from the Foch B, Currently, Foch B has the highest burst damage.

 

In terms of trade-offs, WTE100 has traded its mobility for firepower.

 

Foch B has traded it firepower for more mobility.

[Kharah]

BianHong, on May 12 2022 - 18:53, said:

Since you mentioned burst damage, then what separates it from being OP compared to the bust damage from the Foch B.

 

Probably the fact that it takes 24 seconds to unload its five rounds.

[cloudwalking]

BianHong, on May 12 2022 - 21:52, said:

I just can't... a 5-clip autoloader TD.

 

What is keeping WG from reinstating WTE100 in the game again?

 

EDIT: Forgot the emoji...

 

this won’t feel like an auto reloader while playing it.  It will feel like a standard shot tank that you go out for a lunch break after every 5 shots.

 

we don’t need anything this has to offer in the actual game.  More 5 round autoloaders - don’t need them.

more high alpha ridiculous armor tier 8 - don’t need it. Then on top of that it’s going to be incredibly slow.  
 

what we do need more of are maps.  Unfortunately it takes WG 4 years per map and then they usually suck anyway because WG don’t play their own game.

[ArcticTankHunter]

Make absolutely sure this tank has the MM of other Heavy assault tanks or else it would be unbalanced in MM. I do not see any commander hatch weak spots. It should MM like AT15, TS-5, or T28 tanks. It is basically like a hull down heavy version of AT15 but with no frontal weak spots hull down over the hill with that -10 degree gun depression.

Edited by ArcticTankHunter, May 21 2022 - 00:08.

[Mikosah]

Between this and the other Italian TDs we've seen thus far, including the tier 10: https://thearmoredpatrol.com/2022/05/26/supertest-minotauro-t-26-cn-initial-stats/

My conclusion is that they're not trying to make TDs at all, rather very well armored heavies with autoloaders. The Rinoceronte would better resemble a TD than what we see here. Not my jam. Would greatly prefer if they cut the armor and instead improved mobility and gun handling.

[slayer6]

Whoa, that is one STEEP frontal UFP...  It looks like it would be penetrable by 230mm+ shells quite easily, if it's only 210mm thick...