![]() In such a scenario, disable the gun barrel and reposition yourself to take a side shot if the situation permits or disengage from combat. ![]() This round will struggle to penetrate T-10M, IS-4M, IS-7 and Maus if facing from an "awkward angle". It'll chew up Leopards, T-54s, T-55s, OF-40, Centauros, IS-3s, AMX-30s, STBs and Type 74s at all ranges. You'll use this round 9/10 times in your engagements. It can penetrate 195mm RHAe at 60 degrees at point blank range and 177mm RHAe at 60 degrees at 2,000 m, and comes with a muzzle velocity of 1,455 m/s, making the M111 one of the strongest penetrating kinetic rounds at 8.3 BR against sloped surfaces. Your main round for most of the situations is the M111 "Hetz" APFSDS. The gun is devastatingly accurate and quick firing, taking only 6.7 seconds for each shot at 8.3 BR. It can fire an assortment of APFSDS, HEATFS, HESH and Smoke rounds, effectively making you an effective hunter for virtually every tank at your BR. The main gun of the Sho't Kal is the Israeli modification of the legendary Royal Ordnance L7 cannon, dubbed as Sharir (105 mm). Each block Blazer ERA provides 260 mm worth of Chemical Energy protection.Another internal 17 mm structural plate with large openings separates the driving compartment from the fighting compartment.An internal structural plate of 17 mm thickness separates the forward ammo rack from the driver as seen in X-ray mode.Skirting are placed on the sides of the Centurion, giving an additional 6 mm of side protection and can act as spaced armour.The steel boxes around the turret and the hull give a 4 mm additional protection, though this seems to be a negligible addition.Tracks and suspension wheels are both 20 mm thick.Cast homogeneous armour (Turret, Gun mantlet, Cupola sides).Rolled homogeneous armour (Hull, Roof, Turret roof, Cupola roof, Side skirts, Smoke launchers).The commander in Sho't Kal Dalet sits in a pretty exposed position on the turret with his head directly behind the commander's cupola, resulting in him getting knocked out pretty often by potshots when the tank is in a hull down position. The ammunition rack next to the driver can be eliminated by taking less number of rounds but doesn't help the survivability much. Any penetration in the hull at the centre of mass is sure to hit the ammo rack resulting in a catastrophic explosion of the tank. The interior layout suffers from the same drawback as the regular Centurion, with ammunition littered throughout the fighting compartment. Protection against autocannon fire with virtually any belt is mediocre at best, with frontal protection somewhat decent but side armour is too thin for APDS belts of cannon fire from BMP-2 and Gepards. ATGMs and higher calibre HEAT rounds(like the 650 mm penetration 120 mm DM12 round from Leopard 1A1A1 L/44) will have no trouble penetrating your ERA tiles. This setup makes your tank immune to any HEAT, ATGM and HEATFS round that penetrates 400-450 mm RHAe by default, easily eliminating the threat posed by 105 mm DM12, 100 mm 3BK17M and 3BK5 rounds (most commonly used chemical energy rounds at this BR). Apart from the ERA themselves, there is a considerable amount of air gap behind the ERA tiles and the tank skin which acts as an additional spaced armour against HEAT projectiles. They even cover the turret "forehead", turret cheeks and most importantly, the turret ring. APFSDS rounds, however, will penetrate through your tank at any angle and at any range.īut the really interesting and unique aspect about Sho't Kal Dalet is the entire array of ERA tiles that cover the front and side of the tank. ![]() The upper front plate and the turret "forehead" will easily bounce APDS and APCBC/APHE rounds from various 100 mm and 105 mm guns at beyond 500 m range. The base survivability towards various forms of APDS and APHE/APCBC is virtually the same as that of the Centurion Mk 10 in the regular tech tree, but now you will encounter less of these munitions, with HEAT and APFSDS rounds being your primary threat now.
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