Maintenance - November 11

On the 11th of November, starting from 8:00 CEST (10th of November, 11 PM PST), the server will not be available for 5 hours due to the application of Update 0.33.7478

Challenger and PTZ-89 HESH Changes

These vehicles received the following changes to their HESH shells:

• Shells renamed from L31A5 to L31A4
• Challenger 1 HESH damage reduced from 510 to 460
• PTZ-89 HESH damage reduced from 510 to 430
• PTZ-89 HESH shell now has the same penetration and velocity as the one of the Challenger 1 MBT

Leopard 2 Changes

All Tier 7 to Tier 10 Leopard MBTs were adjusted as such:

• Added the Improved Propellant module to all of them, reducing the kinetic shell penetration loss over distance by 10 percent
• Improved the thickness of mid- and rear-part of its flanks by 20mm
• Reload time improved by 0.4s

2T Stalker

• ATGM minimum damage dealt upon non-penetration changed to take armor thickness more into account (thick armor hits now do less damage)

AFT-10

• ATGM penetration increased from 1400mm to 1450mm
• ATGM damage increased from 1200 to 1300
• ATGM minimum damage dealt upon non-penetration changed to take armor thickness more into account (thick armor hits now do less damage)
• ATGMs now accelerate to their maximum flight speed faster
• ATGMs are now a bit less agile but also less affected by soft-kill APS

Altay

• Fixed this vehicle’s UI armor values to correspond to the actual ones

BMP-3 and BMP-3M

• Updated the armor of these vehicles (their frontal armor is now able to withstand the fire of 30mm autocannons at certain distance)

BMPT Mod.2000

• 30mm AP shell penetration loss over distance brought to the same value as for other vehicles
• ATGM minimum damage dealt upon non-penetration changed to take armor thickness more into account (thick armor hits now do less damage)
• ATGMs are now a bit less agile but also less affected by soft-kill APS
• ATGM damage increased from 920 to 1000

BMPT Mod.2017

• 30mm AP shell penetration loss over distance brought to the same value as for other vehicles
• Delay between ATGM launches increased from 3s to 4s
• ATGM minimum damage dealt upon non-penetration changed to take armor thickness more into account (thick armor hits now do less damage)
• The vehicle no longer fires from both autocannon barrels at once
• ATGM penetration increased from 1000mm to 1100mm
• ATGM damage increased from 850 to 900

BMPT-72

• ATGM damage increased from 850 to 900
• Delay between ATGM launches reduced from 4s to 3s
• ATGM minimum damage dealt upon non-penetration changed to take armor thickness more into account (thick armor hits now do less damage)
• The vehicle no longer fires from both autocannon barrels at once

Bradley FV

• ATGM minimum damage dealt upon non-penetration changed to take armor thickness more into account (thick armor hits now do less damage)
• 30mm AP shell damage increased from 23 to 32
• Autocannon rate of fire increased from 400 to 450 RPM for 30mm shells
• 40mm AP shell penetration increased from 210mm to 230mm
• Delay between ATGM launches reduced from 3s to 2s
• Tandem HEAT ATGM damage increased from 850 to 900
• Tandem HEAT ATGM penetration increased from 950mm to 1000mm

CRAB

• Delay between ATGM launches reduced from 3s to 2s
• ATGM minimum damage dealt upon non-penetration changed to take armor thickness more into account (thick armor hits now do less damage)
• ATGMs now accelerate to their maximum flight speed faster
• Somewhat reduced the camouflage penalty for ATGM launches

Hunter AFV

• ATGM minimum damage dealt upon non-penetration changed to take armor thickness more into account (thick armor hits now do less damage)
• 40mm AP shell damage increased from 38 to 44
• 40mm AP shell penetration increased from 192mm to 210mm
• 40mm AP shell rate of fire reduced from 450 to 400

K-153C Raybolt

• Viewrange increased from 425m to 440m
• Somewhat reduced the camouflage penalty for ATGM launches
• Target lock time reduced from 1.7s to 1.6s
• Magazine reload time reduced from 17s to 15s

K21

• 40mm AP shell penetration increased from 210mm to 230mm

K21 XC-8

• This vehicle now has a 4-round Ready Rack with 3.5s between shots within the Rack and 5s reload time once it’s empty

Kornet-EM

• ATGM damage increased from 900 to 1100
• ATGM minimum damage dealt upon non-penetration changed to take armor thickness more into account (thick armor hits now do less damage)
• ATGMs now accelerate to their maximum flight speed faster
• ATGMs are now a bit less agile but also less affected by soft-kill APS
• Fixed an issue where this vehicle wasn’t dealing the correct damage when firing in the single launcher mode

Leclerc T-40

• 40mm AP shell penetration increased from 210mm to 230mm

M1128 Stryker

• Stock gun reload time reduced from 6.2s to 4.5s

M113 Hellfire

• ATGM minimum damage dealt upon non-penetration changed to take armor thickness more into account (thick armor hits now do less damage)

M1134

• ATGM minimum damage dealt upon non-penetration changed to take armor thickness more into account (thick armor hits now do less damage)
• Tandem HEAT ATGM damage increased from 850 to 900
• Tandem HEAT ATGM penetration increased from 950mm to 1000mm
• Removed the restriction on the amount of ATGMs simultaneously in flight

NM142

• Tandem HEAT ATGM damage increased from 850 to 900
• Tandem HEAT ATGM penetration increased from 950mm to 1000mm
• Delay between ATGM launches reduced from 3s to 2s
• ATGMs now accelerate to their maximum flight speed faster
• Somewhat reduced the camouflage penalty for ATGM launches
• ATGM minimum damage dealt upon non-penetration changed to take armor thickness more into account (thick armor hits now do less damage)

Ramka-99

• 30mm AP shell penetration loss over distance brought to the same value as for other vehicles
• Delay between ATGM launches reduced from 4.5s to 3.5s
• ATGM minimum damage dealt upon non-penetration changed to take armor thickness more into account (thick armor hits now do less damage)
• The vehicle no longer fires from both autocannon barrels at once

Rosomak

• 30mm AP shell damage increased from 23 to 32
• Autocannon rate of fire increased from 400 to 450 RPM

Rosomak M1

• ATGM minimum damage dealt upon non-penetration changed to take armor thickness more into account (thick armor hits now do less damage)
• 30mm AP shell damage increased from 23 to 32
• Autocannon rate of fire increased from 400 to 450 RPM

Sphinx

• ATGM damage increased from 750 to 850
• ATGM minimum damage dealt upon non-penetration changed to take armor thickness more into account (thick armor hits now do less damage)
• ATGMs now accelerate to their maximum flight speed faster
• ATGMs are now a bit less agile but also less affected by soft-kill APS
• Stock 40mm AP shell penetration increased from 210mm to 230mm
• Upgraded 40mm AP shell penetration increased from 252mm to 260mm

T-72 Ural

• Rebalanced this vehicle’s armor and improved its visual model quality

T-15 Armata

• ATGM penetration increased from 1200mm to 1300mm
• ATGM damage increased from 900 to 1100
• ATGM minimum damage dealt upon non-penetration changed to take armor thickness more into account (thick armor hits now do less damage)
• ATGMs now accelerate to their maximum flight speed faster
• ATGMs are now a bit less agile but also less affected by soft-kill APS

T-90MS

• Fixed this vehicle’s smoke deployment location

Type 89

• Fixed an issue where Mechanized Infantry would sometimes die upon disembarkation

VCAC Mephisto

• ATGM minimum damage dealt upon non-penetration changed to take armor thickness more into account (thick armor hits now do less damage)

VBR

• Viewrange increased from 410m to 430m
• Upgraded ATGM damage increased from 600 to 650
• ATGM minimum damage dealt upon non-penetration changed to take armor thickness more into account (thick armor hits now do less damage)
• ATGMs now accelerate to their maximum flight speed faster
• ATGMs are now a bit less agile but also less affected by soft-kill APS
• Somewhat reduced the camouflage penalty for ATGM launches

Warrior

• ATGM minimum damage dealt upon non-penetration changed to take armor thickness more into account (thick armor hits now do less damage)
• ATGMs now accelerate to their maximum flight speed faster
• ATGMs are now a bit less agile but also less affected by soft-kill APS
• Autocannon rate of fire increased from 400 to 450 RPM
• Stock ATGM damage increased from 500 to 550
• Upgraded ATGM damage increased from 560 to 600
• 30mm AP shell penetration loss over distance brought to the same value as for other vehicles

Wiesel HOT

• ATGM minimum damage dealt upon non-penetration changed to take armor thickness more into account (thick armor hits now do less damage)

Wilk XC-8

• PELE shell damage increased from 550 to 600
• Missile reload time reduced from 4s to 3.5s

ZTQ-15

• Simplified the ERA and spaced armor layout in order to reduce the number of unintended weakspots
• Fixed the issue that caused this vehicle’s machinegun blast to appear in an incorrect spot

ZUBR PSP

• Tandem HEAT ATGM damage increased from 850 to 900
• Tandem HEAT ATGM penetration increased from 950mm to 1000mm
• Delay between ATGM launches reduced from 3s to 2s
• Missile reload time reduced from 4s to 3.5s
• ATGMs now accelerate to their maximum flight speed faster
• Somewhat reduced the camouflage penalty for ATGM launches
• ATGM minimum damage dealt upon non-penetration changed to take armor thickness more into account (thick armor hits now do less damage)

General Changes

• Fixed the issue that allowed for an incorrect full magazine reload when switching shells during the reloading process
• Fixed the issue that broke some HE shells (the “violet HE rounds with broken description” bug)
• Fixed an issue with the Defense active ability, which incorrectly reduced the hull traverse rate value
• WPB Anders, PL-01 and Draco: Removed the module that improves these vehicles’ time to switch between different shell types since these vehicles already have this ability by default
• Fixed the XM1A3 Archangel gun collision model
• Fixed an issue where the Leopard 2 MBT would keep the name Leopard 2A4HU even after the 2A4HU skin was disabled
• Port Storm: Fixed the textures on several buildings
• Fixed a rare issue where some AI vehicles would not fire at players
• Fixed an issue that arose in Update 0.33, where the PCs with their GPUs significantly more powerful than their CPUs would suffer from performance losses
• Fixed an issue that caused vehicle shadows to remain even when the vehicles were no longer spotted
• Fixed an issue where the HQ PvE mission change timer did not correspond to the actual server timer
• Fixed a number of smaller visual model issues
• Fixed some smaller UI issues
• Added a number of assets for future events