The premium tank “m13/40” doesn’t have much difference than the m14/41. so i suggest adding track and sandbags as additional armor. As shown in the images below.
This is much better than just a tank with a different skin.
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The problem is that these were mostly psychological, the sandbags maybe reduce shrapnel effects from large caliber arty, or perhaps ATRs, but they are ineffective vs direct fire tank rounds.
If they want to add them in as cosmetics then that would be fine.
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In Enlisted they don’t care if the additional armor was effective in real life. " Track " has good additional armor in the game.
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I didn’t mention the track, because it was used by all sides, and there is anecdotal evidence that the track could “catch rounds” and promptly slide off if the angle of obliquity was large enough.
Tracks are currently in game, and provide armour effects as requested, they could add this feature to the Italian turret as you describe.
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Yes, but no. Sand bags can activate the fuse and make the projectile inefficient, same with logs, especially for heat ammo.
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HEAT ammo was not that prevalent until later in the war, since we’re talking about the Tunisian campaign. The most common threat was from AT guns which in the case of the British used solid shot, or in some cases HE from the larger calibre arty firing over open sights. The HE was good enough to rip a track and once the tank was immobilised in an engagement area it was usually abandoned. The track hung off the Turret could provide a modicum of protection vs the 2 Pdr, HE or perhaps the Boys ATR.
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Thats because are the same tank with different engine and paint job
munitions still have a fuse, which can be armed too early, causing negletic damage, unless it’s a solid sheel.
If I understand correctly the fuses have a certain resistance threshold so they’re not set off / armed unless that threshold is met. In the case of sand bags, they work well against artillery fragments or perhaps were good enough to absorb a direct mortar hit both of which could cause dangerous spalling inside. There is also a degree of stand off argument for HEAT munitions. Against AP shot or APCBC with burst charges as the Germans and Soviets, and later on US used, the sandbags would just help to normalise the round to the armour, they would do little to reduce its kinetic energy.