New british TechTree tank - Valentine XI (BR III ?)

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Valentine XI

  • designer was Vickers-Armstrongs
  • designed 1938
  • production was from 1940 - 1944 with 8,275 tanks built (different variants)

general

  • mass was 16 long tons (16 t)
  • length was 17 ft 9 in (5.41 m)
  • width was 8 ft 7.5 in (2.629 m)
  • height was 7 ft 5.5 in (2.273 m)
  • uses a crew of 3 (commander, gunner, driver)

armour, armament and mobility

  • armour was 60 / 43 / 60 mm at the hull and 65 / 60 / 65 mm at the turret → front / side / back
  • uses as main armament a QF 75 mm
  • secondary armament was 1 x 7.92 mm BESA machine-gun with 3,150 rounds
  • uses a GMC 6004 diesel 131–165 hp (97–121 kW) and a Meadows Type 22 (5 speed and reverse) transmission
  • was capable of reaching a maximum speed of 15 mph (24 km/h) on roads

→ uses the same ammo like the following tanks which are already in the game: Sherman II | M4A1 | M4A2 | M4A3E2 → APCBC (M61 Shot)

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Personally Id like to see the likes IX instead of the XI, I think a 6pdr equipped version at BR2 would be very nice to have, it would be balanced as well since the IX lost the coax gun to fit the 6pdr at first until the later turret redesigns. (Would also work well as an event soviet squad, though at BR3 instead since you could use the uparmoured versions of it that were soviet made, commonly giving armour about on par with the KV-1).

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Instead we could see the Cromwell’s appear to fill BR3 for british lineups.

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To have only 3 crewmen is terrible for BR3 tank. But I don’t feel competent enough to say if it should be BR2 or BR3.

All I know I wouldn’t have fun playing it in BR3, especially in uptier match.

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The IX at BR2 would still be good fun.

The XI at BR3 would be a larp vehicle only I fear, the Shermans are better than it in every way.

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It has few weakspot and is relatively hard to hit so BR1 tanks would be powerless against it, especially Japanese tanks.

Cromwell would be better for BR2, but Japan still needs better tank against that (Chi-Ha kai in TT will be a must eventually)

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No, it isn’t must. Stop stealing from players who invested their time/money into a events.

There’s always another solution opposite to this this straight up commie approach.

Not to mention it’s total BS. Matilda is in game for so long. And it’s more armored than any valentine.

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Matilda, Chaffe, AC1 none of them can be penned by BR1 Japanese tanks.
The reason its not a major issue yet is because they are heavily limited in number because they are premium.

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So what? Japanese are the only faction with 180mm pene lunge mine that can be equipped on any soldier.

They should use their exclusive advantage rather than to push for content thefts.

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This thing would be very weak for a BR3 tank. If we work under the assumption that the 6 pounder Valentine is fine at BR2 (which I personally think is plausible, the 6 pounder isn’t some crazy powerful gun for BR2 which requires being paired with a tin can to be balanced) then the 75mm Valentine might also be fine there as well considering that it would only get solid shot AP. If it’s still too strong then it could be possibly nerfed with a slow rate of fire considering that the gun is mounted in a two man turret which is probably quite cramped.