Well just as the title states, the M24 needs it’s APCBC both to be historically accurate as well as to be useful in tank v tank encounters. But instead of just asking for it I’ll make a good comparison as to why I believe it should happen.
As of now, the M24 is currently using M72 solid shot, which not only is has the lowest pen aside from the HE shell, but as a very late war tank I think it didn’t even use.
These are screenshots take directly from the M24’s Technical Manual TM 9-729, sadly it’s the 1951 edition and try as I might I was not able to get my grubby hands on any of the 1944 versions, but AFAIK all of the Chaffee’s sights are graduated the same and had the very same reticles.
Finally from the same manual we have the table of authorized rounds for the 75mm gun M6, and as you can see, the first 2 are both for the M651 and it’s improved variant, the M61A1 and then a whole lotta of M48 HE types of fuzzes and the WP smoke rounds, so as you can see, as far as I could research, the M24 only ever used M61 APCBC as it’s main AT round.
Now, I can hear you say “You are always ranting about historically accurate things and variety and such” and while true, today I come here not only armed with documents but also with how the Chaffee is balanced in Enlisted’s parent game War Thunder.
As you can see, currently the M24 is located at RB 3.7, which actually places it neatly in the middle of both US 75mm Shermans we have in game, a little over the M4A1 Sherman (RB 3.3) and just behind the M4A2 (RB 4.0) and on par with the Pz.IV H (RB 3.7)
Why? You might ask, well, for the very same reason it was made, it’s a speedy agile tank with a gun that can pen a Tiger 1 thru’ the front.
My proposal here is simple, as many others before me have been asking FOR YEARS at this point, and many others will say, please, give the Chaffee it’s M61 APCBC! Now where I come in is to say that it should also be balanced accordingly to BR III as it is a late war vehicle after all.
- Keep poor Chaffee as is (It remains in BR II)
- Give the Chaffee it’s rightful M61 APCBC (Move to BR III)
- Move Chaffee to BR III but don’t give it M61 (Chaotic evil option)
I’ve brought you historical documents, I’ve brought you gameplay balance in WT, I’ve even included a 3rd option so that @Zepuoj can’t say I have a biased poll, so with this I’ve done everything in my power to make a case for the Chaffee’s M61, so please, pretty please, do it for us as a late new years miracle or something.
This is finally the post were I go full
And well, with that, thank you very much for reading as always, enjoy you weekend people, see you on the game!
