>>213500821>Western tanks don't need ERA because they either have composite or spaced armor on the front and sides.retard, era goes on top of composite, western tanks have very limited NERA coverage on the sides
>Weaker UFP? As in the part that is so angled that even APFSDS rounds shatter on them?apfsds don't shatter on angled impacts, they're literally designed to not do that. any more or less modern apfsds can pen any western tank into ufp
>even Russia went to a western style with the T-90, ditching it's shitty cast turrets for NERA blocksit's not a western style turret
>Also funny you'd mention ammo in the "easiest spot for a drone to hit" as if Russian tanks never cook off. Ammo in Russian tanks isn't even separated from the fighting compartmentneither it is in most western tanks
>any penetration anywhere is almost guaranteed to result in the ammo detonatingonly into lower center mass which is very hard to hit, compared to ammo laying everywhere.
>It's in a separate compartment for this very reason, so a cookoff isn't lethal.on practice the fire always spreads to engine deck and the unit is destroyed, bustle isn't always closed either, not to mention how space there is very limited.
>And while we're at it having the ammo close to the floor isn't better, since it makes it more vulnerable to minesin western tanks, ammo is closer to the lower front of the hull, namely in leopard and challenger cases it's besides the driver, a place most vulnerable to mines
>And russian tanks aren't designed to handle mines.neither are western tanks
>And any tank burns if the ammo detonates, unless it's in a separate compartment.even if it's in separate compartment it will spread to other parts of the vehicle
Don't take war thunder for reality kid.