Aside of various
other things that Wargaming introduces in patch 9.6 are the two new premium
medium tanks French AMX CDC and Japanese
STA-2 .
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| AMX CDC |
AMX CDC (Chasseur
de Chars) is a little bit controversial
tank at least in my opinion . It has profile of heavy tank , armor of light
tank and gun of tank destroyer . It has
1400 hit points which is not too much for tier 8 compared to Panter in tier 7
with 1300 hp. Fully equipped its weights just slightly more than 34 tons. With its
amazing 1200 horse power engine, which is more than any other medium tanks in
the game, AMX can rapidly accelerate to its maximum top speed of 57km/h. Traverse
speed of this tank is 40 deg per seconds which is not bad but does not compete with
some other mediums. Armor is pretty bad
for tier 8 medium however , with 30mm on
the front 20 on the side and 20 on the rear for both turret and hull which
makes it easy prey even for the HE shells.
Aside of it weak armor CDC have very powerful gun 90mm AC DCA 45 with 8.22
rounds per minute 212mm penetration for AP, 259mm for APCR, 45mm for HE with 240 average
damage for AP and APCR and 320 for HE shells.
Gun also respects with its accuracy only
0.34 dispersion at 100m and good aim time of 2.2 sec. Best suiting role for AMX
CDC is for long to mid range support tank, on the first line of battle this
tank will suffer greatly because of its armor and big profile.
STA-2 is completely
different from the STA-1 when we look on
the model of the vehicles. STA-2 is a lot more taller and shorter than STA-1
and it look more like Type 61 in tier 9. Vehicle has 1420 hit points and
weights exactly like AMX CDC 34.45 tons . It has 500hp engine which is 70hp
less than the STA-1 but top speed and traverse speed is same on two vehicles 45km/h and 44deg/sec. In armor of two also
have similarities and turret armors are exactly same 45 in front, 35 on sides
and 25 on rear but turret of STA-2 is much shorter, hull armor is 70 in front
,60 on sides and 35 in rear. STA-2 gun is 90mm with rate of fire of 8.45 shells
per minute bit with disappointing penetration of AP shells of 185mm , 275mm on HEAT and 45mm on HE,
average damage is 240 for AP, 240 for HEAT and 320 for HE. Aim time is good 2.2
sec but accuracy is bad 0.37 on 100 meters.
