Sorry, I'll write M1A2, so no problems...
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Merkava has engine in front hull compartment, so only front hull penetrations could immobilize it.Engine also adds to protection of the crew.
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I didn't know but if that's efficient in street fight when a poor RPG can immobilise a standard MBT, in a "normal" war, I would not be very happy of having a motor in front of me...
You said it incrases the crew protection... Maybe, but with so few space in the front for both armor and motor, the anti-Sabot armor or whatever munition that kind, should be not so high in the game.
That's not in contradiction with a high anti-heat armor (i.e: BTW, the Leclerc has the best anti-heat armor in the game because it has new generation armor and in the same time, his anti-sabot armor is not so good, because the only things that counts his the number of centimeters steel you place between the sabot and the crew, and for that, Leopard and M1A2 are the best)
Other point, in the game, Merkava has a stabilizator of 6 and a fire control of 54, because of the
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The new fire control system, developed by El Op, includes very advanced features including the capability to acquire and lock onto moving targets, even airborne helicopters, while the tank itself is on the move.
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from
http://www.army-technology.com/projects/merkava4/
I have no idea of wath have got M1A2 SEP,Challenger and Leopard2A6-EX but I know for sure that since 1998, the Leclerc (tranche 5) system is (or seems to be) at least so good:
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The gun, which fires APFSD and HEAT rounds, has a firing rate of 12 rounds/minute. The aiming system is entirely electrical for improved acceleration.The tank has an automatic loading system, which allows cross-country fire-on-the-move against mobile targets.
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and
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The digital fire control system allows the gunner or commander to select six different targets to be engaged in just over 30 seconds. The system's digital computer allows realtime treatment of data from the tank's sensors and sights.The gunner's stabilised sight is SAVAN 20 from Safran, which contains a three-field-of-view thermal imager.
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Has anybody an idea of the efficiency of those systems or any information about the others MBTs systems?