Wishlist: Change the way ERA/Advanced ERA functions.

[Djuice]

Iraq, Desert 160x200 map.

1989/10

Head-On

Russia

1 T-72BM

USA

4 M1A1

The T-72BM is practically immune to the SABOT rounds up until 1150m~ where it can penetrate through the front hull without any angling. The front turret is immune to up until 600m. Though quite infrequent sometimes a shot results in a "weak spot" while maybe penetrate depending on "roll".

So a T-72BM with the current implementation of ERA/AERA can sit at 2000m, and receive multitude of hits from 120mm and survive due to the it's increased based armor added on for K-5.

Realistically K-5 ERA will detonate on penetration from high velocity 1400+m/s APFSDS and HEAT reducing penetration of such penetrators and leaving behind an empty now unprotected spot. So a following round/shell that hits that same spot will not have the same protection as before as the ERA is gone.

eg: a T-72BM could only possibly survive 6 direct hits to the frontal turret, before all ERA are removed, and it's armour will then be exactly the same as a normal T-72B as it is no longer protected with K-5 ERA, allowing even a relatively old I-TOW to penetrate through it's turret. Or another following SABOT etc.

On a side note, some ATGM that are fitted with Stand-off probes are considered to be Multi-charged ATGM, one example will be the I-TOW which was fielded back in 78. Extended/Stand-off probes fitted on early ATGM did not have any effect on ERA, as they were basically used to increase penetration, and does not have a precursor HEAT charge to detonate ERA. The first TOW to be fitted with a Tandem HEAT warhead was the TOW-2A which was introduced in 88.