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As I mentioned in early replies, will be hard to see plenty number of T-90Ms in real life in 2017, and foreseeable future. I expected 50 in this year, and that is still too many. It has good chance that actual number will be less than that. Replacing main cannon is not easy at all like you imagine, it is not like toy model tanks. 2A82 cannon is bigger than 2A46, and this brings lots of problem, many equipments inside the turret are needed to be rearranged. This may bring turret design modification. It would be minor but still not easy & fast task. Plus, Russians claim that their 2A82 cannon will shot different penetrator, which is longer than previous ones. This will require modification in their autoloader. Their Malachite NERA is not ready yet, and it is even not sure if the Malachite NERA is already under mass production mode or not. Plus, even though it is under mass production, it is not a cheap armor, and there's good chance that T-90M program will suffer from lack of armor supply. Will they downgrade the armor to Relikt instead of Malachite? I don't know. And they are under sequester now. Do they really can upgrade all 400 T-90As to T-90Ms in 2017? That will depends on their plan and budget, but my $1 will be on impossible opinion. The only reason we are able to see T-90AM in CMBS is because of BF's "hypothetical story line" balancing. They assumed (in 2014) all-in full scale war between NATO and Russia (in 2017), each side bring their "the best" equipment at 2017 (expected from 2014). That is why we are seeing so many T-90AMs in CMBS, which is fantasy in current real life Russian Army, and LWR + Trophy in SEP v2 as well. If you don't like LWR+Trophy of SEP v2, you need to accept major part of current CMBS Russian army should be removed (including T-90AM), and you will cry out loud about how much the CMBS is the NATO biased game. I expect the BF will bring T-90M in next module, and they will keep the T-90AM, based on their "hypothetical story line". It is alternative history. But the rarity price of T-90M will be, and should be expensive than T-90AM.

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/02/10/usmc-releases-rfi-11000-iars-rumors-abound-pure-fleeted-m27-standard-rifle/ So, according to this article, it seems that "replacing all M4" is wrong, rather, M27 will replace M249. 11000 is too small number to replace "all rifles" for Marines, it needs at least 30k ~ 40k M27s to do so.

I knew and read about Debecka Pass, but national interest article is new to me. Contents about future plan in page 3 is really interesting. When I first read about Javelin scored 4000m+ target kill, I was surprised about that. CMBS Javelin may should do the same, I think.

I think they are really needed in here in CMBS. Mines are kinda OP now in my opinion, there's no easy or fast way to deal with. And mine rollers are all issued in both sides.

Gunner of that Khriz would never know, about where his first missile headed. He may still thinks that his first missile punched the tree, complaining his bad luck that day.

I still think that crews were crack or elite. If they were regular, I would be really surprised, but oh well, sxxt happens on the battlefield, I will take that. And I got my lucky moments too. That was lucky moment

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T-72B3 can do this~! Same T-72B3 yesterday made a home run again. Heavy wind condition blow the smoke away at 30 sec point. 15 sec later, (around 45sec) crews detected unidentified contact, and 8 sec later (around 53 sec) gunner observed the enemy tank and engaged, hit turret front, and destroyed. I couldn't find the hole, so I'm not sure about the exact penetration spot, but my guess is just above the cannon mount, the area not protected by DU armor. 305m is close enough distance for T-72B3 kinetic shell to penetrate/damage the Abrams, but there are still a chance to fail to penetrate against Abrams. It is the work of random generator in the CM code, so I'm would not be surprised if my tank fails to penetrate. If it hits the DU armor plate, then I'm not sure what would happened. In that sense, I think I was lucky this time. But my opponent was lucky several times as well XD So, in this case, T-72B3 detected Abrams earlier, and engaged earlier, and killed at one shot. At this distance, the chance of T-72B3 triumph increases.

The Oak tree #412 will be remembered in our hearts. Well there are different factors regarding that situation, and I don't particularly think the CMBS Abrams is OP, but I think he was lucky.

More things to add. The reason why I'm pessimistic about 200 T-90M within 2017 is not only the budget, but because of new equipment. Their new 2A82-1M new cannon is bit different from old 2A46M-5 cannon, which would make more labor and time for the cannon exchange. Plus, to my best knowledge, they need more Malachite NERA to meet the demand, so they need to wait for new supply. And they are under sequester. So, for me it is hard to believe such many deployment of T-90M in this year. Of course, CMBS is under already "hypothetical" story line, I think there are very good chance to see T-90M in CMBS. Maybe same rarity point with T-90AM? This depends on BF's decision.

200 or 400 doesn't matter, my personal stand is, I can't buy claim that 200 T-90M can be fielded within 2017 will going to good chance to be wrong. But I admit I can be wrong, there is no peace or not like that in here, I just raised my pessimistic opinion about T-90M upgrade program, that is all.

I gave my expectation, if you call that "generalize", fine, I will take that, but I'm not gonna buy any claims like "Russian army will upgrade 400 ore more T-90Ms in 2017 in real life". That is what I want to talk about in this issue. Of course, I can be wrong, and they can actually progress the upgrade program like that, but I think the chances for such event would not that high. ps) I know what "Uralvagonzavod" is, but I don't know about their revenues. If I have enough time I would love to dig in.

Stop chit chat, I can tell any procurement program of Russian will be under effect of their recent sequester. But I don't know how that will influence the T-90M program. If you want to dig in, you do that.

Then do you have proof or anything? I raised my pessimistic expectation for T-90M program based on their budget cut reports and news. My words are not any form of prophecy, and I'm not a fortuneteller, but I can have some expectation based on reports. And my expectation can go wrong, so I don't know what will be the real fate of T-90M program. Bydax gave me a good correction regarding budget cut, but still, their new armament program will be influenced by it. Search yourself if you want to find the proof.

It is my Christmas gift wish list, And I will blame Santa if BF denies them I know that some of the lists will not be possible (I remember some of the list are denied by devs because of various reasons.), or possible but not in reasonable time frame. But some of them (VDV, Marine, Naval infantry) are mentioned by dev and BF tester, so let's see what will going to happen.

" I would add that by spending to reduce the defense sector’s debt, the MoD in reality has also reduced its procurement costs for the future so it’s unclear how the 7% reduction in the budget plays out relative to likely lower purchase prices since the budget is no longer forced to absorb financing costs for these debts. In conclusion, the Russian defense budget will remain very much alive, while the state armament program will continue to truck along with reduced expectations. " First of all, thanks for the good article @Bydax, this gave me a new lesson, so it was not 25% but much more "acceptable" reduction, right? But the article also mentioned that any new armament program will be under effect of sequester. So, we still don't know how this could influence the T-90M program and others.

Most of my suggestions are discussed in this forum at least once. But here I introduce again of mine... My logic is simple: More detailed expression = more immersive environment = possibly more realistic game = possibly more sales. 1. Tank with mine roller/dozer 2. More delicate engineering features, such as bridge explosion and mine clearing 3. As far as I know, arty HE rounds should be able to clear mine fields, at least in some degree. 4. Vehicle mast sight & TC override ability. Also bug fix regarding some vehicle's sight such as Khriz. Khriz should be able to "see" from radar, but it seems its viewpoint is crew's eye. 5. Realistic building collapse and debris. 6. Realistic TAC-AI about retreat. If they are in good cover, they should stay in the cover regardless of damage / suppression. 7. Visual representation of airplanes and rot.wings when flyby in game. It doesn't need to be perfect detail, just far silhouettes would be OK. 8. Small chances for "flying turret" for vehicles when destroyed. This happens rare for modern tanks, but still it happens. Dramatic boom boom is always great 9. Some attack helicopters should be able to perform multiple target engagement, such as Apache guardian / longbow. 10. Some attack helicopters should have very low chance to be shot down by AA, since they can engage behind / slightly over the ridge lines, shoot and scoop style. Right now, they all are just attempting strafing run like Vietnam war Cobra style. This is not true. 11. Blood / gore expression (optional). Well, this could be debatable but this will make the game more.... realistic in some sense. But I also think that this is not that much essential. Just blood expressions would be enough maybe. Or we can introduce turn on / off ability for this option. 12. Detail modeling of shells(tanks/artillery) and several airstrike missiles. Right now, shells flying like the Star Wars laser blaster. 13. FASCAM, ICM, WP, Thermobaric, and chemical strike. As far as I know some of those special ammos are also available for regimental level support assets. 14. Fire on trees, buildings, houses, and glass, burned ground expression. 15. Up to date of UA forces, such as UAV in UA. 16. Variable weather and wind. 17. Transport helicopters and heliborne / repel. 18. If possible, dedicated multiplayer server and 2:2 3:3 possibility? Or multiplayer campaign? But I think those are really tough goals. 19. Variable turn time depend on faction, if possible. 20. Counter artillery option for artillery and airplanes. Give them "counter arty" mission. When activated by user, by some chance, artillery automatically reacts to enemy arty, based on each side's counter battery radar ability. And results will be printed on fire support team like "counter battery success", like "Airplane shot down" of AA units. Depending in their mobility, artys can evade CB but they cant couduct any fire mission during evade. Counter battery is also available by airplanes. Several A2G stand off missiles are able to conduct counter battery missions. 21. SEAD aircrafts, and realistic EW ability of airplanes. For example, as far as I know, F-16CJ is equipped with jamming pods, should have more survive chance against AA. And SEAD will allow users to attempt like strike package by multiple airplanes. 22. More units: Javelin / 30mm Stryker, Tos-1A Buratino, Other rocket artilleries, T-90M, M1A2 SEP v3, Marines, VDV, Naval infantries, and etc....

I'm not happy or unhappy about that call, and honestly I don't know, and frankly, 50 is optimistic value from my side. This could be more, or this could be less. It depends on their decision about which program is more important for given budget.

My guess is around 50 per a year, but we will see, how much they can invest to T-90M program. It is not logical to bring Indian army supplies to discuss about Russian army's plan, they are totally separated program, using different budget. And recent Russian defense budget cut was 25.5%, it is huge. Plus they have lot more priorities such as PAK-FA, T-14, new missiles and etc... so I think T-90M program might be able to influenced depend on their decision, that is why I see pessimistic. I agree they will have some T-90M tanks in the field. The problem is how many.

IMO upgrade of T-90M would be totally different from T-72B3's one, considering T-90M program contains new cannon, and they need to produce more Malachite NERA, it is different story from T-72B3's K-5 upgrade. And I'm still pessimistic about their financial ability. I don't have their manufacturing plan, but their defense budget faced serious cuts recently.

How long it would take to upgrade the "significant number" of T-90A to T-90M? How many T-90Ms would be possible to be upgraded and sent to field divisions in 2017? I have no idea about their plan, but considering Russian economy and the cut down of Russian defense budget, I think it would not that optimistic.

Vast majority of T-90 in Russian army is T-90A variant, and even their numbers are not that big when compared to number of T-72B3. If T-90AM issued to Russian army, than it would be not for the service, maybe for some test? But I never read any news about massive deployment of T-90AM to the Russian army..... That is why I think the introduction of T-90AM in CMBS is one of the "hypothetical upgrade" for the gaming concern. If we consider realism, T-90AM should have more rarity point than now, at least. And if BF decided to introduce T-90M in next module, they should have significant amount of rarity point. By the time I wrote this, @panzersaurkrautwerfer gave the better answer.

BF decided to bring hypothetically upgraded SEP v2, based on the assumption that this is all-out, full scale war, and each side bring "the best" in their arsenal. So BF made an assumption that US upgraded SEP v2, such as LWR and Trophy, before sent to battle field. Same goes to Russia (ex: significant number of T-90AM tanks), and Ukraine (ex: significant number of Oplot tanks). At first I was the same like you, but I'm convinced, and now I understand their decision, to make the game more interesting. I do wish the realistic version of each side's tanks and vehicles in the next module, but I think BF will try to keep the same track, same artificial history line. It would be sad for me if they continue their "assumptions", but oh well, I can live with that. Thanks for the test, this solved some of my question to this game, break my bias to this game. Can I have this map? I wish to conduct some tests later.

According to unconfirmed report, Russian high command recommended the hero of federation medal to that tree. What a giving tree, this is the second time during CMBS PBEM, that tree saved my tank There are actually 0.1~0.2 sec of difference between two shots. Distance was around 320m. If it were not that tree, Abrams could got my T-72, or this could be a cross counter.

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