1. There are some issues with T-64A spotting ability. He does not see the tank that is directly ahead.
Here are screenshots showing the T-64A approaching the M60A3, touching it and not seeing it straight ahead.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DzRK01AwXmJAiajxHBzx-omxS2ezWsPV?usp=sharing (attaching media is not working)
Maybe T-64A not very good at spotting but this is overkill.
2. Why M60s have better armor then T-64/72/80s (I mean the section where "armor squares" ar
1. Spotting.
There's a ton of smoke in those pictures, I imagine that's part of it.
CM spotting works on cycles, so closing distance rapidly will create weird situations like this, if you're caught in between cycles.
Spotting is also a percentage game. Doctrinally and in practice in CM, the Soviet method was to get as much mass on target as possible. The first tank to spot their opponent will usually win the engagement, but if you can get enough tanks on target at the same time, it does