Tier 9 premium medium tank, most likely for the new season of Steel Hunter. This year, Wargaming is trying to fill the ninth levels with vehicles like never before.
Hello tankers! With you Wotpack and today we have a new Tier 9 elite tank from Sweden UDES 03 Alt 3 in World of Tanks from the final stage of testing. The main awards are already known:
- for Ranked Battles German ST Kampfpanzer 50t
- for the Front Line French ST Project 4-1
By elimination, it can be assumed that UDES will follow steel hunter. We recently reviewed Developer plans for 2020 and now it is already known that there will be a general progress for LF and SO, i.e. It will be possible to pick up all the rewards for both modes by playing only one.
Let's look at the performance characteristics of UDES 03 Alt 3 and in parallel compare them with the linear Swedish CT level 9 Udes 16.
The firepower of the new "Swede" is reinforced by a 105 mm cannon with an alpha of 360 units, which is less than that of the upgraded one. But the promotional one has much higher armor penetration of 252 mm. On gold, penetration is also more than 284 mm, but in general this is not enough for battles with well-armored “tens”.
The accuracy is quite good at 0,35, and the convergence time is one of the best at 1,9 sec. Turret traverse speed is also better than pumped Udes 16, so sniping from the bushes will be a little more convenient.
Most importantly, he retained the main feature of the Swedish ST - hydropneumatic suspension, therefore, the UVN when activated is excellent -13 ... + 20 °.
In terms of survivability, UDES 03 Alt 3 can only rely on stealth. Almost no armor, 66 mm in the forehead of the hull will not help out with such a level of fighting, and land mines will absorb significantly painfully. Yes, and the margin of safety is one of the smallest 1600 units.
Now let's move on to mobility. The mass of the tank is 30 tons, so rams are not for him and it is better not to fall under them. The engine is weak, so the specific power is 18 hp / t, which allows you to accelerate (but not quickly) up to 50 km / h. Maneuverability is relatively good, UDES 03/3 will be able to spin a sluggish PT or heavy.
Stealth coefficient is the best among single-level ST: 17,16% stationary and 12,88% in motion + low silhouette, allowing you to use even the smallest bushes and trees to increase camouflage. If you strengthen it with Camouflage + Combat Brotherhood + Ventilation + Coffee with pastries + Camouflage (national product), then stealth will increase a little more than twice.
The critical situation with the viewing radius is only 380 meters, even for some "eights" and even more.
UPD 1
After the second iteration of UDES 03 Alt 3, they upped a bit:
- accelerated the reload time to 9.10 seconds and as a result the DPM increased slightly;
- engine power was raised to 600 hp, so the specific power increased to 20 hp / t
Let's sum up. Firepower is quite enough for a confident game in the top of the list, but in the middle / at the bottom there will be a lack of armor penetration and gold will not improve the situation too much. However, it is still better than the pumped Udes 16. So if you could pass it, then it will become even easier here.
By the way, the crew also consists of three tankers, just like on the pumped branch:
- commander;
- gunner;
- driver mechanic.
Since UDES 03/3 can only rely on concealment, some cards will be unsuitable for effective play on it, because absolutely everyone will break through it. At the same time, sniping will also be difficult for two reasons:
- gold and basic shells are subcalibers, and with distance they lose in armor penetration;
- after a shot, invisibility is reduced more than that of Udes 16, so more likely to be detected.
At the same time, sub-caliber projectiles have a higher flight speed, which makes it easier to fire at long range at moving targets.
Advantages | Disadvantages |
accuracy; | booking; |
information time; | overview; |
armor penetration by the base projectile; | breakdown of gold; |
UVN; | margin of safety. |
stealth. |
This machine is not suitable for all players, because it has a specific gameplay and does not forgive mistakes. And it’s far from always possible to calmly sniper shooting damage.
Previous tier 9 tanks on SuperTest:
- Project 4-1(has built-in mechanics "regular large repair kit")
- Object 777 Option II (was at level 10 before)
- 752 object (the first drum band of the USSR)