Merkava invincible?

[gingertanker]

It is quite possible that the front armor on Mk4 in game is over powered. Truth is no one here knows. I am the closest to knowing and I don't have actual numbers. I can say that stopping an Invar is 100% realistic, but I do not know about the rusky KE rods. No one knows.

[DRG]

All we can do is guess based on sometimes very sketchy information. I'm sure someone somewhere knows the exact values but there are RL variables that make things like this not so much a mathematical exercise of 1+1=2...more like 1+1 = (maybe). The best we can hope for is "close enough" and in that, I think we are. The only way to know for certain, for example, the front armour values( and even that is uncertain ) would be if a known weapon with known ( and verified )penetration values knocked out at least 3 from the front and it was reported but I just don't see that happening.

But... what I am curious about and it's not OPSEC......how close am I on the colour of the Merk 4's ?

[gingertanker]

I think the color is p. damn close.

[DRG]

And that is what I hoped. I looked at a number of photos but each one is slightly different due to lighting, wear, dust etc. I am still surprised what I can get from 173 Icon usable colours from a 256 colour palette

[DRG]

Are we a bit too early with the Eitan ISD ...or is that OPSEC?

[gingertanker]

AFAIK it's not quite operational yet. If I had to guess (which I do because I do not know) I would put a date of mid to late 2019. There are for sure several units being tested in the Nahal brigade but I doubt they are fully online. I have not taken the time to check out the unit in game if I do and have something useful to add I will in due protocol.