Today we get a devblog announcing the introduction of a new British Cold War Light Tank, the FV 107 Scimitar, something I've been eagerly anticipating for some time now!
So join me as we take a look at the FV 107 Scimitar and also discuss some other British Cold War Light Tanks that could be introduced to War Thunder, such as the FV 101 Scorpion, Sabre and more!
FV107 Scimitar Devblog: https://warthunder.com/en/news/9133-development-fv107-scimitar-single-edged-sword-en
Unamed Update Devblogs⬇️
T77E1➡️https://youtu.be/hzJFyUeXrnY
FV 107 Scimitar ➡️https://youtu.be/VA30K06KSV4
British Cold War Light Tanks that need adding to War Thunder ➡️ https://youtu.be/KqtbRqF-n28
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So join me as we take a look at the FV 107 Scimitar and also discuss some other British Cold War Light Tanks that could be introduced to War Thunder, such as the FV 101 Scorpion, Sabre and more!
FV107 Scimitar Devblog: https://warthunder.com/en/news/9133-development-fv107-scimitar-single-edged-sword-en
Unamed Update Devblogs⬇️
T77E1➡️https://youtu.be/hzJFyUeXrnY
FV 107 Scimitar ➡️https://youtu.be/VA30K06KSV4
British Cold War Light Tanks that need adding to War Thunder ➡️ https://youtu.be/KqtbRqF-n28
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00:00So, today we've been given some news that I've been looking forward to for quite some time,
00:04much like with the previous devblog I covered. And that is the news that Britain is getting a
00:09Cold War Light Tank, in the form of the FV107 Scimitar, which is going to be coming to the
00:14British Tech Tree at Rank 5. So, the reason I'm excited for this news is because at the moment,
00:20Britain doesn't have any Cold War Light Tanks. We did recently get the Fox Armoured Car,
00:25which was a very welcome addition to the British Tech Tree, but other than that,
00:29the only other sort of Light Tank type of vehicle is the Warrior IFV, which is a very late Cold War
00:35vehicle, but we don't have any of the iconic Light Tanks that were used by Britain during the Cold
00:40War. So, the addition of the Scimitar is a very welcome bit of news for me. And looking at the
00:46vehicle itself, it is very similar to the Fox Armoured Car in many respects. For example,
00:51it has the same 30mm Radon cannon. So, if you're already used to the cannon on the Fox Armoured Car,
00:58you already know what you're going to be getting for the Scimitar, and it will be firing the exact
01:01same ammunition types, with your APDS shell being your top-tier shell to use in-game. And in
01:08addition to that, it has a Caraxal 7.62mm machine gun and smoke grenades for concealment. Speed is
01:15actually a little bit inferior, topping out at about 50mph, so slower than the Fox Armoured Car.
01:21And armour is of course going to be very light. There is a bit of sloping at the front,
01:26but the armour is only made out of aluminium alloy, which has a 0.5 multiplier in-game.
01:32So, 40mm of armour only provides 20mm of protection. So, this is only really going
01:38to protect you against heavy machine gun fire and maybe some autocannons, but anything heavier than
01:43that is going to go straight through the frontal armour. And to be honest, from the sides,
01:46it's mostly flat-sided, so there, possibly even heavy machine gun fire will go straight through.
01:52So, definitely not a vehicle you want to take into straight-up fights with
01:55more heavily armoured enemies. And then lastly, your crew count is free.
02:01So, like I say, this is a very welcome addition to the British Tech Tree,
02:05and hopefully paves the way for more British Cold War light tanks to be added to War Thunder.
02:10For example, we're still missing the FV101 Scorpion, of which about 3,000 were built,
02:15compared to just a few hundred Scimitars. So, definitely a vehicle that should be added to
02:20War Thunder. Of course, unfortunately, it only uses a 76mm gun firing HESH shells with about
02:2680mm of penetration, so it might be a little bit hard to balance in-game. But there is also the
02:32Scorpion 90, which uses a much more effective 90mm gun, and that would be much easier to
02:38balance in-game. And then you've also got the Sabre and FV432-30. The Sabre is a Scorpion hull
02:46with the turrets from the Fox armoured car, and so the latter is the FV432 APC, also fitted with
02:53turrets from the Fox armoured car. And then of course we've also got the Saladin armoured car,
02:58which could be added as well. So basically, there's a whole bunch of British Cold War light
03:02tanks and armoured cars that could still be added, and hopefully with the addition of the Scimitar,
03:06we'll be seeing more of them, and I am looking forward to the Scimitar being added to War Thunder.
03:12So anyway, just a quick video for today, hopefully you've enjoyed it.
03:16I've been Torano, and I'll see you next time.