In Armored Warfare, the Challenger 2 comes in at tier IX and nearly completes the line for this British Army series of vehicles. It continues on with the slow moving, dependable firepower characteristics first seen with the tier VII Challenger 1.
If I had to make any complaints about this vehicle it would about how low the potential damage output usually is (despite being fully upgraded), as compared to some other tier IX's in the same role.
Sporting a new camo scheme, I dust off my unused Challenger 2 for some cold weather action on a map I haven't had much success on in recent times....
One change that happened in Armored Warfare in 2019 was the swap-out of the tier VIII Italian C1 Ariete MBT for the Al-Hussein, a Jordanian modified Challenger 1. There was a persistent rumor the C1 Ariete was going to be pulled from the dealer tree and those who already owned it would see become a free premium. That didn't happen. For the rest of the story on that, read here.
Not one of my better battles in this machine, here it is nevertheless....
In other news, The Armored Warfare Winter Calender event has returned and is already underway. Those details are here.
If you are interested in a unbelievable, but limited time sale to put the other tier VIII Challenger 1 version in your garage (among other vehicles up for the some offer), have a look here.
In Armored Warfare, the tier VII Challenger 1 Wolf Edition is currently on the shortlist of being one of my top played vehicles and for good reason.
This slow rolling, but hard hitting bunker on treads has been a reliable mainstay since day one and has been a proven "tester" machine when a new campaign series comes out. If you search through this blog, you will find many articles I have written about this version of the Challenger 1 and the numerous adventures I have had with it.
The following battle is a very good example of why this vehicle has earned it's place in my "no regrets, ever" column....
In other news, read here on how you can buy early into the next Battle Path, The Last Patriot. If you are interested in the Black Friday Special, check this out.
Another vehicle in Armored Warfare I never owned before now, the tier VI Chieftain 900.
The progression tree through Shishkin was very different way back when then it is now and the Chieftain 900 didn't come to the game until April 2017, during Update 0.19 "Tanks Reloaded."
I guess it's finally time to collect one and take it out for a spin....
The tier V premium Chieftain Mk. 6 Leader British MBT is what I would call the first "hype" vehicle to come to Armored Warfare.
Almost four years ago, an article was posted on the main portal that explained just how "exclusive" this machine was going to be and little did I know at the time, I was going to get caught up in the hype, chasing down every lead to acquire one.
It would take a month and a few days from the first announcement was made before I would collect a Mk.6 of my very own and decided to make a video of the first battle (complete with a hot microphone that picked up all kinds of background sounds, but I was still just starting to learn the whole capture process)....
I think I have come a long way since then.
For the sake of the current conversation, I went with the premium Mk.6 over the other offerings of the same tier, since there isn't any real difference among the three. The progression Mk.10 (originally a Mk.5, before it was swapped out) is the same as both the premium Mk.6 and Mk.11 versions. However, the Mk.6 differs in appearance through the use of a camo net (a cool and rare feature in the game).
As an unintentional e coincidence, this battle with the Mk.6 takes place on Spearhead, the very same map (with a few minor changes) as it's very first sortie from so long ago now....
Long ago, I traveled up the line in Armored Warfare and arrived at the tier X Challenger 2 ATDU.
Even since the game launched, some assets have been introduced, shifted around and/or replaced and there is still at least one hole in the progression path. Other than this one missing vehicle (hard to say what could fill the open spot), the line is mostly complete now.
I figured that now is as good a time as any to go back and begin again, a chance to revise the steps I took to the top....
It would appear the next Armored Warfare Battle Path is right around the corner, with some uniquely American vehicles to be had (including off the shelf premiums with special paint schemes).
Read more about what is being called the "Last Patriot" here.
I set out plans to collect the tier IX Stryker ADATS even before it came to the game and never wavered from perusing that goal once it was mission ready.
I have already stated in a much earlier post that I wasn't afraid or ashamed to spend Gold to complete certain tasks that either didn't interest me or sped up the collection process in lieu of not knowing when this mission would be concluded. As a bit of a bonus, I found a way to recoup some of the 700 Gold I spent today in order to finish this adventure off.
Now it's mine and here I go with it into it's first battle....
An interesting news article I came across that put a smile on my face.
Titled as "Last remaining Centurion tank makes its journey ‘home’ to Aldergrove," the piece talks about what is believed to be last surviving Centurion tank with proven combat experience in the Korean War and it's journey from Nova Scotia’s Cornwallis Military Museum to what will hopefully be it's final home at the Royal Canadian Legion in Aldergrove, British Columbia.
Nothing pleases me more than seeing more Canadian Military history being preserved and not being used as target practice or sold to be repurposed into something else, losing it's historical identity.
Although the Centurion isn't directly available in Armored Warfare, the Israeli modified variant known as the Sho’t Kal Dalet, coming in at tier IV.
To celebrate the creation of the West German Bundeswehr on this date in 1955, Armored Warfare has a few gifts you can pick up. Check that out here.
November 11th, 2018 marked the 100 year anniversary of the creation of modern Poland.
As a tie in to the event, Armored Warfare created the Rosomak M1M Wataha, a tier VIII Premium Armored Fighting Vehicle.
As
you can see in the above picture, the M1M Wataha is an improved version
of the same tiered KTO Rosomak M1. Some players have labeled these as
"re-skins," a cost saving practice (in development) that turns regular
progression vehicles into premium variants.
I
was intrigued with the idea of a wheeled fighting vehicle at tier VIII
and was surprised that it was being offered with a Gold price. However, I
wasn't alone with the thoughts it was priced too high (despite having a
rather large Gold reserve myself) and considered other options.
I
went with the real world cash option and since MyLoot offered a bit of a
bonus in the way of LootCoins, the final choice was made.
Until
such time that Armored Warfare includes the wheeled LAV III (or the
updated LAV 6.0 variant) as high tiered progression/premium vehicle (and
not as another tank destroyer please, since you guys changed my premium
BMPT Terminator Reaper from a tier VI Armored Fighting Vehicle to a tier VIII Tank Destroyer), I hope the Rosomak M1M Wataha will fill that void.
Perhaps, I should see if it was really worth it....
For this year, I really don't have much new to say that I haven't already said about this vehicle. However, here's the link for the special (cheaper this year) and an updated video showcasing the vehicle in the here and now....
For a second year in a row, Armored Warfare is celebrating the anniversary of Polish Independence with a special and this time, a contest.
At the time of this posting, I have only two Polish vehicles, but this topic will be more focused on the first one I collected, the tier IV BWP-1M Puma. Two and a half years ago, I bought it as part of a package deal and you can read a little more about that here. Since then, I haven't said too much about having it.
I also haven't made too many videos with the Puma either, but here is one from early on in our partnership....
Now, over a year later, I revisit this machine to try and figure why I don't play it or talk about it....
It has been a few days now since Armored Warfare made the premium version of the tier X Panhard Sphinx Armored Fighting Vehicle available (by multiple means) and despite my initial "buyers remorse" from spending a big chunk of real world money on the vehicle, I believe that I made the right decision to park one in my garage (and ended any future purchases for this year, I hope).
Although I already had a tier X premium in the form of the Turkish Altay, I wanted something different and outside my playstyle comfort zone (one of the reasons it was easy to forgo the Object 490 and wait for this or another, similar machine to come). Besides, the more higher tiered premium vehicles I can take into battle, the much better for potential at dealing out
huge damage, thus a much better Reputation and Reward payout (that's my theory).
Another reason for acquiring a Sphinx Monster was for the rarity of the thing. Over this last year, I have never seen one in any of the battles I took part in. Not-Once. Now, it seems every high tier sortie I am in there is a least one on my team (if I am driving mine or not). I think many other players came to the same conclusion I did, the Sphinx Monster was too good a deal to pass up, this time around.
The Sphinx Monster isn't a new machine, it's a "reskinium" of an existing progression vehicle, at the end of a light armored, wheeled line. So in-essence, I bought a preview of things to come, should I buy the tier V Panhard VBL (Véhicule Blindé Léger, or Light armoured vehicle) and fight down the path.
With real world events unfolding on the nightly news and across the internet, it's hard to escape the conflict that was taking place in north-eastern Syria, something the Turkish have called "Operation Peace Spring."
Although things have quieted down at the time of this posting (early November 2019), the images of the Turkish mechanized units I saw from the media have been burned into my mind. Much like when I first watched the unfolding action during Desert Storm, some 28 years ago, I was fixated on the light and heavy armor of the Turkish ground forces.
Now before I continue, let me say this to get it out of the way, I am not a military asset recognition expert. To my causal eye, I thought I was looking at a Turkish VBL (pictured above) and only discovered later, it was in fact a Turkish built Otocar Cobra (they also manufactured the Altay MBT). I am sure I am not only one who made this mistake, since both the VBL and Cobra share a lot of styling cues (much like a lot of everyday, civilian vehicles you might see driving around).
While the Otocar Cobra isn't currently in Armored Warfare (perhaps, a future addition?) the Panhard VBL is.
There are two different weapon choices for this vehicle, the single tube missile turret and the one I am now rolling in, equipped with the auto-cannon....
