ZSU-23-4M2  “Shilka-M2” Devblog - No Radar, More Ammo - War Thunder - video Dailymotion

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Today we continue our look at the devblogs for the next update, this time looking at the ZSU-23-4M2 or Shilka-M2, a variant of the existing Shilka which is outfitted for the ground escort role by removing its radar and doubling the ammuntion capacity.  So join me as we take a look at this new SPAA vehicle and what this means for the Soviet SPAA line.  ZSU-23-4M2 Devblog: https://warthunder.com/en/news/9033-development-zsu-23-4m2-afghan-escort-vehicle-en  September 2024 Update Devblog Videos⬇️ T1E1: https://youtu.be/b5xN7vxHRow ZSU-23-4M2: https://youtu.be/KRtSRVtDGDE  Social Media ⬇️ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/toreno.bsky.social Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Toreno4 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/toreno170 Mastodon: Toreno17@mastodon.social Threads: https://www.threads.net/@toreno170 Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/Toreno17 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/toreno5/videos   Game: War Thunder  ⬅️  #warthunder #zsu #shilka #spaa #devblog #update #update #ussr

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00:00So continuing with our look at the dev blogs for the next update,

00:03today we are going to be taking a look at the ZSU-23-4M2, or Shilka M2,

00:10which is a new Soviet SPAA vehicle which is going to be coming to the Russian Tech Tree at rank 5.

00:15So of course we've already got the regular Shilka in the Russian Tech Tree at rank 6,

00:19battle rating 8.0, and this is basically going to be the same vehicle with two major differences,

00:25one being the removal of the radar, so you're not going to have any radar for

00:29detecting enemy aircraft, which is going to put you at a bit of a disadvantage,

00:33although I suppose with the radar being gone you'll be a little bit more conspicuous

00:37when concealing yourself from ground forces, and the other big difference is that the ammo

00:41capacity is going to be doubled from 2,000 rounds to 4,000, because basically this was intended to

00:47be used as a ground escort vehicle during the Soviet-Afghan war, so anti-air work wasn't

00:51necessarily so important. And other than that it's going to be basically the same vehicle,

00:56so extremely light armor, a top speed of 31 miles per hour on five gears forward,

01:014.3 on one gear backwards, and you're going to have a crew of four, and presumably because the

01:07ammo capacity is going to be doubled it's going to be a little bit more susceptible to ammo

01:12racking. And as for where it's going to go in the Tech Tree, I suspect it's going to come between the

01:1657-2 and the 37-2. The 37-2 of course has a radar, the 57-2 doesn't, so I think it might come in at

01:24battle rating 7.3, and it's going to make the Soviet SPAA lines at rank 5 very powerful,

01:31because of course this is going to be going up against late war props and early jets, so this

01:35is going to be a very powerful vehicle. It's not going to do so well in the ground attack role,

01:39because of course at 8.0 the regular Shilka, it can deal with some enemy tanks like the Leopard

01:44or the M48A2, especially flanking, but some of the other tanks like the Tiger II definitely won't be

01:51able to take them on frontally. You will be able to do a little bit better in flanking attacks,

01:55but even then they still have pretty decent armour. But yeah, it will make the Soviet Tech

01:59Tree very powerful at rank 5. It's kind of a shame that we're getting more Soviet SPAAs,

02:04especially when the Americans still haven't got anything for tier 4 and haven't done for quite a

02:09long time at this point, and of course a lot of people don't like the rank 3 vehicles necessarily.

02:13So while this is a decent vehicle, I hope we do start seeing some more unique vehicles for the

02:18other Tech Trees, and again it's not exactly a hard-to-add vehicle because it's very similar to

02:22an already existing vehicle, like with the previous T1E1 devlog, but we'll just have to

02:27see how it performs in-game. Anyway, that was just a quick video looking at the ZSU-23 4M2.

02:34Hopefully you've enjoyed it. I've been Toreno, and I'll see you next time.

ZSU-23-4M2 “Shilka-M2” Devblog - No Radar, More Ammo - War Thunder

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