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The first Chinese wheeled SPG in War Thunder! The PTL02 is still in service with the Chinese PLA.
PTL02, SPG, China, V rank
Pros
- NVD
- Stabilizer
Cons
- Light armor
- Medium speed in comparison to other wheeled vehicles
In the late 1980’s, the NORINCO corporation successfully tested the Type 87 armored vehicle. The prototype featured a 6x6 chassis of a prospective Type 90 armored personnel carrier with a 100mm anti-tank gun. The prototype vehicle successfully passed the tests, but was not put into service.
The army authorities returned to the project in the early 90’s, when, in the course of modernization, the PLA began to form mobile motorized infantry formations. This was where the Type 87 researches came in handy: by 2003, on the same 6x6 chassis of the new Chinese armored vehicles ZSL92 and ZSL92A, a PTL02 infantry support vehicle appeared with a 100mm smooth-bore cannon in the turret. The 19ton infantry fire support vehicle possessed significant mobility and a weapon capable of effectively destroying fortifications and armored vehicles, except for modern MBTs.
Mass production of the PTL02 has been going on since 2004, the SPG is widely used by the Chinese army and is produced for export in a version with a 105mm gun, unified for the use of Western-style ammunition.
In War Thunder, the PTL02 will be the first high-ranked wheeled vehicle in the Chinese armored vehicle tech tree. A tank destroyer of this class was really missing in the rank V-VI setup: the vehicle is light-weight and lightly protected, but with a good gun.
Indeed, made on the basis of APC, PTL02 cannot protect herself against something heavier than a 12.7 mm machine gun round, and the wheeled chassis overcomes off-road somewhat worse than the tracked one. But, having taken a position behind cover, the commander has at his disposal an excellent 100 mm calibre smooth-bore gun, good shells, a stabilizer and night vision device. This wheeled Chinese vehicle copes well with the armor of early MBTs, but rank VI tanks will have to be hit on the side or from behind.
Overall, the PTL02 will be good company for rank V medium tanks and will act as an alternative to the Chinese BMP-1 for long-range shooting due to better stabilization of APFSDS shots. The first Chinese wheeled SPG arrives in hangars with the release of the next major update. Stay tuned to learn more!
The War Thunder Team
Comments (217)
Can you guys do 2-3 devblogs a day? one a day is just too painful.
sure they can, but after a week there is nothing left to tell us about... Duhh.
So now that you gave China an own whelled vehicle, can you also give them own servers? I have rarely played the game lately as I am sick and tired facing high ping players on EU servers all the time and therefore shells not hitting where they supposed to or high pingers shooting you before it seems possible. The fun and gameplay on EU servers is currently really suffering. That would be a devblog that I would like to hear about!
We do not have plans to force people to play on specific servers.
Stona_WT, Thanks for the answer. This is sad to hear. Me personally, I would not mind longer queue times if that is the reason. I'd prefere quality gameplay over short queue times.
This gives me hope that Russian tech-tree will finally get the BTR-70 ZHALO
Map fixes and changes so they are balanced and actually worth playing on, server fixes because they are awful, and the game needs DEcompression for god sake. mass br changes increasing all br's and don't say it will increase que times, more players will come back and new players will come if the game is changed in such a way decreasing them in time. a gamemode that takes some skill/ actually fun. adding fun vehicles like stug 4 or churchill avre. don't ban me like you did last time
ˢᵐᵒˡ Centauro
I hope you are holding back the good stuff for anticipation reasons because what you have shown so far is MEH!
NICEEEEEEE GAIJIN! SOVIETS STILL DONT HAVE WHEELS SPG OR OTHER VEHICLES WITH GOOD MOBILITY
I'd rather have another Dutch plane then a thing from copy paste country...
Is there a possibility that we could see modification to add on cage or composite/ERA armor for tanks like the T-90A and ZTZ-99?
all hail the mighty snail
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