- For PC
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- OS: Windows 7 SP1/8/10 (64 bit)
- Processor: Dual-Core 2.2 GHz
- Memory: 4GB
- Video Card: DirectX 10.1 level video card: AMD Radeon 77XX / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660. The minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Windows 10/11 (64 bit)
- Processor: Intel Core i5 or Ryzen 5 3600 and better
- Memory: 16 GB and more
- Video Card: DirectX 11 level video card or higher and drivers: Nvidia GeForce 1060 and higher, Radeon RX 570 and higher
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
- OS: Mac OS Big Sur 11.0 or newer
- Processor: Core i5, minimum 2.2GHz (Intel Xeon is not supported)
- Memory: 6 GB
- Video Card: Intel Iris Pro 5200 (Mac), or analog from AMD/Nvidia for Mac. Minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p with Metal support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Mac OS Big Sur 11.0 or newer
- Processor: Core i7 (Intel Xeon is not supported)
- Memory: 8 GB
- Video Card: Radeon Vega II or higher with Metal support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
- OS: Most modern 64bit Linux distributions
- Processor: Dual-Core 2.4 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB
- Video Card: NVIDIA 660 with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) / similar AMD with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months; the minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p) with Vulkan support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Ubuntu 20.04 64bit
- Processor: Intel Core i7
- Memory: 16 GB
- Video Card: NVIDIA 1060 with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) / similar AMD (Radeon RX 570) with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) with Vulkan support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
The Ratel ZT3-A2 represents the ATGM carrier modification of the Ratel family of wheeled fighting vehicles and represents the last major variant of the popular ICV series. Soon, this formidable bush predator will join the fight in War Thunder as it arrives to the top ranks of the British ground forces tree as part of the brand new upcoming South African subtree in update “Ixwa Strike!
Briefly: A South African ATGM launcher system constructed on the basis of the highly nimble Ratel wheeled ICV.
Ratel ZT3-A2, ATGM carrier, Britain, rank VI
Pros
- Powerful laser-guided missiles
- Good mobility
Cons
- Limited protection
- High profile
In the early 1960s, the South African military already identified the need for anti-tank missile capabilities. Subsequently, this led to South Africa procuring the MILAN ATGM in the early to mid 1970s. However, early use experience with the MILAN highlighted the weapon’s unsuitability for the African tropical conditions.
Being a wire-guided missile, the MILAN’s control wire had a tendency to get caught up in the thick African bush and get severed, causing the missile to go off target and making engaging moving targets even more challenging. As a result, the decision was made to procure a laser-guided missile. However, as international arms embargoes were imposed on South Africa, simply acquiring an existing weapon off the export market wasn’t possible. Therefore, South African engineers at the Kentron company went about designing their own laser-guided ATGM in the late 1970s.
The result of this undertaking was the creation of the ZT3 missile system. By the time the ZT3 system had been ready for production in 1986, plans were being drawn up for a modified Ratel 20 housing the newly developed ZT3 missile launcher in a modified Ratel 60 turret. The modified Ratel with the ZT3 missile system was developed in order to supplement the Ratel 90s in anti-tank operations as the latter often struggled to engage heavy armor in direct combat.
The Ratel ZT3-A1 entered production in 1987 and around 90vehicles of the type had been built by 1993. The ZT3-A2 was introduced in 2008 and continues its successful operation with SANDF units till the present day.
In War Thunder, the Ratel ZT3-A2 will be a new ATGM carrier arriving to the top ranks of the British ground forces tree as part of the new South African subtree, coming to the game with the release of the next major update. Combining powerful tandem shaped charge ATGMs with very good mobility, the Ratel ZT3-A2 will soon become a deadly force to be reckoned with at high tier ground battles while at the same time giving seasoned British tankers access to one of the fastest new missile carriers in the game!
Being based on the chassis of the nimble Ratel ICV, the Ratel ZT3-A2’s arguable biggest strength lies within its great mobility. Powered by a 282 horsepower diesel engine, the Ratel ZT3-A2, much like its differently armed siblings, can reach a top speed of 105 km/h on paved roads, while the overall mobility drops noticeably in more inhospitable terrain due to the Ratel’s rather mediocre power-to-weight ratio.
While possessing good mobility certainly is a more than welcome characteristic of any combat vehicle, mobility alone rarely brings destruction to your enemies. Thankfully, the Ratel ZT3-A2 is equipped with a three-tube missile launcher firing either the ZT3A1 Swift or ZT3A2 Ingwe ATGMs.
The Ingwe missiles, aside from possessing impressive penetrating power, also feature a tandem shaped-charge warhead meaning the missile is able to bypass the additional protection offered by ERA type armor, thus increasing the Ratel ZT3-A2’s effectiveness against many of the more advanced vehicles found at its rank. However, it’s worth noting that the Ratel ZT3-A2 can only carry a total of 12 missiles; three pre-loaded in the launcher with another nine stowed inside the vehicle. As a result, aspiring commanders of this vehicle ought to carefully aim their missiles as otherwise, they may run out of ammo much sooner than they think!
However, as with the other variants of the Ratel, the ZT3-A2 modification also fights with the same issue of lackluster protection. Namely, being only shielded by up to 20 mm of steel plating, the Ratel ZT3-A2 is just about protected enough to withstand machine gun fire and shrapnel. Furthermore, the vehicle’s rather large profile also makes it much more susceptible to detection by the enemy compared to other, similar vehicles. Subsequently, the Ratel ZT3-A2 will have to rely on its mobility for protection just as much as it does in the offensive.
The War Thunder Team
Comments (152)
Viggen when gaijin?
Why do Gaijin put the South African in an extra line in the british tree? Isn't it easier to put it in another foulder like they did it with the bluewater and costal fleet? That gives the opportunity to add more vehicles. I mean when they want it to be special they can lock it until you reach british tanks rank 5 or something. Just an idea
Because they're apparently too lazy even to just copy-paste the community made tree into the game and slap a new overpowered 60$ premium on it.
All for this idea except the rank 5 part, I dont want to grind for 10 years, plus SA actually has low tier vehicles they could add.
More DOVEBLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEG! Very nice vehicle thank you
On DEV server this had as modificaion 90mm HEAT shell, maybe wanna check on that ;)
Nice long range laser-guided spear, south africa did a great job for their tech
When it comes to foreign vehicles in British tree, I would like to see that some of the vehicles currently under the British flag would be changed to some other country as operators. For example I would like to see Australian flag on Matilda Hedgehog and Canadian flag on QF 3.7 Ram on their information card/stat card because both of those were originally from these places.
Thank you gaijin so much for this. As a british main the new mobility will be a god send and the quirkiness of South African tanks should spice GB up a lot. I'm just about to research the challenger 2 so i'm interested in what the top tier South african tank will be. Will it end at the TTD or will there be one after that? Either way, thank you very much for this much needed addition!
Not saying that the asking for the Mirage was necessary but the plane was and now he has a really good point with France to be left out this patch so far.
ah yes another addition to small and fast moving vehicles for nations that already swarm with lightly armored vehicles for higher brs. nearly each nation got already one or even two IFV´s. even modern ifvs or upgraded versions. where is germany? the wiesel or even the Marder could be added or hell even the Puma. why isn`t Germany getting vehicles like such. the vehicles we do have either were simply prototypes or just used during the cold war era.
You have the baglitpanzer which litarly works like an ifv nations that have nothing like an ifv are China and italy so stop complaining and side note Germany has the same amount of light and fast moving vehicals as the top ranks of britan Germany has the tam tam 2c baglitpanzer and radkampfwagen 90 they also have the class 3p but it's huge so I'm not really counting it britan has before this update the warrior rooikat mk1d and 105 and finally the VMF5
This definitely isn't small, or fast. The dev server showed it was actually quite sluggish - and it's roughly the height of a Rad-90. Also stop pretending Germany suffers when it doesn't.
Seriously? Good mobility?This hing Really??? Oh it's a British tank,it will definitely quite fast enough to kill all german tanks
This thing is about 20t ,if this call be call good mobility,what are those in german tree?Why don't you say a chieftain or a centurion has GOOD MOBILITY.
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