A second go at Shot/Centurion tanks!
Digging in deeper than the TI thread...
Units 011, 012, 014:
*Only 014 is named Sh'ot Meteor, while in reality all of them were Sh'ot Meteor(named so because of the Meteor engine). Not sure how the names should be changed...
*014 Should be available until 1971, I know for a fact training for it was still conducted for regular troops in 1970.
*An obsolete tank unit with the stats from 014 Sh'ot Meteor should be available until 12/73. Sh'ot tanks with petrol engine took part in the 1973 war.
Units 013,015,016-019, 628, 629
*Start date for 013 should be 5/1970 when the first Sh'ot Kal Alef were put into service. As 700 tanks were converted, it is also obvious that an obsolete tank unit corresponding to this should be available starting 1970 and probably available to the late 80s(sorry I cant give a precise end date).
Sh'ot Kal Bet was basically similar to Sh'ot Kal Alef and came about in 1975. The difference between the two is not really relevant to the game(change of turret controls). I suggest not to make separate units for Bet and Alef.
*Unit 017: I had trouble with this. I have conflicting sources on the Sh'ot Brak-Or. This is the best I could come up with, a book about the IDF Ordnance Corps says the Brak-Or conversion was only done in 1984. In 1979 Shot Kal Gimel came into service, with passive IR, better FCS and some with Blazer(but indeed many Alef and Bet were given blazer as well).
So I suggest 017 be renamed
Shot Kal Gimel. Given 30 vision for passive IR(had the same M32 sight as the Merk 1). Should also receive LRF and probably a boost to the FCS stat(to 20 maybe?). Stabilizer should be upped to 4, to reflect the new turret control identical to the Magach 6B. Blazer is optional.
This also needs an obsolete tank unit, starting in 1979 and ending 2002. I would suggest using slot 628.
*Unit 018 Sh'ot Brak-Or: . Should have TI, LRF, Stabilizer 4 as in previous model, and FCS similar to Magach 6B Gal(32).End date should be 12/1992.
*Unit 019: Can be removed as its start date is so close to the end of centurions in regular IDF units . Another option is to copy the revised unit 018 here and re split the dates to 1990, as to allow use of the improved Is90 gun....
*Unit 629 Should be available from 1/1993, to reflect the tanks being moved from regular to reserve units.
I am so tired now
Why did the IDF do so many conversions