Sho't Kal Dalet - Revision history

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 == Description ==
 <!-- ''In the description, the first part should be about the history of the creation and combat usage of the vehicle, as well as its key features. In the second part, tell the reader about the ground vehicle in the game. Insert a screenshot of the vehicle, so that if the novice player does not remember the vehicle by name, he will immediately understand what kind of vehicle the article is talking about.'' -->
-After devastating losses in the Yom Kippur War, the IDF realized the importance of crew protection in their tanks. Thus, the Sho't tanks and Magach tanks were fitted with Blazer ERA, a new type of protection designed to stop or decrease the penetration power of chemical weapons, like RPGs and ATGMs. The Sho't Kal Dalet (as it was called with the upgrades installed) also fitted new fire control system and gun, to improve lethality and firepower. The Kal Dalet was the last mass produced upgrade of the Centurion by Israel, and proved its effectiveness in the 1982 Invasion of Lebanon.
+The '''Sho't Kal Dalet''' was the fourth and final production modification of the [[Sho't Kal Gimel|Sho't Kal]] series. The modification appeared in 1984 after the 1982 Lebanon War. Among the improvements was the installation of the more advanced "Barak Or" fire control system, and more efficient placement of the "Blazer" ERA packages. Tanks of this modification were in service with the IDF until 1992, when they were fully replaced by more modern [[Merkava Mk.1B|Merkava]] tanks, and were also used for training armoured units until 2002.
-It was introduced in [[Update "Danger Zone"]]. It closely resembles the standard tech tree variant [[Sho't Kal Gimel]] with differences mostly in cosmetics, with the {{PAGENAME}} appearing in a default desert tan camouflage and a spare road wheel hanging in front. The Sho't Kal Dalet is a Centurion tank, thus it is not characterized for its mobility or armour. The Kal Dalet has a very good fire control system for its BR, with its thermal imaging system it can acquire targets through bushes and other obstacles that allow light to pass through. The most important asset in the Kal Dalet's inventory is its amazing firepower, with a 105 mm gun and its thermal imaging, it can reliably detect and engage targets up to 3 km of distance in a BR bracket were not many tanks have modern night vision devices.
+Introduced in [[Update "Danger Zone"]], the Sho't Kal Dalet is quite similar to the tech-tree variant: the [[Sho't Kal Gimel]]. However, the Sho't Kal Dalet has a very good fire control system for its BR; with its thermal imaging system, it can acquire targets through bushes and other obstacles that allow light to pass through. Coupled with a 105 mm gun equipped with HEATFS and APFSDS ammunition, its firepower and gun handling are a force to be reckoned with. However, it has mediocre mobility, which will not allow it to accelerate quickly, and rather poor side armour protection, which will protect at most from heavy machine guns.
 == General info ==

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 == Description ==
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-After devastating losses in the Yom Kippur War the IDF realized the importance of crew protection in their tanks. Thus, the Sho't tanks and Magach tanks were fitted with Blazer ERA, a new type of protection designed to stop or decrease the penetration power of chemical weapons, like RPGs and ATGMs. The Sho't Kal Dalet (as it was called with the upgrades installed) also fitted new fire control system and gun, to improve lethality and firepower. The Kal Dalet was the last mass produced upgrade of the Centurion by Israel, and proved it's effectiveness in the 1982 Invasion of Lebanon.
+After devastating losses in the Yom Kippur War, the IDF realized the importance of crew protection in their tanks. Thus, the Sho't tanks and Magach tanks were fitted with Blazer ERA, a new type of protection designed to stop or decrease the penetration power of chemical weapons, like RPGs and ATGMs. The Sho't Kal Dalet (as it was called with the upgrades installed) also fitted new fire control system and gun, to improve lethality and firepower. The Kal Dalet was the last mass produced upgrade of the Centurion by Israel, and proved its effectiveness in the 1982 Invasion of Lebanon.
-It was introduced in [[Update "Danger Zone"]]. Originally introduced in the [[Sho't Kal Dalet (Great Britain)|British tech tree]], the {{PAGENAME}} was moved into the Israeli tech tree. It closely resembles the standard tech tree variant [[Sho't Kal Gimel]] with differences mostly in cosmetics, with the {{PAGENAME}} appearing in a default desert tan camouflage and a spare road wheel hanging in front. The Sho't Kal Dalet, is a Centurion tank, thus it is not characterized for it's mobility or armour. The Kal Dalet has a very good fire control system for it's BR, with thermal imaging system it can acquire targets trough bushes and other obstacles that allow light to pass trough. The most important asset in the Kal Dalet's inventory is it's amazing firepower, with a 105mm gun and it's already mentioned thermal imaging, it can reliably detect targets up to 3KM of distance in a BR bracket were not many tanks have modern night vision devices.
+It was introduced in [[Update "Danger Zone"]]. It closely resembles the standard tech tree variant [[Sho't Kal Gimel]] with differences mostly in cosmetics, with the {{PAGENAME}} appearing in a default desert tan camouflage and a spare road wheel hanging in front. The Sho't Kal Dalet is a Centurion tank, thus it is not characterized for its mobility or armour. The Kal Dalet has a very good fire control system for its BR, with its thermal imaging system it can acquire targets through bushes and other obstacles that allow light to pass through. The most important asset in the Kal Dalet's inventory is its amazing firepower, with a 105 mm gun and its thermal imaging, it can reliably detect and engage targets up to 3 km of distance in a BR bracket were not many tanks have modern night vision devices.
 == General info ==

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 == Description ==
 <!-- ''In the description, the first part should be about the history of the creation and combat usage of the vehicle, as well as its key features. In the second part, tell the reader about the ground vehicle in the game. Insert a screenshot of the vehicle, so that if the novice player does not remember the vehicle by name, he will immediately understand what kind of vehicle the article is talking about.'' -->
-The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a premium rank {{Specs|rank}} Israeli medium tank {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update "Danger Zone"]].
+After devastating losses in the Yom Kippur War the IDF realized the importance of crew protection in their tanks. Thus, the Sho't tanks and Magach tanks were fitted with Blazer ERA, a new type of protection designed to stop or decrease the penetration power of chemical weapons, like RPGs and ATGMs. The Sho't Kal Dalet (as it was called with the upgrades installed) also fitted new fire control system and gun, to improve lethality and firepower. The Kal Dalet was the last mass produced upgrade of the Centurion by Israel, and proved it's effectiveness in the 1982 Invasion of Lebanon.
-Originally introduced in the [[Sho't Kal Dalet (Great Britain)|British tech tree]], the {{PAGENAME}} was moved into the Israeli tech tree. It closely resembles the standard tech tree variant [[Sho't Kal Gimel]] with differences mostly in cosmetics, with the {{PAGENAME}} appearing in a default desert tan camouflage and a spare road wheel hanging in front.
+It was introduced in [[Update "Danger Zone"]]. Originally introduced in the [[Sho't Kal Dalet (Great Britain)|British tech tree]], the {{PAGENAME}} was moved into the Israeli tech tree. It closely resembles the standard tech tree variant [[Sho't Kal Gimel]] with differences mostly in cosmetics, with the {{PAGENAME}} appearing in a default desert tan camouflage and a spare road wheel hanging in front. The Sho't Kal Dalet, is a Centurion tank, thus it is not characterized for it's mobility or armour. The Kal Dalet has a very good fire control system for it's BR, with thermal imaging system it can acquire targets trough bushes and other obstacles that allow light to pass trough. The most important asset in the Kal Dalet's inventory is it's amazing firepower, with a 105mm gun and it's already mentioned thermal imaging, it can reliably detect targets up to 3KM of distance in a BR bracket were not many tanks have modern night vision devices.
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 == Media ==
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 * ''reference to the series of the vehicles;''
 * ''links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.'' -->
 ;''Vehicles equipped with the same chassis''
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 * ''topic on the official game forum;''
 * ''other literature.'' -->
 * [[wt:en/news/5912-development-sho-t-kal-dalet-conquering-the-desert-en|[Devblog] Sho't Kal Dalet: Conquering the Desert]]
 * [[wikipedia:Sho't#Sho't_Kal_Alef/Bet/Gimel/Dalet|[Wikipedia] Sho't Kal Dalet]]

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		+	{{About
		+	\| about = premium Israeli medium tank '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
		+	\| usage = other versions
		+	\| link = Sho't (Family)
		+	}}
	{{Specs-Card		{{Specs-Card
	\|code=il_centurion_shot_kal_d		\|code=il_centurion_shot_kal_d

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 ==== Ammunition ====
-{{:Sharir (105 mm)/Ammunition|M152|M156|M111|M416}}
+{{:Sharir (105 mm)/Ammunition|M152, M156, M111, M416}}
 ==== [[Ammo racks]] ====

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 ! 0% !! 50% !! 100%
 |-
-| M152 || HEATFS || 1,173 || 10.5 || 0.05 || 0.1 || 1,270 || 65° || 72° || 77°
+| M152 || HEATFS || 1,174 || 10.5 || 0.05 || 0.1 || 1,270 || 65° || 72° || 77°
 |-
-| M156 || HESH || 732 || 14.85 || 0.1 || 4 || 4,310 || 73° || 77° || 80°
+| M156 || HESH || 731 || 11.4 || 0.1 || 4 || 3,170 || 73° || 77° || 80°
 |-
-| M111 || APFSDS || 1,455 || 3.79 || N/A || N/A || N/A || 78° || 80° || 81°
+| M111 || APFSDS || 1,455 || 4.2 || N/A || N/A || N/A || 78° || 80° || 81°
 |-
 |}
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 ! Explosive Mass<br>(TNT equivalent) (g)
 |-
-| M416 || 730 || 11.4 || 20 || 5 || 25 || 50
+| M416 || 732 || 11.6 || 20 || 5 || 25 || 50
 |-
 |}

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 | Coaxial || 1,200 (200) || 600 || N/A || N/A
 |-
-| Pintle (loader) || 1,750 (200) || 600 || -10°/+5° || -120°/+80°
+| Pintle (loader) || 1,800 (200) || 600 || -10°/+5° || -120°/+80°
 |-
-| Pintle (commander) || 1,750 (200) || 600 || -10°/+50° || -80°/+120°
+| Pintle (commander) || 1,800 (200) || 600 || -10°/+50° || -80°/+120°
 |-
 |}

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 ==== [[Ammo racks]] ====
-<!-- '''Last updated:''' -->
+[[File:Ammoracks_Sho't_Kal_Dalet_(Great_Britain).png|right|thumb|x250px|[[Ammo racks]] of the {{PAGENAME}}]]
 {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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 ! 6th<br>rack empty
 ! 7th<br>rack empty
 ! Visual<br>discrepancy
 |-
-|'''72'''||72&nbsp;''(+0)''||69&nbsp;''(+3)''||67&nbsp;''(+5)''||42&nbsp;''(+30)''||29&nbsp;''(+43)''||26&nbsp;''(+46)''||23&nbsp;''(+49)''||20&nbsp;''(+52)''||17&nbsp;''(+55)''||6&nbsp;''(+66)''||1&nbsp;''(+71)''||No
+| '''72''' || 68&nbsp;''(+4)'' || 63&nbsp;''(+9)'' || 33&nbsp;''(+39)'' || 25&nbsp;''(+47)'' || 12&nbsp;''(+60)'' || 5&nbsp;''(+67)'' || 1&nbsp;''(+71)'' || No
 |-
 |}
 '''Notes''':
-*Racks 10 and 11 are first stage ammo racks. They total 17 shells and get filled first when loading up the tank.
+* Racks 6 and 7 are first stage ammo racks. They total 11 shells and get filled first when loading up the tank.
-*These racks are also emptied early: the rack depletion order at full capacity is: 1 - 10 - 11 - 2 - 3 - etc. until 9.
+* These racks are also emptied early: the rack depletion order at full capacity is: 6 - 7 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5
-*To go into battle with the frontal ammo rack empty as well as the flanks empty of shells, pack 26&nbsp;''(+46)'' shells.
+* To go into battle with the frontal ammo rack empty, pack 33&nbsp;''(+39)'' shells.
 === Machine guns ===