CT-CV 105HP

CT-CV 105HP

CT-CV 105HP

Sweden

VII Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
9.7	10.0	10.0

Class:

Light tank

Purchase:Bundle or Gift

Description

The Patria CT-CV 105HP is a prototype wheeled assault gun based on the Patria AMV (Armored Modular Vehicle) with a Cockerill CV-CT 105HP gun system. The design of CV-CT 105HP makes it available for different NATO APCs including the Finnish Patria AMV 8x8 chassis; the system have undergone extensive tests in mid-2000s. While the turret system has been cooperated with Korean's K21-105 fire support vehicle (or "medium tank", according to Doosan Aerospace), the version with Patria AMV chassis has yet to secure orders from oversea customers.

Patria CT-CV 105HP was introduced during Update "La Royale" as a reward for the 2023 Summer Extreme event. The light tank (or wheeled assault gun) is a international project to give more flexibility for overseas customer who seek for European (NATO) countries weaponry in terms of the chassis that housed the Belgian CT-CV 105HP turret. Not only it has rather high speed on different ground surfaces, the autoloading 105 mm gun with varieties of ammunition including Ukrainian 105 mm cannon-launched ATGM will make sure CT-CV would have the flexibility to deal with any targets it might face; while players would still have to be careful not to over-extend - the vehicle is not designed for the most heated battlefield with abundance of MBTs.

General info

Survivability and armour

Smoke grenades

Creation of a smoke screen in front of the vehicle

LWS

Notifies about the vehicle's exposure to laser emissions

Armourfront / side / back

Hull20 / 20 / 20

Turret20 / 20 / 20

Crew3 people

Visibility84 %

To give a quick conclusion to the vehicle, Patria CT-CV 105HP comprised of a Finnish's Patria AMV chassis and Belgium's John Cockerill CV-CT 105HP gun system. One thing players will soon notice is the rather high overall profile (the chassis is 2.3 m while the turret is around 1.5 m due to the turret ring adapter), which makes it quite a noticeable target even from afar; the turret shared some similarities with the XC-8 turret found on CV90105 XC-8 as they are both produced by Cockerill and housed the very same 105 mm gun. A common stereotype for wheeled APC is the less-protected chassis for the need of weight reduction; this is not the case for Patria AMV as the frontal protection is rated for STANAG 4569 Level 4a/b protection (14.5x114 mm at 200 m), making any autocannons/HMGs below 20 mm without APDS struggle to penetrate its UFP with applique armor. This will make CT-CV more confident against lower tier IFVs with such autocannons; while it can even stop 30 mm AP-T shells at such distance, but it is suggested to avoid higher caliber APDS/APFSDS at all cost as can easily tear down CT-CV even at distance. The turret is another story: due to the heightened turret ring to fit the CT-CV 105HP, in some cases, enemy autocannons will land on the turret ring and causing fatal damages to the turret components or crews; the turret itself is not well-protected against 20 mm autocannons as well.

The crew placement is very similar to M1128 MGS with the driver placed far away from the turret crews, if the vehicle was hit from the sides but landed between the crews, chances are they would be very unhappy about a busted engine/transmission but the gun crews can still retaliate. But a note to players is that unlike M1128, the CT-CV turret is manned, located inside the turret basket at turret ring height; HEAT or HE will certainly disintegrate the turret alongside with its crews, knocking-down the vehicle right away.

Armour type:

Armour	Front (Slope angle)	Sides	Rear	Roof
Hull	10+10 mm (74°) Upper glacis 10+10 mm Upper plate 10+10 mm (47°) Lower glacis	10+10 mm Top 10+10 mm Bottom	10+10 mm	10+10 mm
Turret	20 mm Turret front ___ mm Gun mantlet	20 mm	20 mm	20 mm
Cupola	___ mm	___ mm	___ mm	___ mm

Notes:

Mobility

Speedforward / back

AB112 / 19 km/h

RB and SB101 / 17 km/h

Number of gears7 forward

2 back

Weight26.0 t

Engine power

AB1 049 hp

RB and SB550 hp

Power-to-weight ratio

AB40.3 hp/t

RB and SB21.2 hp/t

Thanks to the DI 12 Scania Diesel engine that can output up to 600 hp and the ZF 7HP902 transmission, it can push CT-CV at up to 100 km/h on-road; it might not have the fastest reverse speed for assault guns (but still faster than M1128) at 17 km/h, but it is still sufficient to move away from enemies.

Game Mode	Max Speed (km/h)		Weight (tons)	Engine power (horsepower)		Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton)
	Forward	Reverse		Stock	Upgraded	Stock	Upgraded
Arcade	112	19	26	852	1,049	32.77	40.35
Realistic	101	17		486	550	18.69	21.15

Modifications and economy

Repair costBasic → Reference

AB3 434 → 5 810

RB3 316 → 5 610

SB4 451 → 7 531

Total cost of modifications213 500

351 000

Talisman cost2 800

Crew training200 000

Experts710 000

Aces2 100

Research Aces1 080 000

Reward for battleAB / RB / SB

140 / 170 / 220 %

232 / 232 / 232 %

Modifications

Mobility	Protection	Firepower
Tires Research: 9 100 Cost: 14 000 360 Suspension Research: 7 300 Cost: 11 000 290 Brake System Research: 7 300 Cost: 11 000 290 Filters Research: 9 400 Cost: 15 000 370 Transmission Research: 12 000 Cost: 19 000 480 Engine Research: 12 000 Cost: 19 000 480	Improved Parts Research: 2 700 Cost: 14 000 360 Improved FPE Research: 2 200 Cost: 11 000 290 Crew Replenishment Research: 9 400 Cost: 15 000 370 Smoke grenade Research: 12 000 Cost: 19 000 480	Horizontal Drive Research: 9 100 Cost: 14 000 360 105mm_usa_HESH_ammo_pack Research: 9 100 Cost: 14 000 360 105mm_NATO_APDS_FS_ammo_pack Research: 9 100 Cost: 14 000 360 Adjustment of Fire Research: 7 300 Cost: 11 000 290 Airstrike Research: 7 300 Cost: 11 000 290 105mm_us_M416_Smoke_ammo_pack Research: 7 300 Cost: 11 000 290 105mm_nato_ATGM_ammo_pack Research: 7 300 Cost: 11 000 290 Elevation Mechanism Research: 9 400 Cost: 15 000 370 LWS/LR Research: 9 400 Cost: 15 000 370 Improved optics Research: 9 400 Cost: 15 000 370 NVD Research: 9 400 Cost: 15 000 370 Artillery Support Research: 12 000 Cost: 19 000 480 105mm_DM33_APDS_FS_ammo_pack Research: 12 000 Cost: 19 000 480 Scout UAV Research: 12 000 Cost: 19 000 480

Armaments

Laser rangefinder

Reduces the error and increases the maximum measurable distance of the rangefinder

Night vision device

Improves visibility by enhancing natural light or active illumination.

Thermal imager

Allows to see thermal radiation in the infrared range day and night

Main armament

105 mm L/50 cannon

Two-plane stabilizer

Reduces the swing of the gun in two planes while moving

Autoloader

Automatically feeds projectiles into the breech. The speed does not depend on the skills of the loader

Ammunition42 rounds

First-order12 rounds

Reload5.0 s

Vertical guidance-10° / 42°

105 mm L/50					Turret rotation speed (°/s)					Reloading rate (seconds)
Mode	Capacity	Vertical	Horizontal	Stabilizer	Stock	Upgraded	Full	Expert	Aced	Autoloader
Arcade	40	-10°/+42°	±180°	Two-plane	43.6	__._	__._	__._	__._	5.00
Realistic					27.3	__._	__._	__._	__._

The CT-CV turret consist of a Cockerill 105 mm L/50 cannon, for players who already own CV90105, they will be very familiar to the overall performance of the ammunitions available, while the new turret featuring electric gun laying motor also makes the traverse rate significantly faster than any other assault guns in game even at stock; the vertical limits is pleasing at up to 10° depression, making peeking tactics very viable for the vehicle to minimize the overall profile using terrains or covers. But do make sure nothing with explosives hit the turret - it will certainly severely damage the turret and its crews.

Ammunition

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
		10 m	100 m	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	2,000 m
M1061	HEATFS	400	400	400	400	400	400
M393A2	HESH	127	127	127	127	127	127
DM23	APFSDS	337	335	330	322	314	306
DM33	APFSDS	408	405	398	389	379	370
Falarick 105	ATGM (tandem)	550	550	550	550	550	550

Shell details
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Fuse delay (m)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (kg)	Ricochet
							0%	50%	100%
M1061	HEATFS	1,174	10.5	0.05	0.1	1.27	65°	72°	77°
M393A2	HESH	732	11.2	0.1	4	4.31	73°	77°	80°
DM23	APFSDS	1,455	4.2	-	-	-	78°	80°	81°
DM33	APFSDS	1,455	3.79	-	-	-	78°	80°	81°

Missile details
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Range (m)	Projectile mass (kg)	Fuse delay (m)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (kg)	Ricochet
								0%	50%	100%
Falarick 105	ATGM (tandem)	370	5,000	24	0.4	0.01	5.09	80°	82°	90°

Smoke shell characteristics
Ammunition	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Screen radius (m)	Screen deploy time (s)	Screen hold time (s)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g)
M416	732	11.6	16	5	25	50

M1061 HEAT-FS, stock : The stock ammunition for CT-CV; like most 105 mm HEAT-FS in NATO/PLAGF service, it might not be a problem harming light vehicles or SPAAs at its tier, but in case of well-armored MBTs which sometimes equipped with ERA packages, it will be very struggling to penetrate them from the front; even shots on the sides can be frustrating due to the lack of spalling of HEAT shells.

M393A2 HESH, tier I : One of the tier I ammunitions for CT-CV; thanks to the features of HESH, unless the shell landed on very flat angle, it will most likely "stick" onto enemy's surfaces and blasting shrapnel inside the crew compartments of vehicles. It will be a great alternative to HEAT-FS to hit players behind cover but has some parts exposed to your line of fire, as well as more reliable against light vehicles or SPAAs.

DM23 APFSDS, tier I : This will be one of the tier I ammunitions for CT-CV and the first kinetic shell for the vehicle; the equivalent of M111 APFSDS. While the penetration is nowhere enough to penetrate most MBTs at its tier, having kinetic shells makes long-range shots much easier and helps to grind through the early days of research.

DM33 APFSDS, tier III : This is the other kinetic shell for the vehicle; although it has the lowest penetration among late 105 mm APFSDS at only 408 mm point-blank, it is after all still a long-rod APFSDS with higher penetration and spalling than previous ammunitions. This will be the go-to ammunition once players researched DM33.

Falaric 105 (sic) , tier II : Oddly enough, instead of manufactured in NATO/US allied countries, the Falarick 105 is in fact an Ukrainian tandem cannon-launched ATGM design to fit specifically for the Cockerill 105 mm L/50 cannon. Although it has way lower penetration to its Chinese counterpart at only 550 mm, the explosive content and velocity can certainly give enemy MBTs or light vehicles a bad day, sometime even helicopters will fall victim if the missile if they gets too close to stay hover for too long.

Ammo racks

Full ammo	1st rack empty	2nd rack empty	3rd rack empty	Visual discrepancy
40	21 (+19)	11 (+29)	1 (+39)	No

Machine guns

12.7 mm M2HB machine gun (coaxial)

Ammunition600 rounds

Belt capacity200 rounds

Reload8.0 s

Fire rate575 shots/min

12.7 mm M2HB
Mount	Capacity (Belt)	Fire rate	Vertical	Horizontal
Coaxial	600 (200)	575	-	-

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