

Play carefully in close quarters environments, letting targets move into your gunsights rather than vice versa. The T-64B can be used as a brawling tank but positioning is key - wherever possible, the LFP should not be exposed, and due to the abysmally low reverse speed, there's usually no escape from a sticky situation. The gun performs well, with a good variety of ammunition, an autoloader for reliable reload times (even when a crew member is knocked, or putting out fires) and extremely high round velocity for long-range ease of use. While the armour of the T-64B was good for its time, many later vehicles can fairly reliably penetrate the UFP, even through the composite armour. The T-64B performs optimally as a sniper or support tank, utilising the low profile and long-range weapon performance. Main articles: NSVT (12.7 mm), PKT (7.62 mm) 12.7 mm NSVT Turret side composite armour configuration is 90 mm CHA + 80 mm Ultra porcelain + 60 mm CHA.Turret composite armour configuration is 130-140 mm CHA + 150 mm Ultra porcelain + 100-110 mm CHA.Hull composite armour configuration is 60 mm RHA + 35 mm Textolite + 30 mm RHA + 35 mm Textolite + 45 mm RHA.

The snorkel tube on the turret rear provide 4 mm of structural steel.A log providing 100 mm thickness in wood is mounted on the rear.A 5 mm RHA plate separates the engine from the crew compartment.Suspension wheels are 20 mm thick, torsion bars are 10 mm thick, and tracks are 30 mm thick.Rolled homogeneous armour (Hull, Turret roof).Composite armour (Hull front, Turret front).There is also an extra armour plate on the lower plate. The hull is also different as its covered with ERA and the distinctive triangle at the front is gone. The ERA is fitted in a "pike" or triangular prism shape. With the "Kontakt-1" ERA upgrade, the tank's appearance drastically changes. The T-64B gains a pintle-mounted machine gun which can prove useful as a deterrent against CAS and some light vehicles. The T-64B can be differentiated from the T-64A by the lack of the side extrusion panels, however is visually extremely similar to the T-80B and it's often hard to differentiate, especially when the armour package is applied. The low profile of the T-64B allows it to avoid detection and utilize forms of cover that other tanks cannot hide behind. The 125mm 2A46M-1 "Sprut" cannon comes with ammunition perfectly capable of perforating almost all forms of armour on the battlefield, regardless of operating range.

Its triple-layer composite armour is capable of shrugging off hits from most of the other top rank cannons, however its lacklustre engine power can prove a little underwhelming in the face of the turbine engines and hugely powerful turbo diesels the vehicles it competes against sport. The T-64B is a fearsome opponent on the battlefield that improves on the infamy of its older brother, the T-64A.
#Sirchby war thunder update#
In Update 1.79 "Project X", the vehicle gained the modification to equip "Kontakt-1" ERA blocks, transforming the variant into a T-64BV. It was introduced in Update 1.77 "Advancing Storm". The T-64B is a rank VI Soviet medium tank
