Pros and Cons
Pros:
- High DPM
- High accuracy (Good on the move as well)
- Can use High-penetration HE (Known as HESH) shell (twice that of its competitors)
- Mobility is very good for a heavy
- Large health pool
- Turret can take a lot of punishment, as the only flat surfaces are the viewports
- The HESH round can be a nasty surprise if you aim for weakspots
- Side-scraping is difficult but works well if the tank driver has the "know how"
- HESH rounds are non premium and thus much cheaper than other HESH using tanks
- Can mount a Super Heavy Spall Liner, which makes modules more durable to crits
Cons:
- Weak front armor with lots of weak points
- Rear-mounted turret
- Ammo rack is weak
- Catches fire easily, with weak fuel tanks
- Easy to track
- Very vulnerable to artillery, although Super Heavy Spall Liner can save you a lot of headaches
Performance
FV215b is as quirky as it is potentially devastating. Most easily likened to the American T110E5 but with less frontal armor and more gun, the 215b is outfitted with a marginally better hull than the Caernarvon and Conqueror, and even more prone to module damage and crew injury at its own tier. Nevertheless, the tank makes some spectacular leaps from its predecessor in terms of turret thickness, gun performance, general stats, and not least in agility as it receives roughly a 65% increase in traverse speed. An upgrade which is sorely needed, since the key to playing this fearsome support tank right is clearly found in proper positioning and usage of cover and such tactics as "side-scraping". The FV215b is very much an all or nothing machine; in the wrong hands it is awkward, difficult to handle and frail, but properly driven it can be a monster.