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The UDES 16 is a Swedish tier 9 medium tank.

Further development of the UDES 14E2 project was proposed by the Hägglunds company. The vehicle was to have a lowered silhouette and be equipped with a 105 mm autoloader gun. In 1974, the project was merged with the Bofors project, which resulted in the UDES 15/16 project. No prototypes were built.

The UDES 16 leads to the UDES 15/16.

Performance :

The UDES 16 plays much the same as the UDES 14 5 before it, but the addition of turret armour and some more effective hull armour make this tank much more of a significant threat when it gets into position, and also allows for diversity in how this tank can be played.

The hull armour is only 45mm thick, however because of the sloping, it is capable of bouncing a surprising amount of shots. However, the turret is what separates this tank from the Tier VIII - 70mm sounds very thin, but the sloping means this turret becomes around 260-270mm effective armour, which is on par with the turret armour of tanks like the M46 Patton or the Centurion 7/1. Add this with the hydropneumatic suspension of the Swedish Mediums and a very low profile and you have a tank that is easily capable of walling lots of tanks whilst using ridge lines of all sizes and insane gun depression.

Whilst the turret is strong however, it is not invincible. High penetration HEAT can go through your turret, as well as Tier X tank destroyer guns, so don’t think you are free from harm. Because of the thin armour thickness, HE bleeds through significantly, especially from artillery fire. Luckily, this tank is mobile enough to abuse lots of locations with its armour and gun depression.

The armament this tank is equipped with is very middle-of-the-road for Tier IX medium standards. It doesn’t have the most fantastic penetration at 234, but also that is far from the worst that tanks like the E50 and M46 Patton get. The handling is also average - 2.2 seconds is on the higher end of aim times, but it’s not enough to feel like the gun is working against you. The gun isn’t going to win any awards, but it will do.. The biggest downside to it is the very lacklustre premium ammunition, so engaging top tier heavies frontally is not advised wherever possible.

When stock, this tank is horrible. You get the gun from the previous tank which has acceptable alpha for tier IX, but everything about it is worse than the tank before it, resulting in horrible DPM. Luckily, the penetration is bearable and you don’t need the suspension to mount any of the modules as all the top modules are actually lighter than the stock ones. Before you get the upgraded gun though only one piece of equipment can be fitted, so choose wisely.

The stock turret is thicker than the top turret, but the effective armour values are more or less the same due to the sloping, and it is also heavier with less view range and gives worse gun performance. You can fit the top gun with the stock turret however, which helps with the grind.


Early Research :

The top radio carries over from the UDES 14 5 and can be installed immediately
Research the top gun
Research the upgraded turret
Research the tracks
Finish by researching the engine