Stormer HVM

Stormer HVM

Stormer AD

▄Osa-AK

Stormer HVM

Stormer AD

▄Osa-AK

Britain

VII Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
10.3	10.3	10.3

Class:

SPAA

Research:150 000

Purchase:830 000

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Description

The FV4333 Stormer HVM is a rank VII British self-propelled anti-aircraft vehicle with a battle rating of 10.3 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update 1.89 "Imperial Navy".

General info

Survivability and armour

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Mobility

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Armaments

Main armament

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Usage in battles

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Modules

Tier	Mobility		Protection	Firepower
I	Tracks		Parts
II	Suspension	Brake System	FPE
III	Filters		Crew Replenishment	Smoke grenade
IV	Transmission	Engine		Artillery Support

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Unique AA missiles - triple missile with one of the highest speed in-game
• Good speed
• X10-40 optics allow it to track enemy until the very end
• Invisible to anti-radar (helicopters)

Cons:

• High profile
• Weak defence
• Lock-on does not provide targeting solution - only hints
• Turret and optical system sometimes fail to track planes properly, relying on crew and operator skills to compensate
• Due to huge gap in optics zoom levels, operator is often required to manually adjust scope, instead of just hitting "maximum zoom" button
• Missiles constantly spiral, making precise aiming at ground forces pointless
• Most tanks are immune to its attacks even from the side and it cannot hull break light tanks or other SPAA either

History

In the mid 1980’s it became clear that supersonic aircraft and strike helicopters proved to be dangerous against ground troops. To counter these threats back in 1986, the British Ministry of Defence began development of the “Starstreak HVM” (High Velocity Missile) anti-aircraft missile system. The production was done by the Shorts Missile Systems company. On the 1st of September in 1997, the famous Starstreak anti-aircraft missile system had been put into service by the British Army. Initially it was developed in 3 different variants: portable, stationary and mobile, although later they additionally developed an air version but it didn’t find a practical application.

The armoured personnel carrier Stormer was created by using the propulsion system, the transmission and chassis of the light scouting FV101 Scorpion tank for the mobile version of the system. In 1975 on the base of this armoured personnel carrier, the self-propelled anti-tank missile system FV102 Striker was created. Since the vehicle proved itself well, it was decided to additionally create the self-propelled anti-aircraft system Alvis Stormer HVM on its platform.

- From Devblog

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See also

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External links

• [Devblog] Alvis Stormer HVM: Control of the skies!

Britain anti-aircraft vehicles
Crusader AA	Crusader AA Mk I · Crusader AA Mk II
Wheeled	Staghound AA · AEC AA
Radar SPAAG	Chieftain Marksman
Missile SPAA	Stormer AD · Stormer HVM
Other	Light AA Mk I · Falcon
Canada	Skink · ADATS (M113)
South Africa	Ystervark · Bosvark · ZA-35