NM142

The NM142 is a tier 7 tank destroyer originating from Norway, and is sold by Oscar Faraday. It can be unlocked by fulfilling the Damage with ATGMs requirement with a Tier 7+ TD either in PvP (150,000 damage), GLOPS (400,000 damage) or PvE (800,000 damage), it can unlock 3x Platiunum Supply Crates and leads to the Sprut-SD.

Features

 * High spot and rof: had high spotting ranges and rate of fire.
 * Top down ATGM: penetrates target's most unprotected area - the roof.
 * Missile weapons only: this vehicle only had weaponry.

Pros

 * Top down ATGM - no problems with penetration
 * Small size
 * High acceleration, speed and manueverability
 * Great camo factor
 * Can turn in place thanks to the tracks
 * Good for spotting
 * 360 degrees firing cone

Cons

 * Dull as hell
 * Boring grinding for the Sprut-SD
 * No armor
 * No APS
 * Long reload time, albeit better than Wiesel HOT and some tier 8 missile TDs.

History
Class: Tank Destroyer Developed: 1980s Service: 1983-2010 Vehicles Built: 97 Operators: Norway The NM142 is a Norwegian counterpart to the American M901 ITOW Tank Destroyer. It consists of a standard M113 hull fitted with a Kvaerner Eureka Armored Launching Turret, which in turn is armed with a twin Hughes BGM-71D TOW-2 launcher. The vehicle was designed in the late 1980s and, eventually, 97 were built in total. They were intended to be operated in groups of four (a platoon), although sometimes three platoons would be put together to form an anti-tank squadron. The vehicles would stay at safe distance (as far as possible from the enemy), fire their loaded missiles at the enemy and then they would retreat to reload. However, after the end of the Cold War, the need for such vehicles gradually disappeared with the perceived end of the Soviet threat. With more focus on peacekeeping missions and the War on Terror, the numbers of these vehicles were gradually lowered. The vehicle saw service with the Kampeskadronen units and the first KFOR Norwegian contingent from 1999 included it in its ranks. In 2005, the number of active vehicles of this type was reduced to some 12 machines and, by the end of that decade, the type was completely phased out of service.