Legend: [ + ] Improved [ = ] No change [+/-] Some improvements, balanced with some disadvantages [ - ] Weakened

[ + ] Armour thickness of the top section of the upper glacis plate has increased a bit. [ + ] Armour thickness of the driver's hatch has been increased significantly. [ + ] Armour thickness of curved frontal sections of the turret has slightly increased. [ + ] Thickness of the armour strip at the top section of the upper glacis plate has increased. [ + ] Armour thickness of the lower glacis plate has increased a bit. [ + ] The part of the fender marked with arrows was visible from the front due to the faulty model, and could be penetrated in cases where shell calibre was 2times or 3 times that of the armour thickness due to the way that armour penetration is calculated. This part of the fender has removed. [ = ] Armour protection of the cupolas has not changed. [ = ] Turret inclination has improved, but it will have no effect if an incoming shell is of calibre three times that of the thickness armour. [+/-] The armour strip between the lower glacis plate and the upper glacis plate has become wider, but the armour thickness of the strip has decreased. [ - ] Armour protection of the lowermost section of the lower glacis plate has decreased, because the previous version of the glacis plate was "broken" into sections. Now, it has the same slop angle, and consequently, the same effective armour thickness across the whole plate.