[2023] Do free parts actually do anything to repair the gun?

Originally posted by French Cat:

Originally posted by RollClassic: As far as I can tell, the "Free parts" only repairs things that are fully broken and only to a barely usable point. So if your gun is destroyed, just J out like you would have before. If your engine is destroyed, just J out like you would have before. Half repairing does nothing to help the stock grind when you still have to use HEATFS on everything high tier and you face the same OP premiums every round at every BR anyways.

I think they just announced it to gain support from the player base, even though its the exact same thing as before.

The "free" parts (that every ground vehicle gets) repairs vehicles to a certain limit were in the game before yes, but now have been reduced all around, improving them overall:

Penalties to vehicle characteristics after repair of modules with field repair in AB and RB are changed as follows:

• Gun spread multiplier has been changed from х15 to х5;
  
• Guidance angles have been changed from 3 to 6 degrees;
  
• Transmission losses have been changed from 50% to 25%;
  
• Engine power reduction has been changed from 60% to 40%.

So essentially, the stats were improved for field repairs.