Don't mind at all..... NO we can't say that its a 'better' variant of the A2..... As it is just another version of it. Yours is an 825, did you take out the second spring from the rear springs ? There's no need for it as it has no gun on it anymore. The 825s had either TOW missle system or the 106mm recoiless rifle mounted on them. That's the difference between the 825 and the standard 'captain's' A2. To support the gun weight, there's a smaller spring within the bigger springs at the rear.