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Re: The panther and the M8
« Reply #15 on: 02-01-2010, 02:01:53 »
Take the Puma or Stug everyday over a Panther. Stug its a incredible tank destroyer and kills every tank in a single shot at any angle. Puma its a very fast vehicle and can kill any type of tank at any angle with the 50mm gun.

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Re: The panther and the M8
« Reply #16 on: 02-01-2010, 06:01:20 »
Take the Puma or Stug everyday over a Panther. Stug its a incredible tank destroyer and kills every tank in a single shot at any angle. Puma its a very fast vehicle and can kill any type of tank at any angle with the 50mm gun.

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Re: The panther and the M8
« Reply #17 on: 02-01-2010, 06:01:32 »
I hope we get a normandized version of the 222 one day. I love the Puma, but I'd hate seeing it overused like in many other games, considering how rare it was irl.

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Re: The panther and the M8
« Reply #18 on: 02-01-2010, 06:01:08 »
I hope we get a normandized version of the 222 one day. I love the Puma, but I'd hate seeing it overused like in many other games, considering how rare it was irl.

Yeah I agree in that, but its one helluva of armored car; better than everyone out there. Puma still is a very prime concept that shaped modern warfare, along with other armored cars of other nations.

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Re: The panther and the M8
« Reply #19 on: 02-01-2010, 06:01:15 »
The daimler is awesome now that they've fixed the 2 pounder. Id take it over the puma any day with its much smaller profile.

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Re: The panther and the M8
« Reply #20 on: 02-01-2010, 07:01:40 »
The daimler is awesome now that they've fixed the 2 pounder. Id take it over the puma any day with its much smaller profile.

Puma has better protection, better gun that can engage any type of allied tank and destroy them in a single shoot. I think its the only capable armored vehicle of engaging a Churchill with the superior speed and take it down with 2 shots from the rear, too bad Pumas cant be used in all maps  :'(

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Re: The panther and the M8
« Reply #21 on: 02-01-2010, 10:01:45 »
Its 3 shots to the ass with G40 for a Puma to kill a Churchill at range, unless your close enough to hit the back deck/top armor. Trust me on this one, I had to test it for like 3 hours before a WaW battle. 50mm rounds do not register on any other part of the hull effectively.

Also, its 2 (3 at range) shots to the front of a Sherman with G40, and also 2 shots to the side to kill it with regular AP. M4A1s with the cast hull have a much higher tendency to deflect rounds if u don't aim low on the hull/tracks. So when using the Puma, G40 to the lower tracks on any tank besides the Churchill will kill it in 1 shot.

Something to note, the M4A1 76mm actually has more frontal armor then any other Sherman variant in game, and can effectively absorb 1 regular PIVH AP round (if you don't shoot the turret schurzen) while having about 2-3 bars of health left.
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Re: The panther and the M8
« Reply #22 on: 02-01-2010, 10:01:08 »
Its 3 shots to the ass with G40 for a Puma to kill a Churchill at range, unless your close enough to hit the back deck/top armor. Trust me on this one, I had to test it for like 3 hours before a WaW battle. 50mm rounds do not register on any other part of the hull effectively.

Also, its 2 (3 at range) shots to the front of a Sherman with G40, and also 2 shots to the side to kill it with regular AP. M4A1s with the cast hull have a much higher tendency to deflect rounds if u don't aim low on the hull/tracks. So when using the Puma, G40 to the lower tracks on any tank besides the Churchill will kill it in 1 shot.

Something to note, the M4A1 76mm actually has more frontal armor then any other Sherman variant in game, and can effectively absorb 1 regular PIVH AP round (if you don't shoot the turret schurzen) while having about 2-3 bars of health left.

Of course, everyone have their tactics. For me is always use the superior speed and bring the tungsten rounds when there's a big target like a Churchill from the rear. 76mm and the Sherman Jumbo are the ones with more armor, but the rear and side tracks are the weakest parts. Its helluva good in Lovain to use the Puma to kill everything with style and speed.

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Re: The panther and the M8
« Reply #23 on: 02-01-2010, 11:01:07 »
I made a guide on how to use the M8 Greyhound on Luttich.

The Greyhound can be a pain in the ass, even against the panzerschreckwhores on the map

But STAY-the-FRAK-AWAY from PANTHERS

http://fhpubforum.warumdarum.de/index.php?topic=2474.0

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Re: The panther and the M8
« Reply #24 on: 02-01-2010, 20:01:13 »
I've read that twice since you first posted it, and when I found him I remembered that in your guide it  was "AVOID THE PANTHER!" and what not  :P

But yes I use many of the roads you post as safe when I go hunting for other tanks

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Re: The panther and the M8
« Reply #25 on: 02-01-2010, 20:01:21 »
I've read that twice since you first posted it, and when I found him I remembered that in your guide it  was "AVOID THE PANTHER!" and what not  :P

But yes I use many of the roads you post as safe when I go hunting for other tanks
Excellent :)  Make sure you switch regulary  to avoid panthers

and check when you cross.2 weeks ago i crashed into Irishfolk his Schreckkubel
But ooh boy the insurance companies started to debate....
My greyhound only had a few scratches, but Irish his kubel was in bad shape lol..
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Re: The panther and the M8
« Reply #26 on: 02-01-2010, 20:01:20 »
Yesterday me and flyboy were in a kubel driving around (like retards  :P) and I made a sharp turn around a corner, only to crash into a oncoming panzer  >:( .


We need to settle on these road rules, Eurpean Driving or American Driving?

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Re: The panther and the M8
« Reply #27 on: 02-01-2010, 20:01:09 »
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Re: The panther and the M8
« Reply #28 on: 03-01-2010, 00:01:11 »
Don't most European nations drive on the right-hand side of the road anyways?

The Brits are the only major Euro nation off the top of my head that do it the wrong way.  ;)

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Re: The panther and the M8
« Reply #29 on: 03-01-2010, 01:01:46 »
The brits have to be the weirdist little isolationist island ever  ::)


Pound instead of the Euro
Left of the road instead of right

Crazy people I tell you

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