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Re: War Thunder
« Reply #1470 on: 25-05-2014, 18:05:17 »
Damage models seem completely random, I had a match this morning with the befehlswagen Jagdpanther and had to put SIX (!) 88mm shells into the side of a bot T-26 in order to kill it. Hit the engine, the turret, upper hull, lower hull, it just didn't die.

Another match in my Panther ausf. D I shot at a KV-85's turret 3-4 times and it was still alive and well, when a T-34 joined the fight. So I put 3 shells into the T-34 and broke his turret, and a fourth and fifth shell when he charged me. I was in hull-down, and they were completely exposed. Truly testing his luck, he shot me on the move and penetrated my front armor, setting me on fire and completely knocking out the transmission and the turret. He managed to pass and finished me after. Six 75mm shells into a lousy T-34-57 and it did nothing.


Stuff like this is happening to me all the time.
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Re: War Thunder
« Reply #1471 on: 25-05-2014, 18:05:38 »
it seems that my PZIV blows up in 1 or 2 shots even from the front, when i need double or triple the shots for the T34.

The PZIV had its ammo stored in the rear turret and side armour sponsons
The T34 had it spread out all over the tank, simular to the sherman. Thus frontally, a Panzer should be not be ammoracked as much as it is now

a T34 however, can easily survive 4 shots, everywhere.
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Re: War Thunder
« Reply #1472 on: 25-05-2014, 19:05:40 »
Well, to all you guys complaining, last 6 games in my t-34 i got one shoted by panzer 4.

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Re: War Thunder
« Reply #1473 on: 25-05-2014, 19:05:08 »
it seems that my PZIV blows up in 1 or 2 shots even from the front, when i need double or triple the shots for the T34.

The PZIV had its ammo stored in the rear turret and side armour sponsons
The T34 had it spread out all over the tank, simular to the sherman. Thus frontally, a Panzer should be not be ammoracked as much as it is now

a T34 however, can easily survive 4 shots, everywhere.

4  shots? Son, you don't know shit, I survived 20+ shots(not all of them penetrating ofc.) + arillery strike with my KV :D. Those things are ridiculous, especially on Kursk, long range + angle= indestructible bunker.

Also, I think part of the problem with German side players complaining about unfairness comes down to the fact that much, MUCH more people are playing German tanks, every time I queue up I see 50 people waiting on german side, and 10 on the russian, 5x the players means 5x the complaints.
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Re: War Thunder
« Reply #1474 on: 25-05-2014, 20:05:53 »
Got the SU-122 after the pain of KV-1. HERPADERP!!!
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Re: War Thunder
« Reply #1475 on: 25-05-2014, 22:05:21 »
getting killed by a KV2...
is pure destruction to the highest level
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Re: War Thunder
« Reply #1476 on: 26-05-2014, 00:05:04 »
You guys make me curious about the high tiers. But I'm far from getting there. I'm still stuck with my PII's on tier I.

Situation on tier I is pretty easy.
Just today I duelled a T-60 and a T-70 and I won both encounters.
PII's and BT-7 take 1-2 shots.
PIII and PIVs can take longer, up to 20 rounds.

There is a russian model whose name end with 'mod 1937' or 'mod 1939'. Those bug me. Their gun is tough and I often get killed before I kill them. Same with the T-28. Tough gun. Tough hull. Needs at least 20 shots.

Finally, my biggest nemesis is the Sturmgeschütz Ausf. A. I can damage the gun, the tracks and the running gear. damaging the gun doesn't prevent it from shooting back. Plus: it can't even get penetrated at the rear. I started crashing into them with full speed, pushing them around and off cliffs.

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Re: War Thunder
« Reply #1477 on: 26-05-2014, 11:05:16 »
Check the ammo you have loaded. If you can load the belt with AP and IT only. You will have more penetrations and kill the targets quicker.
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Re: War Thunder
« Reply #1478 on: 26-05-2014, 13:05:21 »
I'm using the Panzergranate 40 (APCBC). Always.

Yesterday was fun. Encountered the only capable position A on Kuban, and killed 3 camping Pz.II's. While I capped the position all alone, another 5 PzII's showed up, one after another, which I killed all. I felt so invincible. ;D

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Re: War Thunder
« Reply #1479 on: 26-05-2014, 15:05:34 »
If you look at the stats regular ap often has more penetration at long distances, just saying.

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Re: War Thunder
« Reply #1480 on: 26-05-2014, 15:05:27 »
Yeah, and AP is supposed to do more damage once penetrated. Also the incendary shells have the neat effect of setting the enemy on fire quite often. I found the penetration of standard AP also sufficent for all tanks I´ll encounter in the P II C (playing simulator)
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Re: War Thunder
« Reply #1481 on: 26-05-2014, 17:05:15 »
Once i got my Panzer IV ausf F2, things became easy for me. Its a great tank, altough it gets ammo racked alot


Now i did noticed the following things=
-The standard APCBC round is the most damaging and sufficient for all Tier 2 vehicles And above. Only the KV85's turret and KV1's at long range MIGHT be a problem for you.
-APCR punches trough everything, but you need way more shots. I think i need an average of 2-3 shots of APCBC rounds for a T34, but it takes double that with APCR
-If you know the ammo rack location and you can penetrate it, Use the HEAT round. The HEAT round of the 7.5cm gun has average penetration (81mm) but it gives almost instant guarantee of ammo racking the enemy

When fighting soviet tanks, it really is crucial that you aim either for the turret, or the hull sides below the turret where all the ammo is located. Its a small turret on the T34, and one shot can kill the entire crew in it. But fire at the hull and you are left with only the driver dead


My opinion has changed greatly with this game. And i am having Insane amounts of fun with the PZIV ausf F2 and G. The stug 3 Ausf F is also my little precious. The PZIII performs decent. You need alot of penetrations, but its speed and mobility is great.


Yesterday i played for 2 hours straight with kuroisuki. We employed tactics used by the wehrmacht and it worked great

Most public players seem to apply the 1943 kasserine pas American tank tactic= CHARGE AHEAD LIKE A GRAND ARMOURED KNIGHT READY TO FIGHT! WHO needs recon anyway?? AB, SB, HB, it doesnt matter. you are Dead.

Wehrmacht tank tactics are your friend=
- Stand still and ambush. The one who can land the first shot, is often the one who wins
- When you advance, advance slowly. Use alot of caution.
- Flank
Its amazing how many people in this game, dont even care about their flanks. They just go to the roads, and drive forward a la leeroy jenkins style. The map karelia is my favorite. I run for the hills, find a suitable location that overlooks the road and i find myself encountering half the team on the roads, with me taking out 3 of the enemy before they even bother looking my direction.

I only find myself charging forward blindly in the beginning of the map, to get myself towards a control point.

This game, is 10 times better then world of tanks in any way. Even arcade battles are insanely amount of fun.
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Re: War Thunder
« Reply #1482 on: 26-05-2014, 17:05:21 »
- Stand still and ambush. The one who can land the first shot, is often the one who wins
Until you put 4 shots into the enemy, and e just turns around and 1 shots you :D
Yeah, the game has lots of potential, like everything Gaijin does, and they they just fuck things up.
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Re: War Thunder
« Reply #1483 on: 26-05-2014, 18:05:07 »
Musti, you are worse then a mother in law, I have never ever heard you give positive feedback, all you do in every tread is whine and complain.

If you thinks you can do it better, then do it! can't? then shut up.

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Re: War Thunder
« Reply #1484 on: 26-05-2014, 18:05:37 »
Stug F is fun, as well as the pz IV F2. I don't really play anything else on the german team because the rewards on those two are the best in their tier in simulator battles. I have the Hetzer unlocked though, so might use that to grind the pz IIIM, while using the stug to grind the Jagdpanzer IV and the Pz IV F2 to grind the Pz IV G.
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