5:03 am, October 17, 2014
I am a recovering tomato, and generally I'm getting acceptable at the game. Not yet hit t10 - my regulars are E75, T71, T-43 and I have just started the T29. My tops are E75, IS3.....and T69. And I ha [..]
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5:03 am, October 13, 2014
(Title is wrong...should say "M48A1 needs rebalancing")
The Patton used to be a great tier 10 medium, but after some nerfs...it has lost its competitiveness.
It feels very redundan [..]
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5:03 am, September 25, 2014
I've played the SU-100M1 all the way through (and a little more), and I am one of the few that actually really likes it. Everyone's complaining that it sucks, but I will try to help and let people see [..]
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4:03 pm, September 23, 2014
After the HD patch, 7/1's turret is pretty unreliable now. Even IS's can pen your mantlet 60% of the times if they hit straight in the middle. The turret has lost its former glory. Thoughts?
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4:03 pm, September 15, 2014
When you have a terrible WR and you are in a losing streak, even a little one like I am in, and you are a grouchy old **** you begin to notice and see the increase frequency of some real game-breakers [..]
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5:03 am, September 15, 2014
I honestly cannot figure out why someone would choose to play a type 61 over a centurion 7/1. The centurion has a better gun and better armor all around, and less speed and mobility than the type 61. [..]
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4:03 pm, September 7, 2014
I've seen a lot of Centurions lately. I drive my IS3 a lot. But I can't penetrate Centurions when they are hull down.How do you PENETRATE ITS TURRET IN AN IS3? With the lousy aimtime in the BL-9, you [..]
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4:03 pm, September 4, 2014
So, there I was...in the ****. Actually I was in my T32 on Steppes in a Tier 8 game. There were only two heavies on my team (myself and a T34) against five on the red team. We are the North spawn, and [..]
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2:01 am, August 31, 2014
Picture of the new S-41:
http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/08/30/9-3-hd-models/
From Wikipedia:
KV-85 A KV-1S with the 85mm D-5T cannon in a new turret, with the ball mounted hull machine gun rem [..]
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2:01 pm, August 20, 2014
I have been playing world of tanks for a while, most of my early stats show how much of a noob I used to be, and as time when on I realized it too. I have played the US medium line all the way to the [..]
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2:01 am, August 19, 2014
Which tank in the game actually has the strongest frontal armor if you take sloping, angling, mantlets, and spaced armor into account? I've heard that it's the T110E5, but for some rea [..]
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2:01 am, August 13, 2014
The gun mantlet of T28 proto is utterly useless. See the attached picture: Lowe and even a Tiger I had no problem penetrating the gun mantlet of my T28 pro. And they were using regular AP rounds. T28 [..]
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2:01 am, August 6, 2014
We've all had moments where we look back at our actions and wonder "why the hell did I pull out sideways in front of that E100?" Well this is dedicated to those moments where [..]
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2:01 pm, August 4, 2014
DPM so far for me: 2016. Okay, not THAT bad. What is the fastest I can get the reload without vents or BiA(100% crew will be the bench line)? 7.5 seconds right? Why such a slow reload when the T32 has [..]
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2:01 am, July 21, 2014
This question is asking which tank do you think gets the luckiest most often? That could be you being the driver or the attacker. Personally no tank gets luckier than the 704. I swear that tank has a [..]
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2:01 pm, July 19, 2014
Seems like it got removed or something.
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2:01 am, July 18, 2014
So in the recent Storm Q&A there were confirmed facts about a few tansk that will be, for sure being introduced into the game. The AMX 30 will be a new tier 10 French medium, the FV 4202 will [..]
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2:01 pm, June 26, 2014
So i like gun depression a lot for mediums as uneven terrain becomes your territory, I also want something mobile as I have been playing mostly heavys and td's. Tiers 8-10 are my main concern, [..]
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2:01 pm, June 25, 2014
I cannot for the life of me play the comet decently and I need some tips on playing it. In 38 battles I have a 34.21% WR. I've tried playing it like my T43, my panther and my 1390 and all fail [..]
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2:01 am, June 12, 2014
Okay, so I've been playing this game since May 16th 2011. I have been around since 0.6.4. I'm not posting this for thumbs up because it sure as heck won't be because the average player in the game wou [..]
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2:01 pm, May 22, 2014
If you ever build a tank, you should construct it entirely out of gun mantlets. SPG crews should be issued life preservers as standard equipment. If your tank gets its tracks shot off, a good crew ca [..]
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2:01 pm, May 14, 2014
As title states. I was playing my VK 3001 H with the L/70 gun which has 150mm of pen and I was bouncing the fronts of KV-1's and KV-2s.. Like perfectly aimed shots would magically go to the 15 [..]
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10:05 am, May 6, 2014
The Centurion MK.1 is a tier 8 British medium tank. This things got pimp armor on the gun mantlet, and has amazing penetration with good DPM once upgraded with skills and perks. But is this suited for [..]
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2:01 am, April 25, 2014
I am going to write a review of some of the tanks I have played here and add more later as I play new tanks. I am an average player with a good understanding of game mechanics as well. I am an older p [..]
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10:05 pm, April 22, 2014
So I know people are gonna tell me 'HIDE YO R2D2' but the issue for me isn't R2D2. I can hide it just fine, and barely anyone aims for it anyway. Instead they're aiming elsewhere, and they're penning [..]
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10:05 am, April 22, 2014
Minding my own business, doing some sidescraping and everything is going great. Everyone's bouncing off me, trading shots with enemies, trying to outwit each other. Eviscerate some Jagdpanzer E 100 fu [..]
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10:05 am, April 19, 2014
As we all know, side skirts have been slapped onto the Pz IV. This tank is now impervious to all forms of 105mm derp from the side. With the skirts, tracked, and a turret mostly covered with spaced ar [..]
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9:05 pm, March 3, 2014
I know it has 100 more hp and slightly better DPM, but the stock turret has a great mantlet that seems to more than make up for that. Am I crazy going at it with just the stock turret on that mediocre [..]
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9:05 am, February 28, 2014
Hello guys, I truly need your help. I finally got the type B barrel on my centurion. 45k exp for 0,4 decrease in aimtime and ,53 increase in ROF. What a beast upgrade!!! Lets say how it is, I **** in [..]
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9:05 pm, February 27, 2014
Ok so we know going hull down can make certain tanks nigh invincible. But RNG doesn't seem to like this and pulls out all the stops to make doing so a living nightmare. So lets go through the [..]
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9:05 am, February 20, 2014
Does anyone have tankviewer, tank inspector, and can tell me how thick the gun mantlet on the Comet is? Because I just had a QQ moment that caused me to rage quit after a particularly hard streak of Q [..]
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9:05 am, February 14, 2014
Picture of DL-43 The DL-43 is an interesting tank - built by Argentina during the Second World War, pictures of it have popped up here once or twice. It's also been confirmed as a possible pre [..]
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9:05 pm, February 9, 2014
Hi, I've been playing my Comet, and I seem to get a lot of enemy tanks who try to ram me if they are on fairly low health. They aren't one shot kills at this point, and I don't [..]
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9:05 pm, January 15, 2014
submitted by culdadunbetr [link] [20 comments]
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9:05 am, January 12, 2014
Mantlet Mantle submitted by MAGICELEPHANTMAN [link] [7 comments]
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9:05 am, January 10, 2014
Conqueror is like marmite. You love it or hate it. I went from hating it to loving it. There was zero transition for me from absolutely hating the **** out of it to loving it. It's a tank that [..]
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9:05 am, January 9, 2014
Jagdtiger is one of those hated tanks. WG hates it so much, they nerfed it with the batch of German "balance changes". Is it still capable? Yes. Is it fun to play now? No. I rewrote [..]
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9:05 am, January 5, 2014
The Type 61 has some serious issues after playing it for a bit
and some hidden stats
I have good experience with the E-50, and the T-54 to compare roughly what constitutes a standard T9 medium tan [..]
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9:05 am, December 6, 2013
Am I the only one driven mad by people using the word "mantle" to refer to the gun "mantlet" of a tank? I see it often on the wiki, and today it was on Worldoftanks [..]
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9:05 pm, December 1, 2013
I took ownership of my T32 two days ago. While I loved my T29, I heard bad things about the T32's gun and was very worried when I bought it, since it has the same gun that the T29 had and the [..]
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9:05 pm, November 29, 2013
I've been hearing a lot of people talking about the possibility of this, so I figured, why not? I gathered together all the resources I could and put together as clear of a comparison as I pos [..]
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9:05 pm, November 5, 2013
submitted by lemonbox36 [link] [comment]
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9:05 am, November 1, 2013
SO the first of the Japanese tanks is upon us and as per the Wargaming usual, have delivered it shortly before the Japanese tree is released. As such, I have bought the tank to train up a medium crew [..]
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10:05 am, September 26, 2013
The M103 has the weakest armor of any tank I've ever driven, bar none. I expect my ELC bounces shots more often. I know damn well that my Tiger bounces a far high [..]
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6:45 am, September 18, 2013
The STB-1
Tier 10 medium from Japan
By SoukouDragon revised by Daigensui
After the culmination of many tested core components, the STB-1 was completed in 1969. The STB-1 was the first of two de [..]
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10:05 pm, September 16, 2013
which one is better and why? i love the pershing, and the p2, but they play different for me. i use the troll mantlet and hull down in the pershing to much delight. the p2 is a bit more tricky, but re [..]
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10:05 pm, September 15, 2013
Today I learned that the Centurion type turrets are not all the same, specificly in the area of the mantlet. These turrets are found of the tier 8 and 9 British mediums and heavies (the two Centurion [..]
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10:05 pm, September 10, 2013
So its pretty straight forward: a (mostly) turreted TD line.
It will branch off from the SU-100
Tier 7:
mendeleev tank
around the size of the SU-100Y, with heavier armor, but extremely slow. Another m [..]
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10:05 pm, September 5, 2013
I have been driving the Black Prince for a few hundred games now, and I see so few of these beasts on the battlefield. I understand why, but it is still fun. Why we don't see more: The British [..]
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10:05 pm, September 1, 2013
Can JgPzE100 pen it with gold shell? If can't, what about just frontal turret area? submitted by Schimiter [link] [9 comments]
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10:05 pm, August 23, 2013
8.8 PTR news: The E50 and E50M are getting a buff to their UFP (120mm --> 150mm). This is however counterbalanced by a nerf of their LFP to 100mm, as well as a much worse gun mantlet and a bigg [..]
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10:05 am, July 26, 2013
I know the WoT subreddit isn't always too big on these discussion posts, but I just had a revelation. I actually enjoy the T25/2-- A Lot! I used to hate it when I first got it (It was my first [..]
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10:05 pm, July 6, 2013
If you didn't guess what this was already, going to tell you right now in case you don't like hearing stories from others about a single match they had ('cause we all have our [..]
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10:05 am, July 6, 2013
I've seen quite a lot of posts about people asking what it would be like if tanks with smoothbore guns and ATGMs and composite armor was added to the game, if maps would get bigger then, or how they w [..]
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10:05 am, June 17, 2013
You angle youre armor. you aim. You fire. you stay zoomed in while you wait. Incorrect. Giving youre self 3 seconds to aim, turn youre straight angeled turret (ei maus kv), This makes it so they have [..]
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10:05 am, June 11, 2013
I have been meaning to write on this topic for a long time, but finally got to it when i saw the new trailer for The World of Tanks Xbox edition. the beginning of the trailer displays a green light th [..]
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10:05 am, June 5, 2013
Hi guys, I recently unlocked the T110E4 and bought it (now i have around 100battles in it). And I must say: I LOVE it. Let me explain. (wiki page: http://wiki.worldoftanks.com/T110E4) Its pros: - It&a [..]
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10:05 am, June 3, 2013
Has anybody else noticed this kind of thing? The gun to me seems horribly inconsistent and it's bugging the **** out of me. I've had it for some time and it just...I don't get [..]
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10:05 pm, May 25, 2013
Say you are facing this
Where exactly do you put the aim circle for best chance of pen without sailing over or bouncing roof? I get a lot of bounces aiming cupola at most ranges.
At close range is [..]
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10:05 pm, May 24, 2013
I don't know why WG has to keep ******** with every damn tank and gun. This penetration no damage **** has gotten way out of hand and the damage system/model is a complete joke. After reviewing the re [..]
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10:05 am, May 24, 2013
I've seen this happen a lot, and it really irritates me. It contributes to massive damage accumulation on my side, because for some reason they can shoot me, but I can't shoot them.
Sometimes when yo [..]
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10:05 pm, May 17, 2013
Driving
This topic doesn't get quite enough love, but it really should. Correct driving technique allows you to set up quicker to shoot and take less damage in return.
Faking gun [..]
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