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[HumanCoookie]

How Not to Suck 101 [Tank Edition]

 

     Part 3 of the HNTS series. I'll link the original and the map edition when I have the will to do it, but here is a thread on how to play specific tanks. Ask me or others in the comments on how to play a certain tank or tank line and I hope to answer them in a small, concise review. I also hope this also incites other discussions on this thread or elsewhere from other people as I don't own every tank and others who do could share insight on a tank. I made this new HNTS thread because some Blitz YouTubers and other sources make pretty good reviews of tanks, but there is no need to make a 10-minute+ video on it and/or they sometimes miss some of the pros and cons of certain tanks. And the benefit of writing is that I can always edit the information to make it relevant to new game builds unlike an existing video.

     The main format of each entry will be General Stuff, then Concise Info, and then: TL;DR. Lastly, there will be frontal weak spots and main pros/cons of the tank.

 

NOTE: If you want to add your own tank review please try to follow the above format and if you want you can add other sub-topics like a Gun category or something like that. I'll list you in the Table of the Contents along with thread page number and post number. 

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Table of the Contents

ToC SP. (ill add the rest of the nations when I remember them)

 USA:

 

WG Tanks:

 

SU:

1 (SU). Object 252U

2 (SU). Mod-1

 

GE:

 

UK:

 

JAPAN:

 

CHINA:

 

 

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SU (Soviet Union):

 

1 (SU). Object 252U

      Fairly straightforward tank. It has a pikes nose front (3D triangle type thing) and as such it's automatically angled by just facing straight towards an enemy. By angling (turning the tank left/right and wiggling) you are effectively making the pike's nose weaker by flattening one side to an enemy. In an effort to angle the lower plate you will weaken the upper glacis and the lower plate will still probably be weak.

     How you play this is always being mindful of the lower plate. The lower plate on the 252U is huge and therefore easy to shoot and quite easy to pen. When you drive towards an enemy ask yourself, "Do they have line of sight with my lower plate?" If so try to find something to cover the lower plate. If not, then your best bet is to try and angle. I find by going hull down (hiding hull behind a wall or terrain) works best, but enemies can still pen the cupolas so be wary. When fighting an enemy below you try to point your tank "down." Enemies, below you can easily shoot your lower plate. A good example is a river. Rivers are lower than the surrounding ground so enemies can shoot your plate, try to go to the edge of the riverside where the terrain dips down and angle the lower plate downwards. This lets them shoot the cupola but the cupola is a lot smaller than a giant lower plate. Though pike nosed tanks weaken by angling, the 252U has like 400mm upper plate armor (if remember right) and a bit of angling won't hurt as it will increase lower plate armor, but not weaken the upper glacis too much. If you can, always face hug enemies. When face hugging the only threat is being penned in the cupolas and after firing just wave your gun in the air back and forth to possibly barrel block a shot. Also, try to shoot on the move more than aiming in and shooting. For an odd reason, I find shooting on the move to be more accurate than fullying aiming and I use double rations, shell velocity boost, and the other aiming speed increase equipment. Due to the tons of upper glacis armor, you can easily side scrape (while trying to hide lower plate). I've no joke, blocked 3k damage on less than 20 HP and held off an entire flank just because I hid my lower plate and pointed my whole tank forward so HE damage wouldn't splash me. 

     You want to focus on the main issues of your tank. 

 

 

     TL;DR: Always be mindful of the lower plate, try to face hug enemies, and shoot on the move more than stopping to aim. This tank can steamroll enemies. Don't be scared to rush out and catch a lone tank by face hugging. This tank can easily bounce tier 9s and even some tier 10s if played right. 

 

Frontal WS (Weak Spot(s)): 

1. Primary WS: Lower glacis

2. Secondary WS: Cupolas on the turret

 

Pros:

1. Insane upper glacis armor

2. Decent mobility (around 35 KMH forward)

3. Oddly super good on the move shooting accuracy

4. Face hugging beast

5. Somewhat troll side armor (like the IS-5)

6. Pretty much a n00b friendly tank; as long as you somewhat have an understanding of Soviet heavies you should be fine

7. Sides and rear and decently angled (like the IS-6). Ability to get some rear bounces

 

Cons:

1. Really big lower glacis

2. Aim circle is huge

4. Long reload (13.1 seconds (with rammer))

5. Seems to low roll often (around 380 damage) but when it high rolls it almost always is around 410

6. Typical Soviet gun depression (It's like 6 degrees or something over the front)

7. Weak to CoD (circle of death) by faster tanks. The rear is a T49 HEAT magnet. 

8. Because people can't pen the tank, they spam HE, especially T49s, who deal almost 250 per splash

 

2 (SU). Mod-1

      Exceptional Soviet med. Good upper plate armor, decent mobility, and average reload and damage per shot. It's a T-44 with tons more frontal hull armor which makes it a beast.

     Always angle. It's basic but if you angle the tank can bounce almost anything. Face hugging doesn't really work as it lets the enemy shoot down on the angled upper plate. However, low gun depression tanks will struggle against this. The Mod-1 can bounce heavies, even TDs, and bully other meds and lights. Play like a med, but be noteful that your below-average med speed means you can't do things like a normal med (Ex: Go hilltop on Mines map). Try to hide your lower plate; I like to do this by face-hugging, but not traditional face hugging. I try to keep my Mod-1 around 1-2 meters away from the enemy and this way it allows my upper plate to not be pennable because they can't look down on it and also keeps my lower plate hidden as they won't be able to hit the lower plate. Pick your fights. This means to you can somewhat choose who you want to fight. Your armor means you can be a lot more flexible in choosing opponents as some enemies won't even bother shooting you after seeing your armor. Picking to fight enemies that can't pen you easily means you'll probably come out of that fight losing minimal HP. Try to get on even terrain level as your enemies as if they are above you, they can shoot down on your armor and if they are below they can easily shoot your lower plate. HOWEVER, if they are above you and they don't the gun depression to shoot you, but you can shoot them then you're safe. 

     TLR: Always angle, hide the lower plate, always try to fight enemies on even terrain unless you can shoot them and they can't shoot you, pick your fights against enemies who can't pen you, 

 

Frontal WS (Weak Spot(s)):

1. Lower plate

2. Turret cupola (it's really tiny, though)

 

Pros:

1. Really good upper plate armor

2. Ability to bully most meds/lights

3. Pretty much a n00b friendly tank; as long as you somewhat have an understanding of Soviet meds you should be fine

 

Cons:

1. Below average med speed (around 30-35ish KMH)

2. Traverse is kind of sluggish

3. Typical Soviet gun depression

 

 

 

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Edits:

Edits SP. (Dates go month/day/year)

 12/30/2019: Birth of a thread

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[HumanCoookie]

reserved

 

NOTE: If you want to add your own tank review please try to follow the format (in the intro paragraph) and if you want you can add other sub-topics like a Gun category or something like that. I'll list you in the Table of the Contents along with thread page number and post number if it's epic enough.