Gunthar~SPARTA~

Yea but he pwns your CW team in the face with his Maus. Twice.

Noob is right tell your clan to go annoy someone else we need a fight worthy of us. Actually let them come I have a nice little surprise for them next time they decide to not fail and get to our landing. See donzi you should have come to join the clan on the map and not the noobs swimming in the water.

The ground combat in this game is still very meh but the space combat is fun and the customiztion is pretty good too. That coupled with the fact that it is completly free makes it a good time killer.

Invite sent. CW time is usually 1800 CST with training then the fight at some point after 1900.

If you want in just tell me your in game name and I will shoot out the invite. As of right now we have started to be noticed by the larger clans. Just last night we had two of them beg us to come help them out so it seems as if we are doing ok.

Ok since we ran into shadow last night and killed his team I thought it may be a good idea to make a post on here so we figure things out. If you play WoT please reply to this and let us know what clan your in so that we don't get all upset when we have to shoot you. If you are playing WoT and are not in a clan or want to join some other Sparta and friends please let me know so that we can get everyone in a single clan. Right now we have me, jeff, killerbees, noobiachi and others in Organized Khaos on the NA server. Please let me know if you guys want to come on over. As shadow can attest we do CW every night and do a damn fine job at it.

It will be worse if the commies in Washington get their way.

Are you going to name him after me?

I have one I downloaded a while ago that I really like but link yours and I will take a look. Problem is I am not sure what time I will be on tonight since the greatest team in the land is going to bend LSU over and rape their bottoms tonight. I will be in TS if I am on.

I do believe the itch is starting to assert itself again. I may load up the old workhorse and take a stab at a quick 6 player CQB mission build tonight. Anyone game to BS with me and maybe do a little testing?

So do we get a discount since we know you?

What about Muppet Punchers?

What is this ARMA you speak of? Is it a mod for BF3 or SWOR? Maybe an expansion pack for WoT? Just poking fun I will download it just incase.

How about 10 kills in a tiger 2 against tier 9 and 10

Victory! Battle: Siegfried Line Monday, December 26, 2011 12:14:24 PM Vehicle: Löwe Experience received: 2,440 Credits received: 145,905 Battle Achievements: Steel Wall, Top Gun, Sniper 6 kills Beat that noobs

where the hell did you read this at noob

It is the first step in the process, once the have the clusters to share the server load they can begin to intergrate them so you can swap information between them. I would love to see a singular server for everyone kind of like Eve. Languages are not an issue in that game even though you have a ton of Russian and american players.

I know. I was just sitting there in my T-34 yesterday getting killed by a tier 5 light tank when that arty killed 3/4 of my hitpoints in one shot when it dawned on me. " MY GOD we need animated birds in this bitch, that will fix everything!!!!!!!!!!!"

Um the last time I did it was non consentual and in a dark ally. So thanks for bringing up those horrible memories:(

For UAV technology see: UAV For Burial information to include entitlement and general information see: VA As for the trailer, that UAV looked like an RQ-11 ?Raven? used in tactical missions to gather real time intelligence on enemy positions prior to an assault. These are used on the ground by field commanders usually at the company level to assess the situation at an objective. The Army currently fields over 4000 of these in Afghanistan with each unit having access to them. If you would like to talk about these types of tech let me know, ISR is what I do, my company researches and designs ISR things. As for a military funeral, any service member discharged under honorable conditions is entitled to a military funeral. The extent of the provided services is based upon rank and current status. This means that a retired 3 star general will get a more inclusive service than a separated private first class. Most of them will include a burial detail of at least 4 honor guards with a flag and a playing of Taps. All of the specifics are listed at the link I put up there. As far as requesting the funeral there are two ways to see it. My grandfather fought in the Korean war and refuses to speak about most of the war with anyone except me but he is still in a bad place ever since then. He did keep his uniform and medals but locked them away in a closet and tried to forget about it all. I was the only person in my family to follow him into the military and for that reason he choose to speak with me on his war experiences just prior to the first time I deployed. His only advice was to keep my head down and ?don?t trust those little bastards you?re fighting for? in his opinion during Korea we were ?killing the wrong little bastards? He has a fairly bitter view of the world. War is hard on people and even those who never see combat and its even harder on the families so I think a lot of veterans just want to leave the service and never be associated with it again, even in death. It has always made me ashamed to see these 18 year old kids come back broken, mentally and physically and on the whole become ignored by the rest of the country. Everyone puts that little yellow sticker on their car and buys a vet or service member a meal all while saying thank you for your service but never truly appreciate them. Military members around the world are asked to sacrifice more than 99% of the national population yet are among those who are paid the least. I don?t mean to sound bitter about it but a hand shake and a free meal is nowhere near payment enough for what many veterans sacrificed in their service to our nation.

Arty noobs UNITE!!!!!!!! All arty rage aside, I play it now and to be honest it is way too easy to kill a tank it just takes patience and situational awareness. The problem I have with arty is the fact that it can one shot tier 9 and two shot tier 10 tanks. Look at it from heavy tank drivers prospective. I am in a Maus driving along a flank supported by multiple mediums and a couple of lower tier heavies. I move to soak up the damage for my mediums to flank the enemy and win the engagement but as I move from one building up to the next building to push the line I get hit and lose 75% of my health along with both tracks down half the crew dead and the rest of my modules almost wiped out. Now I have a choice do I turtle up behind this building for the rest of the map and abandon my team or do I press the attack in the hopes that I can survive long enough to make a difference. As I make this decision the second arty round from the 6 arty on the map comes in and misses me by 6 feet yet takes out another 10% of my health along with my tracks again, all while hiding behind this building. As I decide what to do the third arty shell impacts the ground 10 feet away from me and kills me. I took on 6 tanks alone while my team flanked and killed them, lost maybe 5% of my health the entire engagement and yet in three rounds from arty I am dead, out of those three rounds only one actually hit me the rest hit near me. Yet I am supposed to get upset when they nerf the credit making ability of arty? Artillery was placed in the game to counter the heavy tanks and force them to not camp behind a rock the entire game. It has completely failed to do this; in fact it has the opposite effect. All heavy drivers get as far as they can and into arty shadow then camp the rest of the map hoping they don?t get splashed to death. Arty fails to fulfill it intended goal resulting in an overpowered tank that can one shot many tanks at or below its own tier. Couple that with good credit income from playing them and you have a tank you can sit in the back of the map in relative safety one or two shoting random tanks across the map with decent accuracy all while making a 10 to 20k paycheck after every match. The only thing you have to worry about is the occasional scout that happens to get by your team and kills you. The solution I think everyone could live with would be to drastically decrease the damage the arty does while making it more accurate where you support the heavies not one shot them. I would also go as far as to balance the reduction in damage with a reload time decrease so that you can put rounds on target faster and more accurately in order to support your friendly tanks while not out damaging anything else on the field.

THIS GUIDE ASSUMES YOU ARE FACING THE TANK FROM THE FRONT. Left side assumes your left, and the opposing tank's right side, and vice versa. Tanks lower than tier 10 will have turret weaknesses for upgraded and stock turrets. Tier X Heavy Tanks Maus Hull: Lower glacis, there is a small rectangular block that can be hit and penetrated easily by tier 10 guns as long as the Maus driver does not angle his hull. Ammo rack is located under the turret. Turret: Shoot the round side beside the mantlet. Armour here is 220mm rounded. As long as the Maus driver does not turn his turret away and you have a good non angled shot, it will go through with tier 10 guns. It is possible to try to shoot the lower rounded part of the turret to attempt to ricochet it into the upper engine deck. However this is unreliable. Ammo rack is located in the rear half the turret. E-100 Hull: Lower glacis, guns with ~200mm penetration can hit through if it is unangled. Do not shoot the lower glacis if you are within 50m of the E-100, as it will be too angled (60 degrees) for you to penetrate. Instead, use the turret weakness. Ammo rack is in the rear portion of the turret, similar to Maus. Turret: The range finder bar on top of the turret. There is an extremely flat part of the frontal turret where the turret mates with the chassis. Armour there is unknown, presumably 240mm, but has no vertical angle. IS-7 Hull: Driver's viewport on the flatter part of the upper glacis. Lower glacis plate at far range, do not shoot it at close range, you will be shooting down at it and it will be highly angled. Avoid shooting the seam of the V, where it is extremely hard to penetrate. Behind the two headlights lie the ammo rack as well. It is also possible to hit the ammo rack if you hit the lower glacis. Turret: High penetration guns like the 152mm BL-10, 155mm T7, and Pak 44/2 L61 can penetrate the frontal turret at short range quite easily. Just try not to hit the mantlet. Commander's cupola on the left side of the turret is another viable option at close range. T30 Hull: lol. Ammo rack is under the turret. Turret: The left and right area beside the mantlet can be penetrated by extremely high powered guns like 130mm S-70 unangled, if the T30 turns away even a bit, any tier 10 gun will penetrate. 152mm BL-10 CAN penetrate the mantlet, but it's not recommended. Commander's cupola is another choice if being facehugged. The small triangular area above the mantlet is also a good spot if being facehugged. Ammo rack is located in the back of the turret. Tier IX Heavy Tanks VK 4502 Ausf. B Hull: Lower glacis plate, it is still 170mm like upper glacis, but it is less angled. Tier 9 guns like 10,5cm Kwk 46 L68 can penetrate 50% of the time unangled. If angled, it is hard to hit through it, even with tier 10 guns like 120mm/12,8cm Kwk 44 L55. Ammo rack is located in the rear of the hull, where the spare track links are located. Upgraded Turret: Commander's cupola, try not to hit the rangefinder in front of it. High powered guns like 155mm T7 and 152mm BL-10 can penetrate turret frontally if fired head on without angle. Ammo rack is on the rear half the turret. Stock Turret: Same armour as the Maus turret, hit the rounded front turret armour beside the mantlet. Cupola is still weak. Ammo rack is in the rear half of the turret. E-75 Hull: Lower glacis (120mm). Avoid shooting the upper glacis if possible, as that can bounce 12,8cm Kwk 44 shots unangled, angled it can bounce 152mm BL-10s. Upgraded Turret: Commander's cupola, the two rangefinders on the side of the turret. Ammo rack is in the rear half of the turret. Stock Turret: Commander's cupola. Guns with greater than 200mm penetration can hit through frontal turret, as long as you do not hit the mantlet. Ammo rack is in the rear half of the turret. IS-4 Hull: Lower glacis plate at medium/long range, where the spare track links are located. Ammo rack is located behind the headlights (hmm...), and also to the right of the lower glacis, where there is two (!) rounds stored. Shooting it at close range results in bounce/non penetration due to angle. Driver's plate is located in the middle of the frontal glacis plate. It's ~120mm thick and can be penetrated even by a Tiger I's 8,8cm L71. Upgraded Turret: Commander's cupola on the right side. BL-10, T7, and Pak44/2 can penetrate frontal turret if you shoot the rounded area beside the mantlet. Ammo rack is located in the rear right of the turret. (If turret rear is facing you.) Stock Turret: Frontal turret armour is a joke. Ballshaped range finder can be penetrated with ease. Tiger I can penetrate frontal turret if you aim beside the mantlet and hit the rounded area. T34 Hull: See T30. Upgraded Turret: See T30, but rear turret armour is now not a good place to hit due to additional armour plating. Rear turret still houses the ammo rack. Stock Turret: See T30. Medium Tanks E-50 Hull: Lower glacis. Ammo rack is underneath the turret. Upgraded Turret: Commander's cupola, rangefinders. Stock Turret: Anywhere but mantlet. T-54 Hull: Hull can be penetrated anywhere by any guns above 200mm penetration, as long as the driver does not angle his T-54. If so, you can shoot the flimsy side armour. Ammo rack is located behind the headlights (Gee wizz.) to the left of the tank. Upgraded Turret: Commander and loader's cupolas are easy penetration at close range. You can actually penetrate the frontal turret with 225mm penetration guns with 50% probability if you aim directly at the gun. Ammo rack is located in the back of the turret as well. Stock Turret: Same as above. Patton Hull: lol. Ammo rack is underneath the turret. Upgraded Turret: Try to hit the hull, otherwise, hit the cupola or the area beside the mantlet. Stock Turret: Anywhere but the mantlet (square part) Tank Destroyers Jagdtiger Hull: Same weaknesses as Tiger II, but lower glacis is only 100mm instead of 120mm. MG ball mount can be penetrated by 8,8cm L56. Ammo rack is located on the side of the superstructure, where the Balkenkruz is. Superstructure: None. BL-10, T7, Pak44/2 can penetrate upper superstructure if it's medium/close range and the Jagdtiger is not angled. But usually you can shoot the lower/upper glacis plate. Mantlet is impenetrable, do not hit it. Object 704 Hull: Lower glacis, area above the Red Star. Armour is only 120mm @ 60 degrees. ~187mm with shell normalization. Do not hit the mantlet, It's more than 300mm there. There is are two highly angled plates that count as side armour. From the front, it is too angled for most guns to penetrate. You CAN penetrate if the 704 happens to not face you. T95 Hull: Lower glacis is very situational, it's extremely hard to hit barring point blank ranges, not to mention it's still ~200mm, then you'd be right in front of his gun. The two cupolas are easy weakspots to hit. The two triangle areas on either side of the main hull in the front can also be hit. Tier VIII Heavy Tanks Tiger II Hull: Lower glacis is rated at 120mm. There are ancedoctal evidence of the MG mount being weaker, I haven't noticed it due to it being easier to hit the lower glacis. Ammo rack is under the turret. Upgraded Turret: Commander's cupola. Gun. (That's right) Shooting the gun directly will do damage to the tank as well as damaging the gun. Probably a bug. Ammo rack is located in the rear half of the turret. Stock Turret: lol. This turret is a joke. Anywhere but the mantlet you will penetrate. Ammo rack is same as above. VK4502 Ausf. A Hull: Lower glacis. Upgraded Turret: Same as Tiger II. Gun damage bug is not verified. Stock Turret: Same as Tiger II. IS-3 Hull: Same as IS-7, lower glacis is weaker than the rest. Avoid shooting the pike head on. If facehugging, the driver's viewing prism/port is a weakness. Ammo rack is under the turret. Upgraded Turret: Commander's cupola. Guns with more than 225mm penetration can penetration ~50% of the time. Not recommended due to high chance of bounce. Ammo rack located in rear of turret. Stock Turret: Mantlet, commander's cupola. T32 Hull: This thing is rather good despite what people say. Lower side glacis is very hard to hit. The MG port and driver/radioman's hatches are weakspots. Ammo rack is under the turret. Upgraded Turret: Commander's cupola at very close range (very high chance of ricochet), HE shells, gold rounds or high powered guns (245mm+) can penetrate the gun hole. Stock Turret: lol Medium Tanks Panther II Hull: Lower glacis, MG port (Leopard at full speed managed to knock my radioman out). Ammo rack is above the...take a guess. Upgraded Turret: Anywhere except mantlet. Stock Turret: lol T-44 Hull: Same weaknesses at T-54. Ammo rack located in the exact same spot everywhere. Upgraded Turret: Mantlet is rather weak. Stock Turret: Mantlet. Pershing Hull: Lower glacis, MG port. The raised square portion right in the middle of two crew hatches. Ammo rack underneath the turret. Turrets: Anywhere but mantlet. Tank Destroyers Ferdinand Hull: Lower glacis, area where the...headlights are. Superstructure: None, but any gun with 225mm penetration or above will penetrate if the Ferdinand is not angled and if the shot does not hit the mantlet. Ammo rack is located in the side armour section behind the Balkenkruz. ISU-152 Hull: This tank destroyer is not burdened by silly things like armour. T28 Hull: Same as T95, hit the cupolas or flank. Lower glacis is much weaker than the upper superstructure. Premium Tanks Lowe Hull: Lower side glacis. Turret: Commander's cupola, anywhere that's not the mantlet. The area below the mantlet is especially good, as you may jam his turret traverse. KV-5 Hull: Radioman's MG turret, aka R2D2, lower side glacis. Turret: Commander's cupola. M6A2E1 Hull: This tank has almost no weakspots frontally, the only area that is weak is the area where the driver's viewport is. The only reason it is weak is because it ain't sloped. Guns with 200mm+ penetration can hit through here, but less likely if the driver angles his armour. Turret: Area above the mantlet. All in all, it's easier to fire HE or flank it. Even guns like the 12,8cm Pak 44 sometimes has difficulties penetrating this tank frontally. Turret ring is vulnerable to close range hits. Type 59 Hull: Same as T-44. Ammo rack location is the same spot. Turret: Exactly the same as T-54's upgraded turret, except the side turret is much weaker. Tier VII Heavy Tanks Tiger I Hull/Turrets: Armour? In MY Tiger I? It's more likely than you think. You should penetrate every shot with guns with 120mm+ penetration unless the Tiger angles his armour. Anyhow, MG mount, driver's viewport and commander's cupola. Ammo rack is located in the side sponsons above the tracks underneath the turret. Tiger P Hull: Try to shoot the turret instead. But if you absolutely have to shoot it for some reason, it has exactly the same frontal weakness as a Ferdinand, with the addition of a driver's viewport. Turrets: Should be able to penetrate easily, zero angle 100/120mm isn't much. However there are some areas where mantlet stacks with frontal turret armour. Commander's cupola. IS Hull: Lower glacis, where the track links are. Avoid shooting the sloped section on the front, even though it's only 60mm, it is angled at 70 (!) degrees from vertical, making it 174mm effective, or 120mm with normalization. Even then it is more likely to ricochet your shot. Turrets: Mantlet, commander's cupola. T29 Hull: At this tier, it's rather good. Shoot lower side glacis or the MG mount. Crew hatches are another good spot. Ammo rack underneath the turret. Upgraded Turret: Same as T30, but the two "ear" rangefinders can be penetrated with ease. Rear half houses the ammo rack. Stock Turret: Same as T30 Medium Tanks VK 3002 DB Hull: Lower glacis Upgraded Turret: Everywhere but mantlet. Stock Turret: Anywhere. T-43 Hull: The big square hatch for the driver. Lower glacis Upgraded Turret: Anywhere. Stock Turret: Anywhere. T20 Hull/Turrets: This medium tank is also not encumbered by ridiculous things like steel plating. Tank Destroyers Jagdpanther Hull: Lower glacis, MG mount. Try not to hit the mantlet. SU-152 Hull: See ISU-152 T25 AT Hull: Anywhere but the mantlet. Requests VK 3601 Hull: MG mount, driver's viewport Upgraded Turret: Commander's cupola Stock Turret: Commander's cupola KV-3 Hull: MG mount, driver's viewport, lower glacis. For driver's viewport, you might get a zero damage critical because of the vodka fueled driver. After the first critical, you should start doing hull damage. Upgraded Turret: Mantlet if he is facing you. I'd avoid shooting it. Commander's cupola. Stock Turret: Mantlet. Commander's MG turret. KV Hull: MG mount, driver's viewport, lower glacis. This tank is quite well armoured all round, but similar tiered guns can penetrate well barring bad angles. Upgraded Turret: Shoot the flat parts that are not part of the mantlet. The turret is quite high off the hull, you can hit the traverse mechanism quite easily as well. Ammo rack is located in the rear, below the huge square crew hatch. Stock Turret: Shoot hull instead, frontal stock turret has few non sloped parts, and rounded mantlet bounces quite a few shots. T1 Heavy Hull: Area where the hull MG mount is, driver's viewport. This area is not exactly weak, but it is not sloped so you can easily penetrate with guns above 120mm penetration. Upgraded Turret: Easier to just shoot hull. Stock Turret: Commander's cupola. 38H735 (f) [aka Hotchkiss] Hull: Driver's hatch, lower glacis (knocks out engine if penetrated) Turret: Commander's hatch. Gun.

Yes, hit esc and exit battle because you are a tool and should go play Hello Kitty online.

Text in green added by Custard as I thought it might help, Hope thats ok Gunthar Upper Glacis: The upper frontal hull armour plate of a tank. Lower Glacis: Lower frontal hull armour on a tank, usually weaker. Mantlet: The armour section surrounding the gun. Usually strongest part of a tank. (IS-7's mantlet armour reaches approx. 350mm!) MG Mount: Location where a machine gun is mounted on a tank for local defence against infantry. Usually have weaker armour. Cupola: Dome shaped structure used by commander/crew to enter/exit tank. Some cupolas have observation slits for the commander. Usually have significantly weaker armour. Viewport: Device used by crew members to see the outside world, may/may not result in hull damage depending on the tank. Upper Superstructure: Some German tank destroyers have two different armour values, one for the hull and one for the upper part. This is the upper part. Stabsfeldwebel Otto Carius demonstrates. 1. Situational Awareness for Dummies I often load into games and hear "they have tank X, we better not go that way!!" This is pure, rank madness. The simple truth is SOMEONE on your team will have to blunt and repel the most dangerous tanks on the other side. Its not like the problem will just go away if you ignore it -- what will happen is a few of your pugs will stumble in and die stupidly, and then you lose. As dumb as they are, keeping your pugs alive despite their best efforts to die stupidly is key to victory. Knowing that, the question should never be how to avoid the main threat of the opponent, but rather how YOU can eliminate it. For example, if you are on Himmelsdorf and they have 3x T-54s to your T8 heavies, think about what they will do. They have two choices -- rush hill, or wolfpack tracks. If you go hill, you will probably meet them and die to their superior mobility on the hill or find nothing there and be unable to get back in time. If you try to ignore/avoid them, they will probably crash behind your backline within a few moments. But on the other hand, if you set up a defensive perimeter right around your cap point, their wolfpack will probably degenerate into peekaboo brawling right around the cap...and that's a fight you can win. I firmly believe the best way to improve your win rate is to identify the primary threat of your enemies, and then meet it on terms favorable to you. 2. Cloaking TDs and Using Bushes Properly The camo system has many quirks...but the one you need to understand the most is when bushes are in effect. ALL of your tank needs to be covered by the bush to get the camo bonus (turn the camera around to be sure no corner is sticking out). The trick to firing without being seen is this. If you are not spotting, sit behind the bushes. You can tell if you are far enough back if the bush is solid, not transparent. At that point you will not be able to see, but as long as some one else is spotting you can see them by radio and fire with much less chance of being seen. If you ARE the spotter, sit barely in the bush (right on the line of transparent and solid, with the bush transparent). When you see a target, back up until the bush is solid. The target will remain lit for 6 seconds, but at this point you can fire and still have reduced chance of being seen. After you fire, wait 8 seconds, then pull back into the bush. Using this method, you can get the best of both worlds and rain hell down on your opponents unseen. Sit BEHIND bushes, not in them when possible. 3. Mediums are NOT scouts You've read the tip -- "Mediums are built to deliver a thrust, then relocate." Few people really get that. Most mediums either play like faster, poorly armored heavies or worse, like too high tier, slow scouts. A medium can do either of those jobs in a pinch, but your best role is completely different. Mediums have excellent firepower -- typically not quite enough to reliably penetrate the biggest heavies from the front, but more than enough to rip them apart from the side with excellent dps/accuracy/aiming. This is perfect for flank attacks. This much is obvious, but how can you get effective flank attacks? The question is timing and position. DO NOT RUSH in front. You are not a scout. Likewise, DO NOT camp/snipe. Instead, move either just behind the main force or off to one side on a flanking path. Wait patiently, until the main forces engage. When the heavies start to clash, they will rough each other up. They will focus hard, playing peekaboo...and suddenly paths open all over the map. You can dart behind them, often unleashing massive damage before they realize you are there (and even if they turn, you and the heavies take turns playing hammer and anvil on them). You may rush completely uncontested to arty. You may move up to a position to proximity spot and pop them now and then. Opportunity abounds. Flank attack, hit weak areas, fill tactical gaps. That is the way of the Medium. 4. Light tanks...the hated redheaded stepchild...who can dominate games Light tanks in high tier games are scouts, not damage dealers. Realize that and plan on it. Digging rounds into a heavy only means you will die, as you give your position away. Instead, learn to passive scout. For gear, you need binocs, coated optics (yes, both on the same tank), and then either camo net, vent, or upgraded suspension (better movement on bad terrain). Next priority is a camo crew. Once you have these things, the next step is to find a good place to sit and light up key areas unseen. For example, on the artic map in ~G4 there is a ridge with a bush. This is a fairly poor place to snipe from, as its exposed to arty...but since you won't fire your gun, you will never be seen...and can light up ALL of the paths to your base, locking your enemy into place! Sit there and let your teammates rip them apart, and once teams get worn out make an arty rush or simply escort the heavies in and take a shot for them. It helps more than you know! Don't suiscout, passive scout! 5. Smashing Face and Winning Brawls Many fights come down to a straightforward brawl. You and a few tanks vs. a few bad guy tanks, all popping out behind cover and trading shots. Tank on tank, best man wins. This is one of the cores of WOT fighting, and you NEED to be able to swing these fights in your favor even when you cannot get a tactical advantage. Here's some ideas how: A. Know Weak points. People make this way more complex than it needs to be. Here are the weak points that matter: - All tanks: shoot the butt and sides - T-29 and clones: shoot the body, then the ears - KV-5: shoot the r2d2 turret - T-44/54/59: Hit the side of the turret to ammo rack them. - German heavies: shoot the bottom plate, also hit irregularities in the turret - Last resort: fire on anything other than a flat piece of metal (hatch, viewport, etc) - In general: Be very good at hitting the target's tracks without firing underneath them. B. Know when/how to facehug. Facehugging is when you drive your tank right into the enemy and sit right in front of them. Typically, this is done because they can't lower their gun enough to hit you at all (such as a mouse vs a T-54) or to force them to shoot your heavily armored turret instead of your body. Use this to your advantage, and when the situation allows get up in their face and use your advantage. C. Know when to use HE. If you have less than a 1/3 chance of penetrating, use HE. Is you are fighting someone who is in a very good hull down position or good defensive position, use HE. This will drive them out of the good position very often, allowing you to use better ammo. Also, use HE to finish very low targets without fear of a bounce. D. Patience. You don't have to pop around a corner to shoot every time you reload. If you are outnumbered 5 to 3, just wait. If they expose themselves, shoot them. If not, just wait them out and let your team win on another front. Likewise, after a second or two of watching your spot, many will turn their guns elsewhere...allowing you to pop out without a gun on you. E. If you are popping around to hit them, be very, very fast. Don't be afraid to use autoaim or preaim in snipe mode, then pop out, hit them very fast and pop back. You need to be so fast at this that even when they know where you are they often miss and/or the viewing system doesn't update fast enough for them to see you. Not my post just copied it from somewhere else.