76 Jumbo — Correct Battle rating?

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The M4A3E2 (76) W also known as the Jumbo is an American heavy tank placed at a battle rating of 6.3. Many players/content creator’s (including me) have stated that it is heavily over-tiered, but are they correct? We are going to be comparing it to the Tiger H1.

Armor:
The Jumbo has great both hull and turret armor with thickness that can reach up to 200mm, It has only one reliable weakspot which is the MG port (Machine-Gun port), since the Cupola is quite small and round making it very hard to shoot correctly.

Although the front armor is good the side side armor is quite a different story. You see, the turret armor is all-around very good having 152mm on all sides, but the hull (especially the lower part) is very weak, Having only 76mm at the strongest part and 38mm on the weakest, which makes it very susceptible to angling. The Tiger H1 on the other hand doesnt have this luxury called “Having angled armor”, With its front hull armor being 100mm and the turret having variable thickness (90-200+mm).

Firepower:
The Jumbo is equipped with the 76mm M1 cannon, with it having 146mm of penetration at 100m and 63.7g of Explosives. It is very good at lower Br’s such as 5.0 on the M4A1 (76) W, but struggles when taken to higher Br’s as 6.3. The Tiger H1’s gun is way more powerfull and at a lower Br.

Mobility:
The Jumbo has a top speed of 35km/h, while this not being exactly good, it does have a quite good acceleration though. Having 13.2 hp/t, I’d say that it takes the lead here compared to the Tiger H1’s 11.3 hp/t.

Gun Handling:
The Jumbo has an excellent low speed stabilizer which is limited to 24km/h which makes it great for flanking and low speed engagements, relative to the Tiger H1’s Un-stabilized gun.

With all of this in mind should it still be 5.7?
The short answer is Yes.

  • “Well you’re basically indestructible!”
    Which is where the weak side armor steps in, Just flank 'n spank — even with the weakest guns such as the one on the T-34, the side armor and the MG port will be easily penetrated.
    Yes, it might be a little overpowered but it doesnt hurt to have an good tank for once in a while.
What Br should the 76mm Jumbo be?
  • 6.3, (current Br)
  • Higher than 6.3
  • 6.0
  • 5.7
  • Lower than 5.7
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I’ve played about 30ish matches in the Jumbo. Not a large amount, but a good enough sampling to know how it plays and feels.

Honestly? It’s fine at 6.3. It has good armor, its gun is good, and its stabilizer makes it a great brawler. The gun feels good to use, even against Tiger 2’s and tanks similar to that. Its reload rate is pretty decent too. I’ve done fairly well in it in those matches, especially considering how poor I am as a tank player.

I think it’s for where it is, it’s fine. In a downtier, it’s a monster. In an uptier, it can struggle a bit, but it’s still possible to effectively use.