At short ranges and @0 degrees angle only pretty much
Also, imagine fighting it with your 4.0 T-34 1941!
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or with the kv 1 zis 5, which probably faces it constantly
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The 85mm gun found on the T-34-85s, Su-85s, and and KV-85s can lol-pen the UFP no problem, but those are basically the only heavy / medium tanks that can do it reliably.
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Could be worse. Could be a M4A1 76 that can actually aim at a moving T-34, thanks to some actual turret traverse speed.
And the hull will stop a Soviet 76mm most of the time, with the turret being stronger than the VK.
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Check protection analysis dude.
Japanese APHE is way better than US or German APCBC when it comes to dealing with angles.
It’s slightly below 85mm, but vs non-layered armor it’s not a huge difference.
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No, you can do it from distance too. Japanese 75mm is really good.
I have never, ever, struggled to frontally pen a VK3002(M). And I never will. Can’t pen the UFP? Aim for the hilariously thin turret armour. That thing is made of cheese. Its UFP is only 60mm thick with a fairly poor slope. If you’re at 4.7 or 5.0, and you struggle to kill a VK? Then that’s skill issue, worth noting an M6A1 can out-drive the VK’s turret.
Let’s be real, folks, and agree that Japan is so heavily neglected and purposely screwed over. That Gaijin stopped bothering to add their WW2 era vehicles, even if they’re captured. Since Rn, it’s only around 21 WW2-era ground vehicles. Meanwhile USSR/Russia has like 97.
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Peak chi-ri lineup before nerf to 5.7 (already uptiering overtiered tanks to 5.0):
Peak chi-ri lineup after nerf to 5.7 (yeah I dont feel like fighting king tigers with 4.3 worth tanks):
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Also, the chi RI may have great acceleration but it can turn very well at low speeds, in fact the tiger is more agile.
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Gotta love that “minor nation syndrome”. People stick with the single tree, get good playing those vehicles, and then Gaijin’s statistics tell them to increase the BR regardless of performance. Then you have all those bad German players bringing their BR’s down in low tiers.
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the fact the panzer 4 f2 is still 3.3 is also pretty weird
it’s a glass cannon, reserves can kill it just as easily as it can them
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Yeah with 30-50mm of armor even 75mm solid shot kills it in one or two hits.
And there are lower BR TDs that will kill it with APHE that aren’t all that much worse in mobility and gun handling.
It’s not mobile enough to compensate for the lack of armor.
Fighting KV-1s and T-34s isn’t even the worst when there’s the Chaffee at 3.7 that can delete you on the move.
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Panzers have “big funny gun” and horrible armor. Even some reserve tier tanks can frontally pen and one shot them.
Snail gave you better 37mm only in return to take away your entire lineup
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Fr. Minor tax
And? This game no armour and good gun are meta.
adding my 2 cents to this thread:
The change to the gun and reload system was at best a sidegrade. It definitely wasn’t a buff, and it absolutely definitely was not enough of a buff to raise it by an entire 0.7 lmfao.
should have stayed at 5.0. Putting it at 5.7 is genuinely bonkers.
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Probably can dish out more firepower than a VK and the mobility isn’t half bad so it would be at least 5.3
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