I tested it about a year or so ago when another guy didnt believe it.
There are the areas next to the gun that you can pen. Hitting to your right will kill the gunner and commander (wont always kill commander) while sometimes damaging the breach.
I should note this is for engagements below around 800m.
I don’t know alot the E-75 but there were a huge amount of tank model selling the 12.8cm version the 10.5cm was the originally planned but the gun was cancle and instead decide to use the 12.8cm which the Jagdtiger used. So…105mm or 128mm is the only 2 cannons that people talk about on the E-75 no other guns were suggested or said.
I know. But the thing is, tank modelling is a business. What-if and speculative designs are hugely popular, but a lot of the “information” about them is usually pure postwar invention. The model looks cool, you build it, put it on a shelf - but it’s no substitute for the actual history of the E-Series development.
It’s also important to note that Kniepkamp had tried to “unify” German tanks twice before, and had failed both times. And while unification was a sound idea, his meddling is the reason why Germany started WW2 with two medium tanks instead of one. So there is no guarantee that he would succeed the third time around.
But these aren’t cheeks, they are pixels. How can you say IS-3 has cheeks on the turret the same as IS-2. It’s not misleading, it’s manipulative.
I won’t be arguing any longer, since it’s a waste of my time, I’m arguing with someone who has only played Germany and claims German tanks are OP because he is doing well in them.
I have both Tiger 2 and IS-3. Saying that Tiger 2 was almost equal to the IS-3 before the nerf is just retarded. The reload time is the only thing Tiger 2 beats the IS-3 at. IS-3’s reload is long, but every shot is a guaranteed one shot and you have amazing reverse speed to hide and reload.
If the war lasted longer there will probaly have some answer to this questions.
Could you quote where i said it is just as easy to deal with an is3 as an is2?
I believe i said twice that the is2 is much easier.
Very sure the Tiger II is always never as good as the IS-3 before nerfed…
Yeah. The 105 gets close with the firepower but the armor still isnt as good.
I meant @AurenKarach . “How can you say” was just a figure of speech. 2nd paragraph was also about him.
This is the opposite of what mains usually say. Maybe there’s a clue for you in there.
I’ll keep that in mind the next time I kill an IS-3.
When interrogated by the Allies, Heydekampf said German production plans for 1945 (obv with extremely unrealistic output goals) were as follows:
He is getting hung up on the fact that I said “just like you would aim at an IS-2’s weak spot, you can aim at the IS-3’s gun barrel”.
That also doesn’t mean they are equally easy to kill, by the way. But is it a shot you can do? Yes. Will it result in a dead IS-3 unless you’re facing multiple opponents or very far away? Also yes.
Ngl, i avoid shooting barrels as much as i can because i know how annoying it is when it happens to me.
It will still feel the same when it meet the IS-3 and 4… or the T-10. They all use the same gun as IS-2 which only can pen the same weak spot.
I respect that attitude. But personally I don’t believe in one-sided limitations. People won’t hesitate to shoot my barrel, after all. If the game allows it, it’s fair game for me tbh.
why? just shoot it… it your enemy. They do not deserve to live. They killed bunch of your allies already.
Also a fair take.
Personally, i try to keep some honor code like we had long ago in game.
Same reason why i dont revenge bomb when i use cas. (Unless they are spawn camping or something)
How long have you been playing?
You base your credibility entirely on the fact that you main Germany and you say they are OP. This doesn’t make your claims any more true. Being reverse biased doesn’t mean you’re right.
You have less credibility than 90% of German mains, who also have played at least 1 other nation at ranks 4 and 5.
EVERY tank has a gun barrel you can aim at. It’s not IS-3’s weakspot.
I will have to check but since at least the closed beta of ground
Checked. 8/22/2013
Its weak spot is pretty easy to aim at It driver hatch. You can also try to use HE to overpressure it on the driver hatch and on the top of the turret.
Never said Germany is OP. I said that before the engine nerfs, the Tiger II Serienturm versions were a bit too strong for 6.7, something which was additionally corroborated by Gaijin themselves. And that now with the nerf, it’s fine at 6.7.
Feel free to call it bias, but in my book, data weighs more than words. And certainly more than ad hominems like,
You’re looking at the finger, rather than the moon. The ability to kill an IS-3 by barreling it does not stem from the fact that it has a gun barrel. It stems from the fact that you have amazing reload, which multiplies your effective firepower. This is hardly a difficult concept to grasp.
So nice to talk to one of the OGs. Respect.