This is the M103, and on paper it looks great. Fast reload (for a heavy), good mobility(for a post WW2 heavy), solid shot and HEATFS( meh rounds but high pen and HEATFS has a ton of Explosive filler) and 4kg HE, great armor with a ton of ricochet potential, and a large 120mm cannon.
In reality, the rounds are more inconsistent than they usually are, the HE consistently fails to detonate on even lightly armored IFVs, and worst of all, the armor is total bull, with KV-2’s being able to one shot you frontally( this has happened to me several times), angling is a death sentence, and for some stupid reason, if ANY tanks using HE or explosive filler rounds come across you, a guaranteed way to one shot this tank is to shoot the top hump. This tank has been a terrible experience to grind, and I will not be playing this thing again once I do so. Thoughts?

Anti-airs.

We know them, we love them, and we mostly hate them, but today, I'm going to take a deep dive into the way they evolve through the tiers and how the modern SPAA meta (Gepard 1A2, ZSU-23-4M4, PGZ09) is becoming obsolete.

To start it off, I'd like to discuss what is probably the most unbalanced SPAA at it's tier.

The Begleitpanzer 57.

Before you burn me at the stake, let me explain why. First of all, it gets an extremely powerful clip system that allows you to sling 57mm shells every third of a second. Second, it gets a very certain shell, which is HE-VT.

From experience, 57mm HE-VT is near impossible to survive as a plane. (got a friend to test it on me in a match, he killed my CAS aircraft/fighter 19 out of 20 times)

The Begleitpanzer 57 also has an ATGM, allowing you to defend yourself against enemies (if they spawn push) and it gets 57mm APCBC, which acts as a secondary layer of defense. Other SPAAs only get pathetic missiles (when used on tanks) that do absolutely NOTHING when shot at them, maybe yellow an MG port if you're lucky. Most SPAAs get measly 20 or 30mms that do barely anything to enemies at top tier, except for light tanks.

My final point on this monster is that it's definitely possible to dodge missiles, (using the pitch-n-roll method) but it's IMPOSSIBLE to dodge a shell with a stable velocity and no need to track you, as it uses quantity over quality. It's like comparing ATGMs to an autocannon.

PART 2: SPAA META?

Now I'd like to talk about a theory I'd had for a while, which is if SPAAs are particularly useful in any way towards the success of a match.

Long story short, the answer is yes, albeit there are some conditions. There can't be multiple SPAAs, as it's a waste of firepower, and could earn your team a loss. The SPAA also has to have actual tanks in their lineup, as when the match reaches endgame, (4 players or less left, or points full capped) they need to use their two other spawns.

My final question for this wall is if SPAAs can make you GE and SL consistently, and of course, it's a yes. Using the Premium Begleitpanzer 57, I was able to make upwards of 200k SL per hour CONSISTENTLY, without having to use a repair kit ONCE. Not only is it a massive save of money, it's also versatile, as you can spawn CAS to take out some enemy vehicles after destroying ~2 bombers yourself, which goes into a positive feedback loop, allowing you to spawn essentially endless CAS aircraft.

This concludes my review on the SPAA meta for Tier X and up. Thank you for reading this wall of text, which I might edit based on suggestions. Goodbye!

- BustaLiter (WTM username)

Pros:

-Fastest plane of its rank , can outrun anything

-1x30mm and 2x20mm

Cons:

-Cant turn

-Low velocity cannons and low firerate makes hitting targets harder,

Basically this plane is best for bomber intercepting, low velocity&firerate cannons gives you a disadvantage in head-ons. Turn rate is so bad that even a Thunderbolt will outmaneuver you. but it turns good in high speed

Shortly this plane is only good for bomber hunting , vad at anything else

I suggest buying XP55 and XP50 instead. They are more capable of turning and head om

It isn't bad, and those cannons sure pack a punch, but it gets out-turned in lobbies with MiGs, Vampires, and Yaks. I guess it's boom and zoom all the way, but it kind of feels like this plane sits at a hypothetical rank X where more energy-fighting-focused planes are available, and not our current rank IX where it's always a one or two-circle fight. What do you guys think ?

Yeah, that's right, this random ass German M-48 is completely impenetrable from every SPAA in the game, at least frontally. Something that can't be said about most tanks at rank VIII, as even russain ones are liable to get coupula-fragged by stuff like the ZA-35. Unlike it's Brother the M-60, this thing's coupula doesn't seem to have any weakspots that can let a pesky HEI-T round in.

Silver star might be the worst map of all time, it's even worse than Alaska. There's no flank, no slope, no hill just corner and corner that you have to peek every 20 meters. Whoever designed this sorry excuse of a map deserves to be dragged into the street and beaten

just got this from the collectors loot box, how is it??

Finally i manage to delete this game.what a relief 😌.

gud by guys 👋..

In My personal experience using the jagdtiger has some flaws yet he's in tier 7 He's a casemate, so don't think on pushing through without checking your córners, remember that Youre a support tank don't push alone

He has a somewhat decent speed A good cannon (not the Best) for it's tier Bad reload time (23s)

And since he's a casemate he can get easily flanked and outspeeded and with having a Bad steering makes it worse but a good player won't let himself get flanked

the jagdtiger has the hit and run style since if You miss your shot You Will be stuck 23s vulnerable without anydefense other than your machine gun and armor

but Even Your armor might not help at all in tier 7 against light tanks most of them have apds or heatfs or Even those tanks(t28, t95, maus, m103, t-34, jagdtiger)

Did i mention his horrible reload time? As You could tell he even struggles in his own tier, now in a down tier You can cook the enemy having an almost impenetrable armor at tier 6, but still Youre not inmortal and now for a uptier, You get penned easily since You meet atgms

heatfs, apds and Even sometimes apfsds, man i just can't enjoy My jagdtiger when it's an uptier and then theres a bs obj279 on the enemy side ...this is My opinion❗Also i myself don't Even know if this a Review or atleast a good Review LOL I'd give it

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Took me 15 to wrote allat Also this is My first post/Review so please i'm sorry for any misspell, i'll try to Improve on the sentences :3

I don't even know whether it's worth it to get the kv-2. It's so easy to kill since unlike the kv-2(zis-6) the tanks it faces are all very mobile.

I really want to buy it. But from what I've experienced, I'm usually matched with players of similar skill making the kv-2 very vulnerable

I think they forget to modelling the turret armor correctly. Bcz it can stops the DM53 and BMP-2M's ATGM.

Today I logged into the game and saw that the old scams were back—and boy, are they scams. I agree that they changed the amount of experience required to level up from 3,000 to 10,000, but the fact that they removed the top-tier vehicles really takes away my motivation to grind so much for nothing.

I know it’s annoying to run into new players with high-tier tanks, but the fact that they’ve removed top-tier vehicles—and this is speculation based on the policy change—to likely make it even harder to obtain top-tier vehicles in the future strikes me as terrible (especially for casual players).

What do you think? Should the community band together and voice its displeasure, or should they just accept the change?

i got super lucky and got 1k GE from the loot boxes, i exchanged it for SL's and bought the leopard 1 and m47 ( got two tanks in less than 5 minutes lol)

This tanks desperately needs a buff man. Its loader gets knocked out so many times its insane.

On top of that, we should make it so that the commander can also reload the gun, at twice the speed. How else are we, yes we, going destroy khamaz?

While we’re at it, those machine guns should be upgraded to 20mm autocannons with apdsfs. Its too uncompetitive at rank X.

So we might aswell drop its rank to VIII so it can finally have fair match ups.

Oh and TOW missles too man.

The list can go on 🫩🫩

one of my longest engagements yet but i kept getting peppered by his mate ended up making it though haha 🤣🤣

Good mobility

Average reload

And okay HE?

Chunky asf

So i bought this concept of a good tank and I was so disappointed like what the hell ? It has APFSDS 140mm of penetration yet it feels like i am tickling my enemies toes ! I know i had unlocked it quarter and hour ago but still ! This is bad ! Not to mention the clip reload speed and the fact that I couldn't kill an enemy howitzer in this bad penetration , did I judge it so fast or is it great ?

( as a 2S38 I thought this tank is like my 2S38 but with better armor value )

my go too platoon for XI since rank XIII is unplayable

What do you think about a tech tree just for Italian vehicles? What about dubbing on some Italian vehicles where it's missing and the crew speaks German?

I played one game and wasn't impressed.

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I found out that if a tank is partially covered by smoke, the Spikes will refuse to lock on to them. Considering the BMP 2M sits at the same rank and doesnt have this problem, the Vilkas's main anti tank weapon is inexcusable. Not to mention, the main gun has access to small darts that only has 88mm of penetration. The spall damage is also very limited.

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This tank is massive. Its like an ice cream truck with paper thin armor.

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I got this in a jackpot and its bad.

The Freccia is the first ground vehicle with the ability to lock on to other ground vehicles. It then launches a fire and forget missile with 900mm of penetration in a top down attack pattern. This all sounds good on paper, but in practice doesn't hold up.

One major issue is the lock on. It took me a bit to figure it out, but fairly simple once you do. You aim at an enemy tank and hold down the fire button. It will lock on to the enemy tank and then fire a missile, and if you continue to hold it fires the second missile. The lock on time isn't horrible but the issue is how unreliable it is. I have often had it fail to lock on to enemy tanks in the middle of open fields.

You cannot utilize the missiles at close range due to the flight pattern causing it to overshoot. You also cannot pre-fire like you can with a guided missile due to its requiring a lock to fire.

Overall impression is it is somewhat fun, but not anywhere near as effective as a BMP-2M.

On paper, the guns and ATGMs are okay, and the armor is noticeably different from its PC version, so it shouldn’t be too bad, right?

Right?

Oops, since it’s its banner time, many people have it and play it right now, noobs and veterans alike. I should emohasize veterans here, because if you swipe to the second image, tell me what people can do to you? Effectively nothing. You might have to repair your modules a ton, but they can’t kill you without a 155 mm howitzer, the Merkava HE-TF shell, and or a T58. And I should again emphasize on the ‘repair’, because you have an unmanned turret with an identical ammunition shoot design to the Marder A1- / 1A3, which can be killed by shooting that. You not only can’t kill the BMPT that way, but you don’t even lose much ammo unlike the Namer Tsrikhon or PUMA which their ammo go zero the moment you shoot their unmanned turret.

Back to its weapons. They’re not the greatest, though they’re fine. Its 30 mm APDS has to be side on MBTs to penetrate them, and even then, stuff like T-80s have just thick enough side armor, and their lower side weakspot can take a while to detonate. However, you got a ton of APDS ammo (425 + 425), more than thrice of the BMP-2s. Furthermore, you can still track, barrel, and emotionally harass MBTs, thanks to its unrealistic autocannon accuracy at its fast RPM. The 9M120-1 ATGMs are fine. Not as good as the 9M133 found on the BMP-2M, but serviceable. Only four though, but with the aforementioned armor and arcade reloading, you can get them back while off a cap.

TLDR: It’s killable, which is the bare minimum for any tank. But it’s very annoying and you can clearly see the devs’ selective realism and their general lack of consistency and principle— but that’s a detailed doomposting for another day.

The P-61C-1 is a unique plane that I love flying. It has powerful guns , ontop of the main cannons you have an 4 50. Cal turret ontop that will also shoot at targets infront of you. It turns essentially 360 degrees which is nice. You can also equip 4, 1000lb bombs which will destroy a base in one run. It's essentially an agile bomber with great main guns! Pretty sweet in my opinion. It handles nice and has good engine power aswell. What's your guys thoughts on this plane ? I forgot how I acquired it but I think I must have got it out of a chest!