World of Tanks - Vive la Différence
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I have had a bit of a shot in the arm and tremendous giggle this afternoon with World of Tanks. Although I have started to become a little tired of this game the new 7/4 patch tempted me back in and I tried out the new French line of tank destroyers.
Well, colour me red, white and bleu and coat me in garlic but I LOVED the little tier 5 S-35 CA!
Yes, this may have all the good looks of Quasimodo but it has a kick like...er...a mule (....bugger, mule is mule in French!)!
The secret is that this tank destroyer is armed by default with the famous British 17 Pounder! And because of this I haven't even bothered upgrading to the larger guns which are available, much better to have the superb penetration of the '17' and the higher rate of fire that goes with it.
If this is a taste of things to come then I am REALLY looking forward to the new British line coming out as several of those should be armed with the same gun.
Milgeek
Nice to see that other players agree with my assessment of this funny little tank destroyer, this is from the North American WoT forum:
17 PounderStock, it gets the 17 Pounder Mk. II, the famous British gun. Key stats for this gun are as follows:135 Damage144 Penetration13.33 RPM (for a damage per minute of 1799).35 Accuracy1.7 Aim TimeThis gun is just lovely. And it took me a while to realize why. These are the stats for the 7.5cm L/70 on the Stug:135 Damage138 Penetration13.46 RPM (for a damage per minute of 1817.1)0.33 Accuracy1.71 Aim TimeIn other words, the STOCK gun on the S-35CA is about as good as the BEST gun on the Stug. Now, the Stug's gun is 0.02 points more accurate, but the 17 Pounder has a superior penetration, and with the higher level of gun sweep the S-35 will actually aim faster. That's very impressive.17 Pounder
Stock, it gets the 17 Pounder Mk. II, the famous British gun. Key stats for this gun are as follows:135 Damage144 Penetration13.33 RPM (for a damage per minute of 1799).35 Accuracy1.7 Aim TimeThis gun is just lovely. And it took me a while to realize why. These are the stats for the 7.5cm L/70 on the Stug:135 Damage138 Penetration13.46 RPM (for a damage per minute of 1817.1)0.33 Accuracy1.71 Aim TimeIn other words, the STOCK gun on the S-35CA is about as good as the BEST gun on the Stug. Now, the Stug's gun is 0.02 points more accurate, but the 17 Pounder has a superior penetration, and with the higher level of gun sweep the S-35 will actually aim faster.That's very impressive. [VRMoran]
But just to ballance out all this tanky geekishness, Judah Neu commented on my Flickr pic of this tank that...
"LOL looks like a Chibi tank :D"
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