The Pershing.

Jump back to quoted post27 Apr 2020, 19:43 PMGrumpy

Interesting. Do you have scatter values? I've tried the Pershing a few times and at vet 0 it seems like it has much worse scatter than a HE Sherman. It seemed kind of underwhelming at vet 0 but decent at Vet 2 or better.

Jump back to quoted post28 Apr 2020, 03:47 AMMMX

Both tanks have an angular scatter of 6, but the Pershing pulls ahead due to having a lower distance scatter (4.2 vs 5.5). Hence the size of the HE-Sherman's scatter cone is roughly 25% larger than that of the Pershing.



AOE Profile (upper panel) and size of scatter area (lower panel) as a function of distance

Jump back to quoted post28 Apr 2020, 08:01 AMHannibal

This is exactly what we need in these types of discussions.
The only thing missing is the rate of fire. Here the Sherman wins with 6.175 seconds vs Pershings 7.0 seconds.

So performance wise you trade a 13% vs ~25% higher scatter area and better AoE.

Jump back to quoted post28 Apr 2020, 15:33 PMGrumpy

Thanks for doing this. I think the reason why I had the impression that it's worse is because I'd been using it in 4v4's and at longer ranges. At vet 3 it seems to hit part of a squad with each shot so one of its vet bonuses must be accuracy.

Jump back to quoted post28 Apr 2020, 15:57 PMHannibal

The way the game works, accuracy does not really help vs infantry. The Pershing however gets 30% reload buff at vet 3 which lowers its time between shots to 5,35 seconds.