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Jump back to quoted post4 Dec 2014, 15:35 PMLemonJuice

its also up to the player themselves to learn the game and mechanics.

Jump back to quoted post4 Dec 2014, 10:32 AMButcher

Some people underestimate box armor. The design of the Tiger and Panzer IV was from the 1930ies and sloped armor offered a better protection in general. But the disadvantage could be somewhat corrected by angling the armor yourself. Something every Tiger crew would have learned in basic training (Tigerfibel: Mahlzeitstellung). Most likely the enemy wouldn´t have to penetrate 100mm or 80mm of effective armor on the Tiger but a bit more. Then again one could argue that falls under the category "skilled crews".





A picture from the Tigerfibel about the Mahlzeitstellung/ meal-time-position:

Red dots indicate the best protection.





Another picture form the Tigerfibel: "T-34s aren´t allowed to get into the cloverleaf."

Green area: "I will get shot there."

Red dots: Mahlzeitstellung. "I can shoot him, he can´t shoot me."




Describing the Tiger as a piece of garbage is false imo. A good crew could get the maximum out of it. The design might be outdated, but those negative effects could be overcome by crews.

Jump back to quoted post23 Nov 2014, 19:47 PMG4bb4_G4nd4lf

A shrecked volks blob can do what? Vaporize any infantry and tanks. Yes, it can if you just yolo rush your tanks into it. Volks can also fight inf but what if...I don't know....what if you use anti blob weapons such as (off map)arty, demos, mines or any other form of indirect fire (that's also a counter to Obers btw).

If you are talking about Obers + Shrecked volks. Well, Volks are AT and Obers are AI. That's "combined arms" to some extent. So, you obviously shouldn't simply fight them directly. If it's a blob it's even better.

It's still inf, so you can use all the stuff I've mentioned above. If there's a Panther + Obers + shrecked Volks it's more difficult. You have to use combined arms yourself then.