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Killing it is desirable

Driving it off damaged is satisfactory


Or to look at this another way:


Normally attacking an enemy vehicle, losing units to do so and not killing it is a disaster.

You lost a lot and fed it vet


With the Tiger Ace neither is a consideration:

It imposes attrition upon its owner just by existing

There is no issue with feeding it vet because it is at max vet anyway


It's not worth taking heavy loses to kill it when you can take light loses and damage it your units survive and gain vet. It gains nothing from the experience.

Even better if you use munitions abilities because that doesn't hurt you at all; and mobility kills are golden.

Engine damage gives it a long time on the field when it isn't doing anything, either it limps back to base or pios come to repair it. If pios come out, kill them whilst they are repairing it(bombs, mortars, rockets, offmaps, whatever)

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You appear to be having difficulty dealing with it, fine, and you are a much better player than me in your chosen modes.

However consider that there are options other than a straight up fight with it

Options that maximise it's disadvantages

It is, as noted, good in a straight fight, don't give it one

I thought it was Soviet Industry and Elite Troops that were banned in competition?

The KV-1 is its own class. It's not a Medium Tank, but it's not a Heavy Tank, it's somewhere in between.

It's the scariest tank in the world in 1941.

As Ostheer in those TOW you have to fight this thing without shreks, without fausts and your only armour is a Stug-E and an early P-IV.


Really it is with the anti-panther, if you want to have a category for things that are too potent to be medium tanks but not heavy enough to be heavies. But whilst the Panther is AT, the KV-1 is Generalist and the KV8 AI

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The KV1 is a nice tank, I'd use it more if it was not just in the one doc.


It's not something you use to fight tanks with; you use it to take the lead, attract fire and drive off infantry so your SU-85s can kill their armour.

With that MG in the rear turret I feel like it is something I ought to just drive straight into the middle of the enemy and wreck stuff.


But you don't make it your only tank. IS2s, T34/85s and 152s (maybe) can be your only armour; the KV-1 really shines when backed up with T4.


If it helps, view it as a KV-8 with better AT and less good AI; you wouldn't use only KV8s, don't use only these

Agreed

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