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World of Tanks | Megathread | TOG II Master Race
Harm94:
I feel a gripe coming on. In order for a vehicle to be a classified as a tank it has to have armor, it has to support infantry, and it has to break through defenses. So self propelled guns are classified as mobile artillery and used for direct and sometimes indirect fire. Some might argue that Tank Destroyers are tanks, but in reality they are super fast tracked guns with zero armor and cannot support infantry since they only carry munitions such as HEAT and crush heads.
The more you know.
Tokthree:
--- Quote from: Harm94 on August 03, 2013, 12:04:05 PM ---super fast tracked guns with zero armor
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>Elefant.
Wat
Harm94:
Generally zero armor. The Elefant was Porsche's attempt to save it's a failed Tiger prototype. The Jagpanzer was probably the best of the german tank destroyers.
This is an example modern tank destroyer.
All you need is either a big recoilless rifle or a tow missile and slap it onto any vehicle and you have a tank destroyer. However their popularity is declining with the rise of IFV's.
Tokthree:
Which JgPanzer? As I recall there were quite a few. Besides, it's not like the Ferdinand/Elefant was a particularly bad tank destroyer by itself, it did it's job excellently. The problems it had were the same engine problems that plagued the Porsche Tiger, almost all units that were lost were lost due to breakdowns and had to be abandoned.
Cybersix:
--- Quote from: kiwibear on August 03, 2013, 02:21:38 AM ---as amusing as that can be that won't really get you anywhere
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--- Quote from: Dexxtter on August 03, 2013, 02:40:50 AM ---Well I'm already at Tier IV with the Pz.Kpfw. 38(t) n.A.
All my shots seem to bounce. :c
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