Good Tank Tactic or waste of ammo

[Airscrew]

Wes, I'll give a small tip.  Practice offline.  get a feel for the gun site and distances.   I hate driving tanks and GV wars for long periods but sometimes its necessary to defend a base from capture.   I was never a good shot with any of the tanks.  But over the last couple of years, with lots off practice offline and lots of dieing online I can now get some good shots on stationary targets and also while I'm moving and while shooting at moving targets.

Go offline and practice.  start with any tank doesnt matter, personally I started with the Panzer.  Pick one of the tanks on the base.  drive up to it and line up on it then drive away a few hundred feet.  Keep the turrent facing to the rear.  stop every few hundred feet and take some shots.  keep this up, just go out as far as you can.  practice from different angles.  After awhile you'll get the feel for the "sight Picture".   Once you get good with that then practice firing while moving.   drive out away from the tank and then turn back and fire at it while moving up to it.  change directions and shot angles.   I would suggest starting with the Panzer, then the T34 and then the Tiger.  Each tank has its own quirks and effective ranges and "sight picture"

this may or may not help you but it will take some time

and the only time I use a MG against another tank is when I want to annoy them  fill their headphones with pings

[68Ripper]

Best bet as Lusche says is to use your main gun, if your using your Pintle gun to range then your wasting valuable time because the range on the pintle gun is only up to 1000, by the time your done trying to range with that the other guy already has you ranged with his cannon and guess what? your dead!

Like anything else it takes practice.

[Wes14]

 when i said range with the Mg i ment the Turret Mg (one that u can use while in the turret)

and y does alot of ppl seem to put the tank "broadside"(i hope u kno what i mean) and fire,i tend to have the front of my tank pointed at them when firing

[Bronk]

Originally posted by Wes14
 when i said range with the Mg i ment the Turret Mg (one that u can use while in the turret)

and y does alot of ppl seem to put the tank "broadside"(i hope u kno what i mean) and fire,i tend to have the front of my tank pointed at them when firing

All rifle rounds go poof past 1.5 k.

Bronk

[Debonair]

so, was skyrock a girl?

[Fencer51]

I read in "The Heights of Courage" that in the 60s and 70s before laser range finders that the Israeli's used the 30 cal coax's in their tanks for ranging as the balistics were similar to the 105s they had in their Centurians.  I assume this was meant for ranges under 1000yds.

[68Ripper]

Originally posted by Wes14
 when i said range with the Mg i ment the Turret Mg (one that u can use while in the turret)

and y does alot of ppl seem to put the tank "broadside"(i hope u kno what i mean) and fire,i tend to have the front of my tank pointed at them when firing

Anyone who turns their broadside to you is a fool, they are offering up a easy kill shot. I enjoy it when they give me a bigger target.

[WpnX]

Originally posted by Wes14
when i drive a tank and see another tank.if im unsure on range i fire the turret MG untill they hit then fire the main cannon?

do u guys think thats a good way to range enemy tanks?,or a waste of time and ammo when u can just fire your main gun till it hits?

I'm curious to see if this is true in the game. I can tell you in real life the two have completely different trajectories, so it would only do you harm to fire your pee shooter first because it would only reveal your position.

The only weapon system that I can think of that uses this method is the old 106mm recoilless rifle (any Vietnam era vets out there?) It has a two stage firing mechanism/trigger that fires a short .50 caliber spotter round on the pull and the main gun on the push. If the .50 hits then it's time to fire the 106mm which will hit also. (Fun gun, but almost painful to shoot).