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Offline zilla

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Tiger is obsolete
« on: July 22, 2007, 07:54:17 AM »
I'll just come out and say it, the Tiger tank is obsolete. In a late war arena crawling with M-4s, Tigers are just a waste of time. I took out two Tigers at +1500 in one engagment. Single shots from the Shermans 17 pounder just about anywhere on the Tiger will kill or cripple the tank. The ricochet that you get from a slightly miss placed shot with a Panzer is a thing of the past with the Sherman. Oh sure, the Tiger is still the best choice against a bomb attack, but Tank v Tank it is finished. Perk the Sherman? Yes!
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Re: Tiger is obsolete
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2007, 08:24:30 AM »
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« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2007, 12:03:21 PM »
Sure you can. Just use an M-4. The front armor will probably give you two or three 2nd chances.
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« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2007, 12:32:21 PM »
I'd like to know where you're getting YOUR Shermans from. Every time I've rolled one out I've died on the first hit after putting 4-5 rounds in a Panzer's rear at moderate range
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« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2007, 12:39:43 PM »
Current stats:

Tiger vs. Sherman: k/d 1.91
Sherman vs Panzer: k/d 2.11
Tiger vs Panzer: k/d 5.49

Total kills
Panzer: 16266 k/d 0.81
Sherman: 33301 k/d 1.36
Tiger: 9510 k/d 3.29
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« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2007, 01:15:53 PM »
:rofl

The Tiger is just no longer invulnerable to anything but another Tiger. Ain't it a shame?
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« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2007, 01:27:09 PM »
tigers r garbage now, yes i have 2 agree... i got hit wit 1 M-4 shell... 1 hit kill.. and it hit me in the front not on turret or fuel tank engine and so on...


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« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2007, 01:43:56 PM »
how can it be garbage when it still has a k/d of 3.29?
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« Reply #8 on: July 22, 2007, 02:44:26 PM »
I would die pretty quickly no matter what plane or GV I decide to use...:o

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« Reply #9 on: July 22, 2007, 03:44:31 PM »
The Panzer is definitely obsolete.

The Tiger and Sherman are about equal.... The Tiger isn't feared anymore.

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« Reply #10 on: July 22, 2007, 03:50:57 PM »
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The Panzer is definitely obsolete.

The Tiger and Sherman are about equal.... The Tiger isn't feared anymore.


Tiger & Sherman are no equals. The Tiger is to the Sherman what the Sherman is to the Panzer. In both cases roughly a 2-1 superiority
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« Reply #11 on: July 22, 2007, 04:12:10 PM »
The Tiger is a perked sherman...I've hit M4s countless times in a tiger, nothing...but if I spawn a Tiger, I get hit/killed 1 shot.

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« Reply #12 on: July 22, 2007, 04:20:11 PM »
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The Tiger is a perked sherman...I've hit M4s countless times in a tiger, nothing...but if I spawn a Tiger, I get hit/killed 1 shot.


Oh, happened to me too.  But on the average  the Tiger is still superior, especially at longer ranges. See numbers above!
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« Reply #13 on: July 22, 2007, 04:45:12 PM »
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Tiger & Sherman are no equals. The Tiger is to the Sherman what the Sherman is to the Panzer. In both cases roughly a 2-1 superiority


As far as tank vs tank combat goes, they're equals. Each consistently gets 1 shot hits on the other.

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« Reply #14 on: July 22, 2007, 05:00:46 PM »
Have to disagree. Up to about 1.5 depends who hits first. Any farther out tiger has an advantage.

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