T-34/85 dominance

[guncrasher]

Panther cannot be killed with .50 cal, a 20mm can disable it at close range though, it was meant to kill stuff at range.

In War thunder simulator mode the T34-85 in non-town environment get picked off with ease with any german 75mm up to 800 yeards providing you know where to shoot.
In towns the early T34-85 are really good due to fast revolving turrets and superior mobility, they share the same combat rating as the Panther D in War Thunder.
The better gun, late T34-85 have the same combat rating as the Panther A (faster gun traverse) in War Thunder.

A penetration is not a automatic kill, it is a degradion of its performance until it burns or ammo explode, with crew members wounded or worse.
Thats why the Germans always kept on shooting at a enemy disabled tanks until they burned.

The T34s in general are exceptionally bad compared with german tanks due to they are more cramped, and more of its crew/systems  get affected by a penetration.

Not everything is good in WT, APCR ammunition suck in there, and some tanks are overpowered compared with it's peers, best examples are the late KV1 series, and early Tiger I that share the same battle rating as the Panther D.

war thunder like world of tanks uses rng for damage.


semp

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within a small percentage, it does.

[Vulcan]

I believe the panther can be disabled with a solid stream of 50 cals from a steep angle. Panzer can be killed pretty consistently with 50 cars from above. I find m4s not so much and t34s impossible. Gotta use a stuka for them.

Yak 9T can turret T-34s, Panthers, and Tigers fairly easily. The hardest tank to turret would be the M4 because of the small turret size.

[RotBaron]

Wondering how the KV’s would match up in AH and how much they get used.

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Kv-1 does not have the gun to compete in AH with late war models, it share the same gun as  the  T-34 76.2 mm.

The Sis model KV-1 have favorable all around armor compared with the Sherman, and specially the Panzer IV.

KV1's series are early to mid war war heavy tanks, replaced with the IS-1, and to some extent with the KV-85, that reused the chassis of the KV-1, both with the same gun as the T34-85.

[SmokinLoon]

As Kenai pointed out, the T34's optics are terrible compared to most GVs.

I'm not sure what you're thinking of here, I just went and double checked: the T34/85 has no distinguishable difference in clarity compared to the Panzer IV H or Panther. The Panther simply has a better zoom (5X). I maintain the optics on the T34's are erroneously modeled, they are far too giving.   

The reticles on the T34x's are not favorable, the Germans have a better system for sure. The Yanks and Brits have graduated marks in their optics which has its benefits. 

[RotBaron]

As Kenai pointed out, the T34's optics are terrible compared to most GVs.

Smokinloon, I hardly see any clarity difference either.

[Vulcan]

I believe the reference was to clarity in real life.