panther vs king tiger

[Vinkman]

I have on several occassions.

  Post the film or it didn't happen.  

[Butcher]

  I agree that it's very hard to hit a moving target at long distances, so the moving scenario is the same for both. As for the popping out and firing a shot and slipping back out of sight, I don't think the Panther's slight speed advantage over a KT will make a big difference in the peek-a-Boo scenario. Do You? [I yelild to your much greater GV experience and success  ] Wouldn't the travel time of the round , possibly,  make a bigger difference. What's the Muzzle velocity difference between 88mm AP and 75mm AP?  Or said another way, what's the travel time difference of the rounds to cover 3000 yrds?

Well I had a few 3k and 4k duels last night at V40 (as a Knight its next to A41) in that furball area - and I can say it seemed extremely flat for a massive round. To me it clearly shoots faster and straighter then anything we have next to the Panther, however I will be sticking with the Panther for the time being because of perk value and speed is another thing, T2 only doing 24 mph - I have a huge habit of "Scoot and Shoot" and if I'm crawling to the next hill I really don't feel comfortable.

I did land 4 kills in a T34/85 last night against 4 King Tigers, all out flanked with side shots - however none were used in the correct strategy to lose that many monsters so quick. What I did at V41 I can clearly say - if this thing is sitting on a hill with 2k+ to a target it will do some serious wrecking.

Honestly I don't even want my panther around a Tiger 2 if that Tiger has a Line of Sight of the field.

[Furball]

I find the Avro Lancaster the most effective at killing them.  It is quite difficult, but the 2k and 4k bombs in a fairly steep dive work best.

[lunatic1]

You put the specifics on my point. 
Speed and manueverability only matters against really really bad shots, or if your within 50 yrds. Anyone here think they could get within 50 yrds of DR7 if he was parked somewhere in KT? 

dr 7 landed i think 54 kills the 1st knight the t2 was out-and your right it's really hard to sneak up on dr 7

[Tank-Ace]

  I agree that it's very hard to hit a moving target at long distances, so the moving scenario is the same for both. As for the popping out and firing a shot and slipping back out of sight, I don't think the Panther's slight speed advantage over a KT will make a big difference in the peek-a-Boo scenario. Do You? [I yelild to your much greater GV experience and success  ] Wouldn't the travel time of the round , possibly,  make a bigger difference. What's the Muzzle velocity difference between 88mm AP and 75mm AP?  Or said another way, what's the travel time difference of the rounds to cover 3000 yrds?

I did some "testing" in the DA with a squaddie of mine, and another tanker we picked up in the DA. Me in a panther vs them in King Tigers, I killed both of them twice, landing a total of 8 kills (for some reason, the other guy upped an M8, probably hoping to lure me into a trap).

Panzer IV vs KingTigers, I killed 3 KT's, a Panther, an M8, and two M3(75)'s.

Thus proving speed does not equal survival. It comes down to several things: Gunnery, armor/gun, and simple, good old fashion sneakiness.

[Rob52240]

Killed a king tiger with my panther today at close range firing 1 shot directly into it's rear.

[321BAR]

Killed a king tiger with my panther today at close range firing 1 shot directly into it's rear.

That panther's gun can really get on the King's nerves from the side from 800 out maybe more also

[Tank-Ace]

lol, yeah. I killed what was either the second or third King Tiger to die in the game, but unfortunatly I only got an assist. I put a couple shells in his side at something around 1700yds.

[Butcher]

dr 7 landed i think 54 kills the 1st knight the t2 was out-and your right it's really hard to sneak up on dr 7

As most decent tankers are tough to beat, I can name roughly less then 10 that are Just as good at least in my book those I would fear more then bombs.

It really comes down to experience, players like Belial, coondawg, Hooter, Gizmo, SWrifle, Dr7, Rondar, Poolfool are ones you dont want to tank with.