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1 Tank tips by Seraosha
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[edit] Tank tips by Seraosha

Original forum discussion thread

[edit] Movement

So, in a tank and wonder what to do next...first off...movement.

Never stop moving, unless you have 1/3 cover or concealment...get in among the trees, get in a ditch, move along a building, get under a pipeline, get in a building...get some cover and or concealment before stopping. You are a big fat target
Stay off the road as much as possible...sure you are a lot faster, but you are a big fat target. Aircraft and anti tank guys love it when tanks stop out on roads.
When off the roads, use the terrain to your advantage...if you can travel in a gully, do so...keeping your treads and chassis away from direct fire is a good thing...usee trees as a screenline so that aircraft cant spot you from a distance...and if they shoot at you, the trees will stop the rounds...its not realistic, but use it.
Your front is the heaviest armored part of the tank, always have it pointed at your threat, unless you are flanking and shooting...moving in one direction, shooting in another is a good way to kill the target, but getting stuck on something like a frickin sign (something a real tank would flatten in a second) is a danger.
When you are moving in urban areas, use the F-10 key to get the chase-cam view...you get the full back of your tank, and it helps you keep an eye out for jokers and their C4 satchels...and it makes turning a little easier when there is crap in the way. The other views can be useful, but take a lot of practise to use..oh and YOUR CHANCES OF HITTING WHAT YOU SHOOT AT IN CHASECAM MODE ARE NOT GOOD, but often getting a shot off fast unsettles the enemy enough to cause them to panic
When you are doing all the above, you can still get waxed by an aircraft, but don't make it easy for them...which leads to...

[edit] Action under Attack

You are in a big fat target, you have just been shot by a tank/anti-tank weapon from the front, your options are limited only by your imagination...but the last thing you want to do is turn around and give them your big unproteced fat ass to shoot. Instead hit the "X" key and reverse...you have just deployed your smoke grenade and have moved your fat ass into concealment...the anti-tank guy cant see you, the tank cant see you...but they know where you were before the smoke popped...so you need to backup...either to the left or to the right depending on where you are...get out of that spot you were in before the smoke popped...many times I've done this, just to see the rocket/tank round fly through the smoke and over the hull and miss me entirely...and now you can shoot through the smoke right at where the rounds just came from.

note...smoke does not stop bullets, shells, rockets, harsh words...it is concealment, not cover.

You are shot, and its by one dude with a rocket, and like a fool he shot it at you point blank from only half a football field (or closer) away, right at your front. Charge him, shooting the machine guns, and run him over. Run him over again just for fun. Infantry are known as "Crunchies" to tankers...and thats enemy and allies alike.
Shot from the rear, pop smoke, run away to the left or right oblique, get something between you are what shot you, and manuever so that you are now facing the threat...react accordingly.
Some ass just pasted you with C4...shoot him, run him over, pray, not neccesarily in that order.

[edit] Attack

You are a mobile weapon platform, you are not invulnerable, invincible, nor invisible. But...YOU ARE IN A TANK. Small arms fire will not hurt you, grenades are nothing to worry about, even blackhawk chainguns bounce off you...time to shoot them down.

Your main cannon will destroy a jeep in one shot, a helicopter in one shot, and an airplane in one shot. Your cannon will kill an APC shot in the rear in two shots (AA Vehicles too) And if you shoot them on the sides, two shots. Four shots for a tank, three from the rear/sides.
The rounds your cannon shoots drops after a few hundred meters...think football fields... half a football field, raise the cannon one tick on the range reticle (so that it looks like you are shooting over their head) Full football field, 2 ticks...adjust accordingly...the Abrahms drops less than the other two, but I still need to get the stats on that.