Comments on: Hidden Panzer III Nerf in 9.0

By: SaintCaboose

SaintCaboose — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 15:29:39 +0000

it will most likely be changed to be more correct when its HD model comes (which i cant wait for, the PzIII is one my favourite tanks)

By: SpaceCadet29

SpaceCadet29 — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 12:34:54 +0000

I think you’re confusing the IS-3 and KV-4. IS-3 is just more of the IS play-style, which is slightly more heavy tankish than the way you play the KV-1S. It does have decent armor but it is not the charging bull of the pack.

By: Super_Noodle

Super_Noodle — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 12:15:47 +0000

The late Ausf J’s with the long 5cm had that tight-fitting mantlet design:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-748-0089-10%2C_Russland%2C_Soldat_auf_Panzer_III_J.jpg

What they’ve done is basically made it match the in-game Panzer III match Ausf J historically. Fine, but there are a number of problems with this:
>The turret is labeled as an Ausf L turret, even though it’s and Ausf J turret (ausf L turrets didn’t have the side view-ports).
>If the turret is an Ausf L turret, it should have an Ausf L mantlet, or what the tank had before.
>The hull matches that of an Ausf J, but the armor more closely matches the configuration of an Ausf L. The Ausf J had a single 50mm upper plate, which is what the in-game model has. The Ausf L had this plus a 20mm plate bolted on top of that (which could arguably be considered spaced armor too) making the grand total of frontal armor equal 70mm, or what the in-game damage model has.

By: Safresto

Safresto — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 11:19:06 +0000

the turret roof armor of the is 3′s top turret has always been 20mm thick. I could easily pen it with the 76mm while i was face hugging it in my jumbo due to overmatcing.

By: Breakalegs

Breakalegs — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 10:09:32 +0000

pre 0.7 IS-3 was awesome. post 0.8 IS-3 is crap

By: Sky

Sky — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 08:33:39 +0000

Everything that Russian players cannot pen in their Russian tanks from up front automatically deserves nerf.

By: Ethan_

Ethan_ — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 07:24:52 +0000

I think 9.0.1 is up. 11.69Mb to dowload.
Some says nothing is fixed…

By: Shapeshifter

Shapeshifter — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 06:23:07 +0000

smaller mantlet and less armor at the thickest point, but more on most of the thinner areas. and less armor on the outside edges.

Used to be 200/100 mm armor on it, now it’s 152.4/114.3/88.9/76.2

Turret is slightly shorter, but wider as well.

By: Cartman

Cartman — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 04:18:02 +0000

I think the Centurion mantlet is more an optical thing.
However they nerfed the turret side armor from 112 to 89mm.
But they buffed the frontal turret parts left and right where the smoke grenade launchers are attached from 112 to 121mm.

The T-54 suspension was announced, it was known that the track collision model does not cover the gaps between the first and second roadwheel.
In addtion to that there are several existing hull and turret shapes around for the T-54 and WG apparently decided to bring all of them into the game. New patch, new T-54 hull.

By: Nick Dao

Nick Dao — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 03:38:39 +0000

So you want a Pz. 2 J?