87 thoughts on “9.3 Tank Writeup – KV-1S, KV-85, T-34-85M”

1. Hello Silent,
   WILL be there any options how to get some extra credits or something with new patch??

   • Its already stated that the kv1s’s crew will be retrained for the kv85 and you wont get 2 tanks :/ the only thing you will get is an unlocked new tier 5 russian tank

     • so ill loose credits ?? bought a tier 6 but get a tier 5? fu wg :(

       • If you had the KV-1S you’ll get the KV-85 for free at tier 6.
         You won’t get the new KV-1S at tier 5, you will have to unlock it again if you want it.

         • Well I currently re-bought the KV-1 to get the KV-2, will I get the new tier 5 KV-1S?

           • You will have to unlock it from the KV-1.

     • You won’t even get that. People ave have a KV-1S will still have to unlock the new tier 5 1S by themselves.

2. if the T-34-85M has reducted MM it may be an option

   • It will, it’s ridiculous to have a 126 pen gun and fall in tier 8 games.

     • remember, this is war homo ming

     • Type 58 has only 128 mm of pen and VK3601 has 132 mm and they both get into tier VIII matches. The Comet has 140+ pen and VK3002DB has 132 pen and they get into tier IX matches.

       I see no reason why this tank shouldn’t face tier VIIIs.

       • I second that, especially that it has better armor than T-34-85

         • It has amazing armor for a medium tank. Tier 6 med with 150 effective UFP? Angle that and no standard tier 6 AP can penetrate.

       • vk has 150 pen gun

         • No sensible person uses the the Könisch-gun on the VK. The 88 has better DPM and enough pen against anything it faces.

           • Me and my 58.91% win rate in VK 30.01 (D) with 75 mm gun says hi.
             I have never driven it with the 88 though.

             • I have 61% after 100 games with my VK3601H, all of them played with Konisch before it got nerfed ;)

           • I change back and forth from time to time but I usually prefer the Konisch. I am obsessed with higher accuracy, higher rate of fire, and higher penetration using standard ammo. I only use the 88 when Im willing to load gold in it. People can complain about using gold but I dont feel overpowered using gold to get a gun with 171pen and 240 damage. That puts VK3601H/88 on equal footing with ARL44 and KV-1S.

     • Tell that to jgpz 4. No, this tank is perfectly good with normal mm, giving it a preferential one would just make it too good.

       • if they want people to buy it, with only 15hp/ton .. yes, it needs pref MM

         • Dont forget awful ground registance, it will reduce real-hp/t

         • Thats actually pretty nice for a tank like that.
           This tank will never need pref MM and it is silly to think it does. Ever heard of the M4A2E2? Perfectly fine tank despite it’s crappy pen. All you need to do is something called “aim at weakspots” instead of auto aiming and shooting blindly.

       • it could use a little buffed engine or ground res.

       • Jgpz 4 IS perfectly good. I have no problems with it

         • same here… the key to success is using L70, not short 88.

           • Who uses the short 88 in TDs other than in the Flak bus anyway?

     • Easy8, Jumbo, Type 58 and A-43 says Hi!
       But according to Germans – only really dumb people use short 88mm guns on all those Tier6/7 meds.

       • pen is not the only problem.. mobility, top speed, armor/magic bounce , accuracy ( 0.42 is a bad joke), 2,5 of aim time is a pain too, and ofc since its russian, it will be blind

       • VK3002D is perfectly fine with the short 88. But thats because it is a dedicated flanker with great DPM.

     • get used to it, you dont need to be able to shoot every tank from the front.

       i nail IS3s on the side with my E8 and 128 pen…

       • E8 is great, one of the most fun tanks to play.. all you have to do is rush and make a chaos and never ever stop :D I cant even count how many times was some tier 8 heavy surprised.. “wtf is taht t6 medium doing?” and found himself circled to death. Accuracy on the move is really good on this one :)

     • Have you ever played an M4A3E8, M4A3E2, Type 58 or A-34?

3. YEAH 20 sec reload with D2-5T finally the nerve it needed :)

   • now kv-85 will be: use the 100mm or DIE

     • Ill prob use the 122mm sometimes for the LOLZ of the massive alpha dmg. It will be more balenced than before, but still playable.
       The biggest nerf is the kv85s mobility. But its still not bad, just not as fast as pz4H or M4 Easy 8 anymore. Still a good tank in my book. And it gets 60 hp more than old kv1s, which was one of the worst things about that tank.

       • glad its not as fast as my E8 anymore ^^ more easy to circle the tank :)

         • Yeah, my mate in a A20, 72km/h, 46 deg/sec 28hp/t and on flat ground he couldent circle me in a kv1s. Dat old kv1s mobility……
           Lets just say his death was quick and easy.

           • yea but you forget the A20 isnt very good driving small circles eh

   • KV-122: AKA KV-2 with less alpha damage.

4. Gun: 122mm D2-5T
   PEN: 175/217/61
   DAM: 390/390/465
   Reload time: 20s

   1170 dpm at tier VI… Ollalalaaa

   • M6 is 1500 DPM mate :)

     • since when is 7,69 x 240 = 1500? :)

   • Tell that to the t5 TD that he just one-shotted: “good thing he only have 1100 DpM” :D

   • It’s 1973 DPM for 100mm gun…

   • 3 degrees of depression at any tier. Have fun.

     • This is one of the biggest things with the current 1S. the gun depression is ridiculous. It gave so much flexibility for working hills and terrain. It allowed you to sling those ridiculous instapen, one-shot shells without exposing your hull.

5. New OP-1S, bringing the cancer to tier V.

   • it will have the same guns as the KV-1 so why u whining mate…

     • Somes just need to whine about something u know…

     • Same guns, same armor, higher speed…

       • really same armor? always thought the KV would have more armor…

         • Same frontal armor, reduced side and rear armor.

           • Plus weaker turret (all sides) and lower front.

     • With better mobility, nearly med speed, same shell eating tracks, and almost the same trollish armor featuring divided UFP for fuckton of ricochets… Mate.

   • IDK if some of you guys really get how bad -3.5 gun depression is, especially on on something that isn’t flat like a Chinese medium or an Object 416

6. KV-85s will just use 100mm gun since then. The Dpm for 100mm gun at 2000 should make this a good nerf.
   I however don’t understand why they put the KV1S in tier 5. The spec for the tier 5 KV-1S is okay, but the T1 Heavy is better than it by having more view range, radio range ,gun depression and dpm. Why KV1S then?

   • T1 Heavy is GIANT, while kv1s isn’t.

     • whats your problem? they put a tank from tier 6 into tier 5 and you whine about another tier 5 being better than the nerved tank….
       THATS THE POINT OF A NERF

     • Whats the problem with being GIANT? there is only new KV-1 which called KV1S and old KV1S is now called KV85 with worse reload xD

     • Doesn’t matter when you can see only its turret.

7. KV85 looks like lighter version of KV2 xD. But in my opinion (I have never played KV1S) the KV85 is still a bit OP 390DMG per hit is almost 2 times more then other 6 tear tanks … It means you still make a lot of one shots on 5 tear tanks and thats what is the brutal fear factor. But Iam quite impatient what KV85 will make on public.

   • TIER not tear ;)

     • sorry … my fold

       • Fault not fold ;) hahaha. folding is when you take a paper and fold it double so it becomes smaller.

   • Yeah, the damage is still ridiculously high for tier 6, especially considering most lines won’t see that sort of alpha until tier 8.

     However, 0.5 accuracy (I think that’s a nerf…) and 3.6s aim time put it on almost derp gun levels.

     Honestly, if they kept the RoF and just gave it a nerf to say, 310/145 damage and pen. It couldn’t one-shot as many things that it sees, and heavier tanks would be able to bounce, instead of getting automatically penned.

8. KV-85 will still be high priority target when i am using arty ;)

   • But only if it’s bottom tier, in the spirit of arty. Never, ever, ever go for top tier heavies. Always go for what you’re most likely to one-shot. So instead of the tier 9 heavies, the tier 6 scout. Etc.

9. Close to permanently removing world of russian fantasy bullshit from my Computer

   • WT fanboy detected

   • that would actually be nice, but all that ebay money………sniff

   • Please do remove this game from your computer, one less tard in the game is always welcomed.

     • Interesting you saying that…

       • Oh its no mystery that you do not like me, I’ve been speaking out against some of the usual hate filled and moronic dribble common from the comment sections.

         You can think whatever you want of me, some people’s opinions matter as much as any simple fanatic’s.

         • Don’t flatter yourself thinking I’d go that far as liking you or not. I was merely pointing out, that the “tard” is actually a very good player. A thing u can only dream about if your nick here and ingame is the same.

   • No worries, AW is coming.

10. soo my kv1s will be a t5 or kv85?

    • KV-85, the tier 5 KV-1s is unresearched for KV-1s tier 6 owners.

      KV-1s is retrained to KV-85 except the radioman that stay in trained for KV-1s as tier 5.

11. dat tier V 122mm cannon…

    • Its a howitzer like the current KV-1 and SU-85. Its nothing special, unless you gold-spam it.

      • It just looks silly with that muzzle brake in a dinky little barrel.

12. KV-1 and new KV-1S gun comparison:
    http://i.imgur.com/ea6NIHK.jpg

    • LOL that’s funny, got a laugh out of that.

    • Well done. He he.

    • It’s weird, too, you would almost expect the lighter tank to be able to carry the lighter gun : \

13. Where did they find that fugly top KV-1S turret?

14. The KV1S was never that good, it was hyped and feared, some people played it well, I tried but I found the accuracy was terrible and it wasn’t fun, however, some people seem to be able to shoot through the eye of a needle in it, but not me!

    Same with hellcat, I never did well in that thing, but others do, strange.

    Anyway the T34 premium looks interesting, what puts me off is that nearly evry premium I have bought has been rubbish in reality, premiums aren’t good tanks….

    The only tier 6 premium I would still buy is the SU100Y, its like a tier 6 ISU 152, great fun!

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