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Some words about classes of tanks

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When you have played a number of battles, you will start to move up through the different tech trees of various nations. At tier V you will unlock your first heavy tanks, even if there are some at tier IV also. (And even one at tier III.) You have probably have noticed what characterizes a heavy tank:

  • High alpha damage, but slow rate of fire
  • Better armor than other classes
  • Slower than all other classes (except artillery/SPG)
  • Worse camoflage rating than the other classes

But every now and then, you will find that some medium tanks check one or more of these boxes. The Matilda is one of these, by having great armor for it’s type and tier.

VK 30.01 (p), German tier VI medium

VK 30.01 (p), German tier VI medium

The VK 30.01 (P) is another example, as it’s 220 alpha damage is (almost) twice that of other tier VI medium tanks. Therefore, it is meaningful to characterize some mediums as “heavy medium tanks”.

In other cases, you have some heavy tanks that could be characterized as “medium heavy tanks”, like the KV-1S, at least when compared to it’s brother, the KV-1. Continue reading →

What is a platoon, and how do I do it?

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A platoon is a way of playing World of tanks with one or two friends. You form a platoon by inviting your friends into a platoon that you form, or by accepting their invitation. A platoon consistes of two or three players. Here’s how to:

How to form a platoon

How to form a platoon

If you want to get full advantage of playing in a platoon, you should be able to talk to each other, either using Skype or Teamspeak or any other voice communication you prefer. This post is going to concentrate on a few basic principles regarding what tanks you should use.

As a general rule, you should always use tanks from the same tier. You can choose to let one player use a tank one tier higher or lower, but it is not recommended. This is because a platoon doesn’t dictate the matchmaking, or what tanks the rest of the team and the enemy team are using. It is perfectly okay if one member of the team is playing a medium, and the other a heavy tank, or a tank destroyer.

But be aware if you want to play light tanks. Some tanks are designated the role of a scout tank, and scout tanks are usually the lowest tier tanks on a team. So if one of the platoon members choose a tier 5 light tank, and the other(s) choose a tier 5 heavy tank, it is possible that the other tanks are tier 8. (This matchmaking is subject to adjustment by Wargaming.) As a thumb rule, a scout tank on a specific tier will meet tanks that are from one to three tiers higher. A tier 6 scout can meet tier 7, 8, 9 or 10. A tier 4 will occasionally meet other tier 4s.

These are the current scout tanks from tier 4 to tier 8. Some of them get “normal” matchmaking from time to time.

Tier 4
Pz. Kpfw. 38nA
Pz. Kpfw. II Luchs
M5A1 Stuart
T-50

Tier 5
VK-16.02 Leopard
ELC AMX
M24 Chaffee

Tier 6
VK-28.01
AMX 12t
59-16
T21
MT-25

Tier 7
Aufklärungspanzer Panther
T71
AMX 13 75
WZ-131
M41 Walker Bulldog
LTTB

Tier 8
AMX 13 90
WZ-132
T49
RU 251
Light T-54 (or Light T-54)

If one of the platton members are playing any of these, it is recommended that the other members in the platoon choose a tank at least one tier higher, or maybe two tiers higher.

Just recently a played in a team where there obviously were some newbies in the same platoon. One platoon member played a T1 (tier 1), while the other played his KV-1 (tier 5). The rest of the teams played tanks from tier 5 and 6. A T1 has nothing to do in such a battle. (It cannot even play the role as a scout, because it is to slow and has a short view range.)

Therefore: You should use tanks from the same tier. I will write about some basic platoon tactics in a later post.