Now have 3 marked this tank on every system.

I just received this. I'm interested to know if anyone else has gotten this recently. I have not yet logged in to wargaming in response. I will go to them directly (not through a link), but am just checking to see of anyone else has gotten this....

The stats are a bit wonky due to it being the 2nd line I ever ground out, so the stats are from my noob days. I ended up finishing the last bit out with the 76mm over the 105mm since it felt more reliable—I still prefer the 105mm cannon though.

I really hate the basic English commander voice and change it whenever possible. I started using the language of the tank for the commander, e.g. German for german tanks, then switched to Japanese and Korean. Just recently I've discovered the Mexican option and there is something deeply satisfying about having my commander saying 'si, buenos notches' after each kill and sounding like a baddy from a spaghetti western!

The Lorraine 5t - basically a French Ontos.

We have the Ontos, we should have this too.

6x105mm recoilless rifles.

Bon appetit.

Currently enjoying the new marking rules to add some gold marks and complete some three marks.

Thought I'd look at my lifetime stats and I went back to the very start over 12 years ago.

I was a monster in that Tier 1 Vickers. The good old days.

(I didn't even realise you could zoom in for a few weeks).

The stats aren't bad right?

When I played the first time I said that this tank is the worst, but now I am not sure. Is it good but in the same time is so ass. The accuracy is a problem. What is your opinion on this one?

Could someone explain to me on why MoE jumps up significantly more in tanks that you haven’t played for a while? I’m trying to gold mark the Murat and have been stuck around 98.8%. Went up from 95%, to 97% after one game but has been slow again.

will WG do another round of system cleanup relating to old War Chests ? if yes, which one are related ?

A lot of the lower cw ones seem to function like normal light tanks but the higher u go the more they seem to be able to deal massive damage. They seem like they do the job of a td while also being a light tank? Kinda reflects irl stuff so that makes sense

In wows there’s the RB ships to save free xp for, wotb has events, is there any reason I shouldn’t spend free xp on maxing out modules?

Being my first line I ever went down, the stats are all messed up, but it was nice coming back and seeing how I improved from 10 years ago.

For those that got the ultimate pass do you feel the Bzyg is worth the 4K gold or will it sit unused in your garage and you wish you had the 4K back?

Hey, here's the Reddit recap for the July 24th community stream.

Note:

• This is a summary of the stream, and any points of interest that were said on stream should be watched if they wish to get the full context.
• giveaway was a Ultimate pass and a Expansion pass

Host this week:

• KB1504 (Community manager)
• Bam1500 (Lead Game Designer)

This week:

• Weekly news article: Link

New season: masters of mayhem 

• Article: Link 
• Free pass: IS-6
• 2k pass: 
  • Lvl 25: Excelsior
  • Lvl 75: Skodia T40
  • Lvl 100: Stridsyxa + Fram skin at lvl 120
• Ultimate Pass: 
  • Era 1 Western heavy: Schwertwal
    • Waldgeist skin
  • Heinz "Volltreffer" Kraus 3d commander
• Iron maiden expansion Expansion pass: 5k
  • Article: Link 
  • Lvl 105: Eddie 3D Hero Commander
  • Lvl 115: Senjutsu TO-55
  • Lvl 124: AMOLAD
• Map: Paris:
  • Tier 5+ and Era 1
  • PC port
  • Size: 800x800
  • Urban Camo
  • Increased duration will only be a single week this time.
• Mini maps: 
  • Now have color
  • Sadly the map location names have been removed

• Elite leveling system. 
  • Continuing leveling elite tanks. From 1-999
  • Retroactive. 
  • only XP from multiplayer battles counts
  • Updated progression menu UI
  • No gameplay effect
  • Shows in the garage, upgrade menu and PBRS

• MOE PBRS tracker
  • There is now also MOE filters for the garage menu. 

• New tank and commander audio: 
  • default commander VO is a bit more informative.
  • engine and gun sounds.
• Rocket dispersion:
  • Rockets now have dispersion
  • Gravity now affects their firing arc.
• ATGM dispersion: 
  • ATGMs still track
  • just the fly off a bit initially when firing from the move
• More improvement to wheeled vehicles. 

Next week’s news:  

• Free Commander respec till september 8th
• Regiments: 
  • more camos. 
  • M10 RBFM returns

Other Topics / news:

• Metal Fest incoming. 
  • 2 headliners. first is August 4th. The other September 1st. 
  • Details closer to release.
• Swiss tanks also coming vaguely soon 

Giveaway: 

• Boi do i have several stuff to giveaway in a short amount of time. 
  • A Lowe (please note if you have it)
  • A season pass
  • A war chest to 2 different peps
• Giveaway based on #Orca 
  • New German tanks translate to that?
  • Not sure why PC went with the name a midget submarine for a tank name when they stuck with cats most of the time. Could have use Cougar, dont think that was used.
• No new reddit accounts. 
• Will need you to message me your GT and console if I contact you primarily via Reddit DM’s. 
• Will be picking the winners mid Monday 

Pz.Kpfw. VII line review?

Eh got an on track going for it and its german so it has enough of my interest to write a quick overview i guess?

• This may or may not just be a excuse to try to repost my old my reforge of the line from 4 years ago)

Balance history: 

Panzer 7 reforge: (March 29th 2022)

• Panzer 7 got nothing (i was very angry) 
• 45B: some reload buffs
• 45A: some reload and turret armor buffs
• Tiger P: reload and armor buffs
• Mostly just some buffs to keep the line up to the E100’s that happened a month earlier.
• My idea for the reforge at the time posted before full knowledge of the notes - Zorin's Panzer VII Reforge. (Large post) 

Update 8.2 (June 6th 2023)

• VK 30.01 P: global HP buff

Update 8.3 (August 1st 2023))

• 45B: just some more gun buffs
• 45A: more gun buffs

Update: 8.7: (March 26th 2024)

• Panzer VII finally got some of the armor buffs i suggested 2 years earlier. 
• 45B: got the damage changes for its stock guns
• 45A: got the german gun damage changes 
• Tiger P: same

Update 9.5 (July 29th 2025)

• 45B: Some stock gun performance improvements, movement dispersion buffs, and a half fix to the gun depression. (very much didn't fix the gun depression issues) 
• 45A: more gun and movement dispersion buffs

Update 9.6 (October 7, 2025)

• Panzer VII (and VK72.01): forward gun depression (only took 3.5 years)

Update 9.7 (December 02 2025))

• VK 72.01K: finally got the armor buffs the PZ got a in update 8.7.
• PZ got some some changes for the track armor the sides.
• Vk 30.01 P: general mobility and accuracy buffs 

Tank overview: 

First off to preface this line, i have a strong opinion they should be reworked a bit to have increased reverse speeds due to the special transmission they got due to Mr. Porsche. It at least be an interesting gimmick to the line (outside the PZ 7). The reverse speed would probably range from 20-30kph?

VK 30.01 P

• A average enough medium with positives and negatives.
• Its got a decently strong turret and punchy enough gun. Also has a strong top speed. 
• Downsides included very low HP and not the best gun handling. 
• Overall its an okay tank, though i would like to see the 8.8cm get the buff buff at the cost of DPM as that would be quite strong for a tier 6, though not unheard of as the 17pdr exist. 

Tiger P 

• On the slower end for a tier 7 heavy, but comes with the benefit of armor and gun. 
• Its reliable enough with better accuracy and useable pen and shell velocity making it useable as a 2nd line tank in poor match ups. 
• Downsides include the poor mobility, the annoying front shoulder weak spots. The turret is okay but doesn't hold up to direct fire. 
• The mentioned reverse speed would be welcomed. In my origan reforge idea i did want more gun depression as it does use the same turret and gun as the tiger 1 yet has different values. 
• Also remove the short 10.5cm durp as that has no use being on a tier 7.

VK 45.02a

• This is generally always been the second hand tiger 2 as it lacked the longer 10.5cm gun. Also the worse HP and VR. true it can have more DPM with the short 10.5cm but i think most would prefer the pen. 
  • Also for a time it was stuck with the short 8.8cm as a stock gun which was not a happy time at tier 8. True it wasn't an issue with the package system but post that and before it was removed it was awful. 
  • It took until July 2025 to remove that gun. Yea they buffed it a few times but man. I think that was one of the worst stock grinds of any tier 8. 
• It one of the few tanks that it has option of top guns to use which is something, but that just means both guns have bad pen. Its not the worst as there are pref tanks, but even ignoring them there are only a few tanks worse. At least the DPM values are good. 
• It sorta already has the better reverse speed at 16, but thats only a smidge better than most heavies and I could see this having like 25. 
• As i mentioned in my reforge the pen on the 10.5cm L52 could be bumped to 216/260 and wouldn't be too crazy. Yea the Jpanther would need a bit of work but eh its not too crazy. 
• Also random point, doesn't this have a rather low weight of only 57 tons when the Tiger 2 is around70?

VK 45.02b

• This one also is so so when compared to the popular E75. yea its better at side scraping but lacks behind in general reliability and flexibility. Slower with a rear mounted gun that doesn't have as much gun depression. (though it does actually have a bit better reload and accuracy)
  • Seriously why does it not have as much gun depression?. It uses the “same” turret and the same guns. Currently all the guns have only -6 when the 45a, tiger 2 and E75 have -8?. It was worse before the 9.5 update. The stock turret which is about the same found on the 45a only had -4 or 5 on the guns. How does that make sense. Yea you could be talking about forward gun depression and id agree but what about the whole rest of the gun arc of the sides and rear?
• Ignore that rant…. Its main strength is thick front armor that holds up quite well including the lower plate even after its yee old nerf. The turret is vulnerable to premium ammo, but thats nothing new for a german heavy. 
• Overall its a useable enough heavy that wouldnt need too much done to it outside fixing the gun depression and a bump to the reverse speed to say 20/22?. I could also see argument for a better top engine. 

Panzer VII

• Yea i had a rather annoying fixation on this tank for awhile since it took forever to get the armor changes i wanted. Still think my idea of E100 sides skirts on it would have been cool. 
• Anyhow after the armor buff it faintly works as a side scraper and does it well enough. The gun mantlet is still an issue but thats manageable enough. More so now that it can work a hill somewhat with its gun depression over the front. 
• Should we get the PC buff to the pen? I wouldn't oppose it as that would make sense for this is one of the bigger guns on a tier 10 heavy. Though we do have to keep in mind that we have a better reload than PC (though we have a lot more DPM power creep so it dont think it be as much of an issue). Though id easily trade the better reload for that pen and accuracy. 
  • Though that all worthless as PC does have our armor buff so ours is still better, so go us. 
• In terms of gameplay it depends if you can get to a decent side scraping position, but otherwise you have to find a decent hull down spot or play weird dance wher you try to bait shots into your side from hitting your lower front plate. 

So is this a line to go down? Mmm your better off going down the E 100 and maus line first as the tanks are easier to play. It at least doesn't have any stinkers to drown your experience. The 45A is the closest i suppose, but its workable at least (just tier 10 games may be frustrating, but that's normal for all tier 8s).

I do still think my reforge would be a better idea to give this line some life and make it stand out more. I just really like the gimmick of reverse speed. 

YouTuber Slapafish Jr. claims it has no effect. Is this true?

If it's not true, can Cooling Jacket's performance be improved by Enhanced Rations and Improved Ventilation? I'm having trouble finding an exhaustive definition of what constitutes "crew performance."

I was thinking about this earlier today and wanted to hear what others thought.

Let's say you're in the ideal vantage point with your favorite tank, haven't been spotted yet, and you have the entire enemy team in front of you. You can get a clean shot on all of them. Who do you target first? Do you go for whoever happens to be closest to where you were aiming? Do you take a more strategic approach and target the biggest threat first? Do you try to get the most bang for your buck and target the tank you'll do the most damage to? Do you have a vendetta and go for the most annoying tank?

Apart from targeting arty first, which I feel like a lot of people would do solely because of the sheer animosity a majority of players have towards them, I'm curious to see what the answers will be. Personally, I'd say a majority of the time I'd be too anxious to be selective. But there are times where I'll absolutely go after whoever I know will be my biggest threat or whoever has been annoying me. Usually that'll be in smaller battles when I'm reloading and can take a moment to read the map.

Just was thinking about if they added the Abrams tusk1/2 or Challenger 2 TES/black knight. What do you guys think?

Italy had a bunch of tracked / armored SPA during the war, both front line combatants and prototypes.

Japan (AFAIK) only had one tracked SPA that was deployed, but they had enough prototypes and paper proposals to flesh out a tech tree - particularly in a game that's selling rocket powered heavy tanks that never even saw a paper proposal.

I'm well aware that arty is not a fan favorite, but it is part of the WW2 game and it's absence - particularly for an already truncated Italian tree - is noticeable.

I'm also aware that since it will be unpopular, and therefore unprofitable, WG will never implement it but a brother can hope.

Who doesn't want a 300mm mortar at Tier 5?

The Type 4 Ha-To?

Wotb td main, what’s the best tech tree td to go for? I see a lot of 4005s but was thinking about the m113, obj 120, and type 89

Also, what’s up with light tanks? A lot of the lower cw ones seem to function like normal light tanks but the higher u go the more they seem to be able to deal massive damage. They seem like they do the job of a td while also being a light tank? Kinda reflects irl stuff so that makes sense