Ostheer Update 7: Modernisation

[RedGuard]

Allied heavy tanks?

- Pershing.
- IS-3. (Sort of...)

...What else is there?

thats it.

yeah IS-3 is currently the most powerful heavy armor in the allied arsenal, and will continue to be.

the pershing and IS-3 are so mobile though compared to axis armor it makes for exciting and intense super tank battles!

@maxi if you have good micro and a bit of luck you can beat the pershing or is3 with 2 panthers

[Max 'DonXavi' von B.]

@RedGuard: Yeah I know, remember my video of KT and TT, that was a good example for both good and bad micro

[IJoe]

All it takes to beat a heavy are two AT infantry squads, 'cause all heavies, except for panthers (they are heavies in this game IMO, unlike T-34/85), are very slow.

[RedGuard]

how can i forget!

ferdinand or jagpanther which you like best? for tank destroyer

[Max 'DonXavi' von B.]

@RedGuard: I'd say Jagpanther, because of it's speed and the completely sloped front armour, but on the other hand side, Elefant has something mystical

[RedGuard]

im going to say(and this is speculation) elefant will be more or less as resilient as KT. but the thing will be so slow you could circle strafe it with a destroyed engine churchill!

[mads]

I hope not that is-3 becomes too powerful in the game. when the gun is the same as is-2. so in my opinion, is-2 and 3 should have the same states.
both is-2 and 3 + isu-122 self-propelled gun use the same gun 122 mm M1931/37 (A-19).


(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iosif_Stalin_tank#IS-2)
" the A-19 had very good armour penetration, similar to that of the effective 75 mm high velocity gun mounted on the German Panther.
the A-19 gun was unable to penetrate the glacis plate of the Panther at any distance, and could only penetrate the bottom front plate of the hull at 100 m.
It was however the large HE shell the gun fired which was its main asset, proving highly useful and destructive in the anti-personnel role.
The size of its gun continued to plague the IS-2, and the two-piece ammunition was difficult to handle and slow to reload (the rate of fire was only about two rounds per minute). "

so in a one on one kt vs Is-3, I think the tiger would win.
still nice tank

[RedGuard]

guys the IS-3 is totally balanced, every dev and balance expert here will agree with me

dont start trolling the ost update pls!

[IJoe]

88 armor-piercing round was unable to penetrate IS-3 frontal armor from 100 meter distance. 
while high explosive shells 122mm rounds didn't really need to penetrate KT - is would simply kill everyone inside on impact. And there were AP 122mm rounds as well. Indirect fire on distances up to 5km, direct (straight-line fire) up to 1km with staring velocity of about 750m/s.
Overall: IS-3 was the best ever tank of the entire war. And reliable as well. 

[Killar]

88 armor-piercing round was unable to penetrate IS-3 frontal armor from 100 meter distance. 
while high explosive shells 122mm rounds didn't really need to penetrate KT - is would simply kill everyone inside on impact. And there were AP 122mm rounds as well. Indirect fire on distances up to 5km, direct (straight-line fire) up to 1km with staring velocity of about 750m/s.
Overall: IS-3 was the best ever tank of the entire war. And reliable as well. 

i doubt that

[IJoe]

So you do.
This is info from the ministry of defense site 

[Killar]

88 armor-piercing round was unable to penetrate IS-3 frontal armor from 100 meter distance

Thats what i mean. Sounds quite unrealistic

[Cranialwizard]

So you do.
This is info from the ministry of defense site 

Depends...which countries ministry? 

[IJoe]

So you do.
This is info from the ministry of defense site 

Depends...which countries ministry? 

Not really: KT main gun penetrated up to 200mm of armor, tower armor of IS-3 was 250mm.

[Cranialwizard]

So you do.
This is info from the ministry of defense site 

Depends...which countries ministry? 

Not really: KT main gun penetrated up to 200mm of armor, tower armor of IS-3 was 250mm.

No I meant which country's ministry, excuse me.

As in the information could be bi-ist. Different sources?