Thread:Golurk 88/@comment-30076690-20190524055114/@comment-34819558-20190820145143

Amari the boss wrote: I like the German TD line, fast with good guns

My analysis of TD Lines (from Tier V-XI)...do you guys agree?

UK: Slow with extremely thick armour (even on the side). Once upgraded with guns like the 17 and 20pdrs they have a high ROF and DPM with decent penetration. Mediocre mobility, thick armour all round and the high ROF + decent penetration means that tank destroyers like the AT 8 and AT 15 are ideal for suppressing enemy heavy and medium tanks. The turreted line (e.g Conway and Challenger) are extremely mobile and have fierce firepower but thin armour. Shoot and scoot tactics and being protected by teammates works best.

USSR: Tank destroyers like the ISU-152 have the ability to scare away enemy tanks in my experience. Best used as mid-range support due to average-high mobility, average armour, high damage per shot, slow aiming times/shell velocity and long reloads.

Germany: This tank destroyer line splits into 3 in Blitz. German Tank destroyers like the Nashorn are thinly armoured, have average mobility but good firepower and mediocre ROF (better than the Soviets though). The Rhm BW in particular might be thinly armoured, but has decent mobility, a low profile and (when upgraded) one heck of a gun which can easily deal 500-640 HP damage. The seocnd line includes the Jagdpanther. TDs in this line have sloped frontal armour which is average in thickness, good guns with a decent ROF and around 200-350HP damage per hit. More importantly they are very mobile. The last line includes the Jagdtiger. This line has mediocre mobility but is well protected from the front and sides and has decent firepower.

France: French tank destroyers are probably the all rounders here. Their tank destroyers like the ARL V39 are only really effective when upgraded with better guns and engines and while mobile suffer from a larger than average size (high tiers) and the bulge out top turret/cupola isn’t as well armoured as the rest of the vehicle. However, their guns offer a decent ROF and penetration as well as damage (e.g the DCA 45 can penetrate 212mm of armour, usually inflicts around 225 HP in damage and has a ROF of around 9.6).