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[rags17]

I just finished an attack on Malinokva and ended up with a respectable four kills for my effort.  One of them was a KV-2 that I just had to write about.

I was driving my PzIV with the L70, sneaking through the woods near the church in support as I usually do on this map.  We had already lost our two heavies on this flank so I decided that staying alive an spotting for runners was probably the best thing that I could do for the team.  I managed to light up two enemy KV-2's as well as a T25/2, I was going to remain passive scout (thick woods, full camo, 150m-200m ranges) but couldn't resist putting the weakened T25/2 out of its misery.

My shot roused the KV's who slowly began to lumber towards my position.  One was taken out by artillery and friendly tanks but the other dropped off the map, only to reappear 50m away looking directly away from me.  I pumped two shots into his backside before concentrating my fire on the back and side of that big fat turret of his, hoping for an ammo rack.  After my second hit he realised what was up and oh-so-painfully began to turn his turret toward me.  Three shots, four shots, finally the fifth took him out with only around 15 degrees of turret arc to go !  And yes, he was a 152mm derp so if he had got the angle on me then OKW would have had to send my remains home in an ashtray.

The moral of the story is - why didn't that KV turn his hull as well as his turret ?  A turret travers of 14 degrees plus a hull traverse of 18 equalts 32 desgrees per second - ie at least 2-3 fewer shots from me and a 152mm ticket to Valhalla for me.

All I know is that I thank God (or the RNG, whatever) for that driver's mistake !  

[GonTo30]

The answer is because some people don't fully understand what to do in some situations.

[lpmaster]

GonTo30, on Aug 08 2012 - 02:28, said:

The answer is because some people don't fully understand what to do in any situation.

Fixed.

[Lukos_Faolan]

GonTo30, on Aug 08 2012 - 02:28, said:

The answer is because some people don't fully understand what to do in some situations.

This, and maybe his his engine was broken, or something.

[razzi123]

Traversing ur hull with ur turret should be common sense, (but one would be surprised about the lack of it even in higher tiers..)

[Damonvile]

razzi123, on Aug 08 2012 - 02:33, said:

Traversing ur hull with ur turret should be common sense, (but one would be surprised about the lack of it even in higher tiers..)

uncommon sense would make more sense. If it really was common it wouldn't be so rare.

[kiem]

A few weeks ago I managed to circle a T30 to death with my Maus because he wouldnt turn his hull.

[Mini_Mag]

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A few weeks ago I managed to circle a T30 to death with my Maus because he wouldnt turn his hull.

  Has got to be the slowest death circle ever, would love to see the video of this.

[lpmaster]

I managed to circle a Pziv to death in my hetzer because he wouldn't turn his hull and he had the bubble turret. C:

[ToothDecay]

Some people panic when the unexpected happens.  He was focused on SOMETHING, was hungry, and you derailed his train of thought.

"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."

Good for you.

[kiem]

Cringen, on Aug 08 2012 - 02:52, said:

  Has got to be the slowest death circle ever, would love to see the video of this.

If I can find I will upload it.

[Chainwheel]

I have seen so many players doing the same way. When they see a target, they just turn the turret. Once in Abbey, 4 tanks in our team ran to cap, the last enemy TD hiding in a bush on hill started to reset cap. All 4 tanks saw him and they just turned their turrets, showing their whole big weak hulls. The TD easily picked up 3 tanks, one by one, until we shouted out in chat to the last tank to turn his hull. Luckily we won that game.

[MrSparkle]

It's why I like clutch braking so much. Just be careful when you do that on uneven terrain because your aim will be all over the place. Even very slight uneven terrain can throw you off.

[kdogmcg]

i once circle killed a kv in my su-26. I win.

[Aleskander]

wtf noubs u dont turn tank if u r turninh hed bcuz makrs u miss i bet u al use mimimap to fag nobs

[B4BYR4C3R]

razzi123, on Aug 08 2012 - 02:33, said:

Traversing ur hull with ur turret should be common sense, (but one would be surprised about the lack of it even in higher tiers..)

If common sense was really that common everyone would have it

One of the funniest things to see is a tank trying to traverse hull and turret in opposite directions when getting circled lol.

Edited by B4BYR4C3R, Aug 08 2012 - 08:39.

[apache1990]

B4BYR4C3R, on Aug 08 2012 - 08:21, said:

One of the funniest things to see is a tank trying to traverse hull and turret in opposite directions when getting circled lol.

This has to be one of the most embarrassing things anyone could do, XD.  Dropping traverse to single digits is always fun.

[Feral_Kevin]

kdogmcg, on Aug 08 2012 - 03:43, said:

i once circle killed a kv in my su-26. I win.

that's awesome. +1

[buddha222]

Damonvile, on Aug 08 2012 - 02:38, said:

uncommon sense would make more sense. If it really was common it wouldn't be so rare.

Ya - it took me a while to catch on, but now I like it

[JuStDaN]

Aleskander, on Aug 08 2012 - 05:17, said:

wtf noubs u dont turn tank if u r turninh hed bcuz makrs u miss i bet u al use mimimap to fag nobs

-1 for horrible grammar...