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[Highlighter]

Can anyone suggest where to shoot a Ferdinand from the front?  I don't notice any obvious viewports or machine gun outlets.  Is the lower hull the only place to target?

Thanks!

[robdillard]

There is a little waffer weakpoint  if you mouse over it you will see the armour pen indicator change.that and the the lowerplate.


Hope this helps,

Robdillard

[Sadukar09]

The area where the two headlights are located, lower glacis.

[Lophat]

LIARS!!! Ferdi has no weak spots.  Ferdi rules all.  All bow to Ferdi!!!

[SkttLes]

shoot it anywhere and you have a good chance at hitting a weak spot there are so many...

[cptnknipples]

by the time you find one your dead  

[RioAlex]

I just close my eyes and shoot, and hope that he doens't blow my track off so I can run away.  I hate Ferdies...can't wait until I can own one.

[Baske_74]

the lower glacis is a know weak spot but, it's also the business end of the Ferdinand namely the 128L55 so not a good idea. shoot the tracks and flank or hit the sides or rear.

Driven one in CB and it's back in my garage and its by far the most fun TD i own.

the lower plate is also a very smal target to hit at range, or when in CQC i just ram the enemy and he can only shoot the gunshield or 200mm casemate  

[BrixentalSepp]

Lophat, on Jul 17 2011 - 00:42, said:

LIARS!!! Ferdi has no weak spots.  Ferdi rules all.  All bow to Ferdi!!!

How does this get positive rep....

SkttLes, on Jul 17 2011 - 12:51, said:

shoot it anywhere and you have a good chance at hitting a weak spot there are so many...

and this gets negative rep...?


When in fact, a tier 3 can penetrate the hull in numerous places. This was tested and posted in this very forum no less than a month ago.  

[SkttLes]

My Pz38NA has a ferdinand kill.

[Dreadnought13]

Straight from Mother Russia

[1streich]

SkttLes, on Jul 19 2011 - 18:56, said:

My Pz38NA has a ferdinand kill.

That really means nothing. It could have been at 2% for all we know

[1streich]

Dreadnought13, on Jul 20 2011 - 07:38, said:

Straight from Mother Russia

That is really cool! Where did you get that poster?

[Baby_Burrito]

Dreadnought13, on Jul 20 2011 - 07:38, said:

Straight from Mother Russia

kill it fast kill it!!!!!  shoot the sides!!!! make fires on it!!!


lol russians

[SkttLes]

1streich, on Jul 22 2011 - 19:32, said:

That really means nothing. It could have been at 2% for all we know

From the stats, it shouldnt be able to pen it at all, from any side. But I could. Every single shot.

[Battlecruiser]

Highlighter, on Jul 16 2011 - 23:13, said:

Can anyone suggest where to shoot a Ferdinand from the front?  I don't notice any obvious viewports or machine gun outlets.  Is the lower hull the only place to target?

Thanks!

keep in mind the the angle of the armor to your gun is important, 220 pen is enough to dick a ferdi anywhere in the hull, 220+ and you can shoot it pretty much anywhere you want except the gun mantle. and if you can't hit anything but the top plate, and cant penetrate it, and you can't get away. he them right in the gun or if you're feeling daring, try to set them on fire with a frontal he shot., you'll make their life tougher after they're done with you

[B4BYR4C3R]

Dreadnought13, on Jul 20 2011 - 07:38, said:

Straight from Mother Russia

I've had quite a few matches where it felt like this was happening all at once  

[Chrazel]

Battlecruiser, on Jul 24 2011 - 06:52, said:

keep in mind the the angle of the armor to your gun is important, 220 pen is enough to dick a ferdi anywhere in the hull, 220+ and you can shoot it pretty much anywhere you want except the gun mantle. and if you can't hit anything but the top plate, and cant penetrate it, and you can't get away. he them right in the gun or if you're feeling daring, try to set them on fire with a frontal he shot., you'll make their life tougher after they're done with you

Oh Thank you.

[Highlighter]

Battlecruiser, on Jul 24 2011 - 06:52, said:

keep in mind the the angle of the armor to your gun is important, 220 pen is enough to dick a ferdi anywhere in the hull, 220+ and you can shoot it pretty much anywhere you want except the gun mantle. and if you can't hit anything but the top plate, and cant penetrate it, and you can't get away. he them right in the gun or if you're feeling daring, try to set them on fire with a frontal he shot., you'll make their life tougher after they're done with you

Thanks a ton for this picture.  Like I said, I didn't see any obvious viewports or anything, so I wasn't sure where to shoot.  And, since I'm usually sniping from extreme ranges, I don't always have a clear shot.  But now I know!

Thanks!

(Ferdis are something I see fairly often when I'm playing my Tiger and Panther, and I'm actually afraid of them since I can't easily flank them, unlike in my T-44. lol)

[FreedomFighterEx]

There still 1 problem left, will your shell go where you aim for?

my gun got habit to went off circle alot