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New game modes:
- Encounter battle.
- Garage battle.
- Historical battle.
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New features:
- Company battle divisions.
- New crew skills and perks.
- New achievements and medals.
- New realistic vehicle physics.
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- Commander's tools and special consumables for company and clan battles.

Side content:
- Initial package of French tanks comes this Fall then HT USSR, TD USSR, TD Germany lines are going to be expanded.
- New maps will added at the speed of 1-2 pieces per month.
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Good day to all WOT players!Welcome to the Tiger 2 (AKA King Tiger, Royal Tiger, Tiger ausf B, VK 4502 (H) a Tier 8 heavy tank from the German Tech Tree.  With its fearsome 105mm L68 this tank can finally engage Tier 10 heavies and expect to at least damage them head-on.

Previous tank: Tiger 1{H}

Next tank: E-75

Stock tank specs:
http://img600.images...366/unledct.jpg
Upgrade tree:
http://img829.images...4/techtreek.jpg

Overview:
The King Tiger starts off with the 88L71 (AKA long 88, a KT’s historical gun) which is actually the best stock heavy tank cannon at tier 8.  It’s cheap, penetrates a lot and is accurate. It also fires pretty damn fast. The KT is very slow stock (first engine) and not really all that maneuverable, but if you have researched the best engine on the tiger, you can put it now and see that it makes a huge difference.
Price:2 392 000
Camouflage: This brick is sexy, therefore very easy to spot.

Pros:
-Good looking (like me)
-Accurate
-Best stock T8 heavy
-Very tough frontal armor
-Pivot turn ability!

Cons:
-Big target
-Expensive
-Weak side and rear armor

Designation:
1. Warrior 2. Sniper 3. Steel Wall

Crew:
1. Commander
2. Gunner                      
3. Driver                      
4. Radio Operator     
5. Loader                      

Use your Tiger 1 crew .
I suggest you specialize your crew this way:
1. Repair
2. Firefighting
3. Camouflage

KT is prone to fires and module damage. Many times I get lit on fire AFTER I put it out with the extinguisher. Camouflage is bad, your crew cant compensate it that much so leave it as last, hell even camo + camouflage net wont save your sexy ass.

Modules:
Armor scheme currently in use

Spoiler

*The turret front is now 185, mantlet in impenetrable.

Hull:
The frontal armour is 150mm, but huge slope increases it greatly. Most tier 6,7 and even some tier 8 guns(88L71 included) will have problems going through this part of the tank. Weak spot is the lower hull armor, its only 120mm and even with the slope its not enough to stop the more powerful guns. Do know that you should slope yourself in order to increase the armor. Even the mighty BL-9 can bounce when using this tactic.

Suspension:
1. Standartketten (stock) / Max.capacity 68.5 / Turn speed 23 degrees per sec.
2. Verstartke ketten/ Max.capacity 72.97 / Turn speed 26 deg per sec.
Unlike the IS-3, the suspension is the first thing you need to get!

Engine:
Maybach HL 210 P 30- 650 h.p.– 20% chance for fire on impact
Maybach HL 230 P 45– 750 h.p.– 20% chance for fire on impact
Maybach HL 234 P 45- 870 h.p.- 20% chance for fire on impact
That's one looong research path, but its worth it as the best engine gives the KT of around 12 h.p. per ton. Lets not even mention the fact these engines are also used on the JagdTiger and Panther, and will help you in the long run of unlocking the entire German tree

Radio:
FUG 7– range 470m
FUG 12– range 810mm
Surprisingly, getting a better radio soon is advisable this time. 470mm is just not enough sometimes.

Turrets:
1. Porsche-turm (stock)
Armor 100/80/80
Rotation 34 deg / sec.
Review of 460 meters.
2. Henschel-turm
Book 185/80/80
Rotate 28 deg / sec.
Review of 460 meters.

I suggest getting the better turret ASAP. Its much better armored and gives you a RoF increase. The impenetrable mantlet (that also takes 1/3 of the turret front) can be combined with turret sloping after each shot in order to bounce the enemies's counter. Do keep in mind the commander's cupola is a weak spot that can be exploited in CQC by the enemy.

Guns:
88mm L71
http://img219.images.../8830/gun1r.jpg
This gun is a beauty, it has no problems penetrating IS-3 and T32. Its accurate and cheap, and i would not be surprised if some people are using it, as it allows the user to actually make money (if he is good enough) even without premium. Hell, if you can aim well, this gun can penetrate even the mighty IS-4 heavy tank.
105mm L52
http://img585.images.../4313/gun2k.jpg
Its debatable whether this is an actual upgrade, as you lose 3mm of penetration and some accuracy for 100 more damage. Its also very expensive with its ammo costing 1030 a shot. It does fire somewhat fast though  
105mm L68
http://img696.images...6/1687/gun3.jpg
The damage and cost is the same as the other 105mm gun, BUT you get 25 more penetration and is just as accurate as the 88L71. When confronted by something heavy like a MAUS, for example, load HE rounds or shoot its weak spots with AP. This REALLY is an upgrade, but its very expensive to use at 1030 cred/shot. Do research it at ALL costs, as it will make the E-75 grind much better.

Proposed upgrade path:
1. Suspension
2. Turret
3. Engine
4. 105L52 (can also be number 3)
5. 105L68 (can also be number 4)
6. Engine (best)
*Note, i hope you have already researched the engines on the Tiger 1, because this will really shorten the grind.


Comparison with its peers:
IS-3 vs Panzer VI Tiger ausf B
An extemely tough comparison for both tanks. The Tiger 2 has a gun with EPIC accuracy and aim time, his frontal hull armor is far superior to IS-3s. IS-3 does more damage per shot and has better side and turret armor but less health. Both have the same 225 penetration (awesome!)
In short:
IS-3 is better vs smaller tanks than KT, thanks to its all around armor.
Tiger can bounce Tier 10 guns more often than IS3 ( hull armor).
IS-3 is speedier, but KT has the long range death to it
1v1 they are as a whole well balanced.

Panzer VI ausf B vs T32
King Tiger has a superior hull, but the T32 has an invulnerable turret. Both are about the same agility-wise. King Tiger has the better gun in every stat, except RoF.
In short:
T32 is again better vs small tanks thanks to RoF
T32 can turret-hug Tier 10 tanks into submission
1v1 they are balanced, but as a whole KT is better thanks to 27 more penetration

Historical KT

Mounts the 88L71 and can use both turrets. An absolute menace during WW2, it had no problems knocking out even the best allied tanks such as the IS-2 and Pershing. Only the IS-3 might have been a worthy opponent, and there are rumors that the two monsters met in Berlin, but nothing is sure.
The Tiger 2 is almost indestructible in historical battles, as no other tank can penetrate its armor. Only HE and side shots from IS tanks can kill it, but its never alone as PZ4s and Panthers will guard the Tiger and turn it into a kind of fortress.

A link with skins for those of you artistic types:
http://wotskins.word...z-vib-tiger-ii/

Tweaks to King Tiger and its peers I would like to see:
-T32 gets a gun with 220 penetration and the same stats except slightly better accuracy.
-KT gets its turret side armor fixed and gets a +10 damage boost to top gun + 232 penetration for it and slightly higher RoF.

-IS-3 gets +10 dmg to BL-9 and gets 5.20 RoF, gets speed decrease to 37 and 228 penetration.