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[das_nooblet]

Valentine and Pz38H735.

I've had to single-handedly hold an entire flank in those on occasion. In the kinds of rooms they get put in, they are the best blockers, bar none.

[Arctander2]

Maus.

2nd: T95
3rd: E100

[MigukNamja]

coRpS3, on Dec 06 2011 - 01:45, said:

Maus, T95, Ferdinand, Jagdpanther

Ferdi and JT, really ? I have yet to see a medium or light tank that's afraid to (attempt) to flank a Ferdi or JT. Two(2) or more tanks of any type with decently skilled drivers versus a Ferdi or JT is a dead Ferdi or JT.

Ferdi and JT are *far* too squishy and slow-turning to be "blockers".

[MigukNamja]

Ultimate blocker is Maus. For their tiers, KV and KV-3 are also very effective. The only decent American blocker is the limited-edition M6A2E1.

[LinkNZ]

1. T95
2. Maus

[Schrollski]

Sticking to vehicles I've actually used, I'd have to say Jagdtiger.

[Comrade_Zhukov]

The best "Blocker", in a strict definition stopping a push, is a sideways t-28 wedged across a bridge.  Good luck moving him out of the way in tier 4.

[Schrollski]

Comrade_Zhukov, on Jan 11 2012 - 01:10, said:

The best "Blocker", in a strict definition stopping a push, is a sideways t-28 wedged across a bridge.  Good luck moving him out of the way in tier 4.

LMFAO! That was the first thing that came to my mind when I went to write a response to this topic.

[Agrippa4life]

T95

[GodOfTitans]

KV is a very cheap blocker.

In low tier battles, KV is a blocker and destroyer.

In high tier battles, you can just throw a KV into any choke point and be ensure that way is blocked. (Even heavier tank can push it but at very very low speed 1-3 kmh and risk being detected and shot down or worse artied!!!! since arty can know that the KV is being pushed)

[Redwing6]

T30/T34 with back up for trcking so I can smack 'em dead...M36 or RamII mid tier (their ROF is great), hetzer low

[crull]

E2 and SU-100.

[dommo]

Maus and t95

[VonRiff]

TD's all the way

[Dlardrageth]

KV-1/-2/whatever. That thing is so bloody OP, unless you are in a higher tier tank why even bother engaging it, when it sits in a good position waiting for you? Just take a smoke break instead and wait for your team to lose if they happen to have no KVs or good arty support.

[fastdude]

Anything with massive alpha for the pschye factor

[diesturmtiger]

KV w/ 152mm in a tier 5 match, if the other tier 5 counterparts are newbs. Combine with AP for 'better deterrent'. Tried and tested on Karelia, faced 7 tanks on my own and wrecked 3 of them to convince the other 4 to sit around the bend for 3 min.

[Alakarr]

I think an effective blocker has to have four things:

1. Enough armor to keep from being "peek-a-boo'd" to death.
2. High enough alpha to scare the other side.
3. High enough rate of fire to scare multiple opponents and fight a bum rush.
4. Enough mobility to prevent a bum rush flank and avoid arty.

In my opinion, the E-75 fills all of these requirements best with the Tiger II doing the same at tier 8. My second choice would be an E-100 equipped with the 12.8 cm.

A Maus doesn't cut it because of it's lack of mobility and the fact that it can't depress it's gun enough to effectively hit a short tank hugging it.

All of the TD's can be too easily flanked.

T34 and T30 have squishy hulls and in the case of the T30 too slow of a ROF.

IS4 and IS7 have too slow of a ROF with their top guns and the BL-9 is too much of a downgrade in damage and penetration.

At lower levels I would say that only the KV with the 107mm comes close to meeting all four criteria.

[Look_its_Rain]

Ferdiand, any major high armor td.

[Hangoverhomey]

I love my KV-2/152mm.