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[Derper]

Just curious to what tanks you guys hate facing the most. Here are some of the tanks I hate facing.

1) IS4. This tank you can never seem to penetrate and if you try and circle the IS4 it has such a low profile you can't hit it easily and mostly all shots will bounce. This tank is very OP in my opinion.

2) Arty, The french tank is an arty magnet. Many of my deaths are from arty and I always try and play arty defensive. I have been 1 shotted more in this tank than any other by arty. If I try and kill arty up close they will hit me almost every time. I am not sure if it is because of the lack of armor on this tank, but when arty hits the french tank it seems every shot is a direct hit. Maybe splash damage does maximum damage because of the lack of armor?

Some other tanks that I take extra precaution when facing.

KV's. a few kv's have hit me for around 800-1000 damage. One even got me with a AP Derp hit, Yes he had AP loaded and it penetrated for arond 900, I went in for the kill because a t59 already charged him, but he was waiting for me. The HE shells usually hit this tank for a max damage of around 1000. What I notice is the KV's will wait for you. I usually avoid them if they have the Derp and wait for them to shoot someone else before going in for the kill. I underestimated them too many times to the point that I take extra precaution from them.

Let me know what tanks you guys have the most difficult time facing any why.

[ShadowLord13]

My worst enemies are like yours, but when I'm in a KV my worst foe is the T-50 and Type 59. Arty kills me a lot as well, especially the early Soviet ones.

[NewCalamity]

USA - T29

Germany - King Tiger

USSR - KV-5

[ShadowLord13]

One time I was in a Type 59, a good tank and I was pounding a IS-3 and IT WOULDN'T DIE!!! It was at 15% when I got to it and I thought "Easy, I'll take this guy down" But since I couldn't stay still (Otherwise he would have pounded me)I had to use auto-aim and I bounced most of my ammo off of him, I did get him down to 3% but I died before I could finish him off. (I had really low life as well, I died because I bumped into him!!)

[GW_Panther]

Nothing is more disappoing then driving down an alley and then a T95 pops up around a corner. Really any tank with the 750 damage gun scares me. And I prefer to face IS4s rather than E75s. E75s have better armor than IS4s.

[kurgen22]

Enemy tanks scare me....

[AsianThunder]

ShadowLord13, on Jan 22 2012 - 22:56, said:

One time I was in a Type 59, a good tank and I was pounding a IS-3 and IT WOULDN'T DIE!!! It was at 15% when I got to it and I thought "Easy, I'll take this guy down" But since I couldn't stay still (Otherwise he would have pounded me)I had to use auto-aim and I bounced most of my ammo off of him, I did get him down to 3% but I died before I could finish him off. (I had really low life as well, I died because I bumped into him!!)

Autoaim is a no-go, especially against low profile tanks like the IS series.

The tank I fear the most are Object 704s.  They shoot, teleport behind you, then load another shot into you, and by that time, you're either knocking on tank heaven's door or bleeding out.

[ForcestormX]

Nothing in particular, I've learned weakspots.

[ireconi]

Seeing a T95 lining up its sights on me is unnerving.

[Revan_the_Revanchist]

Being a rather lower-tier player than some on this thread, my fears are a bit more widespread.  I pretty much fear any tier IX or X tank at this point, but then again, I haven't moved above tier VIII yet.

[Luftfaust]

I have the most issues with 704's fast, decent armor, nasty bite. Sucks to lose half your HP and not even know where is came from. I also find them harder to flank then most TDs.

[HerrDuck]

In my Lorraine it's definitely any tank with a high ROF.  Things like an Object won't hurt me any more badly than it will other tanks, but an Easy 8 can reliably penetrate me with every shot, which is something you don't normally have to worry about on a Tier 8.  IS-3s are also an issue, since they're the hardest Tier 8 to penetrate at range if they're facing ya.  Against 9s and 10s you basically have the exact same defenses the other mediums do: your HP pool.

[hiroshi_tea]

I fear other french mediums - simply because those driven by good players are usually alive at the end of the battle
and they have a habit of popping up out of nowhere and killing me randomly near the end of battle

[Silty]

Staying relevant to the fact that this thread is in the French tank subforum, I'm a little bit scared of French autoloader tanks in my KV-1S, actually.

They can easily pen my paper armor; furthermore, my tank is fast, but not fast enough to run away from them or chase them easily; and finally my gun has low DPM - my high alpha/penetration isn't useful against them because they can easily deny me peekaboo.

[Starfirehover]

ANY enemy tank driven by a SKILLED operator, who knows the weaknesses of my tank.

[joearmy]

Probably the IS4 makes me cringe the most when in my Lorraine. If I know where he is and can swoop down on his side I'll try and deliver three quick blows to his side armor, but by that time he has usually already cut me down in half and sometimes cannot easily avoid his next shot. Depends on cover availability, and if I'm the only one in his sights to take him on. Forget steel, that tank is made of rubber. The difference between an IS7 and an IS4 is that usually the IS7 has three other people shooting at it as well making your job a little easier. IMO the one biggest revelation you have once you aquire a tier10 heavy is that EVERYBODY wants to kill you, and in a T30 that's not that hard!

[Ehrlichmann]

1st would be the IS4, 2nd would be the IS4, 3rd would be the IS4.......

[beni9n]

The tanks I fear most when in my Batchat or Lorraine are other french tanks, because I know fully well how much damage they can do. I make it a habit to shoot french tanks first and then other tanks because of this.

[ELITE_TANKER]

Mine is a kv-3 and arl 44... since i play company battles with my kv...

[godofdun]

IS4, bounceonium armor with just enough mobility to give me trouble.