World of Tanks is a freemium massively multiplayer tank simulation game in which players fight against other players in 20th century-era tanks.
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What is the meaning of the three kinds of penetration?
In a Tank Characteristics, it says "Average Penetration 45/49/22 (in mm)". The same applies to damage, where it uses this split into three formats.
This is how much armor (in mm) it could penetrate, ...
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45 degrees turn to live longer?
Stopping bullets in World Of Tanks is more than just armor thickness; you can use armor slope to increase the chances of completely bouncing enemy bullets, meaning you take far less damage.
I'm ...
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What happens if you put a different tank's crew in your new tank?
What happens if you put a different tank's crew in your new tank?
The % marker goes red, but you can still use the tank. What are the effects are of doing this?
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Is it worth buying a premium tank?
I see this advice given a few times on the World of Tanks forum: buy a premium tank to make silver/credits.
Are premium tanks really that much more effective at farming money than other tanks of the ...
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How far can my SPG shoot?
In World of Tanks, the self-propelled guns' (SPGs, or artillery) range is determined much more by projectile motion than the standard LOS guns on the tanks and TDs. In the spec sheets for the guns or ...
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The best tank(s) for grinding credits in World of Tanks?
I'm currently a little stuck. I have multiple tanks with elite status, but I don't have enough credits to buy the next tanks in their lines. For example, the T29 costs >1.4M credits.
I know that the ...
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Does World of Tanks really have a 'Russian Bias'?
I've been playing World of Tanks for a little while now and have got to the KV-1 which, now that I have the top gun, seems to be miles ahead of every other tank I've played. Is this what people call ...
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Can bouncing bullets hit another tank?
In World of Tanks, bullets can be deflected by armor thickness. I'm wondering if it is possible for a bullet to bounce on a tank with suck an angle that it can go hit an other (or any destructible ...
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Which metrics give a better measure than global win rate?
Inspired by this question I wanted to find out which metrics within World of Tanks are a better measure of performance than the global win rate when comparing tanks of different nations?
In my ...
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What do the chances stand for in the overview tab when using the XVM mod
In world of tanks when using the XVM mod the overview screen shows two chances listed. "m" and "k" What do these numbers signify?
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What does the map choice depends on?
In World of Tanks,
There is a number of maps and when you want to play the match making system simply assign you one. It seems to be not totally random. For exemple, when you play tier 1 or 2 tanks, ...
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Where to buy a type-59?
I often see some type-59 in tier 6-9 games but I don't see it in any tech tree.
I Would like to buy one because it seems to be very strong. Do I need to buy premium for a certain ammount of time? Do I ...
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What are the difference between tanks from different countries?
I want to find out what the difference between defensive and offensive "specializations" of tanks in the various trees are. Something like (and this is what I heard a friend mention) "German tanks are ...
