IS-2 was not just rival of KTP- it made KTH shit it’s pants during first meeting in Poland. what about ingame perfomance- IS-2 mostly suffers of small maps and too fast battle tempo. also it’s shells are f(((ed as hell. they need to fix damage and piecing so IS-2 44 will be nice one. what about IS-3, it’s quite possible while i totally dislike such futuristic and unbalanced crap. just imagine how KTP will feel against totally increased armor and afterwar projectiles
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About the same as all previous alpha dogs when the next big thing was added, t-50, t-34, kv 1, jumbo, tiger.
There is always a bigger fish. Only a matter of time…jumbo 76mm and super pershing will show up at some point. (I bet)…god forbid the IS-6 shows up
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i don’t really care about big or small fishes as balance in WT is dead because of compression, where KT and IS-2 meet UFOs from 60s. those who introduces such flaws as “complete work” should not have their posts, so DF should learn from gaijin’s loses
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I was talking about enlisted…all those tanks were alpha dogs in their campaign until another was added to counter/surpass them.
i talk about enlisted too. afterwar tanks should not fight mod. 44 heavies except IS-2 if it gets proper shell stats
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Oh i agree…i dont want post war shit. But stuff like super pershing and is-3 might gate crash cos they existed…even if it was just 1.
I was more just pointing out this is a familiar cycle. Give it time and the power shifts…enjoy it while it lasts
if something breaks balance, we alway may say loudly that devs stomped into the poo. the only thing that needed is enough number of voices
I predict IS-3 in May 2024. T-44 with less probability.
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Alexander Oskin who was awarded Hero of the Soviet Union for the destruction of King Tigers with a T-34-85 in Poland didn’t have to deal with small maps and too fast paced battles like this game. Even in War Thunder the HE doesn’t do anything most of the time even when hitting the turret face with 122mm HE when irl 122mm and 152mm HE are some of the projectiles German tankers feared the most. Even the quality of steel is non existent like we see King Tigers with quality steel the designers intended to which was not in reality due to limited resources.
Also if only Darkflow is more transparent on which ammo we are actually using on our tanks like the IS-2 had its top ammo in War Thunder but a mystery here due to not telling us what AP ammo we are shooting.
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they can power up NS37 cannon and NS45 cannon on soviet aircraft. those cannons still don’t have ability to directly kill any higher-level tank like LeopardG TigerE and TigerII
so he shot from an ambush. Do you suggest playing like this?
You can in War Thunder either by ambush or flanking but the maps we have in Berlin don’t allow that. Atleast some maps in Normandy can blindside a Tiger but not much on the narrow maps especially those maps based on armored train maps considering how common panzerfausts are in Berlin besides explosive packs and TNT.
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even with improved still KTs weren’t insured from having spalling and crew damage after hit of howitzer caliber. in WT stock 471 was also nerfed imo. it pens angled plates worse now.
But thats true across the board. STUG IIIs accounts detonating IS-2 from the front under 400 meters…
Scary tanks yeah, but very killable (i mean all, german or russian)
it wass lfp, which is not common place for most hits. anyway need more flanks like in Stalingrad to play comfortably
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According to the devblog about the IS2 1944, it uses the BR-471B. It also says that it is the “latest modification” so I think the standard IS2 is using the BR-471 instead.
But yeah, those information are not provided by the game itself and we don’t even have to the shell characteristics themselves in the hangar.
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It should be pointed out that the tracks on both sides of Tiger 2 turret make it difficult for the early version of IS-2 to penetrate both sides of its turret, but without them, as long as Tiger 2 turret does not face IS-2, both sides of its turret will also become weaknesses.
Another point is why the IS-2 has no tracks under the driver’s feet, but the Tiger 2 has tracks on both sides of its turret?
In fact, it will be a good balance to remove the tracks on both sides of the Tiger 2 turret or remove some of them.
This itself will be a weakness of Tiger 2, but because there are tracks here, it can’t be penetrated.This is not IS-21944, just an ordinary IS-2.
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https://wiki.warthunder.com/index.php?title=IS-2#Ammunition
Difference between ammunition in IS-2 1943 and 1944 is neglible, even on maps like River Crossing.
Skill issue? If you can’t kill KT with T34-85 just hide and help your teammates,wait for the moment when you can shoot his ammo rack or in your case cry about it on forum. Idk why this community cry about everything (Germany mains about AS44, Russian mains about KT).
And yes,you can ambush tanks on berlin maps,just use your brain.
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