Reinforce fnab43 and lower the br of g43 and tiger h1

[BlackWolf9704]

So what is it, if not Russian bias—historical accuracy? That argument isn’t valid anymore, since Tiger II is fighting Super Pershings and post-war Allied planes, and Soviet soldiers are running around Berlin with AK-47s.

If the devs don’t care about historical accuracy anymore and prioritize balance, they still must do their work properly. I don’t want to “try hard” every time I see a Soviet tank at low BR; I want the same freedom when I play Soviets: run and destroy everything with ease.

I’m not even talking just about body armor—it’s plainly unbalanced. This ruins the low BR experience for Germany, and soon Japan will get their turn too. If the devs decide to add a Soviet vs Japan theater of war, it would only add survivability against submachine guns, which are the main low BR weapon.

However, I don’t agree with the author of the post either.
In my opinion, the ZH is one of the best semi-autos for BR4. The Tiger is overkill, and let’s not forget the Allied faction—just because Soviets are imbalanced doesn’t mean the Allies are too.

As for the G43, I’m not sure. They need to fix the G41 first; I would buff its damage to match the SVT and improve its reload speed. So I don’t think they need to move the G43 either.

[robihr]

soviet armor is not bugged. explosive pack only penetrates 35mm and tnt penetrates 45mm. lots of soviet tanks are turtles with values exceeding that. also you not only need to penetrate that armor, you need to penetrate it on critical location (ammo rack or crew position) to do damage to the tank.

here is KV1 armor analysis

KV1 is surrounded with 75mm armor so you wont be penetrating it with explosive pack from front, sides or back

only thing where you can penetrate it is either from above or from below.
turret armor is 40mm so you can only penetrate it with TNT

so you if you want to penetrate KV1 with explosive pack you can only do it in 3 places.

top hull in the back, but you wont be hitting anything critical(only engine)

top hull, front right. this guarantees kill cause ammo rack is below it

you can put it on top left and it will kill crew, with possibility of damaging ammo rack

you can also kill KV1 with explosive pack if you manage to throw explosive pack below it cause hull has 35mm armor below

TNT has extra location on top of turret

KT on other hand has a lot more vulnerable positions

Spoiler

explosive pack goes through armor of tracks and through that 25mm armor. top hull and top turret is 40mm armor with some places going below 30mm

[BlackWolf9704]

Thanks, I didn’t know that! I usually use TNT against the top turret and engine, but I didn’t know how to throw an explosive pack. Every time I tried different ways, it didn’t blow up the tank.
Thanks for the explanation

[robihr]

soviet tanks can be pain in the ass to kill if you dont know places to put explosive pack/TNT. germans usually have same weakness/bug on tracks, while for soviets you need to remember their weaknesses and ammo rack position.

[CapitalLen]

That straight up is not true, the Tiger 1 has 80mm of armour on the sides and rear compared to the KV-1’s 75mm and T-34’s 45mm. Also if we’re going to be using anecdotal evidence for this then from my personal experience Tigers are an absolute bugger to kill using explosive packs.

[robihr]

maybe check armor composition.

KV1 has flat 75mm without any gaps

explosive pack cant damage it cause it only has 35mm penetration.

tiger 1(and tiger 2) on other hand has 25mm armor above tracks and there is ammo rack there.

cause armor value of tracks are ignored, that spot is easily penetrated if you put explosive on tracks. that is easiest way to kill tiger 1 and KT.