Kugelblitz is actually crazy good

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I just tried it out on the shooting range - you can barrel snipe every tank with a single burst, giving a skilled tanker the ability to disarm every tank encounter in miliseconds.

Dont know about you guys, but I imagine this being very frustrating on the receiving end. When I bring infantry support tanks like Panzer III N into BR5 barrel sniping is an option, but I usually need a couple of shots to make this work… but kugelblitz literally just needs a quick burst to get the job done.

Maybe its ability to deal damage to barrles should be nerfed slightly - so that it “can” punish a careless enemy tanker, but that this is not a viable tactic.
AA tanks should be in a direct disadvantage to enemy tanks.

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Well… No, it would just ruin the fun. But I was thinking more about putting it at BR4 instead.

It really felt unfair when I was completely annihilating BR2 tanks. T-28, T-50, Crusaders… All destroyed in seconds.

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How interesting, because i thought that it’s not as good as i thought it would be after i used it on BR 3. I found it more useful on BR 5 especially when fought against USA when it’s filled with airplane HE spammers.

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Well i haven’t tested its AA power yet, I was thinking about buying it (in the hopes that the devs seeing this as a sign that AA vehicles are popular and some TT versions should get added) but its just specifically its ability to destroy tank barrles in half a second that kinda made me feel its too much…

Man, in one magazine i can take out barrel of like 4 tanks + destroying some tracks while at it. Sure you can’t really pen medium armor, but barrel sniping effectively does the same thing.

The US AA tank can also snipe barrles but is less powerful and has smaller mags I feel like. Still, you definitely can use them actively as semi tanks.

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Its the next P2W element in the game like the US jet so dont expect to nerf premium vehicle it never happens no matter how broken it is at the moment the US jet is the best plane in the game. Best we can hope is get :

Flakpanzer 341 | War Thunder Wiki

For BR IV or V.

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Coelian is very bad against aircrafts, basically nobody in WT is using it this way.

It would be pure anti infantry and anti vehicle. Especially those pure shermans would have a very hard time.

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So are you saying kugelblitz is effective against BRV tanks? All that needs to be read about this post.

And the tank you mentioned is much better at anti infantry than the kugelblitz.

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Thats true but there is no other vehicles of this type on the same level sadly thats the only option but it will be fun vehicle to have so its not pure P2W since they have different advantages but are on the same level.

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Although it’s true that the WT doesn’t have a lead indicator. So, theoretically, that vehicle could be really powerful, to the point where it would be an “anti-everything” vehicle.

That’s even more superior to kugel.

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Didnt kill tanks with it, but it is awesome against BRIV and V US planes, especially those nasty jets.

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It will be fun specially in enlisted will be far better then in WT since here you have infantry and you can still shoot planes with it.

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Just check it out at the shooting range, the US version cant pen most German tanks at all, early BR1 and BR2 tanks can however be attacked from the side and rear.

Kugelblitz however can shredd lots of BR1 and BR2 tanks even frontally, while being able to take out BR3 and BR4 medium tanks from the side.

But to be honest showing your rear is a mistake that obviously is deserved to be punished, but as I said, those AA tanks take out gun barrels in just one single burst, I really dont want to see a tank that is not supposed to fight other tanks head on take out my gun in under a second.

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Plus you can slowly take out every Sherman through its MG port in front hull, including jumbo.

Of course, first you want to destroy its gun and tracks.

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I am sure, and if we speak about add to germany or japan, soviet and america mains will cry as usual

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MG ports are weird - some tanks are easily penetrated through the MG port, other can’t.

Jumbo is a good example, I can take out Jumbos with BR1 tanks because of its MG port - some other Shermans have better protection there.

Funnily that you mention this now - i managed to easily pen Panzer IV H mg port with the Sherman AA, but Panzer IV J was impenetrable. Weird.

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It got same BR as TigerII in WT for a reason
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It’s a scary car, but it’s funny and not omnipotent.

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Just let Germany have something jeez first the lahti and now this.

And then people say russian bias huh? yeah right.

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While yes at point blank range it can obliterate barrels it also kinda can struggle to do that if at a distance or if the barrel is a bit angled and shots only deflect somehow.
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The entire barrel is littered with 30mm impacts yet it is totally fine. That was just from like 15 to 20 meters away and a slight angle so the falloff is defnitly noticable and in a real combat situation everything but reliable.

Edit: some more absolutely blasted barrels which are fine

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This barrel from the KV took 250+ rounds yet is still absolutely fine
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So unless you fix the inconsistency in the damage to barrels I dont see how a nerf is helping here.

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If anyone’s really interested, here’s my gameplay from the Kugel vs. BR2 match.

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The start was especially juicy. I think that was about 2,500 score points right off the bat.

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