Tank Warfare- Opinions

[phelan511]

Having been playing the World of Tanks MMO since it was in closed beta and having been a tanker in the US Army, I wanna see how many people on the Escapist know anything about tanks. Lets hear opinions on both the game and opinions on what you guys think the best tanks of all time are.

Me personally, I think World of Tanks is possibly one of the most fun tank based games I've played, good balance of fun and realism. Now real life wise? Top three tanks are M1 Abrams, T-34, and the Tiger.

 

[StANDY1338]

Tiger was the best tank no doubt.

 

[Gauntes]

Challenger II
and maybe K2..

don't think I've played any game that focuses entirely on tank combat
though in battlefield 2 and bad company 2, they occur fairly often..

 

[phelan511]

Don't get me wrong. I love the Tiger tank, it was an absolute beast. But it was hindered by sooooooo many problems. A big one was that it was too complex to mass produce, broke down often, and well wasn't as fast or as mobile as the T-34 tanks. Battle of Kursk was proof of that. Granted over half of the T-34s got blown to hell, the Germans lost that fight. Proof that speed and numbers can overcome technological advances if used right. Plus the T-34 had sloped armor, it had less overall armor than the Tiger but the sloping effectively doubled the armor thickness.

 

[phelan511]

Challenger II
and maybe K2..

don't think I've played any game that focuses entirely on tank combat
though in battlefield 2 and bad company 2, they occur fairly often..

I'd highly suggest getting World of Tanks, free to play (you can pay for double xp) and its pretty damn realistic.

 

[StANDY1338]

yea it was really good. I played it in the beta but for some reason I can't get onto my account now. Did they delete all the beta ones?

 

[phelan511]

Hmm... odd. Didn't wipe mine but it did reset my stats and all my purchases. Did that to everyone so everyone starts out fresh, don't wanna have a bunch of fresh players getting owned every game by upgraded tanks right out the gate yknow?

 

[GrizzlerBorno]

I downloaded that game and made an account, but never got around to launching it up and playing it. It seems like it's really fun. But my net speed is shitty. I don't know how good it will handle an MMO.

OT: One tank I really love is the old US Sheridan. It didn't fire shells, but heat seakers. Also, in Vietnam, they would drive it out the back of c-130.........while it was flying over the runway. That was SO badass.

 

[phelan511]

I downloaded that game and made an account, but never got around to launching it up and playing it. It seems like it's really fun. But my net speed is shitty. I don't know how good it will handle an MMO.

OT: One tank I really love is the old US Sheridan. It didn't fire shells, but heat seakers. Also, in Vietnam, they would drive it out the back of c-130.........while it was flying over the runway. That was SO badass.

Yeah the sheridans gun was pretty cool, but it was kinda finicky. good idea, not well executed. plus i wouldnt want to be in the tank when the pushed it out the back, you'd bounce around like a bug in a jar hahaha.

 

[GrizzlerBorno]

I downloaded that game and made an account, but never got around to launching it up and playing it. It seems like it's really fun. But my net speed is shitty. I don't know how good it will handle an MMO.

OT: One tank I really love is the old US Sheridan. It didn't fire shells, but heat seakers. Also, in Vietnam, they would drive it out the back of c-130.........while it was flying over the runway. That was SO badass.

Yeah the sheridans gun was pretty cool, but it was kinda finicky. good idea, not well executed. plus i wouldnt want to be in the tank when the pushed it out the back, you'd bounce around like a bug in a jar hahaha.

I loved how, when they shot the missile out, it would drop to about 2 feet off the ground and just zip around left and right like an indecisive ************. It was pretty funny.

 

[phelan511]

Hahaha yeah that would make me nervous as hell. Shit is it coming for you? Me? Him? Oh fuck it everyone down!

 

[Lord Kloo]

Top Three tanks are probably :

Leopold II - West Germany and then Germany after 1989

Challenger II - United Kingdom

M1A1 Abrams - United States of America

Other than that I'm sure there's some nifty Russian tanks to go in that list but in the modern world tanks are becoming a bit irrelevant in warfare apart from the use for suppressing civilians..
Jets are where its at today.. much cheaper overall and more deadly..