Is the ASU-57 REALLY so OP?

[SpazzKill]

Yea I'm playing the game for pretty short time but I've alerady learnt a lot about many vehicles and if they are rather good or bad (IMO). And from what I've seen, almost everyone is like "the ASU-57 is OP it's so small and has so good penetration" etc... however from my own experience, I'd rather say it was a mistake playing it

-two out of three shell types have no explosive filler, and the third one has just 20g equivalent
-despite good muzzle velocity and penetration, it's practically powerless against any angled armor unless APCR
-even subcaliber shells can kill all crew members in one hit
-the gun is inaccurate as hell even with the gun fixing modification
-very small ammo capacity and prone to ammunition loss
-inaccurate gun and weak post-penetration effect makes sniping difficult, while medium to close range ecounters are suicidal in roughly 90% cases

It would be interesting to find out if someone shares this opinion with me or I'm just weird

[burg4401]

I love it and I only use it for scouting warbond tasks.

they have just updated br changes again and it is dropping to 3.7 in ab for some reason.

[Shard]

I've never used the APHE shell it gets, primarily because the gun can comfortably one shot just about anything if you aim properly. Anyway, it's performance largely depends on which gamemode you play. If you use it in AB you'll have a far worse time because of markers and everyone reaching their top speed faster. It's best played in RB for flanking and ambushing.

[jaxjace]

I love that little bush tank.

[Eternally Eternal]

highly overrated tank, more of a: "Cheeki breeki ))))))))))" meme
it does have NVD at 4.3 tho, so I guess thats kind of neat

[Illusionyary]

Originally posted by kevin_7002:

highly overrated tank, more of a: "Cheeki breeki ))))))))))" meme
it does have NVD at 4.3 tho, so I guess thats kind of neat

Pretty useless though as night games are very rare at lower BRs, and even when you do get one it's not pitch black like the top tier ones.

[Josetrujillo_43]

I dont know about realistic, but on arcade its pretty good, due of great gun, scouting abilities and the size of a roach makes him a great "Invisible" scout tank/tank destroyer, the bad things about the ASU are A) No armor and B) top open, so anything that shoots can destroy you

[Ponto]

Love the little bug in arcade. I won't survive 'till the end of battle but figure I've done my job if I can get at least a 3 to 1 kill ratio with it.

[Haegler]

Wonder how these people praising it in arcade are using it.

I found it very difficult to use there as sniping was mostly out of the question and the low depression as well as the very limited left/right gun traverse made it often very awkward and difficult to deal with an enemy you just ran into. And just sitting there in a bush and waiting for a tank to drive by you at short range just isn't an option in AB because they can see me inside my bush from 2 kms out.

[Straven]

Its extremely small making hiding quite easy, it can fit in spots/areas that other tanks just can't even try to fit in and its got a gun that can knock someones head off quite easily. Small, fast and agile with a good gun that hits hard and the darn thing from what I've seen in videos has scouting abilities of a light tank......yeah I'd say the tanks good especially from the few I've run into and never saw the little buggers in there tiny hiding hole. Easy to kill true but then again some of my favorite tanks are lights with good mobility but die real easy if someone hits me or even just fires machine guns at me so I'm used to that.
I'd only use it in RB which is where I stick to for each game mode, not interested in the annoying AB.

[rigolgm]

I use it with more success than most of my tanks. But it doesn't reach the heady heights of that other tiny Russian terror - the Zis-30.

[jaxjace]

Originally posted by rigolgm:

I use it with more success than most of my tanks. But it doesn't reach the heady heights of that other tiny Russian terror - the Zis-30.

hehehe the original bush tank meme. Truth, this one takes the cake.

[Josetrujillo_43]

Originally posted by Haegler:

Wonder how these people praising it in arcade are using it.

I found it very difficult to use there as sniping was mostly out of the question and the low depression as well as the very limited left/right gun traverse made it often very awkward and difficult to deal with an enemy you just ran into. And just sitting there in a bush and waiting for a tank to drive by you at short range just isn't an option in AB because they can see me inside my bush from 2 kms out.

I just use it as an spotter tank, i mean, one does not simply go first into the battlefield as the asu-57

[Haegler]

Originally posted by Josetrujillo_43:

Originally posted by Haegler:

Wonder how these people praising it in arcade are using it.

I found it very difficult to use there as sniping was mostly out of the question and the low depression as well as the very limited left/right gun traverse made it often very awkward and difficult to deal with an enemy you just ran into. And just sitting there in a bush and waiting for a tank to drive by you at short range just isn't an option in AB because they can see me inside my bush from 2 kms out.

I just use it as an spotter tank, i mean, one does not simply go first into the battlefield as the asu-57

But there's no spotting function in arcade?

[Ponto]

Originally posted by Haegler:

Originally posted by Josetrujillo_43:

I just use it as an spotter tank, i mean, one does not simply go first into the battlefield as the asu-57

But there's no spotting function in arcade?

Your team will become aware of opponent vehicles (for the most part) when they appear in your field of vision. They will show on mini map. That is why the radio communication module is critical to enhance. The whole team benefits the stronger everyone is with it.

[rigolgm]

It and the KV-1 Zis 5 both feel strong in my 4.3br Russian lineup. Able to bully enemy tanks.