KV1

[amIbothered]

Idont care what anyone says the KV1 is OP you can be in any mk4 sherman cromwell t34 it dont matter every time a KV1 stomps u never mind all the look for the weak spots flank him git gud its garbage they one shot u every time I only play with spaa now Iam sick of them and in fact if I see one coming I return to hanger just to rob him of a kill they should be in with tigers panthers and jumbos then they wouldnt be so clever.

[SANTIAGO]

... Dude... Are you serious?

Like, seriously?
The KV1 can get one shot by another KV1, by the P IV F2, by the M10... And taken down with Shermans too.

It may be a very good 3.7 tank, but by all mean, it's anything but OP. You just need to practice more, nothing to be ashamed of.

[Manfred]

it can be a tough nut to crack,do you know its weakspots?

[amIbothered]

Idont agree I play the germans I dont mind taking on t34 other mk 4 g,s shermans m10 or m18 but the KV1 nah you hit em and even if its a critical hit they just fire back and boom your dead dont seem to matter where they hit you its nonsense only time I play a tank now is if I drop down to the mk 4c or mk3f tthen its a bit of fun other than that nah they ruin the game.

[RAM AIR IV]

Originally posted by Comrade Fist:

... Dude... Are you serious?

Like, seriously?
The KV1 can get one shot by another KV1, by the P IV F2, by the M10... And taken down with Shermans too.

It may be a very good 3.7 tank, but by all mean, it's anything but OP. You just need to practice more, nothing to be ashamed of.

I use the kv1. This is true

[onebullet95]

Originally posted by chelski56:

Idont care what anyone says the KV1 is OP you can be in any mk4 sherman cromwell t34 it dont matter every time a KV1 stomps u never mind all the look for the weak spots flank him git gud its garbage they one shot u every time I only play with spaa now Iam sick of them and in fact if I see one coming I return to hanger just to rob him of a kill they should be in with tigers panthers and jumbos then they wouldnt be so clever.

Its not OP at all, just try to know their weak spots and u will do it fine... I use the KV 1 a lot and it has a very good armour but nothing special.

[Narf]

I'm playing the German KV-1. At 5.0 BR, it's quite often in the same game with Tigers, those games don't really serve as a comparison as it is actually below par there. In games where it is at the high end of the spectrum it is a good tank with strong armour, but nowhere near unbalanced. The weak spots right and left of the turret are easily hit even when it is hull down. The viewport and the MG port are two other weak spots. Yes, if angled it's a tough kill, but not impossible. Don't hasten your shots and wait until it nearly faces you with the gun to get a shot at the weak gun mantlet. Often it will kill it entirely, even if not the gun will be disabled long enough to get one or two shots off. And that's all talking about frontal engagements. If you have trouble killing any tank, hit it up on the research tree, klick "Preview" and switch the view to armour view to see where you can penetrate it.

I've been a bit troubled before with KV-1s, after playing it myself I keep one-shotting them easily. Remember, the German KV-1 sports the same gun and ammo as the German Pz.IV, so what it can kill, they can too.

[amIbothered]

Im sure you enjoy it but it dosent alter the facts they shoot u absoluetly anywhere and u die whereas u have to look for some tiny area the size of a gnats butt and thats fair really I allways check the battle stats and invariably the top players are using gues what KVI 9 0ut of 10 if that that dont show there OP I dont know what does

[amIbothered]

When you play and your uptiered and find it bellow par then you know how everyone else feels most of the time

[Narf]

Originally posted by chelski56:

When you play and your uptiered and find it bellow par then you know how everyone else feels most of the time

I just told you that even when downtiered, I do feel good but not OP. As it should be when sitting at the high end of the spectrum in the match.

I also told you that I have no problems killing KV-1s now that I've played one myself. My Dicker Max of course just has a giggle fit at the armour of the KV-1 - it can shoot it whereever it wants and still penetrate. But I also don't have a problem anymore in Pz.IVs after knowing the weak spots.

That's what knowledge does for you. If you can't kill it well, do some research. There are not very many models where you need to know it, like the KV-1 or the Churchill VII. Know the weaknesses, use them to wreak havoc.
Seen this just today when a KV-1 was dug in near A point with two of our players, both Pz.IV H, not being able to kill it. I came over the hill, took a quick shot at about 500m, instant kill through the gun mantlet. Same gun as the Pz.IVs with my own KV-1, different result because knew what I was doing. If you do the same, you'll also meet success.

[amIbothered]

Youve just made my own point we have to hit a target the size of a gnats butt they hit us simply anywhere I was hit on the extreme corner of my left hand track last time OH SUPRISE SUPRISE tank burnt down I never said it was impossible to kill them but just to dificult in comparison which makes it unbalanced and boring one thing is for certain Gaijin wont see a single dime from me while its like that.

[MDCCC]

Bit old but still good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OySZJ9xB6Z4

[amIbothered]

Having watched that I rest my case

[Walta Gaming]

KV-1 is a good tank but it is easy to counter compaired to some other heavy tanks out there. You have not tasted a real seal clubber until you fight a Jumbo or a Matilda II when it's top tier.

The KV-1 just has a very sketchy turret which almost always auto bounces everything even though it's only 75mm on the front it bounces the German 75mm with 130+mm of pen some of the time. Not sure why this is the case but it's annoying as heck. Anyways though, hull is easy to pen except for the diver hatch which also bounces German 75's which should go though like butter. Side of the turret can be penned by anything so if you flank it then it's really easy to kill. From the front powerfull guns pen the turret front 75% of the time so that's not a bad option.

Keep in mind the gun on the KV-1 is really weak (dispite what you say) with only about 75mm of pen at close range so if you are in a Sherman or M10 then they will have a tough time killing you from the front. Churchills are basically unkillable from the front for the KV-1 so that can be a good counter tank to use, heck even the Matilda or 3 inch gun carrier would be almost imune to a KV-1's gun.

[Narf]

Originally posted by chelski56:

Youve just made my own point we have to hit a target the size of a gnats butt they hit us simply anywhere I was hit on the extreme corner of my left hand track last time OH SUPRISE SUPRISE tank burnt down I never said it was impossible to kill them but just to dificult in comparison which makes it unbalanced and boring one thing is for certain Gaijin wont see a single dime from me while its like that.

You're not even trying to read properly, are you? I said the tank that can shoot anywhere at a KV-1 is a Dicker Max (with the researched ammo), not the other way around. Should I make it easier?
Dicker Max goes shooty-shooty, hit's KV-1, KV-1 explodes.

There are a bunch of tanks that are difficult to kill unless you know where to shoot. Doctor Corgi made two excellent examples with the Jumbo Sherman or the Churchills. The KV-1 is slow and sluggish. It has two glaring and big weak points right next to the gun that can easily be hit. It has a gun that isn't too strong and lacks accuracy at range.
If you just stopped whining for a minute and actually tried to listen to what people are telling you you'd be killing KV-1s left, right and center. But no, let's cry some more.

[Atlas]

And now you know how germany felt in 1941 when they first encountered these in their tiny pzkpfw I & IIs :^)

in all seriousness tho, the kv-1 is not op and can easily be dealt with if you're a good player. i've provided some weak spots here, I like to shoot them at the area next to the driver's view port. tends to insta kill them.
http://i.imgur.com/xlSkNfq.jpg?2

pzkpfw iv's and chi-nu's shouldn't have problems penetrating on the red spots, unless the kv-1 is far away/angled. short barreled M4 shermans, cromwells should make use of AP shells as they have more penetration value. (take care to shoot at the relatively flat sides of the armor tho, as AP without a cap will bounce more easily.)