3.7 is torture

[Sir Nurtle]

Haven't won a single match as USSR at this B.R in a month. Keep getting one shoted by Shermans, and yet my shells bounce their front angled plate, even though these same shots can pen Pz IVs at ridiculous angles. Ever since red skies, shermans have become insanely over powered at low tier so...

[CH13F]

month? look dont get me wrong but do you only play 1 match a day? im not trying to insult or anything, just curious.

[Frank the tank]

hmm.. im also having a hard time penning shermans from the front but from the side should not really be a problem. Get to the side?

[The Warden]

flanking is a thing

[shadain597]

Shermans are supposed to have a hard-to-pen upper front plate; it's like half of what makes a Sherman, a Sherman. Gotta find either the weakpoints in the front, flank, or hitting it point-blank might do the trick. Honestly though, there's a lot of bad Shermans that expose a good bit of their side by angling too far and as the Soviets you have awesome shells that can eat those awkward angles for breakfast. Also, you can often pop the turret if it's aimed at someone else, simply by hitting the side portion that is closest/least angled relative to you.

[Graephen]

Originally posted by shadain597:

Shermans are supposed to have a hard-to-pen upper front plate; it's like half of what makes a Sherman, a Sherman. Gotta find either the weakpoints in the front, flank, or hitting it point-blank might do the trick. Honestly though, there's a lot of bad Shermans that expose a good bit of their side by angling too far and as the Soviets you have awesome shells that can eat those awkward angles for breakfast. Also, you can often pop the turret if it's aimed at someone else, simply by hitting the side portion that is closest/least angled relative to you.

I would just add, that hitting the lower glacis, which is usually at 90° angle to you disables the transmission and often gets the driver as well.

There are different weakspots for different M4s - the typical M4 has two big bulges, that aren't angled, which is a great weakspot to hit.
On the M4A1, or what I call the "smooth" M4, you can usually aim for the upper glacis, or hit the mantle, or the gun itself and flank.
The M4A2 is tricky, but it has a weakspot on the middle in the front, where the plates are welded together. Also the machinegun port and a trapshot under the turret both work.
The M4A2E2 is just stupid and there is no way you're getting through the front, unless you're in a tank-destroyer with a high-calibre gun, or have an APDS/APFSDS ammo. The Machinegun port can be penned, but it's trollish and people tend to cover it with the entire Ardennes Forest.

[EndangeredPootisBird]

"and yet my shells bounce their front angled plate", this never happens to american tanks, they suffer the most in this game and their vehicles doesnt work in this game like they were supposed to IRL, and they get one shot more often than russian tanks, this is especially true in top tier, where gaijin has refused to fix a bug in which the Abrams can be destroyed by losing just one crew member.

Time and time again I see its either Germany or Russia that suffers, but in my opinion, America suffers the most out of any nation in this game, their vehicles keep getting their BR raised, while Germany and Russia keeps getting their vehicles lowered, when America is the one nation that actually suffers due to BR compression.

[Tom]

Are you bad? Why am i asking, you are, 3.7 USSR is the easiest tier i've ever played, you get amazing vehicles with good guns. Learn weakspots instead of shooting center mass every game

[Sir Nurtle]

Originally posted by CH13F:

month? look dont get me wrong but do you only play 1 match a day? im not trying to insult or anything, just curious.

I ahve played about 100-150 matches in the past month, so yeah, when I say its ridiculous, its ridiculous

[The Wiggly Armed Man]

Originally posted by EndangeredPootisBird:

"and yet my shells bounce their front angled plate", this never happens to american tanks, they suffer the most in this game and their vehicles doesnt work in this game like they were supposed to IRL, and they get one shot more often than russian tanks, this is especially true in top tier, where gaijin has refused to fix a bug in which the Abrams can be destroyed by losing just one crew member.

Time and time again I see its either Germany or Russia that suffers, but in my opinion, America suffers the most out of any nation in this game, their vehicles keep getting their BR raised, while Germany and Russia keeps getting their vehicles lowered, when America is the one nation that actually suffers due to BR compression.

Except it does happen. The Russian 76 mm is incapable of going through the UFP of the Sherman except, maybe, at point-blank range and with a perfect angle on it. Also, American tanks do work how they're suppose to.

[JuX]

That BR is nothing. Wait until you reach high tiers and meet the insane stock grinds.

Ever wanted to play modern helicopters? Well you get to enjoy the ride of encountering semi-spaded helicopters which have anti-air missiles at battles start, so good luck dealing them with some rockets and autocannon.

[calembredaine]

assuming you really cannot pen head on (i am not even sure btw), flank the ♥♥♥♥♥♥. t-34s in particular have what it takes. the 76mm can even one shot tracks to immobilize them.

m4a1s (round hulls) also have weak spots on their "shoulders" if you see what i mean.

kv2 also works as an overkill solution.

[Mr. Black]

I don't want to sound rude, but man, you are just bad. I played germans, russians and EEUU at to 5.7 and I have no problem at all. Every country has his own weaknesses, russians tanks have awful turret depression for example, you just have to play around it and acomodate.

[Cryptid]

with T-34 41, T-34 42, KV-1 L11, ASU-57, and KV-2 i win a lot of 3.7 battles lately, but most of those battles are won with KV-2 or ASU-57 alone.

[mooreshawnm]

It only gets worse man! Doesn't matter who you play.

[PFC Demigo [29th ID]]

Originally posted by mooreshawnm:

It only gets worse man! Doesn't matter who you play.

Translation: I don't want to learn how to play and will just complain