tank destroyer help

[Sir Woods]

SO overall which nation has the best or most viable td lineups? Like iv been using the russian tds for a while now since they can one shot pretty much anything in their br range plus move fairly well(NOTE: i have only progressed to tier 2 as of now).

iv tried out Sweden too and its td are awesome with the only downside being how long it takes to research them,

Am trying to stay away from Us or France since i prefer the playstyle of a turretless td

[𝒞𝒶𝓈𝓊𝒶𝓁 Sinner]

Germany > Russia > Sweden I want to say. Though keep in mind that casemates can be pretty rough

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Swedish TDs are terrible, no armor, huge barrel sway, actually usable ammo in last row of mods. Germany is best bet for TDs.

[Torn_Apart]

Germany for definite. Not only do they puch hard but after the stug, they get frontal armor ther can rely on.

[Chaoslink]

Originally posted by Goofy_Mc_Phee:

Germany for definite. Not only do they puch hard but after the stug, they get frontal armor ther can rely on.

Yeah, even the last StuG has a pretty decent armor profile at times. I’ve had games in it where I took 40+ rounds at the cost of just one crew.

[NoFriction]

if you want to play just TDs, i would say germany, because it has both heavily armored (eg stug) and lightly armored (eg dicker max), which provides a variety of playstyles. Their TD lines end in lighter vehicles (both light tanks and ATGM carriers), but there aren't really any turretless TDs at late ranks, except for the swedish wedge tanks

[Shyue Chou]

I play a lot of casemate tank destroyers over the years with them being a personal favourite. I have also played turreted ones.

My favourites are:

PvKv II (turreted)
Ferdinand
JPz 4-5
Jagdpanzer 38t
STUG IIIG
Pvkv m/43 (1946)

I played many more but I don't quite like, say, the M18 for instance. Anyway, these are my favourites. I find the Russian assault guns hard to play for a variety of reasons.

[The Crab]

The Italian TD line is super strong. We get the german stug 3, and a bunch of incredibly strong domestic designs. My favorite of these is the Semovente da 75/46 with very strong armor, pretty high pen aphe, and workable mobility

[Mania]

Early on, Germany.

For ATGM Carriers, I'd personally go with Russia or you can play the Bradleys and ADATs as ATGM Carriers

[dLFN]

Germany has the best ones with good armor and very potent guns, some of them are also surprisingly mobile too. For example the Jagdpanther sits at only 6.0 with respectable frontal armor, good mobility for a German tank and of course it packs the long 88 which has no issues one shotting any tank. Overall they're very beginner friendly, I'd recommend sticking to the ones on the right side of the tree as opposed to the ones on the left which are made up of weakly armored SPGs.

I'd put Sweden as number two, they have good guns though a little weaker than German guns. Swedish tank destroyers also have some insane depression which let's you do some interesting stuff. They're paper thin however and 50 cals will shred you, better hope planes don't notice you either. They're very rewarding but you need good map knowledge and knowledge of the enemies you'll face so you know where to shoot if you're using APDS or regular AP.

Third place would be Russia. I haven't played all of them but they usually have good firepower and decent frontal armor. Some even go beyond and start packing derp guns which are overkill but fun to use regardless. Not the best but definitely not bad either.

[μλψ🦌DEERLEWANGER🦌]

France. Because;
Lorraine 37L - great low-tier TD
M10 - classic
ARL-44 - point and kill weapon, great ballistics
CA Lorraine - fast, sneaky, huge gun and gives the player +10sm ♥♥♥♥ size
Foch - mounted 15mm machine gun (better than DSHK), best armour on it's BR, absolutely untouchable as a sniper TD, good speed, mobility etc.
FC Bis - Not gonna lie this one is just for fun, because it can hide pretty much anywhere

Dunno about premiums or 8.0+, but France has consistenly good TDs and are unique (shame, that all the fun starts around 5.3)

[Shyue Chou]

I like the SU-100 but at that battle rating, it is hard to play.

[Toblm]

Originally posted by Sir Woods:

SO overall which nation has the best or most viable td lineups?

Am trying to stay away from Us or France since i prefer the playstyle of a turretless td

Germany is high on the turret-less TD gameplay.
Japan has some decent TDs but it tails off in upper BR.
China has a solid combo of USSR and US TDs.
Italy has a handful of solid TDs and a dozen sub-par ones.

US has some fun turret-less TDs but is definitely a turreted line.
France has some solid TDs one of the standouts are turreted.

I suppose the answer depends on how you define a good or viable "TD lineup."

German and USSR are one of the few trees that I know of that at a BR take 4 preforming TDs to a match.

Looking at German Rank 3 with 6 TDs that put out at 5.3.

But most nations do fine if you want to lean into their TD line. They are perfectly effective if you can play to their strengths and minimize their weaknesses.

[Col. Cornbread]

it's either the Germans or the soviet lineups with the most viable TD line ups

Both have roughly an equal number of Solid TD lineups

[FizzyElf]

Originally posted by Sir Woods:

Am trying to stay away from Us or France since i prefer the playstyle of a turretless td

Russia, Germany, Sweden, Italy and finally Japan
Russia is good from the beginning and gets better from there onward

Germany is okay in the beginning gets good towards the Jagdpanther and then drops off and becomes less effective than russia

Sweden bad from the beginning on every TD but they get amazing rounds when spaded, this is more of a hard mode for TD players.

Italy its a fun version of germany which while it never fully surpasses germany with casemates they are still enjoyable to play.

Japan they get amazingly survivable TD's and then nothing until the Ho Ri's show up and when they do they curb stomp the majority of enemies, despite having weaker armor they manage to tank hits and ignore most of the rounds thrown their way, still the jump from low tier the high tier is a major downside.