Have you ever tried sidescraping?

[Dr.Pepsi Man]

The act of sidescraping is angling the tank so shots would bounce off the side and the front glacious is hidden from view. There's also something about shell caliber and what it's striking too.

Have you ever done it? Did it work? And with what vehicle?

[MichaelV]

Almost everyone is doing that in WoT.

[_WREKT_]

i know the crew i played with taught new members how to side scrape...doesn't matter what tank, yes it works to a point. Better when you have multiple ppl doing it.

[Dr.Pepsi Man]

Originally posted by bearf1sh:

Almost everyone is doing that in WoT.

Almost everyone, there's a portion that do but certainly not everyone.

[Dr.Pepsi Man]

Originally posted by -Wrekt-:

i know the crew i played with taught new members how to side scrape...doesn't matter what tank, yes it works to a point. Better when you have multiple ppl doing it.

Why multiple?

[Emperor Cheesius Secundus]

um, yea, people do it all the time in t4 and up, and a few people from t3 aswell. Works best with russia and mrica but the german spg's could do it aswell.

[Katokevin]

Simply put, most people angle. But it depends on the vehicle. It's a much better idea to angle a Tiger I, but a terrible idea to do so in an IS-3. One of the hardest parts is finding that perfect angle though. To much of an angle and you expose your sides enough to penetrate. To little, and they will probably penetrate the front plate.

Also depends on the shell being fired which you can never guess. Solid AP will probably bounce against angled armor. With a cap, it has a slightly better chance. APCBC has roughly the same chance as APC. But APCR has the least chance to penetrate angled armor.

Then you get to APDS, APFSDS, HEAT, HEATFS, and HESH. High velocity APDS and APFSDS will probably not protect against a slope that much. HEAT (not HEATFS) will probably bounce against well angled amor better as they are low velocity, still blunt nosed shells, and WWII HEAT was not that reliable. HEATFS with the electric primer though is usually going to go through amor even at very steep angles if it has the penetration. HESH is in its own weird spot so not worth getting into.

TL;DR: Most people angle, especially in Tier III-IV where it becomes most effective as armor values are often thicker all around, and flat armor is almost always going to be penetrated.

[Squirtbottle]

Side scraping is incredibly effective for most tanks that have a decent reverse

[kiro the avenger!]

depends on the vehicle

♥♥♥♥ side armour and reverse speed? youre probably not best off side scraping
sorry Panthers
great side armour and decent reverse? side scrapping if your jam.
yay Tiger 1s

[lucchini]

if you are gonna sidescrape just keep moving...

[83athom]

Oh forgoten thread lost to the ages, arise and return to the frontmost pages.

[Mega v game]

Oh boy time to go killing these necroed threads again...

[Dr.Pepsi Man]

Originally posted by Yuudachi:

if you are gonna sidescrape just keep moving...

Originally posted by 83athom:

Oh forgoten thread lost to the ages, arise and return to the frontmost pages.

Originally posted by Mega v game:

Oh boy time to go killing these necroed threads again...

why reply to a 1+ year old thread

[Dr.Pepsi Man]

Originally posted by Yuudachi:

if you are gonna sidescrape just keep moving...

also that is awful advice, not only did you necro an old thread that's more than a year old, you gave awful advice. Depending on the vehicle, some are more than capable of sidescraping and doing it well

[Geno Killer]

Originally posted by 83athom:

Oh forgoten thread lost to the ages, arise and return to the frontmost pages.

I'm saving this.

[Halogen]

Nice Necro thread..

Also I did it all the time in the Jumbo Tank