Tank Armour Viewer

[DaenerysNotTodayTargaryen]

So you all know how you can switch like what you see about your tank on the main menu, well im really confused on the one that details the armour out in different colors. So there is colors inbetween green and red right, and ive always assumed that the green color meant it was the better armour, cause green means like safe and all, so i always position my tanks so if an enemy is firing at me they hit a side with green, but i always get one shotted like that, and then when actually looking at the info, the green colored armour is thinner then the orange and red colored ones, so im just wondering, if im getting shot at which areas do i want people to hit, the green or red?

[Spaddobird]

You shouldn't rely on the colours, rather you should look at the actual thickness of the armour plating by moving your mouse over the section like this: http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/538509628082594660/C39406A183A9D720AC26733950FE7ADFA905D633/

You can see that the armour displayed red is the thickest as well. Don't forget to angle your armour, don't just aim the thickest point at your enemy (unless you're in an IS series tank, those things are built to face directly at things).

[Chewiechanga]

Red is the thickest armor you got on the tank, yellow is medium and green is thinnest on armor rating thing, green crosshairs in arcade mode it means
green -will penetrate,
yellow -there's chance of penetration
red - is your shot will bounce

[DaenerysNotTodayTargaryen]

alrighty thank you both! it helps a lot <3

[DaenerysNotTodayTargaryen]

wait any tips on how to angle the armour, i kinda know what you mean but im not sure how i would do that

[Chewiechanga]

You can use google for that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4IwCdbjh3Q
This is your most basic tutorial about what is angling and what does it to, I'm betting you can find what to do/not do in ground forces if you scour the youtube or WT forums for tutorials.

[Casual Sun]

It's relative to each tank as well. 15mm on a truck will be red, 15mm on any of the tanks will be green.

[Masterofgaming22]

Green doesn't necessarily mean it's a weak point in the armor. It just means it's weaker than the rest of the tank. A tank can have a small strip of red on the front of the turret and will make everything else look green (m6a1)

[Tankfriend]

Also look out for some tanks that have multiple layers of armour. The Sherman Jumbo has a double layer of frontal armour that's displayed as green, even though it counts up to over 100mm of armour total in two layers.
Same goes for any armour plates that are added on the outside, like on the Panzer III M and Panzer IV H: They add to the actual armour of the tank behind them.

[Spaddobird]

Originally posted by tankfriend:

Also look out for some tanks that have multiple layers of armour.

A good point, for example if you look at the first Tiger's turret face, you will see that there are quite a few layers and heavily armored parts involved with the vertical turret drive. Even if you know you can penetrate the first layer, I would not recommend firing at that turret face under any circumstances. You're better off firing directly into the thing's front plate despite that being the one of the thickest single plates.

[Procrastinating Gamer]

Originally posted by Spaddobird:

You're better off firing directly into the thing's front plate despite that being the one of the thickest single plates.

Or do what one Churchill crew did in real life and put a shot through their turret ring.[en.wikipedia.org]

Either way, the colours aren't the best way to look at the armour; they just show armour thickness relative to the thickest armour on that tank.

You're better off looking at the numbers - actual thickness and effective thickness. The latter's based on your camera angle; so position the camera to where you think you're most likely to be shot from (or from where you have been shot from in the past if you want to see how they're killing you) and place the mouse over the actual point of impact.

Another reason to look at the numbers is because a shell's penetration is always shown as Xmm at Y metres.

[DaenerysNotTodayTargaryen]

ok thanks! its been helping a lot, ive finally reached tier 2 with russia

[Tankfriend]

Originally posted by B'oh ShadowFighter88:

Originally posted by Spaddobird:

You're better off firing directly into the thing's front plate despite that being the one of the thickest single plates.

Or do what one Churchill crew did in real life and put a shot through their turret ring.[en.wikipedia.org]

That was a totally lucky shot that bounced off the gun and just happened to land there. They didn't intend to pull that off.