Do Tank angles matter?

[WolvesofZiu]

I am just wondering when my tank crew turns to a 90 degree angle if it does anything or if it just a tank rock paper scissor etc Heavy beat medium and so forth.

[Bazingarrey]

It does, in some degree. It gives you a chance to ricochet shells from your tank

[Spare]

Half the time, it seems like Heavy tanks can just one shot side armor at any angle. I've had a lot of moments where an enemy tank is just barely angled to one side but mostly facing me and shooting the tiny bit of side armor I can see will not bounce.

[Valentine Michael Smith]

used to matter a lot but I think they normalized ricochets or something so they don't happen as much

[TWB*Clell_Miller]

Ideally, the tank bow should be 45% off the target to the left or right.

[tørfisk]

Originally posted by TWB*Clell_Miller:

Ideally, the tank bow should be 45% off the target to the left or right.

tends to be a good rule of thumb. had tigers ricochet off our 76 and save our skins on multiple occasions using that angle.

Originally posted by Spare:

Half the time, it seems like Heavy tanks can just one shot side armor at any angle. I've had a lot of moments where an enemy tank is just barely angled to one side but mostly facing me and shooting the tiny bit of side armor I can see will not bounce.

heavies will one shot anything but another heavy to the side. admittedly i haven't noticed whether a heavy will pen a medium from any angle. i'm rank 10 crewman playing only gunner with my friends and i don't recall it ever happening. for another heavy though it will always take two shots to the side.