Tanks getting one shot

[Death Potato]

Playing as a tank crew i notice im getting one shot killed from the front in all tanks, Tiger, panther, jumbo. Tanks at full health, tank is facing incoming rounds and i still getting one shot killed. is there a trick to this or a glitch? i cant work it out.

[Voldo]

as it plays out, a tank with better penetration fires at tank with less armour, that tank gets destroyed.

in this game: i fire 3-5 shots at enemy tank, it turns its turret and oneshots me (no matter if full front towards it, or so called diamond angle, nope..)

[Death Potato]

so is there a reason behind this? To me it takes a lot of the fun out of even playing as a tiger if it just gets one shot as soon as it shows up. its not all the time tho ive noticed in some games it will happen every time. There must be a trick to it.

[DerRitter]

Tank penetration seems broken currently

[tørfisk]

can you record this because i am a level 10 tanker and have never ever ever been one shot in a heavy tank. no tank can do that.

[Death Potato]

Great work on getting to level 10, I have 700 hours in this game and i have seen it happen more times than i can count. No tank can do that dose not explain how its happening. Tiger, Panther, Jumbo all one shot.

[tørfisk]

if it's happening more times than you can count then you should have no problem recording an example of it, because like i said i have never seen this happen before. the only thing that can one shot a heavy tank is a satchel or a bombing run

[Tycoon]

Probably a satchel.

[Asmodi]

https://theline.gg/tankbible

That should explain most of the tank related things in HLL.
It explains how many shots you need to take down tank etc.

[Spare]

The tank system is dumb as hell in this game. Ricochet is a joke. If your tank is showing any amount of side armor, regardless of angle, heavy tanks can pen your side and one-shot you. What's worse is that some ricochets can bounce into your top armor when hit which will one-shot you, also.

[Mix-Master Phil]

Adjusted vehicle health and damage
*Mirror matchups will result in ~2 shots to kill
*Shooting a higher classed Tank requires 2-3 shots to kill
*Shooting a lower classed Tank requires 1-2 shots to kill
*Reduced Handheld-AT damage to require an additional rocket to destroy Heavy Tanks

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/686810/view/2997692090048139310

From the Official Patch notes, basically Heavy Tanks can One-Shot Medium tanks

One-Shotting a heavy tank i believe is only possible if another heavy tank gets a rear shot or you are getting satcheled and not hearing the Fuse going or seeing the sparks from the TC's position if they didn't hide it low on your hull.

[Death Potato]

I do notice the one shot more in a panther but still happens in a tiger. also i have noticed satchels dont always kill in one hit even on the back unless it is directly on the hull. Ive placed a satchel on the side of a tiger exhaust and it never killed it.

[mobucks]

lvl 10 tank commander here, just telling what I've seen:
If you get an AP shot exactly where the turret meets the hull, you can one shot any tank with a medium or heavy round. This is historically accurate. Depending on what type of tank you are shooting at, this shot can be easier/harder. Here's a video from WWII skip to 4:13
https://youtu.be/KqTZfBKw5Mc?t=252
Not saying it isn't unfair, but I've been in plenty of tank head to head battles where we are bouncing shots off each other and then one of us gets that "magic bullet" on the turret ring and it's over instantly.

[tørfisk]

Originally posted by mobucks:

lvl 10 tank commander here, just telling what I've seen:
If you get an AP shot exactly where the turret meets the hull, you can one shot any tank with a medium or heavy round. This is historically accurate. Depending on what type of tank you are shooting at, this shot can be easier/harder. Here's a video from WWII skip to 4:13
https://youtu.be/KqTZfBKw5Mc?t=252
Not saying it isn't unfair, but I've been in plenty of tank head to head battles where we are bouncing shots off each other and then one of us gets that "magic bullet" on the turret ring and it's over instantly.

you can't do that anymore

[Lad Mad]

Originally posted by Mix-Master Phil:

Adjusted vehicle health and damage
*Mirror matchups will result in ~2 shots to kill
*Shooting a higher classed Tank requires 2-3 shots to kill
*Shooting a lower classed Tank requires 1-2 shots to kill
*Reduced Handheld-AT damage to require an additional rocket to destroy Heavy Tanks

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/686810/view/2997692090048139310

From the Official Patch notes, basically Heavy Tanks can One-Shot Medium tanks

One-Shotting a heavy tank i believe is only possible if another heavy tank gets a rear shot or you are getting satcheled and not hearing the Fuse going or seeing the sparks from the TC's position if they didn't hide it low on your hull.

does that also include a tiger getting 2 shot from the front from a 76? straight to the front?

[tørfisk]

Originally posted by HSSLad Mad:

Originally posted by Mix-Master Phil:

Adjusted vehicle health and damage
*Mirror matchups will result in ~2 shots to kill
*Shooting a higher classed Tank requires 2-3 shots to kill
*Shooting a lower classed Tank requires 1-2 shots to kill
*Reduced Handheld-AT damage to require an additional rocket to destroy Heavy Tanks

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/686810/view/2997692090048139310

From the Official Patch notes, basically Heavy Tanks can One-Shot Medium tanks

One-Shotting a heavy tank i believe is only possible if another heavy tank gets a rear shot or you are getting satcheled and not hearing the Fuse going or seeing the sparks from the TC's position if they didn't hide it low on your hull.

does that also include a tiger getting 2 shot from the front from a 76? straight to the front?

the tiger and 76 are "mirror matchups" so yes. front, turret and side shots will kill the other in two shots and vice versa