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Heavy Tanks MausHull: Lower glacis, there is a small rectangular block that can be hit and penetrated easily by tier 10 guns as long as the Maus driver does not angle his hull. Ammo rack is located under the turret.
Turret: Shoot the round side beside the mantlet. Armour here is 220mm rounded. As long as the Maus driver does not turn his turret away and you have a good non angled shot, it will go through with tier 10 guns. It is possible to try to shoot the lower rounded part of the turret to attempt to ricochet it into the upper engine deck. However this is unreliable. Ammo rack is located in the rear half the turret.
E-100Hull: Lower glacis, guns with ~200mm penetration can hit through if it is unangled. Do not shoot the lower glacis if you are within 50m of the E-100, as it will be too angled (60 degrees) for you to penetrate. Instead, use the turret weakness. Ammo rack is in the rear portion of the turret, similar to Maus.
Turret: The range finder bar on top of the turret. There is an extremely flat part of the frontal turret where the turret mates with the chassis. Armour there is unknown, presumably 240mm, but has no vertical angle.
IS-7Hull: Driver's viewport on the flatter part of the upper glacis. Lower glacis plate at far range, do not shoot it at close range, you will be shooting down at it and it will be highly angled. Avoid shooting the seam of the V, where it is extremely hard to penetrate. Behind the two headlights lie the ammo rack as well. It is also possible to hit the ammo rack if you hit the lower glacis.
Turret: High penetration guns like the 152mm BL-10, 155mm T7, and Pak 44/2 L61 can penetrate the frontal turret at short range quite easily. Just try not to hit the mantlet. Commander's cupola on the left side of the turret is another viable option at close range.
T30Hull: lol. Ammo rack is under the turret.
Turret: The left and right area beside the mantlet can be penetrated by extremely high powered guns like 130mm S-70 unangled, if the T30 turns away even a bit, any tier 10 gun will penetrate. 152mm BL-10 CAN penetrate the mantlet, but it's not recommended. Commander's cupola is another choice if being facehugged. The small triangular area above the mantlet is also a good spot if being facehugged. Ammo rack is located in the back of the turret.
Tier IX
Heavy Tanks VK 4502 Ausf. BHull: Lower glacis plate, it is still 170mm like upper glacis, but it is less angled. Tier 9 guns like 10,5cm Kwk 46 L68 can penetrate 50% of the time unangled. If angled, it is hard to hit through it, even with tier 10 guns like 120mm/12,8cm Kwk 44 L55. Ammo rack is located in the rear of the hull, where the spare track links are located.
Upgraded Turret: Commander's cupola, try not to hit the rangefinder in front of it. High powered guns like 155mm T7 and 152mm BL-10 can penetrate turret frontally if fired head on without angle. Ammo rack is on the rear half the turret.
Stock Turret: Same armour as the Maus turret, hit the rounded front turret armour beside the mantlet. Cupola is still weak. Ammo rack is in the rear half of the turret.
E-75Hull: Lower glacis (120mm). Avoid shooting the upper glacis if possible, as that can bounce 12,8cm Kwk 44 shots unangled, angled it can bounce 152mm BL-10s.
Upgraded Turret: Commander's cupola, the two rangefinders on the side of the turret. Ammo rack is in the rear half of the turret.
Stock Turret: Commander's cupola. Guns with greater than 200mm penetration can hit through frontal turret, as long as you do not hit the mantlet. Ammo rack is in the rear half of the turret.
IS-4Hull: Lower glacis plate at medium/long range, where the spare track links are located. Ammo rack is located behind the headlights (hmm...), and also to the right of the lower glacis, where there is two (!) rounds stored. Shooting it at close range results in bounce/non penetration due to angle. Driver's plate is located in the middle of the frontal glacis plate. It's ~120mm thick and can be penetrated even by a Tiger I's 8,8cm L71.
Upgraded Turret: Commander's cupola on the right side. BL-10, T7, and Pak44/2 can penetrate frontal turret if you shoot the rounded area beside the mantlet. Ammo rack is located in the rear right of the turret. (If turret rear is facing you.)
Stock Turret: Frontal turret armour is a joke. Ballshaped range finder can be penetrated with ease. Tiger I can penetrate frontal turret if you aim beside the mantlet and hit the rounded area.
T34Hull: See T30.
Upgraded Turret: See T30, but rear turret armour is now not a good place to hit due to additional armour plating. Rear turret still houses the ammo rack.
Stock Turret: See T30.
Medium Tanks Tier IX E-50Hull: Lower glacis. Ammo rack is underneath the turret.
Upgraded Turret: Commander's cupola, rangefinders.
Stock Turret: Anywhere but mantlet.
T-54Hull: Hull can be penetrated anywhere by any guns above 200mm penetration, as long as the driver does not angle his T-54. If so, you can shoot the flimsy side armour. Ammo rack is located behind the headlights (Gee wizz.) to the left of the tank.
Upgraded Turret: Commander and loader's cupolas are easy penetration at close range. You can actually penetrate the frontal turret with 225mm penetration guns with 50% probability if you aim directly at the gun. Ammo rack is located in the back of the turret as well.
Stock Turret: Same as above.
PattonHull: lol. Ammo rack is underneath the turret.
Upgraded Turret: Try to hit the hull, otherwise, hit the cupola or the area beside the mantlet.
Stock Turret: Anywhere but the mantlet (square part)
Tank Destroyers Tier IXJagdtigerHull: Same weaknesses as Tiger II, but lower glacis is only 100mm instead of 120mm. MG ball mount can be penetrated by 8,8cm L56. Ammo rack is located on the side of the superstructure, where the Balkenkruz is.
Superstructure: None. BL-10, T7, Pak44/2 can penetrate upper superstructure if it's medium/close range and the Jagdtiger is not angled. But usually you can shoot the lower/upper glacis plate. Mantlet is impenetrable, do not hit it.
Object 704Hull: Lower glacis, area above the Red Star. Armour is only 120mm @ 60 degrees. ~187mm with shell normalization. Do not hit the mantlet, It's more than 300mm there. There is are two highly angled plates that count as side armour. From the front, it is too angled for most guns to penetrate. You CAN penetrate if the 704 happens to not face you.
T95Hull: Lower glacis is very situational, it's extremely hard to hit barring point blank ranges, not to mention it's still ~200mm, then you'd be right in front of his gun. The two cupolas are easy weakspots to hit. The two triangle areas on either side of the main hull in the front can also be hit.
Tier VIII
Heavy Tanks Tiger IIHull: Lower glacis is rated at 120mm. There are ancedoctal evidence of the MG mount being weaker, I haven't noticed it due to it being easier to hit the lower glacis. Ammo rack is under the turret.
Upgraded Turret: Commander's cupola. Gun. (That's right) Shooting the gun directly will do damage to the tank as well as damaging the gun. Probably a bug. Ammo rack is located in the rear half of the turret.
Stock Turret: lol. This turret is a joke. Anywhere but the mantlet you will penetrate. Ammo rack is same as above.
VK4502 Ausf. AHull: Lower glacis.
Upgraded Turret: Same as Tiger II. Gun damage bug is not verified.
Stock Turret: Same as Tiger II.
IS-3Hull: Same as IS-7, lower glacis is weaker than the rest. Avoid shooting the pike head on. If facehugging, the driver's viewing prism/port is a weakness. Ammo rack is under the turret.
Upgraded Turret: Commander's cupola. Guns with more than 225mm penetration can penetration ~50% of the time. Not recommended due to high chance of bounce. Ammo rack located in rear of turret.
Stock Turret: Mantlet, commander's cupola.
T32Hull: This thing is rather good despite what people say. Lower side glacis is very hard to hit. The MG port and driver/radioman's hatches are weakspots. Ammo rack is under the turret.
Upgraded Turret: Commander's cupola at very close range (very high chance of ricochet), HE shells, gold rounds or high powered guns (245mm+) can penetrate the gun hole.
Stock Turret: lol
Medium Tanks Tier IIIV Panther IIHull: Lower glacis, MG port (Leopard at full speed managed to knock my radioman out). Ammo rack is above the...take a guess.
Upgraded Turret: Anywhere except mantlet.
Stock Turret: lol
T-44Hull: Same weaknesses at T-54. Ammo rack located in the exact same spot everywhere.
Upgraded Turret: Mantlet is rather weak.
Stock Turret: Mantlet.
PershingHull: Lower glacis, MG port. The raised square portion right in the middle of two crew hatches. Ammo rack underneath the turret.
Turrets: Anywhere but mantlet.
Tank Destroyers Tier IIIV FerdinandHull: Lower glacis, area where the...headlights are.
Superstructure: None, but any gun with 225mm penetration or above will penetrate if the Ferdinand is not angled and if the shot does not hit the mantlet. Ammo rack is located in the side armour section behind the Balkenkruz.
ISU-152Hull: This tank destroyer is not burdened by silly things like armour.
T28Hull: Same as T95, hit the cupolas or flank. Lower glacis is much weaker than the upper superstructure.
Premium Tanks LoweHull: Lower side glacis.
Turret: Commander's cupola, anywhere that's not the mantlet. The area below the mantlet is especially good, as you may jam his turret traverse.
KV-5Hull: Radioman's MG turret, aka R2D2, lower side glacis.
Turret: Commander's cupola.
M6A2E1Hull: This tank has almost no weakspots frontally, the only area that is weak is the area where the driver's viewport is. The only reason it is weak is because it ain't sloped. Guns with 200mm+ penetration can hit through here, but less likely if the driver angles his armour.
Turret: Area above the mantlet. All in all, it's easier to fire HE or flank it. Even guns like the 12,8cm Pak 44 sometimes has difficulties penetrating this tank frontally. Turret ring is vulnerable to close range hits.
Type 59Hull: Same as T-44. Ammo rack location is the same spot.
Turret: Exactly the same as T-54's upgraded turret, except the side turret is much weaker.
Tier VII
Heavy TanksTiger IHull/Turrets: Armour? In MY Tiger I? It's more likely than you think. You should penetrate every shot with guns with 120mm+ penetration unless the Tiger angles his armour. Anyhow, MG mount, driver's viewport and commander's cupola. Ammo rack is located in the side sponsons above the tracks underneath the turret.
Tiger PHull: Try to shoot the turret instead. But if you absolutely have to shoot it for some reason, it has exactly the same frontal weakness as a Ferdinand, with the addition of a driver's viewport.
Turrets: Should be able to penetrate easily, zero angle 100/120mm isn't much.
ISHull: Lower glacis, where the track links are. Avoid shooting the sloped section on the front, even though it's only 60mm, it is angled at 70 (!) degrees from vertical, making it 174mm effective, or 120mm with normalization. Even then it is more likely to ricochet your shot.
Turrets: Mantlet, commander's cupola.
T29Hull: At this tier, it's rather good. Shoot lower side glacis or the MG mount. Crew hatches are another good spot. Ammo rack underneath the turret.
Upgraded Turret: Same as T30, but the two "ear" rangefinders can be penetrated with ease. Rear half houses the ammo rack.
Stock Turret: Same as T30
Medium Tanks Tier IIV VK 3002 DBHull: Lower glacis
Upgraded Turret: Everywhere but mantlet.
Stock Turret: Anywhere.
T-43Hull: The big square hatch for the driver. Lower glacis
Upgraded Turret: Anywhere.
Stock Turret: Anywhere.
T20Hull/Turrets: This medium tank is also not encumbered by ridiculous things like steel plating.
Tank Destroyers Tier IIV JagdpantherHull: Lower glacis, MG mount. Try not to hit the mantlet.
SU-152Hull: See ISU-152
T25 ATHull: Anywhere but the mantlet.
RequestsVK 3601Hull: MG mount, driver's viewport
Upgraded Turret: Commander's cupola
Stock Turret: Commander's cupola
KV-3Hull: MG mount, driver's viewport, lower glacis. For driver's viewport, you might get a zero damage critical because of the vodka fueled driver. After the first critical, you should start doing hull damage.
Upgraded Turret: Mantlet if he is facing you. I'd avoid shooting it. Commander's cupola.
Stock Turret: Mantlet. Commander's MG turret.
KVHull: MG mount, driver's viewport, lower glacis. This tank is quite well armoured all round, but similar tiered guns can penetrate well barring bad angles.
Upgraded Turret: Shoot the flat parts that are not part of the mantlet. The turret is quite high off the hull, you can hit the traverse mechanism quite easily as well. Ammo rack is located in the rear, below the huge square crew hatch.
Stock Turret: Shoot hull instead, frontal stock turret has few non sloped parts, and rounded mantlet bounces quite a few shots.
T1 Heavy Hull: Area where the hull MG mount is, driver's viewport. This area is not exactly weak, but it is not sloped so you can easily penetrate with guns above 120mm penetration.
Upgraded Turret: Easier to just shoot hull.
Stock Turret: Commander's cupola.
38H735 (f) [aka Hotchkiss]Hull: Driver's hatch, lower glacis (knocks out engine if penetrated)
Turret: Commander's hatch. Gun.
