#Panzer corps 2 alpha Patch#

You should also note that the turret does not have that large a mantlet that could add to its 50 mm frontal armor, so most opponents will get a reliable penetration when they hit your turret front. Keep in mind that you will often be facing tanks that can kill you in 2-4 shots, so even though the tank can work as a close quarters brawler, its light armor and hit points coupled with the slow gun reloading time must be taken into account when doing so.

However, the weak side and turret armor makes this an unfavorable choice if you're not cautious. With the 10.5cm, you get to play primarily as a brawler, getting close and slugging it out. For above-mentioned reasons, the 10.5cm howitzer is the most used weapon on the PzKpfw IV and owes it popularity partially to its high alpha damage, which reduces exposure time when fighting close quarters when comparing time per damage dealt. Beware that 7.5 cm L/48 can not penetrate more heavily armored tier 6 or tier 7 heavies from front without gold ammo. Your turret presents a very small target, and is difficult to hit at range. Unlike many German vehicles, the PzKpfw IV has decent gun depression, and can take up hull-down positions, even though your turret armour is inferior to your frontal hull armour value. In this role, equipping a Camo Net may be a good idea while you stay still and pump out the DPM, as the Pz IV had a very decent camo value for a medium tank. With the 7.5cm L/48, you're primarily a flanker or sniper, firing from a medium range and trying to remain out of the fray. Additionally, the turret gets some thin spaced armor which absorbs most HE hits. The second turret is an improvement from the stock turret in view range and rate of fire. Support other more capable tanks is the best way to survive and earn good credits and experience. H is difficult to play stock, since its weak engine and radio will all be hindrance to you. By contrast the PzKpfw III/IV in the Leopard 1 line is more suited for a more mobile spotting and assistance play style. Comparing it to the Panzer 3/4 – with the higher RoF/DPM with the otherwise identical 7,5 cm gun, and the better short range punch with the 10,5cm gun, mean that the PzKpfw IV is better equipped for do-it-yourself firepower focused players. Like all other tanks with the medium 75mm gun, it engages best at medium to long range in hills where possible, to make up for the below-average DPM. It is however a consistent tank that can be played two ways, depending on whether you equip the medium-range 7.5cm L/48 or the 10.5cm L/28 Howitzer. You are not out of the woods yet (and in the opinion of some, you never will be with the German heavy line), because this tank is nowhere as über as World War II films or ACG works would have let you believed. Forward-mounted transmission located in the lower glacis and low module HP leads to frequent engine damage from the front.Not a brawler with the 75mm: it has less penetrating power and less DPM than the American 76mm M1A1, British 6-pdr Mark V, an.Inferior mobility to previous tier 4's with worse top speed and much more weight.The turret front is not noticeable but thin Tier 3's can penetrate that 50mm plate.Relies heavily on vision control: binoculars are a must to get the first shot.Spaced armor helps protect against HE/HEAT shells.10.5cm howitzer is superior to the M4 Sherman's with noticeably better ROF, penetration, aim time, and choice of AP shots.Good gun selection with consistent long-range 75mm cannon or well-handling 10.5cm howitzer.Survivable: very good camouflage and high HP pool.Versatile: good agility and fair to decent hull-down capability with gun depression of 10 degrees.

#Panzer corps 2 alpha Patch#

IV is still about as mobile as the M4 (as well as having better hp/weight ratio), and has the option of 2 top guns: the accurate 7.5cm KwK 40 L/48 gun, or a superior 10.5cm KwK L/28 howitzer compared to the Sherman's.Īn interesting fact about this tank is that the pre patch 8.0 PZ IV (with the Schmalturm and L/70) was one of the very first tanks modeled in the game, along with the Tiger, T-34, and others. This tank is in essence a long range M4 Sherman, combining excellent accuracy with good gun depression, vision, and rate of fire. The tanks of this variant also featured side screens, 5–8 mm thick, on the hull and turret sides. A new transmission slightly reduced vehicle speed but was more reliable. G, and utilized a single 80-mm front glacis plate instead of layered plates. In April 1943 production began on the H variant-eventually the most massively produced version of the Pz.