"The Disguised Panther"

Told ya I'll be back, so here it is.

Well, this is sorta a continuation of yesterday's post... except, it's not the same tank. Well, it's sorta the same, but totally looks different.

What's the tank? Well, it's none other than the Tier VII Premium German Medium Tank; the Panther/M10.

Even I was confused when I first saw them in the game. USA or Germany???

First off; this is actually really a German Tank, no jokes. It looks like an American tank because it's supposed to be disguised as the M10 Wolverine Tank Destroyers, like spies deep into enemy lines to cause confusion. Bet the one reason the plan failed was because of the very obvious [and distinctive] tank roadwheel design the Germans had back in WW2.

But deep down, it's actually a Panther tank, just with some adjustments to look more... American.

A rare picture of an unpainted Panther/M10... looks nice.

So right away you can tell that it'll have the same playstyle as a Panther, but it actually plays more like the younger variant; the VK 30.01 (M)... hence why I said that this post will be linked to the last one.

But ramblings aside, it's time for the videos. And again, there's only two of them.

Hmm... not sure what went on in the mind of that Light Tank at the end, but whatever... a kill is a kill.

So, this tank plays more like a VK 30.01 (M) than a Panther because of one thing: it's gun. It uses the same gun that the Tier VI Medium Tank used, so yes... the same 150mm of penetration and a very fast fire rate. Actually, it's more faster in the Panther/M10 as to make up for the extra 1 Tier.

It's hitpoints are on par with the Tier VII Panther, but has it's view range cut down slightly as the cupola is gone for the 'American Disguised' stuff.

And now, for the next video. This one's quite good 'cause of the Tier VIII devastation.

Technically, that AMX M4 49 can just finish me off there and then and everything would have been smooth sailing for him. A big mistake to ignore a tank with dangerously high DPM.

The cupola getting removed made this tank's survival rate much better as there's less weakspots, but the less view range makes you a bit more blind than other medium tanks. Still, a good trade-off.

The tank also has been recently updated to have spaced armor. All the extra sheets of metal used to make the M10 Wolverine disguise were previously just empty space... but now, it's extra armor. This in turn makes the tank survive hits from High Explosive shells more better.

It also has Preferential Matchmaking, so it only sees Tier VI-VIII tanks. So you're effectively using a largely upgraded VK 30.01 (M) with more hitpoints, more DPM, lesser weakspots and additional spaced armor. All good...

And of course a tank is not complete without it's drawbacks. It's view range, as mentioned before gets cut down a little bit... so you can't get that sweet max spotting distance without using Coated Binoculars. The tank is slightly larger than the VK 30.01 (M), because it's actually the Panther. Obviously, the same gun used on the previous Tier VI gives it major problems, especially against well-armored targets.

But those are just minor inconveniences, nothing too big. This tank is overall a really good one, just remember that you're still fragile against Heavy Tanks as that armor doesn't hold up well on them.

And that's all for this post... the last post for 2017, that is. I wanted to make another post to talk all about 2017 and all that shizzle, but I'll pass on that instead. It's been a rather wonky year for many folks, myself included.

But that doesn't mean that it's all bad... there's still some good in it, and here's to 2018 being even better than the last. I know it'll definitely will be, as I have a lot to look forward to and quite a lot of things anticipated to arrive later down the months to come. Let's say, about 5 things to look forward to in 2018... for me, at least.

Ignore that last part, just me getting all excited for these upcoming things to look forward to. It's already 4:30 AM here, so I'll be taking my leave for now. Goodbye 2017, and hello 2018...

...hopefully you'll be even better than 2014 ever was. How I miss that year...

-Panzer Fist-