Wheew... it's been two weeks plus since my last post, and where was I? Well, I had a brief holiday period last week in another country until last Saturday... and the other three days was just me settling some important matters. But with all that cleared outta the way, it's time to get into today's post.
Well, the title should be a big, dead giveaway on what tank I'm gonna be talking about... What Russian Tank Destroyer has a 122mm 'derp' gun that reloads swiftly? Well if you didn't know the answer; it's the SU-122-44, the Russian Tier VII Premium Tank Destroyer.
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| Imagine an IS with sloped armor and superb rate-of-fire + speed... |
This is one of those few popular tanks that have a rather "special ability" which attracts people to it's... uniqueness, which is the rather quick reload speed for the 122mm gun it has. The sloped frontal profile of the tank also helps with resisting some low penetration shots, but shouldn't be relied upon as it is not thick, only well-sloped.
But before we get ahead of ourselves, the replays!
As you can see, the tank destroyer is quite agile... mobility of that closer to a typical medium tank. It's gun being 122mm is the flagship "Russian derp" gun from the IS and IS-2... which deals impressive damage on hit, but also has that awful 175mm of penetration on the standard round. This alone cripples any tank using the 122mm gun when facing highly armored targets.
Not to mention the biggest weaknesses of the gun is the piss-poor accuracy and gun handling...
And now, the next replay...
Ugh, that horrendous moment near the end... I die a little inside whenever I see it.
Anyways, the tank's pretty small... so that makes it's camouflage values quite reasonable... coupled with that speed it can reach will make it great for flanking and staying out of sight. High Explosive ammo will actually do quite well in this vehicle, seeing as it uses the 122mm gun. The reload is the real kicker; being able to reach down to 6.5 seconds [or lower, if done well] for some serious firepower barrage... if it penetrates.
And now, the final video...
That last stand... like a true warrior.
The high mobility this tank has also in turn helps it to turn faster, as you saw from the video above. If the tank had worse mobility, then I probably wouldn't be able to kill the light tank.
The armor of the tank destroyer is not that great, only being useful against low penetrative guns. It's mainly the sloping angle which helps increase it's effectiveness... although not much.
So, that's all about the SU-122-44 there is. The pros; the high mobility which let's it relocate easily among the field, superb reload speed and firepower of the 122mm gun which allows it to quickly dispatch enemies and that it has good camo value.
The cons? Well... it has horrible penetration for the gun; not even premium rounds can help it against the most heavily-armored targets, and the accuracy and gun handling are so bad that you usually need to wait for the gun to be 'settled' [fully aimed] before shooting. The view range is low, comparable to that if the IS tank and the armor is only helpful against low caliber, less penetrative guns. But the biggest problem the tank has is the rather low amount of ammunition you can carry; about 35 shells.
In the past, this tank was a beast. Going up against tanks like it was nothing, shrugging off enemy fire and played like a medium tank at certain times. But with the current "changes" World Of Tanks had in these past few years, it's now mostly a reserved tank destroyer... played usually like a traditional TD by camping because the new era of tanks usually can go through the SU-122-44's armor with ease.
That's not to say it's a bad tank, no. It's just not as awesome as it used to be in the past. But you can sometimes get those beast games where you do extremely well...
Aaannnd I should probably stop it right there before I go on rambling...
So yeah, that's all for today's post. I still have quite a collection of videos and pictures relating to World Of Tanks, and these three videos are taken before the 'Halloween 2017' event. Didn't have time to post them back then, but I do now. I still have a lot of material to go through and post, so that means I better get crackin' as the next game update is about to go down soon... so I'll be back when the next post's ready.
-Panzer Fist-
