how to destroy tanks

[it068]

Ignore that teammate. Try to aim at the side of the tank(just above it's tracks) 2nd best thing: Aim at the area where the tank gun joins its turret.

[marybiggles]

can you or somebody do a screenshot and point to it?
thanks

[it068]

I'm actually not sure how to upload pictures, sorry. Atiming anywhere on a tanks turrent with a gun of 50mm or more will usually score a kill.

[marybiggles]

SO WHERE
would you recommend
for a good chance of one shot disabling the tank
to aim at

your saying the turret/gun area

other guy said the tracks

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i usually aim my artilery at the middle of the tank and it never stops it the first shot

im not trying to be awkward, its just i have a good internet connection so it isnt lag, but whenever i fire artilery or my tank at another tank, it takes maybe 3 shots to wipe it out, and usualy the other tank attacks me and wipes me out first

[OVO]

I play single player only.
I notice when a game loads there are game hints.
One of those hints is about disabling / destroying tanks.
Look for that.
These hints I about destroying armor I found in the manual on pages 22 and 23 (page 13 of the PDF manual)

The weakest points of a tank are the rear, the tracks, the turret sides, and the top parts like the roof if aiming down at a tank.
The front is usually the strongest.

Also make sure you are using the amour piercing AP shells and not the high explosive HE shells when shooting at tanks.

[marybiggles]

still no luck
my weakest point is when ive knocked out a tank which still has fully functioning gun, and its positioned nearish my spawn but artilery wont destroy it, and i must be firing like 20 times..

[Zeke Wolff]

Perhaps you are using a much too weak gun? Most, if not all, tanks during WW2 had the thickest armor at the front hull and turret front/gun mantlet. Most US guns will have problems to punch thru, as an example, the hull and/or turret front of the German "Big Cats (Panther, Tiger I, Tiger II and Jagdtiger) and these will in return, kill your tank with ease at the same range.

The key to a quick and easy kill, is to aim for for the turret and hull sides and/or rear. If you cant see the sides, try to flank them before they can see and/or return fire.

~Zeke.