What is Sidescraping?
Side-scraping simply describes the method of angling your side armor at a steep angle toward your opponent while keeping your front protected. The key is to position your tank so that your hull and side armor are at an acute angle toward your opponent ahead.
What is Sidescraping in World of Tanks Blitz?
An alternative to moving the front of your tank slightly around a corner, firing, and then backing up again (“Peek-a-boom”) is to maneuver your tank into what’s commonly referred to as the Sidescrape Position.
What is reverse Sidescraping?
Thus reverse side scraping, having your rear facing the point your sidescraping from, lets you move FORWARD out of cover to better get your gun and turret on target. This of course, all determining that you have great side armor for doing this, and great position.
What does hull down mean in WOT?
In modern armoured warfare, hull-down is a position taken up by an armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) so that its hull (the main part of the vehicle) is behind a crest or other raised ground, but its turret (or a superstructure or roof-mounted weapon) is exposed.
How does armor work world of tanks?
In World of Tanks normalization for APCR shells is 2° while AP shells is 5°. This lowers the armor value that the shell needs to travel through making it easier to penetrate and do damage. For example: The 150mm plate at 50° when hit by an AP shell will actually be at 45° when the armor value is calculated.
What is Hulldown wot?
Hull down refers to the act of positioning your tank so as to have your hull protected from danger. The idea behind being hull down is that the hull of your tank is protected with only the turret being visible to the enemy, such as from behind a rock, through a window, or from a slope.
What does hull down mean for tanks?
In modern armoured warfare, hull-down is a position taken up by an armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) such that its hull (the main part of the vehicle) is behind a crest or other raised ground, but its turret (or a superstructure or roof-mounted weapon) is exposed. A hull-down AFV is said to be in defilade.
Why do Russian tanks have no depression?
Notably, Soviet and Russian tanks after World War II have very low profiles, but pay for this advantage by having a poor range of gun depression. Their low turret roof stops the rising gun breech when the muzzle is depressed. Soviet tactics didn’t neglect the defence, however.
Why does sidescraping not work in real life?
Thanks, seems pretty obvious now. Being tracked in a real battlefield makes you incredibly vulnerable to flanking fire, artillery, air attack and infantry encirclement. Another reason sidescraping wouldnt not work would be that if the enemy see you have the hull facing a building, they can just fire through the building.
What does side scraping mean in martial arts?
What is Side-scraping? Side-scraping simply describes the method of angling your side armor at a steep angle toward your opponent while keeping your front protected.
Is the sidescraping a real world armored tactic?
Most real-world tanks can’t sidescrape due to their guns…. you know, not being able to slice through solid walls. No, it is not a real-world tactic. And their tracks not repaired by clicking 5-5 or waiting 7 sec I don’t think that point completely negates sidescraping being possible.
What does side scraping mean in World of tanks?
Side-scraping simply describes the method of angling your side armor at a steep angle toward your opponent while keeping your front protected.