Medium tanks of Great Britain

So we got to the most favorite class of World of Tanks tanks. Of course, we are talking about medium combatants, who have an unprecedented popularity on the vast expanses of virtual battles. The truth is that this time all the excitement around this class is getting a little subdued, as English STs are waiting for us at the doorstep, which are described in just a few words: specific, with unsuccessful implementation of priorities and simply not completely understood by the players. And what is so unfortunate and unusual in them, we will analyze in our further article, which will help you determine your style of play.

A little bit about the technique itself

The first feature that catches the eye in the development of this branch is the presence of an average tank of level 1, which already leads to pleasant thoughts, although they eventually prove to be erroneous. In this branch of development we have 10 combat vehicles, one of which is premium : Matilda Black Prince . The premium tank, although it has interesting features, was not categorically accepted by the players, which is the reason for his rare appearance in the random house. But we will not focus on it and start considering other combat vehicles.

Vickers Medium Mk. I - the same exclusive tank of level 1, although all that is in it, it's exclusivity itself, no more. This is a real shed on caterpillars, which is not capable of anything, although it can sometimes produce good results. But this happens too rarely. He simply is not fit for fighting and best of all to pass him on free experience.

Vickers Medium Mk. II - an attempt to modify an inadequate combat vehicle, but a few twists and a new gun did not allow a positive look at this tank. Therefore, he turned out to be just as unsuccessful as his last colleague. We advise you to pass on free experience.

Vickers Medium Mk. III - but the second attempt to modify the tank was crowned with real success, since the complex modification of the combat vehicle of this series showed that the British designers still have the opportunity to realize their plans. This fighting unit, although it turned out to be quite cumbersome, but it is quite comfortable and good in combat.

Matilda - but the attempt to create a new universal tank was again crowned with a real failure. The tank, which has an improved Soviet copy, in terms of original development was unsuccessful. It has practically no advantages, since all its efficiency is simply mired in negativity and rawness.

Cromwell - it's true, after Matilda, British tank engineering has improved, and they have released a new, universal and simply excellent combat tank, which included many improvements and opened a new class, which is referred to as "cruising" tanks.

Comet is another successful representative of the "cruising" tanks, which has won unprecedented popularity in the rand and is the most used technique among the whole branch of development.

Centurion Mk. I - became the combat model when designers tried to cross CT and TT , which as a result negatively affected the potential of technology. It is huge, slow and with a mediocre power.

Centurion Mk. 7/1 is an attempt to modify an innovative idea, which, although it turned out to be much more successful than the first one, is not compared with other models (other nations in mind), which does not hold up to an acceptable result.

FV4202 - top representative of the British CT, which, unfortunately, was the most unsuccessful and not popular tank among all similar models. The evidence is its understated combat effectiveness, speed and other shortcomings.

Yes, a rather unusual approach to the development of its tank building, which looks like a curve line describing the decline in the popularity and efficiency of tanks, although everything should be the way around the opposite. Let's now take a look at the positive and negative aspects of this technique.

Pros and cons of technology

Among the disadvantages, it is worth mentioning the training of equipment. Of course, it does not meet with all representatives, but absolutely everyone has a weakly armored tower. The next minus is the dilution of the accuracy of the gun, that is, in some tanks the guns have an understated accuracy factor, in others it is blatantly high (for example, the top FV4202). Also worth noting is the understated speed of the top representatives of the development branch, which is inferior to many analogs. And the last disadvantage is the unfortunate idea of ​​using high-explosive shells with excellent penetration. Even in spite of all the high indicators, taking into account the majority of the tanks' screens, innovative shells simply become useless.

As for the positive aspects of technology, it is worth mentioning only the initial levels of development, namely "cruising" tanks, which have excellent speed, penetration rate and damage, allowing to create real chaos in a random house.

Thus, it can be concluded that it is best to ride the "cruising" tanks, rather than suffer on all others. But although, maybe, someone will like them.

Comparison of top technology

As you guessed from the description that we discussed a little earlier in this article, you can immediately understand that the top FV4202 loses all its similar models in all respects, why it occupies the last line of the rating. Yes, he is capable in terms of support to well fill the damage, experience, etc. But we're talking about a single comparison, where this combat representative loses. Any other CT has a higher result than this English representative.

Recommendations for equipment, modules and crew skills

But, despite all the negative and some uselessness of this branch of development, we will not depart from the set standards of the review and will continue to consider the development branch further. Therefore now we will give recommendations on equipment. Still, players are riding on this technique, although their number is not high.

As equipment it is better to take the next set, which for some reasons is standard: a small first aid kit, a small repair kit and a fire extinguisher.

As modules, it is best to install: a sender, a vertical stabilizer and an enlightened optics.

And do not forget about the skills of the crew, whose composition should look like this:

• Commander: light bulb, eagle eye, battle brotherhood, repair;
• Gunner: sniper, smooth turn of the tower, battle brotherhood, repair;
• Mechanic driver: virtuoso, smooth running, fighting brotherhood, repair;
• Charging: contactless combat, radio interception, combat brotherhood, repair;

Tactical application

Also, the differences are waiting for you in tactical application, as for the whole branch of development according to the standard it is recommended to use tactics of support based on occupying key positions of the map and conducting the battle at medium distances. But here for the "cruising" tanks, it is best to deal with the coverage of enemies, active support and in some situations by storm. But it is best to always take as a basis support, since this tactic is universal and allows you to objectively assess the situation in combat, which then gives possible options for further action.

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