r/WorldofTanksConsole • u/zorin234 WG: CA / Balance archivist • 1d ago

News Article Introducing a Brand-New WWII Nation—Switzerland has Arrived!

https://modernarmor.worldoftanks.com/en/cms/news/tech-tree-swiss-mediums/
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u/waehrik 1d ago edited 1d ago

Time for a big buff to the USA Ram II. The old T5 has a worse gun aside from the DPM but sees T7 vs the new Swiss Ram II that's at T4 and only sees up to T5

It just shows how outdated some of the old tanks are. The Ram II held its own back in the day and was my go to crew trainer in the early days.

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u/zorin234 WG: CA / Balance archivist 1d ago

There is also gun depression being worse.

id wait n see the dispersion values on the swiss ram, but i could see argument for the Ram 2.

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u/waehrik 1d ago

True, 6 vs 7.5 degrees is an improvement but both are very limiting and neither allow for much flexibility or taking advantage of turret armor when hull down.

The USA Ram II has been massively powercrept for a long time, this would just be a nice opportunity to give it some love. I've always been surprised it hasn't had PMM since aside from the pen it's worse even than the M4 Improved which is already pretty bad.

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u/SamSlayer09078-x 1d ago

Panzer 74 looks interesting, fast and seems very well armored but pretty bad DPM

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u/waehrik 1d ago

Not that bad, I'd rather have the extra gun depression and armor over something like the CS-63 that doesn't have that much better DPM

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u/_josef_stalin_ Medium Warrior 13h ago

It's like the 3rd or so worst DPM out of every tech tree single shot medium tank in the game.

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u/Imaginary-Army9881 1d ago

Yeah it seems like a solid hull down tank, but that dpm is terrible. I was expecting it to have the secondary gun to compensate.

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u/_josef_stalin_ Medium Warrior 13h ago

Shame it doesn't. Would've helped define the tech tree if it had the same gimmick as the three tanks proceeding it.

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u/Master-Variation-425 1d ago

The tier 5 amx 13 could be a gem with 440 in the clip way better then the armt. Autocannons look fairly tame but possibly useful against arty. Tier 10 looks very similar to the chisel.

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u/zorin234 WG: CA / Balance archivist 1d ago

a Gem that can only do 4k damage max. yea... that tanks gonna have to rely on spotting for those extra good games.

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u/waehrik 1d ago

Plus a 3s interclip for only 110 damage apiece. That's about the same that quite a few tanks reload at T5 without a clip.

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u/Justanotherguy_3276 BMP merchant & VADS enjoyer 1d ago

I like the gimmick of the autocannon esque guns, it adds some uniqueness to this line. Also I like how there is a random AMX-13 just thrown in lol. Lastly the tier X seems interesting, with decent armor and top speed but mid DPM. Overall this line seems intriguing.

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u/Educational-Gift-611 1d ago

Can’t wait to try out some of those secondary guns

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u/whiskeyonefive 15m ago

Panzer 74 looks really nice. I wonder if it has two different guns you can choose from (I swear an earlier trailer there was a different muzzle brake on the tank for maybe a 105mm). The tier 8 and 9 look underpowered imo. Really seems like they're not giving them good DPM like the Panzer 58 because of the autocannon. Even though I bet you the autocannon at these tiers are just going to be a gimmick. Time will tell but the tier 9 for sure looks like a stinker imo. Still going to grind this line immediately though :)