Auggy Posted April 27, 2002 Share Posted April 27, 2002 Can you guys tell me what are your favorite light tanks and which ones have the best armor penetration to take out Medium & Light tanks? Thnx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleCharlie Posted April 27, 2002 Share Posted April 27, 2002 I think the M5 Stuart is the best light tank in the game. Its quick and the 37mm gun can kill anything givin its high rate of fire. I have even taken out a few KT's with it though I dont recomend making that a part of your battle plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auggy Posted April 27, 2002 Author Share Posted April 27, 2002 Yes, I would also need at least some MBT's in a game but if all those were gone what small light tank would be the best to use to finish up a battle and maybe also my last hope of a victory? THANX EAGLE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olle Petersson Posted April 27, 2002 Share Posted April 27, 2002 The answer is pretty obvious: The most potent (and expensive) light tank in the game is the M24 Chaffee. It's darn close to the vanilla Shermans with same gun, not so bad armour and good mobility. Cheers Olle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wacky Posted April 27, 2002 Share Posted April 27, 2002 Originally posted by Olle Petersson: The answer is pretty obvious: The most potent (and expensive) light tank in the game is the M24 Chaffee. It's darn close to the vanilla Shermans with same gun, not so bad armour and good mobility. Cheers OlleI love it. Same gun, and Sherm armor doesn't matter anyway so it just gains mobility without losing anything in terms of survivability Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfpack Posted April 28, 2002 Share Posted April 28, 2002 I agree that on paper, the Chaffee is the best light out there, but in practice, I've had much better luck (key word here being luck) with the Stuart. Best result so far would be a night battle when I lost 3 of my Shermans early to a Hummel. My opponent had a small army of armor massing for a push. (2 Pz-IV, JPz-IV, the Hummel, and a STuH) Well, my AT resources had been hunted down and killed quickly, so all I had left was my little Stuart. Feeling suicidal, they went and charged around a little copse of trees and drove right through the gathering. By the time the turn was over and they had circled around the trees again, they had killed both Pz-IV and the STuH. Feeling lucky, they continued around the woods next turn and once again ran through the now burning wreckage. End result, 5 enemy armored vehicles dead, 1 Stuart being followed by the curses of my PBEM opponent as he scooted back to friendly lines. The Stuart is a good tank to get out of trouble in. It's fast, and the rate of fire is high enough to make the enemy keep their heads down. That one definitely earned his CMoH that night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patgod Posted April 28, 2002 Share Posted April 28, 2002 i would have walked to where ever you live and kicked you square in the nads if that had happened to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpazManOught Posted April 28, 2002 Share Posted April 28, 2002 I think the sherman is the best light tank....no wait, what it's a medium?....you cant be serious...medium? like the panther?..haha...your joking right?..well if it was a light tank then it would be the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Deadmarsh Posted April 28, 2002 Share Posted April 28, 2002 Frankly, I fail to see the advantage in using up armor points on Stuarts. Those HE rounds aren't very effective against infantry. Basically, they just suppress. Now, if it's used in conjunction with another tank, preferably something with a 75 gun, then I gues they might be effective. Alone though, why waste the armor points? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auggy Posted April 28, 2002 Author Share Posted April 28, 2002 Thanx for all the replies! But what about german light tanks? Were any of their light tanks any good? Or was it just basicly the medium (panthers) tanks on up to the maus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patgod Posted April 28, 2002 Share Posted April 28, 2002 the linx is seriously fast, comes with a 20mm gun. just dont let anyone sneeze at it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonC Posted April 28, 2002 Share Posted April 28, 2002 With the Germans, the best light armor is over on the vehicles screen. SPW-251/9s are good at suppressing infantry, with their 75mm HE. PSW-234/1s are good at dealing with enemy light vehicles and at scouting, and have enough ammo to hose enemy infantry positions almost indefinitely (the Lynx is similar, but uses scarcer and more valuable armor points). When you buy cheap things on the armor screen, though, go for the SP guns. Hetzers combine excellent front armor with a useful AT gun. Hummels clobber any infantry position; the limited ammo doesn't matter at all with 150mm HE. These are both cheaper than Stuarts but vastly more effective in their particular roles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auggy Posted April 29, 2002 Author Share Posted April 29, 2002 When you buy cheap things on the armor screen, though, go for the SP guns. Hetzers combine excellent front armor with a useful AT gun. Hummels clobber any infantry position; the limited ammo doesn't matter at all with 150mm HE. These are both cheaper than Stuarts but vastly more effective in their particular roles. One problem there bud. Hummels & hetzers are really nice and I agree they ARE better in their own roles but you forgot one thing....those are german. Stuwarts are american. Most american tanks at the time were how should i put this? "Inferior to their german counter parts" SO how can you compare a German TD and inf gun to an american light tank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patgod Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 not to defend jason(wink) but he quite clearly said <h1>With the Germans</h1> at the beginning of his post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auggy Posted April 29, 2002 Author Share Posted April 29, 2002 i saw that pat...It was just that he said it was a better buy if you got a hummel instead of a stuwart. I didn't mean anything personal by it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priest Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 I have had serious luck with the Chaffee. Twice now in about 7 or 8 games with them I have bounced a 88mm shell from a KT of the hull, the sloped armour is great. Also the Chaffee does not use the same gun as the Sherman, it uses a gun derived from the Mitchell (a bomber) although I believe it could use the same ammo. Considering the suspension, sloped armor and gun I would almost choose the Chaffee over most models of the Sherman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sturner Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 Light tank. That's an oxymoron isn't it? The best light tank is one that is still running and shooting at the end of the battle. If you are going to hit mediums, then you want something with punch, or something that runs like a rabbit. So, either the M25 Chaffee, or the M5 Stuart. German light tanks were too much into the scout range or infantry support role, in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thin Red Line Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 I knew the M24 was using a bomber gun, but i've always wondered how did this plane use a 75mm , and for what purpose exactly ? :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PondScum Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 Originally posted by Thin Red Line: I knew the M24 was using a bomber gun, but i've always wondered how did this plane use a 75mm , and for what purpose exactly ? :confused: It made a serious mess of any shipping it encountered on low-level coastal attacks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thin Red Line Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 Was it placed in the nose of the Mitchell ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soddball Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 Not sure. I would imagine it was underneath the fuselage. I know it's comparing apples with oranges, but the German Henschel HS-129 was a close-support aircraft, and some models carried a 75mm AT gun for tank-busting. That was mounted under the fuselage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PondScum Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 Originally posted by Thin Red Line: Was it placed in the nose of the Mitchell ?Yup, it was in the nose - along with 8 .50cals! A google search for B25H shows up some pages and images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priest Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 The reason it was used was due to the fact it was very compact. I am away from my resources but I believe it had some type of coil recoil system which saved a lot of space. Since it preceded the Pershing in production you could say the Chaffee was the first "modern" tank the Americans put into production (torsion bar suspension, sloped armor, I believe it had a 4 man crew, etc). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thin Red Line Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 This M24 positively needs a Mod update... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auggy Posted April 30, 2002 Author Share Posted April 30, 2002 The M24 was by far the best light tank used by the americans by far. The germans however overlooked (except for the lynx) the need for a light tank and rather relied on their scout vehicles to do the recon. How could they have done this with their massive R&D department?(research & development for all of you who don't know) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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