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this tank is terrible. I dont think i can add any more to that.

mystikro, on 06 January 2012 - 02:38 AM, said:

heh nope.. armor is shit.. just aim for the gun or the hatch... even T2 can penetrate you and kill you...

Rofl Lmao B1 is by far the worst tank I have ever used.
Even the medium AMX40 beats B1 anyday. You cant even damage the AMX40 with B1. Not even the hatch I have tried.
It's pain in the ass to get 14k xp with B1.
Only chance is to get in lvl 4 matches, because you cant damage most of lvl 5 tanks. Hell, even marder lvl 3 penetrates B1.

B1 bad speed ( I didnt upgrade the engines )
B1 bad armor
B1 big target
B1 bad level 3 gun

Only a fool says this tank owns cause IT DOES NOT!!!

It does perform like Maus in T4 battles, the issue is volume of this tank fighting in T4 battles.

My crew is now 84% and I installed rammer. It fires like a machine gun but you need to hit side armor or weakspots. If you hide your front armor and angle the hull, you can bounce most guns you will meet.

But hey, I also liked the M3 Lee when I had elited it, I found out it could rolfstomp all other tier 4 tanks with its 75mm gun. So if you liked the elite M3 Lee, you will also like this tank.

Worst tank ever.
I have like 25% win ratio on B1. Worst among all my tanks (by far).
The main problem is the low penetration value of the gun for its tier. Can pen only weak spots.

Volcano, on 05 January 2012 - 11:08 PM, said:

Well actually I have played M3Lee and I see you point but, you don't see the real point of dual armament, do you  

Beesonsticks, on 06 January 2012 - 01:46 AM, said:

This, 1000 times.

For the record - my stats in that tin can suggests it is a low tier terminator. Two Top guns in 20 games, 7 kills each. Mainly due to the fact that the opposition consisted of 80% french tanks that can not penetrate slightly angled 60mm even if their life depends on it (and frankly, it does).

So I stopped playing all other tanks just to be able to grind through this "terminator" while the MM is saturated with low tiers. Get to tier V before the french hype dies down or face the consequences.

If its matchmaking is restricted to tier 4 max I can keep it to have some epic battles shooting tier IIs while being chased from an angry Hetzer. But when MM gets back to normal and most people start playing at tier V and above it will be very tough for people going up the French tree.

Edit - A funny story to get a clear picture. Match at Himmelsdorf, enemy has KV and T1 Heavy, me and another guy in B1 in our team (not matched against tier V ofc, but we were in the top 5 of the list and above us were some Panzer - mediums). We outright said in chat "sorry guys, we are going to the hill praying that their heavies don't". Well, as you know, climbing the hill is something that gets you enough time to chat and the other guy told the story from his last round. All french team, enemy had 1 KV. The KV ended with 14 kills. No one on the team was able to hurt it ANYWHERE . He had just finished typing when we reached the hill and their T1 showed up from the other side. He didn't even slow down to kill us - he just passed around us shooting on the move and we were dead in 6 shots total  

I tried it last night in junior kompani with my clan. And I must say that its quite fun. Find it very similar to minimaus. Hard body and a weak but fast gun.
I'm not sure yet, but I think it's a keeper.

Sotahullu, on 06 January 2012 - 09:38 AM, said:

Well, it's you who don't understand what I mean, because I never told of using the two guns at the same time, noob. And anyway, the B1 would not become a monster because its 75mm gun can not move horizontally, as Sturmbock says on previous page : to use it you must turn the entire vehicle, which greatly reduces its dangerousness as the B1 cannot turn as fast as med or light tanks, so the real danger still comes from its turret ; and last point, as the 75mm gun is very short, it would be very inaccurate even at medium range and thus easy to dodge.

The gun is to crappy for any thing tier 4 and above. Bounce bounce bounce on weakspots I didnt have problems penetrating on any other tank i played. WTB the hull gun with HE to derp

It's the only tier 4 tank. Who can be excellent on tier 4 company.

That tank lead to the BDR who can be I think very good with the 90. (it's almost the same gun as the 8.8L56 but for a tier V!)
And you get the ARL 44 who is probably one of the most excellent tier 6 tank with his last gun!

Probably the worst tank I've played. Fortunately, it didn't take long to get rid of it and move on.

I dont even wanna sell this tank when im done with it. I just wanna pile up the rest of its ammo and blow it up so i never see it again.

Lolleroman, on 06 January 2012 - 07:37 AM, said:

Well I killed 3 ugly ducks in a row with it. One I killed via driver hatch, one via turret and the las one I circled it and hit it in the ass. Yes, with full upg, this thing is faster than the duck. The gun has good enough pen to kill the duck, engine allows you to manuver better than it and the side armor is strong enough to ding it.

Opinions differ, but my statistics with B1 don't lie. One top gun and two steel walls in just 24 battles  

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This tank beats matchmaker problems (by only facing tier 3-5 tanks) and is tough and agile (yes it is agile, just not fast )

I will never sell this beast  

24 matches and.... I dont know The gun is terrible, penetration is horrible if you are against over tier 4... But it has good rate of fire. armor is good for tier 4. I had matches that i have enjoyed playing.
Its not compeletely failure but its not good. I would give it 6.5/10

It's just like all tanks : you have to know how to use it properly. If you don't, you die (like the TD pilots who don't ambush, for example)

Well i found this tank to be enjoyable to grind through.
MM seems to like this tank, and you can kill most of the tanks  you get shooting weakspots( i have to shoot weakspots on most tanks i play, so its sort of normal for me), and you can take some beating. It's also agile enough to avoid some dmg, and make it harder to hit your weakspots.
Overall this made me a pretty nice looking stats:

JPG51, on 06 January 2012 - 10:45 AM, said:

play any of this tanks before making such nonsense comments...

BDR is crap compared to KV with 107mm, hell KV has no problem even pawning a ARL44...