Wheeled tanks are broken.

Plays_With_Matches, on Jan 13 2020 - 11:55, said:   That GIF is awesome....   So to effectively "track" a wheelie one would have to shoot out all the wheels on one side? or both? Also I do have a bit of an issue with the assistance damage, is it possible to get tracking assistance against a wheeled tank?  


Kenshin2kx, on Jan 13 2020 - 11:57, said:   I'm not a tank designer, but I do know a bit about automotive engineering ... and I would also question just how robust the drivetrain and in particular, wheeled segment of such vehicles are when hit by cannon fire in Wot.     I would think that a direct hit would result in quite a bit more actual damage and or an instant kill (depending on hit location on the main body or turrent) ... Granted, the wheel based drive train is upgraded/up armored when compared to a civilian design ... very little can be done to 'harden' the pneumatic rubber tires and hubs in terms of a direct hit from say a high velocity 75 mm (and up) tank armament.  If physics were to actually play out ... a direct hit to say the hub area of the wheel with armor piercing, should almost certainly /damage if not outright destroy the bearing hub and axel ... with the potential of going further into the vehicle itself ... now if the shell hit the tire itself (barring an advanced self repairing design ... should literally blow off the tire).     Direct hit = Wobbly tire with little slowdown in speed =   Yes, borked.   ... almost forgot, the basic vulnerability of a 4 wheeled vehicle in combat ... solidy hit just one wheel and you likely should have severely limited the opponents mobility potential.     ... and if nothing else ... how about a crash or potential for flipping with a catastrophic wheel hit (think tire blowout while at top speed)?