How is it fake?

You know it wasn’t the original Graviteam :) No way there are getting anywhere close to something like that.

Absolutely couldn't agree more.

From what I’ve read from the many memoirs I’ve come across over the years, and what I’ve observed from many rank games over the years, really you ought to shoot at the turret if possible. Even if you don’t penetrate you’ll stun the crew. You have a good chance to damage very important component. If you hit the gun mantlet you’ll more than likely disable the gun as a whole. If you hit the ring you’ll probably penetrate. If not you’ll cripple the turret traverse The hull was the easiest to hit apparently, but consequently that’s the most well armored place on all tanks. And T-34’s, and all Russian tanks really, have such piss poor visibility and performance all around that you ought to just stay hidden until you get a very favorable shot if possible. A tank gunner in a Pz III with the short barreled 50mm said his commander had them wait until the t-34 had passed them and was showing its ass. They hit the engine and shit the side of the turret knocking it out while setting it on fire. They had to run away when a KV2 showed up however 😅 Another gunner, this time from a flak cannon crew, said they could just shoot when they had a good shot regardless of distance. Well not 1-2 kilometers out, but if they had a good shot they could take it. It all came down to the caliber of the gun. And duh that’s obvious 😂 But it seemed that disabling the turret made it combat ineffective. The turret has the most components you can’t necessarily protect very well like the turret ring or the gun mantlet If you’re truly lucky you could whack the commander by hitting the cupola, but unlike in warthunder that actually isn’t a sure fire way to get a kill. There was a Tiger 1 that got blasted severely in the Russian steppes. It was hit in the cupola many times from both t-34’s, t-26’s and AT rifles. It destroyed the cupola and it literally knocked out the commander for a moment, but nobody died. They had to retreat because the turret ring was heavily damaged and the hydraulics as well were shot and leaking They couldn’t turn the gun. But the tank took the full brunt of a tank company and a AT squad and was able to leave the battlefield under its own power The tiger tank was too complicated to name one of its flaws, but oh boy it shines bright when it’s in a favorable position To get to the point, I’d say I Italy hold fire. Wait until you have them up shit’s creek without a paddle. Truly in the open, unprotected If you have the luxury do some range finding prior and create a kill zone. That was very effectively used by the Germans in WW2. Famously a PAK cannon did this and knocked out 3 Sherman’s immediately after they created a ridge in France 1944 (or was it 45 I forget) But if the battle is already raging you can’t necessarily do that now can you 😂 I’d aim for the turret. If you can disable it it’s one less tank to worry about.

Yes, the game says no though so that won’t help:) Thanks for the book tip o7