Weak Spots all War thunder Players should Know (Low Tiers)

[@DawgIVLife]

Whats your favorite weak spot to shoot in War Thunder?

[@baohuynhtran114]

pls do tips that can 1 shoot on top tier tank :D

[@Consumpter]

russian 76mm (MD-8 shell) can go through the roof of the churchill 7, swedish 40mm SAPHE can one shot kill pattons through the cupola and late russian heavies through the lower side, any gun with 120mm+ penetration can insta break the breach of the is-2 by shooting above the barrel (easier than cupola or barrel shot and good for tanks without APHE), russian 14.5mm can go through the side of shermans and jumbos, american 76mm and any similar caliber with enough pen can kill a tiger 1 through the gunner optics, pershings can be killed by most APHE by shooting the driver or machinegunner hatches, 88mm pzgr 39 and the panther can go through the jumbos turret at 500m, kv-1s can be killed by any APHE with 50mm+ pen by shooting the machine gun from a 45 degree angle ,any sufficiently large HE shell can overpressure most vehicles by shooting the lower part of the tracks (150mm+ vs is-2, fv4005 vs maus, and a lot of smaller calibers vs lighter targets), and probably a few more i cant remember

[@jessymeowlight5660]

Any machine gunner port on american tanks. Especially at high mid tiers. They haven't been scary since :D Same for KV/IS lower plates if you have enough pen. One shots everytime

[@matthieuhilckmann9665]

The center port of KV-1's. Especially handy when it comes to facing KV-1B's and KV-1E's.

[@Unknown_Comrade_]

Their side 🗿

[@alvaro781minayt]

Me: *knows every weakspot of all WWII era tanks in the game* Also me: *completely forgets that weakspots exist 70% of the time due to pressure*

[@grillo_419]

Make a video then, i'd watch it.

[@g09h]

Arietes where the entire tank is the weakspot 💀💀💀💀

[@elnewbie2611]

Me an Italian main : crying with my Ariete in the corner 😔

[@_EUREKA.]

*Cry in L3

[@cabbageashthe1st594]

"I play Italy so I can complain about Italy" -my friend that has the every Italian vehicle in the game

[@DisinformationAgent]

Yeah no need to make a video about the weak points on Italian and Japanese tanks, maybe a video about the few spots not to shoot them.

[@CoolLink-Zelda]

Sdkfz 222 and 234/2 be like

[@SOAxZIPPER]

As far as the entire Sherman line goes, I've also found you can shoot the road wheels with high explosive on a 75 mm or greater gun and it will overpressure the entire crew.

[@user-ns4zm8qe9p]

Sshhhhh please don’t tell them that 😂

[@kingtigertheheavy2708]

I just unlocked the M4A2 Sherman with only AP and HE, testing this out lol

[@terrydeschenes7850]

The jumbo has another weak spot. If its is full front on as it should be, you can bounce a shell off the tracks and into the hull if you have the proper angle. Found this out in protection analysis and then tested in a custom with friends to see if it worked and it does. Feel like it's a very unknown place to shoot one so try it out in game and see what kind of toxic reactions you get. Also you can go for the cupola too

[@AutumnDeIight]

Could you elaborate? I’m not sure where you’re saying

[@9000k4]

@@AutumnDeIighthe means when a jumbo tries to angle and become unpenable frontally due to the mg being angled or away. You can try and shoot through the lower hull through the tracks typically trying to either bypass and pen the rollers or sprocket due to the armor being thinner there

[@terrydeschenes7850]

No, I literally mean you can bounce a shell up off the top of the track into the hull. Shoot it right above the sprocket and below the skirt from a direct front on aspect

[@absolutelynobody8858]

Yeah that weakspot is some magician type shot, i died from that

[@andrewlee8204]

@@9000k4jumbo shouldn’t be angled, as we saw in the video

[@hansgruber3064]

Playing the KV-1e tonight I came up against a Churchill crocodile and got in a slap fight with it. Then I remembered the turret roof shot from the video and it did the trick, thank you.

[@walterescalante6141]

Shoot the Doors !! I AM a beginner and got demolished against them on assault mode and i learned That weakspot and got a Lot of Churchill kills whit a Panzer j1, haha.

[@dfnxINC]

KVs and IS tanks (at least until the IS2 1944) have a relatively weak LFP, so most guns can comfortably go through it, and it usually lights up the fuel or kills all the crew. Additionally, the turret cheeks are usually penable.

[@2_sniper23]

I was sometimes able to go through it with the sherman 75mm which is funny, still my go-to weakspot.

[@dfnxINC]

​@@2_sniper23 With the jumbo and guns like that, my go to spot for the IS tanks is the cupola. It's a very reliable shot, usually a oneshot. I remember that there was one this IS2 1944 and a bunch of guys in good tanks were scared of him, and I rushed with my jumbo and finished the guy.

[@2_sniper23]

@@dfnxINC I go for cupola on the 44 too, the 1944 is just built different lol

[@foxybro686]

Ho-Ri: You shall never know my weakness

[@Shadicals]

When the word "Actually" is your favourite

[@duckindustries526]

Umm actually... 🤓

[@Shadicals]

@@duckindustries526 Fr lol

[@atreniv]

Great video man! I’m a relatively new player to warthunder, and these tips actually really helped!

[@Echo06]

2:27 lol that shot on the ferdinand was uncalled for. Just needed to be done ig

[@twitchy.mp3]

Big help for a tank noob like me had not realized what the color indicators meant kept wondering why I can pen anything

[@johnnyjericho8472]

This is why we have have secrecy in the military.

[@dr.nightmare9093]

among a myriad of other things

[@MiluxF1]

you forgot that even when a jumbo is facing you head on panthers and long 88s can actually pen the area about a foot or two above the track, no further left or right. usually a 1 shot kill there.

[@realpoesolo]

Thank you so much!! I watched this video a few days ago and was able to win a 1v1 with an elephant!! I shot his barrel, forced him to angle, got an amazingly lucky shot, he started on fire, lost his driver and all of that and got a side shot on him. All thanks to this video, you saved my life lol. Thanks so much

[@TheKevinFanClub526]

For IS-1 IS-2 and soviet heavies around BR 4.0 to 6.7, the lower front plate is a good area to go for a quick shot, given you have a decent cannon for the BR. For the churchill/black prince in general, if you have a low caliber cannon(can't pen it anywhere), and happens to be on it's side, the two boxes on each side basically has no armor and shooting that part will take out the engine. The French ARL-44 has extremely weak roof armor frontally. Hope this helps.

[@xxparayeet_godxx]

Sometimes the kv series of tanks can be penned on the lower front plates, along with the IS-1 and 2

[@princesspupcake1269]

For the Jumbo, it has a bit of a shot-trap under the mantlet, so if the MG-port is bushed-up you can try aiming there -- though you need a tall-ish tank, like Tiger sized, to hit it. Also works for T34, which can be a pain in the ass to fight headon.

[@connivingkhajiit]

Because the hull likes to bounce weaker shells, the drivers port and volumetric can stop shells it shouldnt, and hitting the turret and knocking out gunner/loader/breech is a standard practice

[@abdulhameedal-sikafi8944]

IS-2 looking at your m4 got me a bit nervous 😂

[@Fokkas]

Best weak spot on a jumbo or Sherman tank or any of the M4 line is the tank itself. At any distance at any angle. With any gun. Out of rounds or bullets? Use a pistol. Out of pistols? Just fart in the tanks general direction. It'll take out the entire crew instantly. Experience has shown me this.

[@Sultan___]

basically the entire american tech tree. they made tanks with what they use to build houses 😭 cardboard

[@grillo_419]

That m6 needs to watch a manscaped ad.

[@blackknight8394]

How did you get this custom testing place?

[@KellenClifton]

This was actually really helpful for those weird tanks that I don’t see enough to know their weak spots.

[@Adimai_ellios]

if you have a shell with a high amount of HE filler (preferably 70g or more) you can also go for the lower front plate of the hetzer, aim a bit upwards to hopefully avoid most of the transmission and the APHE will do the rest

[@linussyren9221]

This video truly shows how much APHE over performs. If it worked more like IRL many of these weakspots wouldn’tbe one hit kills.

[@DawgIVLife]

I mean I prefer APHE being strong

[@wtpiv6041]

I can’t thank you enough for making this. I’m a very new player who wanted to play tanks but couldn’t get back into WOT and wanted to move to WT. But sadly wot taught me some nasty habits. Such as “just press 2” when encountering a heavily armored opponent, or stay moving to avoid artillery. Going for the gun is something I never would really consider either so it’s a learning process. I’ve managed to get the Soviets to 6.3 and the Germans to 5.7 and now the Americans to 5.3. So far the Americans seem to be the best teaching line as it seems to require weak spot knowledge as well as map knowledge for flanking shots. I still suck at range and tend to not get very many kills most games but guides like yours are really helping me out here so thanks again for taking the time to make it.

[@pacifico-lx7xe]

The reason people go backwards in the IS-2 is the massive engine eating shots not the angle, check your research💀

[@Boris_The_Turtle]

Also, for the KV-1 you can shoot the gun mantlet (the arc looking thing) from the side or at an angle and pen the turret.

[@maszot]

Thx man ! I Was really struggling with some tanks from Your video - now i know exacly how to fight them :D Cheers !

[@starstreakalex7372]

I have a question that's been plaguing me forever: Do I load HE first or armour piercing first? I seem to always find myself in a paradoxical dilemma where whenever I load heavy-duty rounds like APDS on the centurion, the next target I face will be super squishy and an ideal oneshot for HE or HESH, so I end up dying because the spawling on APDS is trash so I can't kill vital crew members. Then at the same time when I load HE / HESH first, the next target I come across will be a well-angled kingtiger, where I would have preferred APDS or APCBC and I just don't have the luxury of shooting off the chambered round to swap types because that then gives away my position, and lets the enemy shoot back for free - then I'm also swarmed by the entire enemy team, and I'm playing a paper thin centurion so I get gang fisted and end up thinking "I should have loaded the other round first"

[@serkan978]

honestly bushes usually tell me where q weakspot is instead of covering them so i dont know why people buy them

[@Nick-bk7es]

A weak spot on the Tiger II's is the Cupola. It's a little bit bigger than the Tiger E's and can be pinned. Issue is it's a risky shot and doesn't alway's work. When it does work you can usually two shot kill or even one shot kill a Tiger II

[@Ryan-ok2xr]

I've been struggling so hard with Churchills... thanks!

[@Spoozie26]

Any tips against IS-4Ms? Don't really know any weakspot of that thing frontally (only maybe machinegun port next to the gun, and lower plate if he is going uphill)

[@challenger2megatron]

The IS-4M really depends on the shell you're using. If you load 105mm APDS the lower front plate is a weak spot at least most of the time With 105 HEAT 90% of the time you can just shoot upper front plate and one or two shot it. The gun mantlet can also be penned with a shell of this type but it is unreliable because volumetric exists. Early APFSDS is similar to APDS tbh in terms of weak points If you are using a tank that has anything less than a 105mm gun I'm afraid you're royally screwed- unless you can commit track and barrel torture and get the lower side beneath the side skirts. The big mistake is to shoot the turret side. For the love of god please don't shoot there, it has way more armour than you think. Thanks for coming to my TED talk. :)

[@Eeyor_5]

There is a very tricky and precise spot where the drivers hatch is. Where the drivers hatch is at you can shoot at the very top where both top and bottom parts of the hatch clip together. I have had king tigers pierce through there and have tried it myself, but it is still very precise and some people might not agree with this method. Still works tho if your using anything like the king tiger or stronger if it's just a standard AP round

[@challenger2megatron]

@@Eeyor_5 really? I'm going to have to try this;)

[@chrisbacon3071]

I’m level 100 and I’ve been playing this game for years, and I had no idea about this weak spots, but thanks it’s gonna come in handy!

[@karlbraun5382]

One I have found if close up to a Tiger or another tank with an MG ball mount at the front...your round will enter and destroy the tank.

[@ethan24572]

What I’ve learned is any flat spot is the weak point. If you can’t pin the flat spot aim for the ports

[@clutchpedal4621]

The IS1, IS2 and KV1, KV2, and all KV have another weakspot: lower glacis or lower plate of the tank.

[@DaMoose-ng6xz]

Watching these videos vs protection analysis in game

[@KW_2000]

he mentioned the angled corners of the ferdinand hull but on the elephant they have tracks in those spots making it ineffective with some rounds and most like the american 76

[@elverman]

You can bonk the Brummbar through the roof as well.

[@TheReaperHunter]

Great video, lotta good tips. What do you do for tanks that are like 500m+? Cause you can shoot the barrel sure, but driving up to it's side afterwards isn't always an option especially when they have teammates covering them. Do you just disengage at that point?

[@Daddyofdelights]

Yes, weakspots in this video is pretty much useless for 80% of the time. Fighting at that close range is rare. And usually tanks also have teammates. Barrel and tracking is also not considered a "weakspot" since you can kill modern mbts with that tactic. The problem is they wont let you shoot first. If in this video tanks could actually shoot back, this guy would be dead in almost every engagement. These tips might work in theory but they dont work in real fights except few ones. For example, if you are facing king tiger with 76mm you will most likely die. Avoid tortoise as well unless you have gun with 200mm pen+. Same goes for t95 those cupolas are hard to hit and fuse rarely detonates.

[@Chase92488]

@@Daddyofdelights stronk tutel

[@xcritic9671]

For the KV-1 right below the barrel is a way to get to the turret crew as well

[@chriswaldron2617]

How do you get that test area?

[@Icarus4002]

What you don’t understand is that most of these engagements would’ve never happened; they typically occur from far distances.

[@DawgIVLife]

so just hit these same spots at distance then.

[@techpriest8965]

If the Churchill angles you can go for the behind the tracks hull shot which just wrecks them.

[@danielaguirre2516]

On the tortoise if you shoot the machine gun Copolla on the roof it’ll kill the tank. Learned that from playing WoT.

[@AviationFreekStudios]

I wish I had that collection, keep it up

[@vyacheslavmolotov-ft6yo]

you have done a great service to a great many ppl

[@GamingFruguy]

How do I make a lineup like that so I can practice like what you show in the video?

[@rodrigosoares8858]

What if your shell doesn't have explosive filler? I play UK and its very frustrating when you shoot the guy and the bullet just disappears

[@romainpibs7128]

You have to know where to shoot, if you hit the ammo one hit is enought, if you can’t try to break the turret or the canon and then move safely for a second shot on the side.

[@rodrigosoares8858]

@@romainpibs7128 I have a clip of me hitting the tiger ammo rack twice and not detonating it

[@romainpibs7128]

@@rodrigosoares8858 ask gaijin and it's shit logic :D it happen sometimes :/

[@manuelarocho8131]

With British tanks more often than not you can pen the front of things with the correct ammo. And also turrets. I'd suggest going for crew knock outs and ammo. And as we all know the ammo thing is inconsistent...

[@huyra8019]

As a plane enjoyer not having to deal with this is a blessing frfr

[@brandondonaldson983]

What if they took out the hezter

[@that_fritz_guy5918]

16k games with a lot of them in mid tiers and I had no idea about the weakpoint on top of the turret of the KV-1

[@imthygamer3566]

What about the jagtiger? That thing is as armored as a t95

[@terrydeschenes7850]

Track and barrel torture unless you have sabot

[@efekanuyguner6513]

Mg port works with some luck

[@mrsoisauce9017]

Trying to figure out weak spots in WT because I’m trying to main Sweden as a complete beginner, but I can’t use the main light and medium tanks with the APDS rounds without knowing where they are, so I find myself resorting to using tanks in the Finnish tree instead, along with Swedish tank destroyers (even for a total noob like me, those things are fun af as long as you actually land your shot). I’d like to use those Swedish tanks tho, especially because I know they can be really good if you know what you’re doing

[@gbro8822]

Wow, great video. Thank you.

[@7TPdwCzolgu]

Angled hill Churchill on a downtier... Hell... But you can make it go fire by shooting the thing in the back

[@terrydeschenes7850]

Churchill can also be .50 cal'd from the side. There is a part that sticks out that the rear side that looks to be a cargo container but I could be wrong, but its only 5mm structural steel and the engine is right behind it. Works on the churchill 1, 3 and the NA 75. Not sure about the 7 though

[@7TPdwCzolgu]

that thing exactly, shoot at it when angled@@terrydeschenes7850

[@leeham6230]

I did not know about the hetzer weak spot; very cool. The Jumbo has a weird weak spot in the frontal armour that I don't think is common knowledge. The roof armour can be penetrated where it slightly dips up, and if APHE is used, your entire crew can die. I only know about this because I have been killed once by someone doing it to me. You have to aim for the turret ring. I will post a shot on my channel when I get the time.

[@willow7837]

how does he get his lead indicator right in the middle, it always shows as a little bit to the left or right for me?

[@DawgIVLife]

When you are aiming with your tank cannon do you see a tank cannon in your field of view? like the gun sight is off to the left or right a little bit?

[@JustAnotherColombian-r8m]

16:44 i once killed a churchill 3 shooting there in the karelia map

[@EinfachMax615]

I dont need that 😂 i play with a 130 mm cannon

[@DawgIVLife]

Su100Y enjoyer I see

[@EinfachMax615]

🤝

[@Rainzzen]

love the video man!

[@krisi90]

Tried to shoot a tiger's cupola with the sherman 75, shot and hit 3 times, none penned

[@battycheeseknob]

Its not reliable, idk why he said it is. I only shoot the cupola if I don’t have any other choice

[@xXujm-mp4ht]

How do you make this type of scenario please i want to know

[@andrewdg90]

What mode is this where you can test shoot multiple tanks??

[@chrisbergonzi7977]

Excellent work pal....thanks

[@danmorris8714]

I only just found out the other day that a Panther can go through the lower plate of an American T34. Wasn't expecting it

[@joshuathered1100]

American?

[@tackyinbention6248]

Will there be a guide for if we PLAY as British or French vehicles?

[@kidkow3097]

just the video i needed

[@Lndmk227]

Ah, yes. The M6. My eternal disappointment with that tank knows no end. -_-

[@antonjames6187]

That's all good info but in battle they will be down range behind buildings and trees they won't be standing still

[@SilasHolme]

I found that the jumbos turret ring is also a weak spot even tho it’s still pretty strong

[@ghinochips5842]

what kind of mode is this? Is there a sandbox? 

[@Soham-157]

Typically when I angle Ferdinand no one can pen me bc they don't know this

[@JSW33T]

My dude! I rock the Georgia peach too!!! *instant sub* ( I see you out here )

[@lb0178]

Turret ring shots work on a jumbo too

[@orangesv356]

How do you do these tests?

[@MechMK1]

Small nitpick: In German, the -e at the end of words is not silent, unlike in English. So it's pronounced like "Porscheh"

[@kouji9195]

type 61's m431 shells goes brrrr

[@MrZofer]

this would be better if you are shooting from the distance you normally engage in game

[@SeeTaube]

7:20 This also goes for the Panther F

[@X33Ultras0und]

What mode is this where you can pick a tank to shoot at it like this?

[@DawgIVLife]

I made it with the War thunder CDK its a modded map

[@T80BVM678]

How did you get this map with the ai

[@Panther_D_Tank]

The cupola shot is the square hole of weak spots.

[@szymkosv8776]

You can kill Panther G from the front playing with 75mm Sherman

[@dragosmunteanu1425]

How do you get to that map??? Pls help i am new

[@andrislinder1241]

Jumbo's upper turret is also penetrable with 88mm guns

[@binthem7997]

How do I play this map/mode?

[@Rimmless]

If you break a tanks barrel and shoot where the barrel meets the mantlet it will overpressure the crew no matter how much armor basicslly

[@terrydeschenes7850]

I'm pretty sure that bug has been fixed, tested it and it doesnt seem to work anymore. Atleast not against the panther or tiger 2

[@btbd2785]

So we're you using HE Shells the entire time in the video?

[@DawgIVLife]

Only on the hetzer rest where APHE

[@cooldestroyer115]

I wish I had this video a couple months ago when I played for again for a while 😭

[@nelsondfg211]

Just started grinding US rank 3 and youyr video is perfect. German tanks are so much better

[@ForganMreeman-0]

13:29 should've said "But once again, people got more money to spend than you do lmao"

[@daveshilling6610]

Will there be a top tier weak spots video? Be good for new players buying premmy top tier

[@absolutelynobody8858]

The tiger ll cupola can never escape my sight 90 mm for the win

[@RicardoSanchez-es5wl]

How do you setup a test like this? Do you need a mod?

[@DawgIVLife]

Its made with the War Thunder CDK which is moding the game it self

[@tbones8733]

I struggle with all those IS-3, 4 series of tanks when I play Tiger II what do I do

[@terrydeschenes7850]

Lower front plate right below the pike nose for the IS-3. Not sure about the 4 as I rarely see them but I would guess the same as the 3

[@crazyadam9281]

If you're in a tall tank the IS-3 suffers from the similar weakspot as the Churchill Mk.VII, if you're facing the IS-3 front on aim where the mantlet and turret meet just above the gun, you should see what looks like a metal flap and that's where you shoot.

[@CR7.GHOST2007]

Damn what a video bro thank you im a new warthunder player and i reached rank 3 and 4 they just kept fk me always i suffered a lot thank you very much 🫡 What is the best nation for ground ? I forget one thing how to rotate the camera without to spin the gun ?

[@ioan-alexandrutrofin4524]

I would also want to add that tortoise has another weak spot: the dual machine gun turret on the right side of it's casemate

[@DawgIVLife]

Yea I should have mentioned that one as well I kinda just forgot.

[@ioan-alexandrutrofin4524]

@@DawgIVLife all good. I actually didn't realise how weak is the weakspot you mentioned, I used to shoot it with more powerful guns. But my first thought was always to shoot the mg turret.

[@princesspupcake1269]

I believe the Tort also has a weak-spot on it's upper-front-plate, basically in the middle of that V-shaped bracket, for whatever reason it only has like 100-ish-mm of effective armor despite being a nearly flat angle.

[@Alphacuremom55]

Another thing to add, you can angle the machine gun turret to help alieviate this. (And then switch to primary gun only so it stays pointed in that direction)

[@ioan-alexandrutrofin4524]

@@Alphacuremom55 really? I don't remember having difficulties penning that turret even from it's sides