Hell Let Loose - The Ultimate Armor Guide

I teamed up with my pals and tanking experts Oni Barix, Evil, and Ajaxlynx to bring you the Ultimate Armor Guide for Hell Let Loose!
HUGE thank you to Oni, Evil, and Ajax - Couldn't have done this without you guys!
0:00 - Intro
0:38 - General Tips
5:51 - Driver Tips
11:00 - Gunner Tips
17:32 - Commander Tips
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[@DD11054]

Love your guides man. Very informative and the way you say things makes me feel like I'm listening to a friend's advice. I immediately improved after your guides, and the game just got more fun to play

[@SoulSniperYT]

These are the comments that motivate me! So cool to hear it man, thanks!

[@JorgeGarcia-jw4ld]

​@@SoulSniperYT Hey man love your videos. I have a question. Is it a reasonable tactic to have a squad get a truck and follow tanks around so that armor has infantry cover at all times?

[@casey653]

I tank command all the time. I love it, I think im okay at it. The most annoying person i've ever come across while tanking wasn't a new player (they actually tend to not be too bad, especially if they're willing to listen and learn!), is a veteran tanker who was driving. He just wouldn't listen to me, i told him "we have a panther to YOUR left who can't see is right now, do not move" he moved and we died. I gave him another chance, and similar case, just wouldn't listen to me, wouldn't go to my move markers, and was trying to command the fkin tank. Before i kicked him from the squad, i asked him "why?" he told me because he disagreed with what I wanted to do, which was support infantry, and he (im assuming anyways) was a lot more aggressive of a tank commander. The worst tanker i've ever played with BY FAR.

[@EugenetheMedic]

You can command my cannon any time.

[@jdot5974]

I've had similar experiences. The "Veteran" tankers sometimes are complete try-hard wannabes, and control freaks. That being said I've learned a lot from the ones who are willing to teach and aren't trying to cos-play as drill sergeants.

[@slugshell2901]

Him reading this: “😃” “😐” “🤬”

[@skynet1234567890]

I give my feedback on commands some times but i respect the commander and follow the orders anyway

[@jdot5974]

@@skynet1234567890 This is how it should be, people aren't always going to see things exactly the same way. As long as the tank crew can communicate these things accurately, respectfully, and with brevity it should not be an issue.

[@profc9916]

"You can never trust a blueberry in hell let loose" Fax.

[@EVIL-SF]

Really glad I was able to be a part of this Vid bud. when you say long time in the making it is an understatement. we really worked hard on this and it shows. great vid man

[@SoulSniperYT]

100% man, very proud of the work we put in and cannot thank you enough for the insight and wisdom!

[@chicco224]

I'm a firm believer that the commander should always be the spotter. It's insane to me when I see crews that don't play this way.

[@brettspearman3706]

Can’t drive a tank? Gotta learn sometime..

[@404_BrainDidNotLoad]

@@brettspearman3706It kind of makes sense. The Tank Commander has to be the one with the most info to report to leadership and since spotter’s whole job is to get info for the crew, yeah.

[@siLence-84]

In a good crew, yes. Right now, I just don’t trust pubbies to gun. They don’t remember to reload, don’t know where to aim, somehow just can’t seem to fire directly on my ping, and dont seem to be remotely competent. I gun when I command.

[@jpes609]

​@siLence-84 and im sure you die alot too, when youre caught, cant move the tank and dont know where the enemy is because youre spinning a gun that takes ten years to move a degree.

[@GSDhandler1]

Bagsy the gunner!

[@Milo-ji9nz]

The armor in this game is probably some of the most fun I've ever had playing a WW2 shooter. I've been playing for only three days, and I can already tell that it's one of the most rewarding yet stressful things I've ever done. Even if you don't know your team well, I feel like if you are capable of pulling them together through base commands, its quite easy to become an effective tanker squad, especially through warfare. The ephemeral feeling of getting through a warfare server with one tank and one crew, with a stack of 80 kills and seven tank kills, is something i can genuinely never forget. This guide is super comprehensive for somebody like me, so I appreciate it fervently!

[@user-zo5gh5pe7k]

5:37 “You can never just a blueberry in Hell Let Loose”😂

[@siLence-84]

So fucking true. “Blueberries are bots” is my fuckin motto when I’m tanking.

[@Laireso]

@@siLence-84 Funnily enough me and my friends developed the EXACT same motto when we tanked in Foxhole, a lot different game, but same people. Their understanding of tanks comes from cartoons I swear...

[@automaticasthmatic]

I've just hit 1000 hours in this game and I've only just started playing armour so this video is much appreciated 👍🏻

[@akai7sora]

Tanks can be a real roller-coaster of high-highs and low-lows. Putting in the effort to acknowledge good shots, spots, and driving can go a long way to increase your crew's moral during a longer round. Finding ways to shrug off the defeats is also important. Driving one of your commander's most valuable resources into the meat-grinder for 1.5 hours can be stressful and exhausting otherwise.

[@ZDC1225]

About 60 hours in and been watching some of your videos. Very well made and best HLL content I've seen. Didn't even realize until the end of the video I've been playing on your server a decent amount. Great work!

[@SoulSniperYT]

Thanks for the kind words and for playing on the server!

[@PhothreeniX]

Love it when you do these guides, excited to dive into this :)

[@SoulSniperYT]

Glad you like them!

[@dustinmayfield8096]

Love this video, great information, Thank you for everything you do to make these videos !!

[@notbread4605]

These guides are the best I've seen, thanks for all the info

[@Shadow0-1-qd9ud]

Hey Soul Sniper I was just wanting to say that I appreciate your content for the game! I've been playing since April 2023 coming from battlefield and multiple other games being an eager newbie, now sitting at lvl 139 pointing other new faces from the game to your channel and I gotta say thanks for your guides!

[@ummeli2]

Outstanding vid. One of if not your best yet.

[@SoulSniperYT]

Thank you sir! The credit goes to Evil, Oni, and Ajax on this one.

[@Grizz0212]

First armor game I played as a brand new guy was yesterday. Just me and another veteran. He let me gun while he switched between driving and observation. We died only once, scored 114 kills with 8 vehicle kills all but 1 were enemy tanks. Great teamwork and great communication make armor the best experience.

[@SoulSniperYT]

Impressive! Well done dude!

[@Shorty_Hutch]

The explosions in this game, paired with the sound design is something else

[@bontentengu]

I wish T17 could include a compass that spins on the outer circle of the gun position to indicate where the para scope is looking relative to the gun. It would help a lot since there can be a delay to process the degrees direction, rather than using the clock method.

[@thepruh1151]

HLL tankery is already basic as-is. The tank commander could just ping the enemy through the cupola and the gunner can independently move the sights onto target.

[@i3lueHorneT]

Awesome guide for newer & even vet tank commanders to pick up a few tips!

[@Niels...]

Awsomee, appreciate the effort you put in the videos much appreciated 🤙👌

[@freshdachs164]

Was waiting for this for sooooo long

[@6h0st666]

Nice video as always

[@christopherg465]

Great video thank you. Glad your family is safe after the fire. Take care.

[@Smockywocky]

First armor game i got with a great crew and we survived almost the entire game and dropped 70 kills and destroyed 2 tanks, great tutorial

[@goblinsawfulvideos9151]

this is very useful for anyone new to tanking

[@thecoffeemuggamer6328]

Thank you!

[@Ajaxlynx]

happy to help bro shame cant play much anymore but hope this guide helps some ppl out

[@SoulSniperYT]

You're the man Ajax! Thank you so much!

[@EugenetheMedic]

Great video (as always), If I had to choose, I would rather drive then anything else. This is a great video to give someone the confidence to get blown up, over and over again for prosperity.

[@SoulSniperYT]

I took well to gunner myself. Driving scares me lol.

[@EugenetheMedic]

@@SoulSniperYT You, gunner? Nooooooooo........ Thanks for being you. And the content.

[@user-sd1dc7xg6v]

I’m new and really want to play tank but didn’t know how, this video was perfect to teach me

[@xxtoptigerxx8758]

Omg an armor guide finally!

[@SoulSniperYT]

Lol I knoowwwwww!

[@derewan07]

Learned a lot from you.

[@SoulSniperYT]

Time to learn some more!

[@deadlydigits212]

great overview

[@nateradomski4783]

best server, vip more than worth the cost. thanks to you and the other admins for hosting it

[@SoulSniperYT]

Our pleasure bud, thanks for playing and being a part of it!

[@SonofTheLion109]

I got hell let loose to play tanking and got all my WT buddies to play with me lucky just three of us, we’re obviously very new and don’t know a lot of the maps but we’re learning everything slowly, but god damn when we get into the zone for a bunch of lvl 17s I feel we do fairly well room to improve but as a dedicated squad that all comes with time

[@user-xt4wn7nz2v]

I LOVE THİS GAME yesterday a random guy helped me to play as a tank driver and man what was he kind! 🙏🏻 I really never going to forget it love this game and love the people that play it😊

[@OniBarix]

Really glad I could be a part of helping make this tutorial! Also yes I'm very confident the 3 of us could tell who farted in the tank.

[@DoccOtt]

The entire server knows it was Evil, him driving by could kill an entire squad through the smell coming out of the viewfinder

[@Ajaxlynx]

i blame evil

[@OniBarix]

@@Ajaxlynx it was definitely evil.

[@EVIL-SF]

its always me. you cant kill anyone without me and you cant suffocate without me as well

[@rodrigosenra2693]

Im learning to be a tanker, last night I was quite successfull. Thanks for the tips man. Indeed you have a nice way of providing good information.

[@SoulSniperYT]

That's awesome man! Enjoy!

[@Laneline5000]

Always recommend your channel to people on HLL. All noobs should refer to your channel before playing to get the hang of the game quickly. Thanks SS!

[@CF5151-zp6mt]

Thanks for the video Know that u had that fire in ur house wish u the best Subscriber ❤

[@chaosXP3RT]

7:16 There was a study dine by the US Army in WWII that found usually the tank that won the tank battle, was the first tank to fire. I like the accuracy to real life!

[@gamereditor59ner22]

Love it!! Keep it up!! Is possible to set a trap by using a pincer movement, or double envelopment if done correctly with any tanks?

[@thepruh1151]

Assuming you need a two tanks for that, you need 6 guys working cohesively and flawlessly together for that to happen. If you're playing with 5 other friends who know what they're doing, the sky's the limit.

[@paintinhand2753]

At this time there was 711 views, should have likes at 711, but not. I gave a like cause your videos are very informative. I am mostly a SL in the game, no one wants to play it or is too new to the game - sites now regulate that you have to have a certain level to be playing SL. Oh, I found out the hard way that you can't recruit for your team on other servers. Did not know this, would have been great if I knew from my clan. I learned it the hard way. Recruit on your own clan sites. I'll keep that in check from now on - just to let other new recruiters know. Thanks for all your hard work. Hope your new house is fire proof. 🤔

[@SoulSniperYT]

Thank you!

[@crasaiden1650]

New to HLL, been playing since launch on xbox gamepass. Got 2 other buddies of mine who wanted to play and I said we should play as tankers. This was last week and it was the most satisfying game. We had over 40 kills. I was the driver and most experienced of them. Positioning is key!

[@siLence-84]

40 kills… 😂😂 That takes about 10-15 minutes for me haha. Welcome to HLL noob 🙂

[@Andyb2379]

After getting hit every few seconds, I turned to amour. Got fairly good at it. The panther is an awesome tank

[@Go3Gaming]

Let's frigging go

[@brettspearman3706]

I changed the side buttons on my mouse to ctrl/shift. Makes driving a lot easier. Also works good when playing infantry.

[@SoulSniperYT]

Good idea!

[@morganconklin8849]

I like to play engineer and volunteer to roll with the tanks. That way the whole crew can stay on board while I fix em up. It’s very helpful to have a jeep for the job too, but I stay out of sight most the time, next to killing people successfully hiding from a whole enemy unit that’s walking right over you is the most satisfying feeling for me. I get into more gun fights engineering the tank than I do most other roles. Besides fixing you can also do scouting for the tank and take out at cannon gunners and AT soldiers. But it’s like being a coward scout that fixes the mechanic mail issues very fun.

[@stanktoes9719]

As a tank commander, would you like to be friends

[@morganconklin8849]

@@stanktoes9719 of course although lately I have been playing Arma reforger because HLL was getting repetitive and I wanted a more modern feel with a bit more to it. I didn’t know of the game until I looked into other games like this. But when I do play I would be happy to roll with anyone who works together.

[@MalmborgMarinus]

My favorite in the game is When i get to teach new tankers! I love Their reaction When you find an enemy garrison, they spawn on it, and they get to see the pure dopamine of HE rounds.

[@Chilidogsunday]

This right here got me 12:25 😭😂

[@AWanderingmage]

This tank guide gave me a full beard and hair on my chest. Thank you SoulSniper!!!!

[@SoulSniperYT]

The next video will give you pubes

[@TheJMBon]

Only thing I think you missed when talking about hard cover, walls, hedges, etc. is whenever possible, hull down your tank. When approaching a hill, have the driver shift into 2nd gear and sneak up on the top of the hill. The instant the gunner can see over the hill through his sights, halt the tank. This ideally will protect most of your tank from enemy fire.

[@xD1904]

you dont want to be the next "Panzer of the lake" meme :D :D :D I love this meme - you got me there!

[@Pr3d4tor99]

There are a couple of things that i would like to add since i'm mostly playing with armor that soulsniper didn't mention but i think it's very important. With light tank you can't damage the fronttal armor of medium and heavy only the rear armor! Don't even bother shooting at the front and side armor of medium's and heavy's as a light because it's totally useless. Then there's the german luchs tank which can't even pen the back of the medium's and heavy's so don't even bother shooting at them with your main gun. Also with this tank you can only damage lights from the rear! This tank was mostly made to support infantry and destroy scout cars. If i know good you can only damage the side and rear armor of the scout cars with the luchs! When it comes to medium tanks again you can't pen the frontal armor of heavy. You can only damage it from the side and rear! So the heavy tanks are the only ones which can pen pretty much everything from every angle altough keep in mind that you might bounce off enemy heavies if you shoot at a really angled surface!

[@SoulSniperYT]

Good stuff. Thank you!

[@big_snack_100]

I’m a new player and by far the most fun I’ve had is as a tanker, the feeling of successfully ambushing another tank and blowing shit up is grea. A lot of time on Xbox a lot of people are intimidated by it and it leads to solo tanking

[@josephheflin2272]

I play on PS5 I just don’t know how to find people to play with a crew let alone a squad. Also these videos helped a lot man.

[@SoulSniperYT]

Join my discord. Decent amount of console folks in there that you can chat with and coordinate play sessions

[@timsmith4431]

I play with a good bunch on ps5, we have a lot of fun while we play, give us your psn and I'll get in touch if you like

[@dandownunder5825]

It doesn't move slower when zoomed in. It just appears that way😊

[@stevecaponio4484]

I'm max out on my tanking. I have a crew, and if we decide to tank, we always win.

[@dimazaharov8565]

German light tank can penetrate the back side of M3 Stuart and kill it in no-time; remember, that Pazershreck and PIAT can penetrate the front side of any medium tank in the game, while the Bazooka M1 should always look for a back shot (not side shot!) on any tank, exept the Recon; AT cannons will always penetrate your armour, but their TTK is pretty high for a heavy tanks; don't underestimate Boys and PTRS, they got enough ammo to kill 3 heavy tanks on their own; only light tank in a game with a driver's machine gun is an M3 Stuart. Just some quick tips.

[@thedirtyhalfdozen4269]

What's cool is the turret cheeks of the panther Is medium armor so you can pen it in a medium

[@jameshayes2022]

You can definitively solo tank. But you should only do it if there's barely any other armour and you only use light or recon. Maybe mid if theres no armour squads

[@user-zqrj9tt13]

is it still posibble to skip gears from 1 to 4? I'm not being able to switch that faster, specially when running away from infantry.

[@mindbreaking]

Keep in mind a lot of the servers have spawn camping rules.

[@EVIL-SF]

Ours doesn't on SoulSnipers

[@siLence-84]

Only noob servers.

[@saltiney8578]

I can't get the "go directly to 4th gear from 1st gear" thing to work I max out my RPM then I hold shift but then it just like slowly goes through each gear one by one and loses all my rpm so I have to shift back down to 1 and start again. Can someone help me.

[@keanuconcepcion158]

bout to dive balls deep on the bible raw

[@morganconklin8849]

SoulSniper is the commander’s favorite commander.

[@SeweyDior]

If am tank commender. Other 2 guys shoot and drive. Will i also get kills when they kill or not? Is it like on artilery??

[@pechice887]

Is your server still doing a competitive team? Joined the other day and wanted to check it out

[@chopper9778]

14:40 This is a bit misguided. Recons are amazing at taking out enemy tanks, especially mediums, you can disable engine before the can even react to turn. Heavies are easy as well with a semi decent crew. Lurking in enemy spawns where you know they are going to spawn in tanks and getting them when they come out is extrememly strong

[@skynet1234567890]

I have quite a few hours as gunner driver and commander it plays like a different game total still watchin vid might learn something dunno if u mention it in the vid could use info on stats on different tanks

[@cornymf8152]

I have a question, is there a combination of buttons I can press on console that will have the same effect as the shift reverse keys?

[@poliznia]

Yes, if you hold down left trigger and hold down/tap on the down dpad, it has same effect as pc

[@Beserker3737]

Getting someone who’ll communicate is the toughest part of the game

[@glfagle-grindle7754]

I got someone addicted to tanking a couple days ago

[@myotheraccount17]

“Well timed innuendos” “ high-level tips” 💀

[@duckierwolf]

Is the armor more effective when you angle it? I play games like WOT and war thunder, armor works better in those games when you angle so is that the same here?

[@NrkPrk]

Depends on the angle and what tank but it won’t be the same experience compared to WoT and WT. Hint: don’t think you can sidescrape in a heavy vs heavy situation. Side armour gets overmatched at any angle

[@gagebyers1057]

Every time I try to hop on a tank the rest of my crew doesn’t even go to the tank…. It’s really frustrating! I haven’t been able to get in a tank yet because of it

[@gusfarnell1974]

Are you using your mic? If you are (which you need to be), only allow people into your crew if they are using a mic.

[@mortemisntedgy6872]

I was just tanking last night as the russians I believe, and one of the AP rounds was marked APHE. Does this affect the shell or is it in name only?

[@Bet12121]

Don't worry it just means armor piercing high explosive APHE doesn't mean anything though treat it as AP my friend good question though :)

[@thepruh1151]

Hell let Loose doesn't differentiate tank shells as much. Treat anything that has "AP" in the name regardless of other appendages as AP, "HE" as HE, and the usual smoke as smoke.

[@jeffw2672]

In reality, tank crew members do not always coordinate well. So, it is not bad sometimesyou are solo tanker. Just play smart and find a good spot to attack infantries and vehicles. To not waste fuel, just drive light or recon tank.

[@OG-Capo---]

Good Video 💯🪖🫡

[@SoulSniperYT]

Thanks for watching!

[@1K_No_Content]

Hey SoulSniper, you said in the first section to play with the same people each time, but is that with irl friends or what as none of my friends play the game, so what do i do? I'd like to play with people i know communicate but i dont know how

[@SoulSniperYT]

I can't recommend enough that you join a community discord. My community for example has over 6,000 people in our discord server. We bullshit and have fun every single day and you'll make friends with people who you then can squad up with regularly. Come introduce yourself! Https://www.discord.gg/soulsniper

[@1K_No_Content]

@@SoulSniperYT thanks

[@chippy2986]

You won me at the fart joke.

[@user-ru6kk3gp8k]

I thought shooting the drivers mg was a weak spot on any tank it’s one of the weaker spots on the armor in real life

[@seanroberts8688]

The abomination in the thumbnail gives me nightmares

[@SoulSniperYT]

Lmao

[@mindbreaking]

These guides are going to make some fun tank play on servers, going to make it easy to kill you.

[@SoulSniperYT]

You won't kill me. Scotty and I are too sneaky. You'll never see us. ;)

[@Mexican00b]

the thing i hate the most... is the driving, makes me sooooo maaaad

[@McBluffinGaming]

That vasectomy joke caught me off guard ngl

[@SoulSniperYT]

Haha

[@lucevohringer37]

out after the first senteces. the audacity.

[@SoulSniperYT]

Your loss man. If you heard the next couple sentences you'd understand the point I was setting up.

[@NrkPrk]

Destroyed tracks do NOT impact turning speed, nor does it stop you firing the hull MG. What on earth did I just hear? 😂 4:00

[@scoreforliam]

Big Ups from ROTN too!...keep up the content!

[@SakkiDuran]

11:48 are you talking about AP? (using it in the video actually) 12:00 I think you didn't explain it well. It happens only If you have loaded it. It doesn't magically load AP when you switch to HE for example. So it's easier to remember that whatever you load will remain loaded until you fire even if you switch ammo type.

[@rottenleader28]

Tank-kun needs protection to UwU

[@torahouse2006]

You wanna be a unit, not a eunuch.

[@trevorwhitham6742]

That thumbnail 💀

[@SoulSniperYT]

That's a real tank, damnit!

[@BingyD]

Been wanting to play this game for a while... recently switched from Xbox to pc (2 months ago). Still worth buying?

[@SoulSniperYT]

Yes!

[@BingyD]

@@SoulSniperYT well good news! It's free for this weekend and I'm downloading it right now :D

[@SoulSniperYT]

@@BingyD yep, enjoy! You know what server to play on!

[@45atanner]

I would need people to play tanks with 😂

[@colbyflanagan5273]

sherman is a medium tank

[@wolfgangkirby6820]

Hardest part about tanking is finding a good crew .

[@JoeBurner1720]

Tanks need to be reworked in this game. Just hitboxes driving around.

[@wellingtonnorthjunction3911]

I use tanks with my friends

[@derksforeal7960]

Can’t rely on a blueberry 😂. War is hell

[@jeffsmith6659]

Good stuff, but need a link or hint for the infantry...they just don't understand armor. Many feel tanks are magical machines that win or lose games (regardless of how many garrys didn't get built...oy vey). "The tanks won't push", "it's the tanks fault we lost". Armor could use a little help with info & marks and a wee bit of protection from little bush ninjas that want to shove satchels up their wazoos.

[@thepruh1151]

Can't really help that one. People who play infantry, and are obstinate about it, don't really take the time to learn other roles. You can't really educate a colleague you're working with if they vehemently have disdain for what others do, sorta thing.