Tank:G134 PzKpfw VII - Revision history

potshot2771:eu at 20:51, 19 March 2023

2023-03-19T20:51:14Z

BadCorps:na: Removing irrelevant info and adding more accurate player input

2022-01-19T22:14:28Z

Removing irrelevant info and adding more accurate player input

BadCorps:na: Adding part to advise players against sidescraping due to weakspot

2022-01-11T23:45:26Z

Adding part to advise players against sidescraping due to weakspot

Techmarine123:sea at 15:01, 26 March 2019

2019-03-26T15:01:32Z

ImperatorRadec:eu: Fixed tank name classification.

2019-01-07T10:02:06Z

Fixed tank name classification.

ImperatorRadec:eu: Upgraded description, grammatical corrections added.

2019-01-07T10:01:00Z

Upgraded description, grammatical corrections added.

Ca1th:eu at 12:15, 14 September 2018

2018-09-14T12:15:59Z

Ca1th:eu at 09:17, 14 September 2018

2018-09-14T09:17:07Z

Kanna_The_Goldammo_Eater:sea at 05:12, 4 October 2017

2017-10-04T05:12:53Z

ComradeKatya:eu: Corrected grammar and general structure.

2017-09-12T14:54:59Z

Corrected grammar and general structure.

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		+	File:Rear Turreted Lowe.jpeg{{!}}A model of the rear turreted Lowe from which the Panzer VII is based.

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 - Insanely thick and sloped upper plate (400mm effective!) and side armor is thick enough to do sidescraping (this is not advised as the turret base is a well known weakspot, and is only ~200mm effective)
-- Tracks are thick and can sometimes absorb HEAT shells
+- Tracks are thick and can sometimes absorb HEAT rounds
-- Unlike most of German tanks its lower glacis, despite lacks of angling, is thick enough to withstand most regular shots (270 mm effective when not angling the tank).
+- Unlike most of German tanks its lower glacis, despite lack of angling, is thick enough to withstand most regular shots (270 mm effective when not angling the tank).
 - High HP pool (2500)
-- Decent mobility for its weight (33KM/H)
+- Decent mobility for its weight (33KM/H), but lags behind more recent tanks such as the [[Vz. 55]] even with a Turbo
 - Great alpha and penetration
 |InTheGame_cons=
-- Long reload time (15.3 seconds with 100% crew), worst dpm of all Tier X heavies
+- Long reload time (15.3 seconds with 100% crew), worst DPM of all Tier X heavies
 - Side and Rear armor is flat, Very vulnerable to flanking if not angled
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 - Inner gun mantlet is weak and can be penetrated often
 |InTheGame_performance=
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 The Pz.Kpfw.VII is a tank requiring a discreet amount of knowledge on game mechanics to show its full potential. Arising from the dreaded [[VK 45.02 (P) Ausf. B]], it is possible for standard players to believe that the Pz.VII is a powerful side scraping juggernaut. It is important to understand that before playing this tank, one must know this is not the case. Both flanking sides of the armour may show as presumably strong and able on statistics, however the in-game exposure to a substantially weak turret ring is very common when being outflanked by superiorly mobile enemies. The turret ring and most viable port and starboard locations of the hull is also penetrated with regular rounds from even Tier VIII tanks, make it an astonishing surprise. One must also take priority note that within the turret ring, is a vulnerable ammunition rack that can be at risk of detonation upon damage. Most players utilising this tank usually would have a loader trained in Safe Stowage in the appropriate case of ammunition explosion.
-The lower plate, to many players surprise that often play German tanks, is incredibly useful and works perfectly against a majority of regular armour-penetrating shells. However, this is mostly overcome against many foes that utilise both Armour Piercing Composite Rounds (APCR) and High Explosive Armour Piercing shells (HEAT). Hull down tactics are very relevant in this scenario.
+The lower plate, to many players surprise that often play German tanks, is incredibly useful and works perfectly against a majority of regular armour-piercing (AP) shells. However, this is mostly overcome against many foes that utilise both Armour Piercing Composite Rounds (APCR) and High Explosive Armour Piercing shells (HEAT). Hull down tactics are very relevant in this scenario.
 This tank is a beast when you minimize your total area that's exposed to enemy fire especially on hull down position: your upper plate is almost impenetrable, whilst giving the benefit with a standing gun depression that is enough to retaliate against enemy tanks (-7°, but remember when the gun is upon the upper plate gun depression decrease to -5°). One must take into account of the inner gun mantlet that is only 200 mm thick, with the cupola being a weak spot. This is usually nullified when in hull down positioning.

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 |InTheGame_pros=
-- Insanely thick and sloped upper plate (400mm effective!) and side armor is thick enough to do sidescraping.
+- Insanely thick and sloped upper plate (400mm effective!) and side armor is thick enough to do sidescraping (this is not advised as the turret base is a well known weakspot, and is only ~200mm effective)
 - Unlike most of German tanks its lower glacis, despite lacks of angling, is thick enough to withstand most regular shots (270 mm effective when not angling the tank).

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 |InTheGame_cons=
-- Long reload time (15.3 seconds with 100% crew)
+- Long reload time (15.3 seconds with 100% crew), worst dpm of all Tier X heavies
 - Side and Rear armor is flat, Very vulnerable to flanking if not angled

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	This tank is a beast when you minimize your total area that's exposed to enemy fire especially on hull down position: your upper plate is almost impenetrable, whilst giving the benefit with a standing gun depression that is enough to retaliate against enemy tanks (-7°, but remember when the gun is upon the upper plate gun depression decrease to -5°). One must take into account of the inner gun mantlet that is only 200 mm thick, with the cupola being a weak spot. This is usually nullified when in hull down positioning.		This tank is a beast when you minimize your total area that's exposed to enemy fire especially on hull down position: your upper plate is almost impenetrable, whilst giving the benefit with a standing gun depression that is enough to retaliate against enemy tanks (-7°, but remember when the gun is upon the upper plate gun depression decrease to -5°). One must take into account of the inner gun mantlet that is only 200 mm thick, with the cupola being a weak spot. This is usually nullified when in hull down positioning.

?	It is also important for a player within this tank to always stay on the move, for a multitude of hostile tanks will have difficulty facing against a heavily armoured frontal foe. Furthermore, the Pz.VII has does not rely on a high DPM rating, so it works best in a defensive capability utilising high alpha damage or by working in concert with other tanks while pushing down a chosen front. In the end, the Pz.Kpfw. VII is like Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: really strong against vehicles unable to defeat whilst well positioned and ready, but must adapt against vehicles that are able to exploit the Pz.~~VIII~~'s weaknesses, upright.	+	It is also important for a player within this tank to always stay on the move, for a multitude of hostile tanks will have difficulty facing against a heavily armoured frontal foe. Furthermore, the Pz.VII has does not rely on a high DPM rating, so it works best in a defensive capability utilising high alpha damage or by working in concert with other tanks while pushing down a chosen front. In the end, the Pz.Kpfw. VII is like Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: really strong against vehicles unable to defeat whilst well positioned and ready, but must adapt against vehicles that are able to exploit the Pz.VII's weaknesses, upright.

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 | Simply called the '''Panzer 7''' or '''Panzer VII''', This Replaced the [[Tank:G42_Maus|Maus]]'s position as the new end of the Porsche/Krupp tank line in the 9.17.1 patch.
-Basically, It's the [[Tank:G92_VK7201|VK 72.01 (K)]] with a different gun. It carries a 12.8cm gun with better penetration and rate of fire than [[Tank:E 100|E 100]]'s, but with lower alpha damage, This gun is very similar to the top gun of the Jagdtiger, but has lower penetration and rate of fire. Unlike the other German Superheavy tanks, It doesn't have all-around protection. Instead, It provides very tough and sloped frontal hull armor and a tough rounded turret, It doesn't have the lower plate as weakspot, But it has weak and flat side and rear armor that makes this tank very vulnerable to flanking.
+Basically, It's the [[Tank:G92_VK7201|VK 72.01 (K)]] with a different gun. It carries a 12.8cm gun with better penetration and rate of fire than [[Tank:E 100|E 100]]'s, but with lower alpha damage, This gun is very similar to the top gun of the Jagdtiger, but has lower penetration and rate of fire. Unlike the other German Superheavy tanks, It doesn't have all-around protection. Instead, it provides very tough and sloped frontal hull armor and a tough rounded turret, It doesn't have the lower plate as weakspot, But it has weak and flat side and rear armor that makes this tank very vulnerable to flanking.
 |Gallery=
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 - Turret base armor is weak, and can be exposed when peek-a-boom or sidescraping
-- Inner gun manlet is weak and can be penetrated often
+- Inner gun mantlet is weak and can be penetrated often
 |InTheGame_performance=
-Pz.Kpfw.VII is a really hard tank to play. Coming from [[VK 45.02 (P) Ausf. B]], you might think that Pz.VII is a beast on side scraping cause his young tier 9 brother was...well, this is wrong. The side armor is really thick but when you side scrape is almost usless because you will expose your super weak turret ring that also tier 8 can penetrate with regular rounds...and the worse new is that in the turret ring is collocated your ammo rack, ready to be damage so it´s a must to have safe stowage for your loader.
+The Pz.Kpfw.VII is a tank requiring a discreet amount of knowledge on game mechanics to show its full potential. Arising from the dreaded [[VK 45.02 (P) Ausf. B]], it is possible for standard players to believe that the Pz.VII is a powerful side scraping juggernaut. It is important to understand that before playing this tank, one must know this is not the case. Both flanking sides of the armour may show as presumably strong and able on statistics, however the in-game exposure to a substantially weak turret ring is very common when being outflanked by superiorly mobile enemies. The turret ring and most viable port and starboard locations of the hull is also penetrated with regular rounds from even Tier VIII tanks, make it an astonishing surprise. One must also take priority note that within the turret ring, is a vulnerable ammunition rack that can be at risk of detonation upon damage. Most players utilising this tank usually would have a loader trained in Safe Stowage in the appropriate case of ammunition explosion.
-The lower plate is really strong to be German and works perfectly vs regular shells, the problem is when the enemies see you they press istantly 2 key and lower armor doesn´t work against premium rounds.
+The lower plate, to many players surprise that often play German tanks, is incredibly useful and works perfectly against a majority of regular armour-penetrating shells. However, this is mostly overcome against many foes that utilise both Armour Piercing Composite Rounds (APCR) and High Explosive Armour Piercing shells (HEAT). Hull down tactics are very relevant in this scenario.
-This tank is a beast when you minimize your total area that's exposed to enemy fire especially on hull down position: your upper plate is almost invicible and the gun depression is enough to do this work (-7°, but remember when the gun is upon the upper plate gun depression decrese to -5°)...the only problem is your inner gun mantlet that is thick only 200 mm (also the cupola is a weak spot, but in hull down it´s almost impossible to hit it). So keep always moving and your enemies will have a really hard game against you. Furthermore Pz.VII has a horrible DPM, so it works best in a defensive capacity or by working in concert with other tanks while pushing down a lane.
+This tank is a beast when you minimize your total area that's exposed to enemy fire especially on hull down position: your upper plate is almost impenetrable, whilst giving the benefit with a standing gun depression that is enough to retaliate against enemy tanks (-7°, but remember when the gun is upon the upper plate gun depression decrease to -5°). One must take into account of the inner gun mantlet that is only 200 mm thick, with the cupola being a weak spot. This is usually nullified when in hull down positioning.
-In the end the Pz.Kpfw. VII is like Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: really strong against inexperienced players and lower tier, but terribly weak against players who know where to hit you.
+It is also important for a player within this tank to always stay on the move, for a multitude of hostile tanks will have difficulty facing against a heavily armoured frontal foe. Furthermore, the Pz.VII has does not rely on a high DPM rating, so it works best in a defensive capability utilising high alpha damage or by working in concert with other tanks while pushing down a chosen front. In the end, the Pz.Kpfw. VII is like Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: really strong against vehicles unable to defeat whilst well positioned and ready, but must adapt against vehicles that are able to exploit the Pz.VIII's weaknesses, upright.

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 |InTheGame_pros=
 - Insanely thick and sloped upper plate (400mm effective!) and side armor is thick enough to do sidescraping.
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 |InTheGame_cons=
 - Long reload time (15.3 seconds with 100% crew)
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 - Inner gun manlet is weak and can be penetrated often
 |InTheGame_research=
 |InTheGame_equipment=
 |InTheGame_Equipment_Builds=

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 {{TankData|Tank= Pz.Kpfw. VII
-| Simply called the '''Panzer 7''' or '''Panzer VII''', This Replaced the [[Tank:G42_Maus|Maus]]'s position as the new end of the Porsche tank line in the 9.17.1 patch.
+| Simply called the '''Panzer 7''' or '''Panzer VII''', This Replaced the [[Tank:G42_Maus|Maus]]'s position as the new end of the Porsche/Krupp tank line in the 9.17.1 patch.
 Basically, It's the [[Tank:G92_VK7201|VK 72.01 (K)]] with a different gun. It carries a 12.8cm gun with better penetration and rate of fire than [[Tank:E 100|E 100]]'s, but with lower alpha damage, This gun is very similar to the top gun of the Jagdtiger, but has lower penetration and rate of fire. Unlike the other German Superheavy tanks, It doesn't have all-around protection. Instead, It provides very tough and sloped frontal hull armor and a tough rounded turret, It doesn't have the lower plate as weakspot, But it has weak and flat side and rear armor that makes this tank very vulnerable to flanking.

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 {{TankData|Tank= Pz.Kpfw. VII
-| Simply called as '''Panzer 7''' or '''Panzer VII''', Replaced [[Tank:G42_Maus|Maus]]'s position as new end of the line tank in 9.17.1 patch.
+| Simply called the '''Panzer 7''' or '''Panzer VII''', This Replaced the [[Tank:G42_Maus|Maus]]'s position as the new end of the Porsche tank line in the 9.17.1 patch.
-Basically, It's [[Tank:G92_VK7201|VK 72.01 (K)]] with different gun. It carries 12cm gun with better penetration and rate of fire than [[Tank:E 100|E 100]]'s, but with lower alpha damage. Unlike other German Superheavy friends, It doesn't have all-around protection. Instead, It provides very tough and sloped frontal hull armor and tough rounded turret, Also don't have lower plate as weakspot. But it had weak and flat side and rear armor that makes this tank vulnerable from flanking.
+Basically, It's the [[Tank:G92_VK7201|VK 72.01 (K)]] with a different gun. It carries a 12.8cm gun with better penetration and rate of fire than [[Tank:E 100|E 100]]'s, but with lower alpha damage, This gun is very similar to the top gun of the Jagdtiger, but has lower penetration and rate of fire. Unlike the other German Superheavy tanks, It doesn't have all-around protection. Instead, It provides very tough and sloped frontal hull armor and a tough rounded turret, It doesn't have the lower plate as weakspot, But it has weak and flat side and rear armor that makes this tank very vulnerable to flanking.
 |Gallery=
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 - Insanely thick and sloped upper plate (400mm effective!) and side armor is thick enough to do sidescraping.
-- Unlike most of German tanks. Its lower glacis, Despite it's little angled, It's thick enough to withstand most of regular shots (270 mm effective when not hull angled).
+- Unlike most of German tanks. Its lower glacis, Despite it's lack of angling, is thick enough to withstand most regular shots (270 mm effective when not angling the tank).
 - High HP pool (2500)
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 - Great alpha and penetration
-- Its "Turret Cheek" doesn't included as tank armor layout, But it can tricking enemy to shooting at it and waste their ammo
+- Its "ears" (boxes on the side of the turret) are not included as part of the tank's armor layout, But they may trick enemies into shooting at them, and wasting their ammo
 |InTheGame_cons=
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 - Poor gun depression
-- Side and Rear armor is flat, Very vulnerable from flanking if not angled
+- Side and Rear armor is flat, Very vulnerable to flanking if not angled
 - Turret base armor is weak, and can be exposed when peek-a-boom or sidescraping
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 |HistAcc=
-Since it shared its '''Pz.Kpfw. VII''' codename with '''[[Tank:G51_Lowe|Löwe]]''', This tank is likely based on '''"Leicher Löwe"''', a light weight version of Löwe, But it had higher strength that its '''"Heavy"''' counterpart.
+Since it shared its '''Pz.Kpfw. VII''' codename with '''[[Tank:G51_Lowe|Löwe]]''', This tank is likely based on '''"Leicher Löwe"''', a light weight version of Löwe, But it had higher armour strength that its '''"Heavy"''' counterpart.
 * In-game description said that it was upgraded version of Löwe. But, Actually, It was planned to be a cheaper and mass-production variant of Löwe.