Tank:GB76 Mk VIC - Revision history

TheDiamondBladeHD:eu at 22:14, 31 January 2018

2018-01-31T22:14:19Z

XXN:na: +gallery

2016-10-23T21:10:06Z

+gallery

Sejj:na: corrected grammar from 'gold shells no exist' to 'gold shells do not exist.'

2015-05-18T02:09:32Z

corrected grammar from 'gold shells no exist' to 'gold shells do not exist.'

Shia_Suprise:na: adding another con to note.

2015-05-16T01:18:17Z

adding another con to note.

The_Ghghp:na at 02:37, 20 March 2015

2015-03-20T02:37:58Z

I_love_Maus:na at 16:31, 28 February 2015

2015-02-28T16:31:31Z

Super_Noodle:na: removed added comparison under performance (redundant); reorganized info under perfromance

2014-12-30T09:20:59Z

removed added comparison under performance (redundant); reorganized info under perfromance

raneman_:na: This was the 2014 New Year's gift tank. The article was posted in 2013 for the 2013 Holiday Season.

2014-12-12T20:39:59Z

This was the 2014 New Year's gift tank. The article was posted in 2013 for the 2013 Holiday Season.

pilotmario:na at 23:13, 30 September 2014

2014-09-30T23:13:35Z

Kulingile:na at 14:13, 29 August 2014

2014-08-29T14:13:22Z

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 {{TankData|Tank=GB76_Mk_VIC
-|The Light Mk. VIC was [https://worldoftanks.com/en/news/22/holiday-specials-2013/ the 2014 New Year's gift tank].  Poorly armored and somewhat slow to accelerate, the VIC's greatest strength comes in the form of its 15mm BESA machine gun.  Though lacking penetration, the VIC's gun is capable of dealing a devastating amount of damage in a short 5.5 second burst.
+|The Light Mk. VIC was [https://worldoftanks.com/en/news/22/holiday-specials-2013/ the 2014 New Year's gift tank]. It was also sold from January till February 2018 as a bundle pack including 30 days of premium account.  Poorly armored and somewhat slow to accelerate, the VIC's greatest strength comes in the form of its 15mm BESA machine gun.  Though lacking penetration, the VIC's gun is capable of dealing a devastating amount of damage in a short 5.5 second burst.
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 * Paper-thin armor
-* Poor penetration and gold shells no exist
+* Poor penetration and gold shells do not exist
 * Long clip reload
 * Poor acceleration

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 * Long clip reload
 * Poor acceleration
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 * Very high burst damage
 * Great aim time, gun elevation, and gun depression
-* Good top speed
+* Good top speed and traverse
 * Preferential matchmaking; only sees tier II battles
 * Good view range

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 {{TankData|Tank=GB76_Mk_VIC
-|The Light Mk. VIC was [https://worldoftanks.com/en/news/22/holiday-specials-2013/ the 2014 New Year's gift tank].  Poorly armored and somewhat lacking in acceleration, the VIC's greatest strength comes in the form of its 15mm BESA machine gun.  Though lacking penetration, the VIC's gun is capable of dealing a devastating amounts of damage in a 5.5 second sustained burst.
+|The Light Mk. VIC was [https://worldoftanks.com/en/news/22/holiday-specials-2013/ the 2014 New Year's gift tank].  Poorly armored and somewhat slow to accelerate, the VIC's greatest strength comes in the form of its 15mm BESA machine gun.  Though lacking penetration, the VIC's gun is capable of dealing a devastating amount of damage in a short 5.5 second burst.
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-The Light Mk. VIC is a one-trick pony - its greatest strength comes in the form of its armament.  Though the 15mm BESA machine gun may lack the penetration necessary to damage well armored targets ([[T18]]s and [[Hotchkiss_H35|H35s]] are almost completely immune to it), it has a 40 round belt with an average potential damage of 360 hitpoints. The VIC's machine gun dishes out this damage in just under 5.5 seconds, which makes it capable of killing two tier II enemy tanks with one clip.  Though it can do a great amount of damage in quick bursts, the VIC takes roughly 18 seconds to reload its clip between them.
+The Light Mk. VIC is a one-trick pony - its greatest strength comes in the form of its armament.  Though the 15mm BESA machine gun may lack the penetration necessary to damage well armored targets ([[T18]]s and [[Hotchkiss_H35|H35s]] are almost completely immune to it), it has a 40 round belt with an average potential damage of 360 hitpoints. The VIC's machine gun dishes out this damage in just under 5.5 seconds, which makes it capable of killing two tier II enemy tanks with one clip.  Though it can do a great amount of damage in quick bursts, the VIC takes roughly 18 seconds to reload its clip between them.  The 15mm gun, like most small-caliber autocannons, is only effective at short to medium range.  Fortunately, the VIC benefits from a good 300m viewrange which lets it spot and track tanks that are beyond the 15mm gun's effective range.
-It is very comparable to the [[T7 Combat Car]]. Both are armed with heavy machine guns, and both have the same hitpoints. The primary difference is the Light VIC has better radio and view range and superior turning characteristics where the T7 Combat Car has 10 extra shots in the machine gun's belt, meaning that making your shots count is a necessity when fighting a T7 Combat Car. It also has one less crew member, making any crew loss far more significant for the VIC than the T7.
+The VIC doesn't have many strong points aside from its great burst damage and good view range.  Its armor is very thin and incapable of protecting it even from other small machineguns.  Though it's very light and has a high top speed, the VIC's 88hp engine isn't powerful enough to give it the acceleration of other light tanks.  The VIC also has an atypical configuration with its engine in the front and turret in the back.  This means that the VIC is prone to engine fires when it takes hits from the front.  One way to protect the front of the tank is to reverse around corners and only expose the rear of the tank, though this can making flanking or ambushing maneuvers slower and more difficult.
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-The VIC doesn't have many strong points aside from its great burst damage.  Its armor is very thin and incapable of protecting it even from other small machineguns.  Though it's very light and has a high top speed, the VIC's 88hp engine isn't powerful enough to give it the acceleration of other light tanks.  The VIC also has an atypical configuration with its engine in the front and turret in the back.  This means that the VIC is prone to engine fires when it takes hits from the front.  One way to protect the front of the tank is to reverse around corners and only expose the rear of the tank.  This can be issue since the VIC is best played as a flanker or ambusher, and positioning the tank correctly and quickly can be difficult in some cases.
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-On more open maps such as Province and Malinovka, the Light Mk. VIC's 300m view range allows for easy spotting of enemy tanks, particularly when the VIC is equipped with either coated optics or binoculars.  This is particularly helpful when attacking a well armored target that the 15mm Machine Gun BESA cannot penetrate.  Simply light up the target and wait for your teammates with higher penetration guns to take it out.
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 |History=
 The Light Mk. VI series of tanks were produced by Vickers-Armstrong between 1936 and 1940, and saw service in World War II.  The Mk. IV weighed 10,800 pounds and was powered by an 88hp Meadows 6-cylinder gasoline engine.  It employed a Wilson pre-selector gearbox, and rode on Horstmann inclined coil spring suspension.  Although the Horsmann suspension had proved durable, it was found to pitch violently due to the proportions of the tank, and made shooting accurately while moving extremely difficult.  The Mk. IV had a crew of three (commander/radio operator, driver, and gunner), and was armed with one 7.7mm machine gun and one 50 caliber Vickers machine gun.  Over 1,600 Mk. VI series tanks were built.
 Several variants of the Light Mk. VI were built.  The Mk. IVA had a return roller removed from the leading bogie and attached to the tank's hull, and was equipped with a faceted cupola.  The Mk. VIB was very similar to the VIA, but included modifications to make production simpler such as a one piece radiator louver and a circular cupola.  A version of the VIB was produced for the British Indian Army with the cupola removed and replaced by a hatch on top of the turret.  The last tank in the Mk. VI series, the Mk. VIC, also had the commander's cupola removed.  The VIC was also fitted with 3 carburetors on the 6 cylinder engine to improve performance, and was given wider bogies.  It was also given a more powerful armament of co-axial 15mm and 7.92mm BESA machine guns.