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?|Following the Panther series of tanks, the E-50 was designed as a support tank. It is basically a [[Panther II]] with more horsepower and armor. These upgrades give it increased survivability in a close-quarters battle. Just like the Panther II, if you get in a dogfight ramming is a viable tactic because of your tank's weight, so you can potentially do a lot of damage. Consider this option a last resort however, as your tank is relatively slow to turn and unwieldy. Able to use 3 of the 4 most accurate guns in the game, the 7.5 cm KwK 45 L/100, 8.8 cm KwK 46 L/100 and 10.5 cm KwK 45 L/52 Ausf. B, you can either play this tank as a long-range sniper, or a medium range support tank. Fully upgraded your choice between the high damage, but slow firing 10.5 cm and the lower damage faster firing 8.8 cm is mostly a matter of personal preference and play style, but the 10.5 cm does edge out the 8.8 cm on damage per minute as well.+
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?* Both the 88/L100 and the 10,5cm KWK 45 L/52 excel at long range due to the impressive accuracy (THE most accurate weapon in game, tied with E50M) and high muzzle velocity (AP/HE:1200 m/s APCR:1500 m/s)+
?* Excellent at ramming+
?* Frontal armor is capable of bouncing shells with angle+
?* High top speed+
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?* Because of the weight, tank is slow to stop+
?* Side armor is easily penetrated+
?* Easily catches fire form shots to lower armor plate+
?* Sluggish without top engine+
?* ROF combined with ammo cost can be a serious issue on loss+
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?The upgrade path is subject of heated debate. Probably the 2 most common paths are:+
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?Engine > Tracks > Turret > 105 L/52+
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?88L100 > Engine > Tracks > Turret > 105 L/52+
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?Grinding the engine first gives the tank a needed boost in the acceleration, which improves your chances to evade artillery fire and improves the ability to successful flanking enemy's. However, grinding the 88/L100 while tedious, will grant you a gun that can penetrate tier 10 tanks more reliably, and lessen the burden for future grinding.+
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?image:E-50 front view 1.jpg {{!}}E-50 front left view+
?image:E-50 front view 2.jpg‎{{!}}E-50 front right view+
?image:E-50 back view 1.jpg‎{{!}}E-50 back left view+
?image:E-50 back view 2.jpg‎{{!}}E-50 back right view+
?image:E50game1.jpg{{!}}E-50, Malinovka map+
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?The Entwicklung series, more commonly known as the E- series, was a late-World War II attempt by Germany to produce a standardized series of tank designs. There were to be standard designs in six different weight classes, from which several specialized variants were to be developed. This was necessitated by the extremely complex tank designs that had resulted in poor production rates and mechanical unreliability.+
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?The E-series designs were simpler, cheaper to produce and more efficient than their predecessors; however, their design involved only modest improvements in armor and firepower over the designs they were intended to replace, such as the [[Hetzer]], Panther G or [[Tiger II]], and as such represent the eclipse of German armored vehicle design by such tanks as the [[M46 Patton|American M46 Patton]], the British Centurion Mk 5/2 and [[T-54|Soviet T-54 tanks]], which would have been the Entwicklung Series' contemporaries and likely opponents.+
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?The E-50 Standardpanzer was intended as a standard medium tank, replacing the [[Panther]] and [[Tiger|Tiger I]] and the conversions based on these tanks. The E-50 hull was to be longer than the Panther; in fact it was practically identical to the King Tiger in overall dimensions except for the glacis plate layout. Compared to these earlier designs however, the amount of drilling and machining involved in producing these ''standardpanzers'' was reduced drastically, which would have made them quicker, easier and cheaper to produce, as would the proposed conical spring system replacing their predecessors' complex and costly dual torsion bar system. As indicated by its name, the weight of the E-50 would fall between 50 and 75 tonnes. Its maximum speed was planned as 60 km/h. Only blueprints were made; no production models were produced.+
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?image:E-50 and E-75 Hull and Chassis.jpg{{!}}E-50 and E-75 Hull and Chassis Technical Drawing+
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