World of tanks patch 8.6 - changed tank models

A number of tanks in world of tanks 8.6 will look slightly, or in some cases quite differently.


In some cases changes are minor - in some they could be quite crucial. First comes E-100 - turret is moved forward a bit.

Matilda black prince gets a smaller turret with greater gun depression. A buff to it through and through. No one ever said no to greater gun depression.

AMX 50-B gets slightly smaller as a whole. Not much but it might save you from a few shots.

 Very minor difference in the Su85B - the gun shield.

 Now leopard is another deal - we get a new model of it. Oh well, can't be all roses right?

Finally - Super pershing. A slight change in the front welded armor - the angle is reduced a bit. This will make it less effective, but on the other hand with all the penetration and HEAT/APCR shells nerfs, its debatable exactly how much will its effectiveness be reduced or if at all.

It seems things are not what they seem to be with artillery by the way...Still, plenty of time - Patch will be in testing for at least a week.

World of tanks 8.6 test - new shot dispersion video example

Note - preferably watch it on full screen.

First thing to try for me, was the new shot dispersion system. For this I used the Leopard scout, with the mk 108 cannon. With its 3 round burst it made it easy to show the difference.

First part of the video is from 8.5 on Karelia. As you can see with the old system, usually 1 out of 3 shots flies at the edge or near the edge of the aiming circle. However then we switch to the new system - with test shots fired on Murovanka and Redshire. The bursts are much better grouped - where were even a few "triple" taps when they hit almost the same spot. The final test was actual accuracy against the new SU 14-1 at a range of 380 meters - the 30mm autocannon behaves like the other small calibers and the shot  disappears after 400 meters so you can't provide a better example. Like I said - the new system benefits machinegun, autocannon and autoloader tanks greatly. The effective range of the Leo is now equal to its max range of 400 meters.

Unfortunately the test server is again clogged with 50-60 thousand long queue so its unlikely I will be able to dig out something else soon.