[Discussion/Guide(?)] Which Turret is the Most Realistic (modern world)?

[Invincitron 888]

Which Turret is the Most Realistic?

 

Tanki Online has a large amount of turrets, nine currently and two are being worked on. Each turret has its own strengths and weaknesses. People, when given the chance to think about turrets, mainly think about their statistics, what to do with them if this or that happened, et cetera. A self-question that may not come to you could be, "Which turret is the most realistic?"

 

Well let's look at the turrets:

 

Firebird: This is a flamethrower as 99.9% of you already know. Flamethrowers are normally carried via hand but can sometimes be mounted on a tank. I'd say this isn't really that realistic though.

 

Freeze: A weapon that shoots out "something cold" that is able to neutralize the movement speed of hulls and turrets. Didn't exist in the real world as far as I know (please correct me if there's some type of prototype or whatever) so not very realistic.

 

Isida: A weapon that heals damages hostile tanks and heals allied tanks using nano-bolts. Doesn't exist; perhaps in the future.

 

Twins: Fast-firing, never reloads, and shoots projectiles that look like plasma balls. Not very realistic.

 

Ricochet: This weapon that fires plasma balls which reflect off walls could be related to shrapnel or anything else that ricochets off objects to deal damage to a person or a thing. Sort of realistic. But plasma balls, really?

 

Smoky: Ah, now this gun is pretty interesting. This could be related to the Sherman's cannon. Fast firing, not the best penetration power (damage in this case), and it could do critical hits. World War 2 Sherman drivers had to aim for specific points in Panthers, Panzers, and Tigers (I doubt these guns could even do damage to Tigers) which kind of resembles the critical hit feature Smoky has. One of the most realistic guns of the game.

 

Thunder: Smoky's bigger brother, though similar to Smoky, it packs a lot more punch, fires much more slowly, and does splash damage. This could be related to the T-34 Russian tank's cannon if loaded with high-explosive shells.

 

Railgun: A weapon that uses electromagnets to fire a projectile at supersonic speeds (it doesn't fire electromagnetic material as said in the VLOG (I think)). There is/are (an) actual railgun(s) in the world right now mainly used by nations for experiments (especially the US navy). Kind of realistic.

 

Shaft: A sniper, yes. Do snipers exist in tanks? I'd say so. Those tank destroyers such as the German's tank destroyer Panzerjäger. Kind of exists but I don't think it can resemble the Shaft's scope and what not; the Shaft is kind of like a tank destroyer and how it works I must admit.

 

"Shotgun": A shotgun, not much is known about it but it fires in a certain area and it fires pellets. Perhaps this could be related to a shrapnel shell that could be used in cannons (I know, I'm pushing the resemblance). Unrealistic though.

 

"Machine-Gun": Definitely realistic but a gatling gun that we've seen in pictures? Eh... not really. But almost every tank has a secondary weapon mounted on it, mainly for taking care of hostile ground forces: the machine-gun.

 

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My conclusion:

The Smoky, Thunder, and the "Machine-Gun" are the most realistic in my opinion with Railgun and Shaft following close. The Shaft, though like a tank destroyer's cannon, is different as it can also pierce tanks and what not. Firebird could've been on the list but it's too rare to be actually mounted on a vehicle (same reason for Railgun).

 

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What's your job? Well, first of all, I'd like you to correct anything I said wrong (learning can never be bad). Feel free to debate with my opinions and share your own.

 

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~ [iN.L] @.:@Invincitron:.

Edited December 3, 2014 by Invincitron

[Klankill804 753]

Agree with you. Smoky, Thunder and Machine gun are the most realistic looking and sounding ones. I can relate them to real life just by looking at these tanks:

 

Smoky/Titan and Green paint =Sherman Tank

 

 

 

Thunder/Viking and Jade paint = M1 Abrams tank

 

 

Machine gun:

 

 

Seems legit, eh?

Edited December 3, 2014 by Klankill804

[Invincitron 888]

Agree with you. Smoky, Thunder and Machine gun are the most realistic looking and sounding ones. I can relate them to real life just by looking at these tanks:

 

Smoky/Titan and Green paint =Sherman Tank

 

 

 

Thunder/Viking and Jade paint = M1 Abrams tank

 

 

Machine gun:

 

 

Seems legit, eh?

:).

[FooMama 2]

i dont think the railgun will be available to armored corps until the far future, because the capacitors required for a gun of that caliber are just immense. A navy destroyer would probably be able to carry one, but a railgun tank would be just a battery on tracks.

[Invincitron 888]

i dont think the railgun will be available to armored corps until the far future, because the capacitors required for a gun of that caliber are just immense. A navy destroyer would probably be able to carry one, but a railgun tank would be just a battery on tracks.

Hm... agreed.

[donut70 97]

A sherman's cannon COULD destroy a tiger, it just had to be a direct shot on the back of the tiger, (least armor thickness).

[cosmic_infinity 0]

actually most of the tanks that now exist has the shaft capabilities first they aim and fire and they have infrared cams.

Edited December 14, 2014 by cosmic_infinity