Cliff notes version- high rate of fire is king, see bottom for missions suggestions for each branch.
First the basics:
| Module | Percent chance hit damages |
|---|---|
| Obs device, Fuel tank, engine, Turret ring | 45% |
| gun | 33% |
| crew | 33% |
| Ammo rack | 27% |
Which means that the best places to shoot tanks are:
- cupola (commander and obs device)
- front side of tank (disable track, hit fuel tank, ammo rack and driver)
- back of turret (ammo rack, loader, gunner, commander)
- back of hull (start engine fires)
Module Damage:
- separate characteristic of every gun
- is subject to RNG
- most tanks fit into a few basic categories, TDs do more, bigger guns do more
Assuming you are penning and hitting the module and getting past the saving throw:
| Tank | Module Damage | Module DPM |
|---|---|---|
| Shitbarn/Deathstar 183 | 244 | 488 |
| jpz 100 | 228 | 532 |
| Foch 155 | 210 | |
| T110E3, T110E4, T30, T95 | 210 | 741 for E3 |
| 114 SP2, 60TP, E100, Grille 15, 268v4, 268v5, 705A, VKK, WZ113GFT, obj 704, sheridan HEAT, T49 Heat, Type 4/5, everything with a 15cm gun pretty much | 203 | 114 SP2 has unusually low damage for this category and high rof, 845 module dpm per minute |
| Conway, 14cm jap heavy guns | 191 | Conway top gun is best in this category, 795 module DPM |
| IS7, E100, AmxM54, Maus, 277, Rinoceronte, Vz55 basically all the 130mm guns | 180 | Jagdtiger short 128 is 990 mDPM, wt pz 4 128 also very good |
| All the 120-122mm guns pretty much | 165 | Tortoise 120mm has 1394, Conway 120 has 1269 |
| 32 pdr guns, 100mm guns | 135 | Tortoise gets 1446, cent 7/1 and conq small gun are both close behind, K-91 1286, Shitpak 1500 |
| 88-90mm guns | 120ish | tort 20 pdr- 1647, type 61- 1464, E50 long 88- 1298, Leo PTA 90mm 1220, etc |
| 75mm stuff | 100 | E50 long 75 1579, E50 short 75 1714 mDPM, Pershing 76mm 1909 mDPM, AT15, Panther L70, Cent 77mm, Caer 17pdr, etc etc. Tier 8 is full of this type of tanks |
So… in conclusion it looks like the guys who said high rate of fire is king were right. The maximum output of module damage is tier 8 tanks with stock guns firing gold.
Best tanks for doing 279e module damage missions are therefore:
- Alliance- Tier 8 Pershing with 76mm firing gold at module locations. 105 module damage but you can get reload down to 2.5 seconds if you go crazy. Just keep resettting until you get a tier 6 game and then murder everything. The AT-15 has slightly worse reload but much better pen at same tier. Tort with 20pdr has even better pen.
- Coalition- Shitpak? Has 135 module damage and ~4 second reload.
- Union- actually quite a few choices, look for 85mm tanks w/115 module damage, T-34-2 gets above 1500 mDPM, T-44 85mm is close, LT-432 also close, K91 and 907 semi-close
- Bloc- E50 at tier 9 has 7.5cm choices that absolutely puke out module damage. With the long one you don't even need to use gold ammo.
