Potato To Unicum Guides: E50M German Line (Tier V)

Greetings Tankers!

This will be my first guide on the tanks in the game, and all these will come from my experience while I grind without paying on my alt account. (Lieutenant_Potato) If you have any question contact me in-game.

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E50M German Medium Line

(Tier V)

Tier V - (VK 30.01 Henschel)

Simply in my opinion, the Vk 30.01 H is a sluggish and tough tank at it's tier. It would be proved an effective front-line tank if top-tier, but a support tank bottom tier. It would be a great tank if you want to experience to level of gameplay if you are going to grind the E-100 line, driving the VK 36.01 H and Tiger I, but this is different; it's the E50M line.

Armor

Just like how the Germans made their tanks until they knew how to slope armor, this is a flat armoured tank, barely any angled armor except the mantlet. This isn't like those Russian Kv-1's, T-34s; this tank has FLAT armor.  

• Lower Glacis: 50-53* effective, Upper Glacis: 50* (0* at driver's viewport)
• Hull Sides: 50* (70* including tracks), Arse: 50 - 54*
• Turret Mantlet : 60 - 80*, Turret Front: 40*, Turret Side 51 - 62*, Turret Back 62 - 64*
• Cupola: 50*

* is mm (millimeter)

To play this vehicle, I would highly recommend to use the side scraping technique since it's 70 mm effective on the sides including tracks (15 - 20 deg angling) making it 130 <  N/A armor. Since the hull is the weakest on this vehicle, I will hide the hull compartment since there is the engine, which most german tanks would burn or break their transmission when hit. (50mm effective is basically tier III armor). Use the turret armor to bounce many shots against those annoying tier III/IV machine guns.

Armament

The first 7.5cm K.w.K 37 L/24 given on this vehicle is horrendous. 43* for AP and 83* HEAT pen is more like a tier II tank destroyer. I would likely choose to When grinding for the gun, don't get the temptation to get the 7.5 K.w.K 42 L/70 since it's "cheaper" to grind. Get the 7.5/5.5 cm Waffe since it is a t7 gun with 157* Ap and 225* penetration for it's gold ammo. Trading with the 7.5 Kwk for greater dpm, accuracy, and penetration this gun is worth the grind, since you meet tier 7 tanks.

Mobility

The stock engine and tracks would give you a nightmare driving this vehicle. When you reach the battlefield, most of your team or the enemy team is gone. Getting the new engine will enhance your dreams and speed.

Overall Rating

7.5 / 10

This tank is only effective because of it's top tier gun, since it's penetration is an average tier 6/7 penetration at tier 5. It is one of the first heavy tanks in the german line which resembles the tier 6 and 7 counterpart, Vk 36.01H and Tiger 1 by its sluggish speed and no sloped armor. Hull down positioning and side scraping is helpful to brawl in this vehicle. Terrain resistance is horrible, so when you go for a swim or a hill ride, it's horribly sad.

See ya'll tankers on the battlefield!

Best Regards -

                          SergPotato