#ft ac

[ccordial]

“If we never learn, we been here before Why are we always stuck and running from The bullets? The bullets We never learn, we been here before Why are we always stuck and running from The bullets? The bullets”

[paganangels]

[panzerbilan-blog]

We now return you to your scheduled broadcast.

It turns out daily updates were just too much for me, and I just burned out on the project. I'll be resuming these articles from today, with the intent of updates twice per week (Saturday and Wednesday). We were almost done with tier two, but with the addition of some new tier two french tanks, I'll be discussing those before the remaining tier two tanks. This is also partly because I cannot remember which tier two tanks I hadn't discussed (other than the Tetrarch). So without further ado, here is the Renault FT AC!

The Renault FT AC shares many, many characteristics with its the predecessor, the FT 17, because it is simply an adaptation of the already existing chassis in an attempt to modernise the tank. Does this mean it is a dreadful lump of useless metal like the Renault FT-17? HELL NO IT DOESN'T. At least, not with a little investment.

You may or may not already have the unlockable engine from the FT-17, and if you don't it really doesn't matter much at all. Same for the radio, it's nice but is basically a secondary addon and you should focus on this tanks selling point first: GUNS. Obviously due to the weight limit, you do need the tracks first.

It's stock gun is merely ok, for reasons that will be apparent very soon, but the true prize of this tank is the 47mm gun; an excellent all rounder gun. Accurate, low aim time, good rate of fire damage and penetration. Because of the vehicles low speed, it is very, very easy to get used to the camping TD role with this vehicle. The actual traverse arc for the gun is fairly poor, but it does rotate quickly, and the vehicles traverse isn't too bad. Couple this with the good aiming time and it means with a little skill you will be able to hit most moving targets fairly easily.

But the real reason this TD is so good, is that its matchmaking is skewed such that it can be matched against tier one tanks. Yes, you read that correctly. The 47mm makes absolute MINCEMEAT out of tier one tanks, and it can pose a sizable problem to tier two and three opponents if the tank is positioned well. Naturally, that 16mm of armour does not fare well against tier two and three tanks, so it is a little bit of a glass cannon in those situations.

Fun: 6 ZURAs. - This tank is actually a really good introduction to the role of a standard TD.

Money: 4 ZURAs.

Exp: 4 ZURAs.

Scary: 5 ZURAs. - Absolutely should not be underestimated. The gun has deadly potential with its penetration and rate on fire, and it is easy to get killed by it due to analysing the vehicles poor armour and low speed and going in for the kill.

That's all for today, come back on Wednesday when I will have actually gotten around to trying out the French tier two Arty and will be discussing that!