VehicleOverview TheT57HeavyTank(nottobemixedupwiththeAmericanTierIISPG!)istheAmericananswertotheFrenchAMX50B.Bothtanksareverysimilar,yetneedtobeplayeddifferently.Thistankisapurebrawlerthatdealsinsaneamountsofdamageinafewseconds,thankstoits4-roundautoloader.ThismakestheT57HeavyTankarealmenace,especiallywhenitsshortcomingsarebeingcoveredbyhelpfulteammates. Let’stakeacloserlookatitsgun-thereasonwhytheT57HeavyTankissopowerfulinthefirstplace.Themagazinereloadtimeis25secondsandcanbeloweredtoroughly22seconds,whichisincredibleforanautoloader.Thereloadtimeforeachshotis2seconds.ThatmeansthatthisvehiclehasthehighestDPMofallTierXheavytanksinthegame.Thegunisalsofairlyaccuratebutwitharelativelyhighaimtime,snipingisnotveryefficient. TheT57HeavyTank’smobilityisaveragebutstillgoodenoughtotakeimportantpositionsjustintime.UnlikemanyotherAmericanheavytanks,itdoesnothaveparticularlygoodarmour,especiallyontheturret.Thismeansthathull-downpositionsarenotparticularlyeffective.Note,however,thatthearmouriswellslopedandcanbounceshellsfromhigherdistances.Damagedmodulesarefrequent,theammorackandturretringsufferalot.Also,whilethegundepressionisprettygood,theelevationisnot.Therefore,avoidtakingtothelowgrounds. IfyoudecidetoplaytheT57HeavyTank,youneedtofightinclosequarters.Theaforementionedgunstatisticsshowthatsnipingisawasteofshellsmostofthetimeandwithonly36oftheminyourammocapacityyoucan’treallyaffordtomissmanyshots.Teamupwithawellarmouredtank,suchasanE-100orIS-7thatcantakesomepunishmentwhileyoureloadandthenblastyouropponentstopiecesinjust6seconds.Peek-a-bootacticscanseverelylimityourautoloader’sburstpotentialsoiftheenemyemploysthem,aimatthetrackwheelatthefrontofthetankandholdthefoeinplace.Thequickreloadtimebetweeneachshellallowsyoutokeepenemiesimmobilisedeveniftheyusearepairkit. TankTip:Tokeeptheaimandreloadtimeaslowaspossible,youcanchoosetotakeaCaseofColainsteadofanAutomaticFireExtinguishertobattle.However,thechanceoffireis20%sothisisaveryriskychoice.Avoidbeingflankedorevenattackedfrombehindatallcosts.Also,weadviseyoutostaywithanammoload-outofAPshellsonly.IfyoustillwanttotakesomeHEATshellswithyou,pleaseconsiderthatthismightbackfireifyouareleftwith2APand2HEATshellsinthelategame,makingyourburstpracticallyuselessbyforcingyouintomultiplereloads. "Ilovethesmellofburningtanksinthemorning."
