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At that time, the M-series TD was also in the limelight
Hello Elders, I'm Anabel Cardo. It's been more than 20 days since the Battle Pass Season 10 event started, and many friends are thinking about how to get 24 tokens in Season 10, but only 21? In fact, in April, WG will open a collection function, and there are 3 additional tokens there, so you can get 24 tokens when the 10th season is full. For the Battle Pass points, I personally think that it is most cost-effective to prioritize using a level 6 car to brush full, not only fast but also worry-free and fun, today I will talk to you about a former level 6 small god car M18 "Hellcat Cat".
Small talk "M18 Hellcat
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The complete body in the game is the so-called "Super Hellcat
The M18 "Hellcat " is a rare production real car in the game, and the design idea is unusual, so the car is not small in the world. But in fact, from the perspective of "afterthought", the M18 did not receive unanimous praise in World War II, because the US military's tank destroyer idea was fundamentally wrong. As a result, the M18 was forced to make frequent cameo appearances in tanks, and its "tin shell", which only blocks rifle shells, is very ineffective when making cameo appearances in tanks. The "complete body" in the game is a real magic modification, that is, directly transplanting the turret of the M36 to the M18 to increase firepower. And the nickname "Super Hellcat " was also given by later generations, and its real name was the 90mm motorized gun vehicle M18.
Old Hellcat . Do you know this map?
The M18 is also relatively eligible, it was added to the game in May 2012 in version 0.7.2, and the car of that line was put together with the map "Campania" by WG to make a promotional video (old friends who played from the KDW era should remember the promo video). Because the M18 car is really famous, plus the performance is really interesting, in the era when WG also advertised "our game is very historical", the performance of M18 was made very strong, and the 5th level T67 (then called T49), T40, M8A1, T82, T18 and other M series TD can be said to dominate the small car room.
Mercedes in Old Pro's Hellcat
It was the best day
The old M18 has a turret, runs extremely fast, has good gun control, and has a good gun, it is simply a perfect tank, but in version 0.9.3 WG almost cut down the data of the M18. It becomes sluggish, unturning, inverting, twisting into a basin circle, shells flying, and from here the M18's active number of light-speed decreases, because it has become a mediocre TD. In order to return to old players, WG also made a level 7 "Super Hellcat Cat" with the "original" gimmick in 2020, but unfortunately this "Super Hellcat Cat" is not super at all, and even more sad to play because of the room division.
It in the game
The gold coin bullet worn by 243 is really strong
The M18 game can use 4 guns, but there is no need to consider the "choice problem", because only the 90mm M3 complete body gun is the optimal solution. This gun can be said to be another "heirloom" gun of the M series in addition to the 76mm M1A1, the silver coin bullet penetrates 160 deep, which looks worse than the D-10T/D-25T used in the SU-100, but its gold coin bullet penetrates 243 deep, which is especially rare for a level 6 car. Everyone often jokes about the "gold coin hellcat" T78, its gold coin penetration depth is only 221, compared to this slightly outrageous 243 wearing APCR gives the M18 the confidence to fight against the 8th level car.
But after being knifed, the M18's gun control was terrible
The M18 itself is a turret TD, the three gun expansion coefficients are inherently not comparable to normal tanks, after the weakening of the WG heavy knife, the base three expansions become worse than the heavy tank (0.20 / 0.36 / 0.36) - this makes it not to say that it is a moving body, that is, a pure turret, and the expansion of the circle is very scary. So even though the aiming time and accuracy look pretty good, now in fact the gun control of the M18 is not good. This is why I have also said more than once that the turret TD it is TD, do not let it do the work of the tank. Forcibly and mobile expansion circle is better, turret rotation faster, relatively more flexible tanks "play contraction", then the loss can only be TD itself. Because the TD moves to expand the circle with a higher penalty, coupled with the slow speed of the turret, it often falls downwind.
Running right is really fast, but reversing and hand-cranking turrets really suck
The M18 was best known for its anti-sky maneuverability, and when there was no advanced light tank, the M18 was one of the fastest cars in the whole wot (after all, it had a top speed of 72 km/h), and they were on par with the old T-50-2. Although the WG weakened the track resistance and steering speed of the M18, the acceleration and extreme speed of the M18 against the sky were still retained, and the M18 took the lead in long-distance transitions (especially compared to its brothers M36 and T78). But we should also note that after the WG is weakened, the M18's turret rotates like a hand-cranked speed, and the tank reverses quite slowly, which makes its maneuverability very fragmented - acceleration and top speed are good, but agility is poor.
Bully 502 with the help of double grass
TD has collectively weakened the field of view once, but M18 is obviously a "fish that slipped through the net", it retains a large field of view of 370 meters at level 6, and the foundation of level 8 scorpions and hairy scorpions is only 360 meters. And the base concealment value of the M18 is nearly 21%, which is better than the slightly smaller T78, and does not look like a turret TD at all. The advantages in vision and concealment have also become the capital of the M18 that can still fight, and even in extreme cases, cameos can be lightly eyed.
Cruelly punished by a loving father
I personally believe that under the current data conditions, M18 has the following advantages and disadvantages:
- The output capacity is generally qualified
- Silver coins are pierced deep enough, and gold coins are pierced deep enough
- Good acceleration, high top speed, strong long-distance transition ability
- The field of view and concealment value have great advantages over their class
- A rare historical car, and the comprehensive performance is okay
- There are still problems with artillery control
- Survivability is extremely poor
- The level of hatred is unparalleled
- The tank is less flexible and suffers greatly from the speed of reversing
Personally, I feel that although the WG has poisoned the performance of the M18, it is still a very good car in the current Tier 6 tank. The combination of high mobility, large vision, good concealment, and turrets dooms the upper limit of this car to be quite high. In fact, its big data performance is also like this, the average big data of players in the European server M18 is quite average, but its three-ring standard damage is the first place in the 6th level silver coin TD (1800), which is very in line with the characteristics of the car - the gap between the upper and lower limits is huge, and the high-mobility crispy car is basically like this.
It doesn't cost money, and it saves worry while playing
When introducing the M10 RBFM before, many friends regretted that it could not play battle points, then today's M18 Hellcat only needs to spend silver coins, good performance, and can also play points, I think there is nothing to be faulty. Maybe the only thing that prevents you from playing it is the hurdle that you can't get over in your heart. I am Anabel, Cardo, always thinking about the vital interests of our players. If you like my car review, please also retweet and share the publicity to let more commanders go home.
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