There are a lot of different playstyles in World of Tanks, with some tankers enjoying scouting – whether it’s active of passive – while some prefer using Heavy tanks to bully the enemy. Then there are those who like to fill the role of a sniper but still want the option of mobility. For those tankers there are the Medium tanks.
We’ve polled the community, done some research, and have come up with a list of the best Medium tanks for sniping. Spoiler alert: German tanks make for great snipers, although there is one problem, their poorly protected engines make them one of the easiest tanks to set on fire.
T-34
While there are nice tanks that offer some amount of sniping potential in the earlier tiers, sniping in World of Tanks really comes into its own when you hit mid-tier and then once again in late-game. However, at Tier 5, the Soviet T-34 makes for an excellent sniper.
After the 57 mm ZiS-4 is researched and mounted, the T-34 boasts a dispersion rating of 0.34 with a rate of fire of 26.09, making it extremely fast and accurate. Where this weapon suffers is in its alpha damage, which drops to a mere 85 from what was 110 points of damage. To supplement this, the penetration gets raised to 112 mm, helping you to puncture some sturdy enemy armor.
One advantage the T-34 has as a sniper is that it can transition into a close-range brawler when fighting at-tier thanks to its sloped armor. When angled correctly, the T-34 can easily bounce enemy shells.