Armor
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Tanks and Vehicles
In order to command a tank or vehicle you’ll need to select an Army Persona. After selecting a mission, the Ready Room will list the available vehicles. Select one and enter the game.
You’ll start in the driver’s position. The E key will start your engines. Switch gears with the [ and ] keys. The R key will switch you into reverse when your vehicle is in Neutral. If you have a joystick your gas pedal will be a simple push forward on the device by default. If you do not have a joystick then the arrow keys will work.
There are usually multiple positions to man in each vehicle. You can jump to these positions using the top row number keys. Most all tanks and armored cars use Position 3 as the gunner. The keypad DEL key allows you to toggle through the various magnifications of the gun sight(s). If you have a joystick moving the turret will correspond to the movement of the device. If you do not have a joystick then the arrow key controls will work. Fire the gun(s) using either joystick buttons or the F and B keys, for primary and secondary arms respectively. In many tanks you can select the type of main gun ammo for your next shot by pressing the Backspace key.
Basic Vehicle Controls
| Action | Key |
| Start/Stop Engine | E |
| Shift Gear Up | ] |
| Shift Gear Down | [ |
| Engage Reverse Gear | R (must be in neutral) |
| Accelerate | Joystick Forward |
| Brake | Joystick Backward |
| Turn Left | Joystick Left |
| Turn Right | Joystick Right |
| Change Crew Position | Number keys |
| Zoom View | Keypad Decimal (delete) |
| Fire Main Gun | Joystick Button 1 |
| Fire Secondary Gun | Joystick Button 2 |
| Change Ammo Type | Backspace |
Advanced Vehicle Controls
How to operate a tank
1) Driver position
- a. Engine starting/shutdown
- i. Hold the "e" key down until the engine starts
- ii. If the engine is running tap the "e" key to shut it down
- i. Hold the "e" key down until the engine starts
- b. Shifting
- i. Shifting can be done using the "]" to shift up and the "[" to shift down
- ii. Reverse
- 1. To access Reverse you must be in neutral. Once in neutral tap the "r" key to reverse the gearing then shift up ("]") into reverse gear
- c. Accelerator (gas pedal)
- i. The accelerator can be operated by either the joystick by pushing it forward or the "+" and "-" keys
- d. Buttoning / unbuttoning
- i. Tap the "o" to button up the driver
- ii. If the driver is buttoned up, tap the "o" to button up the driver
- e. Instrument view
- i. Tapping the "ins" on the Numpad shows you the instrument view
- ii. Tap Numpad "8" to go back to the regular view
- f. Driver view
- i. The "del" on the Numpad brings up the vision block view
- ii. If the tank is buttoned up the "del" on the Numpad brings up the periscope view if the vehicle has one
- iii. Tap the Numpad 8 to return to the regular view
2) Commander position
- a. Vision slots
- i. The Numpad "ins" key bring a close up for vision slots
- a. Vision slots
- b. Unbuttoning
- i. The "o" key open up the turret hatch (if any) allowing unimpeded views from the cupola (British and German) or rear hatch (French)
- b. Unbuttoning
3) Gunner position
- a. Gunsight view
- i. The Numpad "del" key moves to the gunsight view
- ii. The gunsight view has multiple zooms. The first one has a (x) degree field of view.
- iii. Access the second level of zoom by tapping the Numpad "del" key. The second zoom has a (x) degree field of view.
- v. Tap the Numpad 8 to return to the internal tank view.
- a. Gunsight view
- b. Firing the main gun
- i. The main gun can be fired by using the "f" key on the keyboard or button one on the joystick.
- ii. The main gun must be cycled before another round can be fired. Listen for audible cues to know when another round is in the gun and the gun is ready to fire.
- iii. Each tank has a finite number of round that can be fired. This varies from vehicle to vehicle.
- b. Firing the main gun
- c. Firing the coax MG
- i. The coax can be fired by using the "b" on the keypad or button 2 on the joystick. The weapon will cycle and fire rapidly as long as you have the button held down.
- ii. The Coax machine gun uses the same sighting reticule as the main gun. How to use each sight is explained in the directions for specific vehicles.
- c. Firing the coax MG
4) Radio operator or bow machine gunner position
- a. Gunsight view
- i. The bow machine gun has one level of zoom
- ii. The sighting reticule is used for the bow machine gun only
- a. Gunsight view
- b. Firing the bow MG
- i. Using the "f" key on the keyboard or button one on your joystick fires the bow machine gun
- b. Firing the bow MG
NOTE: Use the display HUD to see the state of your vehicle (turret)
Armor Units
British
- Daimler Mk.I
- Vickers Mk.VI
- Cruiser Mk.VI [A13]
- Crusader Mk.II [A15]
- Crusader Mk.III [A15]
- Matilda II
- Churchill Mk.VII
French
- Laffly W15-TCC
- Panhard 178
- Renault R-35
- Hotchkiss H-39
- Char B1.bis
- Somua S-35
- M3A3 Stuart
- M4A2 Sherman
- M4A3 (76mm) Sherman
- M-10 Wolverine
