I cant believe people are still saying this, tanks in the real world are very vulnerable in the field to all sorts of things, we're talking getting one shotted from kilometers away by hand held munitions, even worse if you start bringing things like close air support, artillery, other tanks, and mobile launchers. Not to mention theres all sorts of non-lethal things you can do, from shitting up their ability to see with a molotov cocktail to ******* up their tracks and immobilizing them.

Meanwhile DUST tanks roll around with zero fear of anything that isnt another tank or 3+ AV players with an entire game to hunt down a single tank thats just going to withdraw and snipe from the readline in one of the most asymetrical matchups in this game while the AV players' team loses because they are effectively down 3 players.

Stop saying "its a freakin tank".

Tanks arent invincible in the real world, the reason tanks are useful is because they are fast, mobile, and have a big ******* gun mounted on them, not because they are unkillable.

While I won't say that tanks aren't difficult to take down solo or there are some issues with hardener timers, often times destroying one isn't exactly needed.

While I haven't played much since the latest patch, just a few games, I personally didn't have as much trouble with tanks. If it's a rail or missile tank, I generally move along mostly ignoring it as the threat is minimal.

Blasters on the other hand can be a threat but very limited to certain maps in their total effectiveness. But let's make something clear here, driving a tank off is just as good as killing it.

Given the costs of a proto tanks, terribly sorry but I honestly can't say that a single AV wielder should have the ability to control the entire field on their own.


This all said, I played a few games, one in my FG fit and another in my tank.

There were 2 tanks out as I was running a cal forger. Focusing on the sweet spot and utilizing AV nades I was able to kill a STD maddie. The gunnie on the other hand took a bit more work (missiles anyways, didn't even need to bother). But I did manage to keep the thing on it's toes, forcing it to move and never allowing it camp a point.

The match I ran my maddie in, I started out cal assault (dom). Made several kills but my team was weak and unable to make a push on the point. It was a fairly open point so I called down some muscle. I was the only tank to come down so the enemy was not expecting what was about to happen.

Roll into the backside, 8 red dots nice and grouped around a CRU. Made a few kills, broke up their momentum and let my blue dots move in and mop up and flip the point. Kept this up for a few minutes until the AV came out and forced me to play it safe. Almost got me a few times but I managed to keep them pushed back. Though I had boots on the ground picking off the somewhat defenseless AV guys.

In the end though, my team just wasn't up to snuff and I resorted to taking pop shots from the back and at the very end was forced to retreat by another tank.


All in all though, I think if you play it smart, AV can have the upper hand. Though if you expect to sit on a roof top and shoot at a tank, you won't ever do anything more than be a nuisance. Throw a little effort behind your weapon and you can solely keep a tank suppressed and ineffective.

I mean if you want to compare to real life then we should kill 1 shot as well, let's not pick and choose