T-44 Review/Guide, Creating Perpendicular Fire
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- Опубліковано 26 кві 2020
- I review the T-44, a tier 8 Russian medium tank in World of Tanks (WoT), with replays of tier 8 Abbey and tier 10 Murovanka battles.
I recently re-purchased this tank to grind the Object 430U line, as many of you have asked for a review for the 430U.
It's been 5 years since I reviewed the T44, back in Episodes #4 and #5.
It's worth revisiting this tank for several reasons:
1. The meta in the game has shifted towards more armor on tanks, especially heavies, and players have often asked how to deal with that in tanks such as the T-44 that have lackluster silver ammo penetration
2. The T-44 received meaningful buffs in 2018 to the turret armor, engine, gun handling, and silver penetration (+7). The first two buffs meaningfully impact how this tank can be used, especially for spotting
3. I'm a much better player now than I was in 2015
Strengths and Weaknesses (with 100mm LB-1 gun)
+ Superb turret protection
+ Excellent camouflage (over 32 with Camo + BIA)
+ Good gun depression (-7)
+ Good gun handling
+ Good acceleration
+ Good alpha (250)
+ Low profile
- Poor silver AP penetration (190)
- Poor view range (380)
- Low HP (1300)
Recommended Equipment
1. Optics
2. Rammer
3. VStab
This video is part of my "Road to Unicum" series in which I share what I learned as I progressed towards account Unicum rating (top 1%) with silver ammo only. I talk through how I'm reading the battle as it unfolds and discuss key decisions and mistakes. My hope is that these videos meaningfully help players improve their gameplay.
"Road to Unicum" full guide and FAQs:
taugrim.com/2015/02/19/road-to...
If you want to support my WoT habit (thanks that's generous of you), you can support me on Patreon, donate via PayPal, or simply shop on Amazon:
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Taugrim
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I recently re-purchased this tank to grind the Object 430U line, as many of you have asked for a review for the 430U.
It's been 5 years since I reviewed the T44, back in Episodes #4 and #5.
It's worth revisiting this tank for several reasons:
1. The meta in the game has shifted towards more armor on tanks, especially heavies, and players have often asked how to deal with that in tanks such as the T-44 that have lackluster silver ammo penetration
2. The T-44 received meaningful buffs in 2018 to the turret armor, engine, gun handling, and silver penetration (+7). The first two buffs meaningfully impact how this tank can be used, especially for spotting
3. I'm a much better player now than I was in 2015
T-50-2 when?
Awesome replay and commentary Sir!
Already reviewed, Episode #76: ua-cam.com/video/MsSlKtMrQIc/v-deo.html
taugrim.com/2015/02/19/road-to-unicum-guide-videos-for-world-of-tanks/#what-to-spend-gold-on
Excerpt:
With the introduction of the female crew members as Campaign rewards, #7 is something you won’t have to do much, as you can obtain female Commanders with immediate Sixth Sense. To get Sixth Sense instantly, you also have the option to purchase a crew training manual for 2MM credits.
@@taugrim Love your videos! You should revisit T-43, while at T-44, that tank is GOD at tier VII. I'm around 2000-ish WN8, but have 3100 WN8 in that tank. Really noob friendly, and -8 degrees of depression on Russian medium is just awesome :)
I cannot stress enough the respect I have for ur decision to play without prem ammo while still performing exceptionally well.
I really like that you dominate not because of super human aiming or super natural gold ammo but just by playing like us normal people. I think it’s your thought process that brings you out on top. Really appreciate the video.
Exactly. I'm not gifted with aiming. This is a game of smarts, and what I do should be repeatable by my viewers.
Taugrim i mean i can imagine that you’re a humble person but don’t sell your aiming short. You’re as unicum as can be. But yes i couldn’t agree more. If its not reproducible like most other Unicum content creators (at least i cant recreate what they do n I’ve been playing since 2013) its of no use to the viewer.
However you do it like... an average person could use what you’ve shown us and use it to really improve. Did i say thank you 😁
T-44 was my first "serious" medium tank, I really like how good its camo is
It's an excellent tank for learning how to play mediums in upper tiers.
@@taugrim i was amazed at how stealthy it can be in some situations.
i really like your patience and monotnous tone you might get me back to playing this silly game
The T-44 was my first tier 8 tank and boy is it one solid tonk. its the tank that taught me how to play along with the T-34-85 and it will always have a special place in my heart.
Glad to find you posting regularly again. I'm about to unlock my T-44, and this has been exceptionally helpful.
Taugrim,
Enjoy your videos over the last few years. Thank you for your commentary.
I really like this tank, even though I’m not doing very well with it 😅
It is a really solid all rounder, definitely.
Great video and great timing as I'm getting ready to get the T-44.
Hey man, I started playing this game in December after years of watching your videos and other tanks videos. Your very level and meticulous approach to explaining what you do has helped me greatly to become much better than I should be at 2,500 battles. I can't stress enough how appreciated your videos are for people like me, so happy to see you posting again. Also love seeing and supporting NA content creators as it's my home server. Cheers and keep the great info coming!
Just when I needed this video bro. Thank you!!
Taugrim, you sir are a complete genius and I applaud you for creating masterful videos such as this one.
I'm about to play the t44 up both tier 9-10 branches, really great commentary and I'm looking forward to your content on both Tier 9-10 branches!
Really looking forward to your review of the obj 430 and 430u. I am currently playing the tier 9 and working towards tier 10 but i have to say i really enjoy the 430 and surprisingly hated the t44, but you showed me a new perspective on the way of playing it so ill try it again and maybe even enjoy it now. Thank u for that and keep making great content :)
The T-44 is one of the most solid all-around mediums at any tier in the game. It can do multiple things well, and given its current state I'd recommend it as a really good learning tank.
There is one thing about the T-44 with the 100mm LB-1 that is unusual compared to the tier 9 and 10 Russian meds: the gun depression of -7 is very usable, vs the -5 to -6 of the T-54/Object 430, etc.
Great video as always! As the first battle started, I noticed that the 13 75 greeted you. I was like that’s cool, I also met you in my 13 75 in a battle recently. A few seconds later: that’s me in the 13 75 LOL At least I was somewhat useful in the battle and not just a total crapshoot :))))
Great video, thank you.
I really love using the 122 on this tank because of the awesome gun handling for such a massive gun. The pen is hard to handle at times but when used correctly it's amazing. With HE you can two shot most TDs and lights
In contradiction to Quickybaby you really give good tactical advice on every map and play. Thanks again for an interesting vid! ;)
Love your vids
I really like your playstyle, somehow matches with my own. Also I agreed with you about tracking, it is an underrated skill and most people tend to ignore doing it in pursuit of having "more damage dealt" by themselves even though assist damage from tracking is as important as dealing the damage by yourself.
I do to get my own T44 and make my way to the Object 430U, but for now I'll just stick with my wheelies.
As a relative noob I like the way the playstyle only changes gradually out of the T-34-85 and then the T-43 into this one. It makes the learning curve less steep, although the stock grind was pretty painful.
ah, T-44, probably my favorite t8 tank overall
Hey taugrim! Great video! When can we expect the 430/430u videos? No rush
430 this weekend.
I instantly subbed due to your humble tone and also your setup are almost the same as me which is zero gold ammo.
Well explained and keep it up. Hope to see more guidance video about how to play when your team have those damage farming "Unicum Wannabe", which they always stay behind you as their meat shield and runaway without trying to help.
It's a sad fact that some players play to pad their stats instead of in service of the win. That said, the majority of Unicums I've met and platooned with in-game are trying to win.
There are times when it looks like a Unicum is padding when in fact they are balancing risk vs reward. That was the case in the 1st battle in Episode #112 for the STA-1. I hung back to keep eyes on the exit from city towards our cap, but a random team mate may not have perceived that.
@@taugrim thx for the reply.. What I meant were the green and yellow ones, not the actual Unicum. I understood the "Get back while you can" situation that you taught.
Looks forward for your video, hope there will be more analysis of the replay which you LOST. Or a free roam replay, where you can pause video and explain which tank is well positioned, what chances could they take etc... From there I think we all can learn something..
Wow your comments are refreshing. Thank you. You just got a new sub. Don’t change and I’ll stay as sub. Cheers my friend.
Love this tank, still enjoy how it plays...
Nice timing just got this tank
Im free to play and so far the T-44 has been awesome even free to play:D great vid, you deserve a sub
The close games are in my opinion the most gr as gratifying when you win but the most frustrating when you cant pull it off. Good job on that game, sure wish they'd repair the matchmaker to prevent all the one sided slaughters that seem to be the norm now. Just my 2 cents worth!😉
Hi Taugrim, i’m finally getting reasonably good at the game, however i have one main issue and that is knowing the armor of certain tanks, the ones i’m struggling with are the chinese tanks (because of their similar names) and the russian TD line, never remember which ones have good armor.. EG SU101 vs SU130pm very different armor, very similar names, maybe you could make a video with guidance?? enjoying you’re videos very much, keep it up
when I played the t44 I quite enjoyed it too, and that was even before the buff. I did finish playing it when the buff happened, thinking I would LOVE the t54. didnt really love the t54, I much prefer the t44. maybe its because Im just not good enough to play tier 9. I've always prefered tier 8 gameplay overall, esp since the MM has mostly fixed the constant bottom tier thing for tier 8 and 6.
T-44 also has -7 gun depression, unlike the T-54 which is -5 or -6 depending on the gun you use.
this is random but i enjoyed your prot/ret wrath pvp vids, im playing on a wotlk private server and loving it in bgs
my fav MT, but i never fully utilities it's potency , thanks man for inspiring video, i wonder what will you choose between Obj 430 or T-54 ???
I've played both the T-54 and the Obj 430. I played the 430 recently to unlock the 430U.
@@taugrim just unlock T-54, Obj 430 to go, guess i need more crew 😁👍, thanks again man
Very good timing. I'm currently grinding this tank to 430U.
Please confirm if this is the correct upgrade path, Top Engine then Top Radio? (These are only the remaining upgrades to be done)
I'm using the top 100mm.
Regarding the Crew what skill/perks you're going to advise?
Currently I'm training repairs for all of them.
When I can reset:
Commander - Six Sense, train repairs?
Gunner - repairs, train concealment?
Driver - Clutch Braking, train repairs?
Loader - Safe Stowage, train repairs?
or you can kindly include crew skill/perks on your next review for OBJ 430/U because I think I will carry my T44 crew until T10 :)
Thanks
Keep safe and Healthy
My experince with the T-44:
Everybody can pen your turret
The gun does not hit where you aim even when fully aimed
If the gun hits, you don't pen
I ended up playing it like a Pershing. just peek-a-boom, don't aim and snapshot everybody. Kinda worked.
The only thing I agree with of your criticisms of the T-44 is that the pen isn't very good. 190 for silver is pretty bad.
The turret is strong and the gun accuracy is good for an RU medium.
Have the premium version of it, the T-44-100, and i'm loving it, although there are many progettos in tier 8 these days
T-44-100 is a better tank than the Progetto. Better platform, far better armor.
@@taugrim but many people find it easier to play with progetto.
Can you do stb1 as well
Ty T😎👍👍👍👍
For a moment I almost tried pinging the minimap on your video to warn you of the Skorp G.
I had tunnel vision 😄
casual silver ammo ace tanker...this guy!
How do you leave those 206 notifications in your exterior tab? Holy hell... I could never let it get to that point... lol.
Which notifications?
@@taugrim Right at the beginning of the video, look at the 'Exterior' button under the tank, theres a little '206' in an orange bubble.
you will love the obj 430u, i guarantee it. im an inconsistent tomato can and its hard to not do 4000 damage
I've yolo'd in it too much and am still repairing my WR in it. It is objectively OP.
Taugrim leave it to soviet tanks to have a 280mm cupola
I like using the 122 on the T-44 cause otherwise it feels too similar to the T-54 mod 1, at least for me
That is true, but keep in mind the T-54 mod 1 is a premium tank.
The 122mm has very bad silver penetration (175) for a tier 8 gun and the accuracy and gun handling are also bad. Mediums need to be able to snapshot and fire on-the-move and the 122mm gun is just not suited to that. I don't recommend the 122mm for those reasons.
Taugrim true but I just enjoyed the 122mm gun a lot
@@taugrim with the 122, I find it a gun of opportunity. BIg alpha for a medium, great to flank heavy's or find opportunities during someones reload, or when not looking. With the great armour as well. One of my favs!
@@taugrim exactlly,i didnt like 122mm gun either ...also need to shoot gold ammo if u want to be succesfull...
Fair enough, but I find that gun handling makes a huge difference. A big alpha gun that has poor gun handling isn't reliable, and in cases like the T-44 I'll take reliable over potential boom every day of the week.
Must admit watching these new videos has made me slightly twitchy to start playing WoT again :) last time I had this urge was when the Polish tanks came out and my clan on mass decided to come back only to all quit when we go to that mid tier gold or freexp section. So basically great videos but for my piece of mind can you do a bit worse of a job ;)
I miss playing wot
now i'm going to recrew mine for fun and profit.
When I first got this tank I very very quickly mastered it like in my second time using it which lead to me considering the Russians tanks being OP. I’ve recently revisited this tank for Object 430U and confirmed my original thoughts either this or I’ve got really good at this tank. It performs pretty good in it role as a medium tank, but I’ve used light tank tactics as well as medium tank tactics and heavium tank tactics and Tank Destroyers tactics and it does perform them all pretty well some miner problems here and there, but nothing it can’t overcome the only one it will never perform good in is that of a heavy tank role other than that it’s good all rounder. Oh thanks for tactics overview you gave me I’ve got my first 15 kill in this much over looked and over rated beast and I was using the much hated 122mm gun Lol. Thanks
Can you review or comment on the T-43? Please and thank you.
OMG, that shot @ 9:25 should have been an auto-bounce
I just checked on tanks.gg and given that his turret was slightly angled, the effective armor was ~195mm. So it's a reasonable penetration.
honestly from fighting the t44, it does not have much turret armor. You can sometimes pull of bounces, but never really against higher tiers.
The t44 is one of my favorite tanks. But beware the 430 is a completely different tank. I hated it at first, but gradualy learned its playstyle. As far as the 430u is concerned, its really strong, but the 140 is more fun and rewarding!
Yes, the 430 has a very different playstyle. It's a bit slow for a tier 9 and can sidescrape extremely well, for reasons I'll discuss when I review it.
One of things I attribute to my early awful performance was a subpar crew. Recon and situation awareness help tremendously on this tank.
Agreed, especially with 380m base view range. You need crew skills to get to 445m.
Nice gaming but I feel there was not enough talk about T-44 commonly. I find that gun quite trollish, OFC I play T-44-100 and trying to 3 mark it but, quite same tank, only bit better premium one.. The derp one would be interesting to try in T44, MAYBE :) Thanks.
The gun handling on the T-44 is fantastic with the 100mm LB-1 gun.
Hello! I almost researched this tank, but i have no money for it. (im an f2p player) can you give me some tips to get more fast?
Get a premium tank through tank rewards and keep farming credits in it.
Consider staying in tiers 5 and 6 for profitability. Be patient, don't hurry to be the first to engage. Consider playing TDs (good ammo price to damage ratio) and avoid using gold ammo if possible (Taugrim is a good role model for this).
Avoid playing artillery as the rewards compared to costs are not good for earnings. The same is often true of heavies unless you have a good mid-tier premium for it.
@@subtlewhatssubtle M44 would disagree with you :P
Yeah. Spend one month grinding out a tier 6/7 premium through Tank Rewards and use it to farm credits afterwards. Some of the intervening rewards can provide good credits too (especially if you have too many Toolboxes or Automatic Fire Extinguishers in your depot already and can afford to sell off some of them).
T-44 plays alot differently than 430 & 430U but not because of armor because you have turret armor and when angled nice upper hull but because of the alpha damage 250 is quite low for trading but amazing for keeping tanks tracked with low reload time which cannot be done with the 430 & 430U so you will miss detracking tanks alot i think if you are used to it
430 and 430U are vastly better at sidescraping than the T-44 at-tier because of the ridiculously sloped side hull.
@@taugrim i sold my T-44 because i have the T-44-100 that thing racks up so much combined damage game it is insane only have the obj 430U left because i don't like the gun on obj 430 its to trollish for me |frustations when brawling up close and missing shots because your aim circle is that big even the Ruski Numbers Generated cannot safe you sometimes
The premium T-44-100 is superior to the tech tree T-44, which is not a good thing in terms of balance.
Wait a sec, Taugrim. You are saying @5:51 that "even after it's (engine) repaired, the acceleration is so bad". As far as I know, HP of the module are restored to the max after repair. There are two states of engine damage - "red", when you are completely immobilized, and "orange", when you can move, but rather slow. In both situations, after repair those states go "green", when everything is ok. Hence the acceleration is the same, as it was before. Correct me if Im wrong
He's talking about situations where the engine damage is red and you are completely stopped until it's repaired by the crew. If you use a "repair kit" everything is repaired instantly to max capacity, but if you just wait for the crew to repair the engine, it just goes from red to orange unless you use a repair kit. I believe that's what he is talking about.
@@Sage_Lucas Correct. Even after an engine is repaired by the crew (i.e. the tank is driveable), the engine performs really badly in terms of acceleration until you burn a repair kit to fully repair it.
The grind is horrible on this tank, win rate is still below 50% after getting all the top modules.. this was my first tier 8 and quite a shocker since I am now facing more well armored tanks.. loaded it with just ap’s and few he rounds.. now I am slowly getting better in playing this after watching some of your videos on medium tanks, not much but hoping to get at least a bit above 50% win rate
win rate is not everything....for example ,2 marked Pantera and I have 48% winrate on it ....on some tanks I have 65% winrate and only 1 mark them even had plenty batless...
Do you think Double-barrel tanks worth to research?
They're somewhat gimmicky. Their armor is generally similar to a tier below, which is a trade-off I don't like.
@@taugrim and Obj.703-II, is it worth to buy, bro?
@@taugrim Please make videos of double-barrels too !
10 years ago, the T44 was such an Alpha
With the buffs in 2018, it's in a very good state right now.
T44 or Obj 216?
I haven't played the Obj 216 but on paper the T-44 looks better to me with the gun handling.
For the love of god, I cannot get this tank to work. I got the T-44 yesterday, managed to grind out the top 100mm gun and thought after the crap gun handling of the 85 and first 100mm gun, I'd do better.
Nope. I average maybe 1 - 1.5k damage in it after about 40 battles and cannot seem to get good with my first real medium after the T-34-85...
the last engine will bring the tank alive. Until i had that researched i had mediocre games in it.
No gold with tier x bro you have steel balls
you sound like MREsteve
The t-44 turret armor actually isn't that great. The majority of the turret front is 190mm and some parts 200mm. The angled sides of it are great.
Absolutely bullshit penetration in this tank and other old mediums. Less competitive and very unreliable in most situations.