Notes: 

• Release Date: 
  • M6A2E1: idk 2016?
  • Bog Horror: Oct 2018
• Balance History: 
  • 7.1.1
  • Heath: 1500 -> 1550
  • Reverse speed: 10 -> 14
  • Hull rotation speed: 24 -> 28
  • Accuracy: 0.42 -> 0.4
  • Aim time: 2.29 -> 2.1
  • Accuracy during turret rotation: 0.18 -> 0.16
  • Armor changes: 
  • Armor around turret ring: 191 mm -> 229 mm
  • Frontal roof armor: 41 mm -> 63.5 mm
  • Turret cheek armor: 180 mm -> 208 mm
• Dispersion: 
  • Turret: 0.16
  • Movement: 0.22
• Weight: 67 tons

Overview: 

• A super unarmored M6 with a proto T29 turret slapped on it. 

Pros: 

• Pref MM
• 10 Degree of gun depression 
• Strong front armor 
• Above average damage potential
• High 280 ammo rack HP
• High 67% silver multipler  

Neutral: 

• Average HP
• Average VR
• Average shell velocity 
• Average enough pen for a pref tank (though use to be above average) 

Cons: 

• Poor mobility overall 
• Poor accuracy 
• Poor dispersion values 
• BAD DPM
• Bog Horror does not come with built in camo
• Also it just has bad camo, and just really tall. 
• High engine fire chance 

Armor: 

• Armor at list angle [armor against AP with 5 degree of normalization] 
• Its got strong front, but weak sides. 
• Turret:
  • Front: overall its ranges due to complexity. Generally about 250-280 [225-245]. The turret ring is also circular flat 229, but somewhat hard to aim at.  This is also true for directly next to the gun. 
  • Sides: eh not great as its a big flat 89mm mostly. With the forward section being curved its becomes a easy pen as soon as the turret is turned. 
  • Rear: actually very thick due to needing a counterweight. So outside the lower section its not half bad. So be happy when the occasional light tank somehow misses your giant hull and hit the 208mm section. (I suppose you could also troll by poking your rear turret over a hill?)
  • Roof + Cupola:  well the roof is pretty meh at only 25mm so easy arty hit. The cupola is also not much as its only 89mm, but it is easily hidden by the gun depression (and the general height of the tank). 
• Hull: 
  • Upper front: 191mm at 44 degrees, so about 265 [245]. The corners are weaker at only 38 degrees so 240 [228]. Overall pretty thick for a tier 8 as it blocks standard ammo enough, but that's before gun depression. That pushes it to around 330 [293]. 
  • Lower front: The mid section has the same thickness and angle as the upper plate. The lowest plate is at 78 degrees with a 56mm spaced armor plate. So yea even when poking over a hill that section will still block most shots. Of course most shots will still hit the larger mid section. 
  • Sides: this is where it becomes negative news. 66mm on both sections. The lower section is covered by 20/25mm spaced protection but that's only good for HE really. 
  • Rear: eh its okay i guess at 51mm, but that's only good for 105mm HE protection. 
  • Roof + Floor: eh not great at only 25mm, meaning HE and facing hugging will hurt this tank. This includes the sponson floors which is a lesser known weak spot. 
• So yea front to enemy works well enough on this tank to bully a lot of tanks… assuming they cant flank you at all. 

Gameplay:

• This is a slow paced tank. Movement and gun fighting require patience. You are not getting anywhere quick and your DPM is garbage. Combined with your poor gun handling and accuracy you'll often pause to make sure your shots land. 
• Keep your turret pointed forward as the sides quickly become weak. 
• It depends on what kind of enemy your facing, but this is generally a good bully due to the only weak spot being the cupola. This means facing hugging is pretty good (unless they are tall enough to shoot your roof). 
• This of course doesn't mean you shouldn't try to go hull down as the hull can pen by premium rounds so best to make full use of your armor. 
• Equipment: 
  • Stablizer 
  • Turbo 
  • Rammer / vents
  • optics

Counter Gameplay: 

• This is a tank that has trouble dealing with faster tanks with good DPM. its side armor is poor and the DPM even more so. 
• Shoot the sponson floor as it's an easy pen if you're short enough. 
• Outside flaking it, it mostly is shoot the cupola. 

Cosmetics: 

• Well its something for sure. This is a big chonky tank. The original M6 was only 0.1m shorter than a tiger 2 (3.1m). Now this version got a bigger turret pushing it to 3.48m. 
• The hull used to be interesting on the M6. This unarmored version is now a bit boring. Anyhow there isn't too much detail on the tank otherwise as its generally lacks anything. I suppose there is a couple vision ports on the front hull sides which is nifty. 
• Turret… yea its a big fat turret. Gotta have room to use the 105mm T5 gun which is really underpowered for its size. 
• Bog Horror on the other hand is quite the difference. 
  • Yea it lives up to the name as it really looks like a tank that was stuck in a swamp for a few years. Lots of greenery and even stained the base color of the tank. 
  • Outside all the green the only other detail is the red eyes on the gun mantlet. 
• Cosmetics: (Bog)
  • Emblem: 2, one small space on each side of the turret
  • Inscription: only one on the left rear turret side
  • Flag: rear right of the turret

General Thoughts: 

• Boi this is a old tank. The pen use to be actually not a big hindrance as well the armor and pen level use to be quite a bit lower back in the day. Same with the DPM. The 1.6k was still poor, but the average for mediums and heavies used to be 1.8, now pushing over 2k. 
• This really hasn't had enough support over the years even accounting for the fact its a pref tank. The one buff did help a lot with usability, but update 7.1.1 was a very large wave of buffs so the general level remained the same if not a bit worse. 
• What would I do for this tank? 
  • Well I could say screw it and buff the pen to match the T32 as the STA-2 is a cheating cheat of a tank and has one of the highest pen for a T8 medium. But I tend to not think that's the best. 
  • I'd probably lean to a bit of reload and turret dispersion / accuracy boost. 
  • The mobility is generally okay for what the tank is as its quite heavy and is an older tank up armored so wasn't designed for the weight. 
  • Not much else otherwise. I could see HP and VR but thats generally up to if the tank is really that poor performing. 
• Of course I actually prefer a general nerf across the board for tier 8+ but that's a lot of work sadly. 
• I do say the ammo rack HP is oddly high for any tank in general. Tier 10’s cap out at 260 and only tier 10 germany the the Type 5 have 280. 

Buy?

• Mmm, that's debatable. It is cheaper for a tier 8 heavy, at least the base version of the tank. The Bog is 1.5k higher and doesn't even come with camo built in. 
  • The base tank is one of the handful thats always available in the premium TT so thats something. 
• It's a very very old tank so its hard to say if its holding up as well now a days. I’m  leaning to not really as the gun is quite weak outside the pen being okay. 
• Should you get it? Well id say dont bother with the regular tank as Halloween tanks are more fun. At time of review release the Bog is on sale for 6.6k which is pretty decent for a tier 8. 
• I guess it depends on how much value you put into 

History: 

• M6 Heavy: Link
• Tank Encyclopedia: Link

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