The T-34-85M blasts its way back into the Premium Shop! Zip around your foes and blast their flanks to maximize your effectiveness in battle. If you want to test this bad boy before picking it up in the Premium Shop, check out our rental missions. And for a more in-depth look at the new tank, read WGLNA pro Unknown0ne's take below.

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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly By RivaL's Unknown0ne The Good Decent damage per minute for a medium tank (approx. 1850)

Decent speed and maneuverability for its armor The Bad Very poor shell penetration

Lackluster gun handling

Armor is ineffective The Ugly Can battle up to tier VIII Reasons to Buy You're looking for a point-blank brawling tank

You want to train your Soviet medium tank Crews Reasons Not to Buy You prefer accuracy to raw damage per minute (go for the Pz. Kpfw. IV Schmalturm)

You want something with more shell penetration (try the Dicker Max)

Play Style

The T-34-85M’s strength is its damage per minute, which is best utilized close to the enemy and on their flank to help compensate for its poor gun handling and penetration. Medium to long range engagements are certainly possible, but the characteristics of the gun make them undesirable.

Loadout

If you want to maximize your damage per a minute, you’ll want to optimize your rate of fire and speed, while trying to compensate for its poor gun handling and minimizing downtime from critical damage.

Equipment You could swap Ventilation or Gun Laying Drive for Coated Optics to offset its low view range. Consumables You could replace one of those with Rations to maximize damage per minute, though that cost can add up.