The German E-75 Heavy Tank
History of E-75
The E-75 was one of six tanks of the The Entwicklung series (from German Entwicklung, "development"), more commonly known as the E-Series. The E-Series was a late WWII attempt by Germany to produce a standardized series of tank designs. There were to be standard designs in six different weight classes, from which several specialized variants were to be developed. This intended to reverse the trend of extremely complex tank designs that had resulted in poor production rates and mechanical unreliability.The E-series designs were simpler, cheaper to produce and more efficient than their predecessors; however, their design offered only modest improvements in armour and firepower over the designs they were intended to replace, such as the Jagdpanzer 38(t), Panther Ausf.G or Tiger II; and would have represented the final standardization of German armoured vehicle design. Indeed, nearly all of the E-series vehicles — up through and including the E-75 — were intended to use what were essentially the Tiger II's eighty centimeter diameter, steel-rimmed road wheels for their suspension, meant to overlap each other (as on the later production Tiger I-E and Panther designs that also used them).
The E-75 Standardpanzer was intended to be the standard heavy tank to be used as a replacement of the Tiger II and JagdTiger. The E-75 would have been built on the same production lines as the E-50 (Panther Ausf-G replacement) for ease of manufacture, and the two vehicles were to share many components, including the same Maybach HL 234 engine. As its name indicates, the resulting vehicle would have weighed in at over 75 tonnes, reducing its speed to around 40 km/h. To offset the increased weight, the bogies were spaced differently from on the E-50, with an extra pair added on each side, giving the E-75 a slightly improved track to ground contact length. Fortunately the war ended before any of these machines were built. However elements of their design could be found in post war French and Swiss tanks.
The E-75 was one of six tanks of the The Entwicklung series (from German Entwicklung, "development"), more commonly known as the E-Series. The E-Series was a late WWII attempt by Germany to produce a standardized series of tank designs. There were to be standard designs in six different weight classes, from which several specialized variants were to be developed. This intended to reverse the trend of extremely complex tank designs that had resulted in poor production rates and mechanical unreliability.The E-series designs were simpler, cheaper to produce and more efficient than their predecessors; however, their design offered only modest improvements in armour and firepower over the designs they were intended to replace, such as the Jagdpanzer 38(t), Panther Ausf.G or Tiger II; and would have represented the final standardization of German armoured vehicle design. Indeed, nearly all of the E-series vehicles — up through and including the E-75 — were intended to use what were essentially the Tiger II's eighty centimeter diameter, steel-rimmed road wheels for their suspension, meant to overlap each other (as on the later production Tiger I-E and Panther designs that also used them).
The E-75 Standardpanzer was intended to be the standard heavy tank to be used as a replacement of the Tiger II and JagdTiger. The E-75 would have been built on the same production lines as the E-50 (Panther Ausf-G replacement) for ease of manufacture, and the two vehicles were to share many components, including the same Maybach HL 234 engine. As its name indicates, the resulting vehicle would have weighed in at over 75 tonnes, reducing its speed to around 40 km/h. To offset the increased weight, the bogies were spaced differently from on the E-50, with an extra pair added on each side, giving the E-75 a slightly improved track to ground contact length. Fortunately the war ended before any of these machines were built. However elements of their design could be found in post war French and Swiss tanks.
E-75 World of Tanks - Game Play
With strong armor (especially at the sides, which makes it very good for side-scraping), a powerful gun, and decent maneuverability for its size, the E-75 is a highly capable tank. It looks very similar to its predecessor Tiger II up-armored and up-gunned to tier 9.
The tank has a very high silhouette, so don't expect to do much hiding. The top gun reloads very slowly, so make every shot count and aim carefully before each shot. The turret rotates very slowly so any medium tank can out-circle the E-75. However the E-75 hull traverses slightly faster than both the Tiger II and considerably faster than the E-100. Traversing your hull along with your turret helps you keep up with fast enemies if they get too close.
However, in the top tier, E-75 is a perfectly balanced machine, whose presence in the list should make any opponent nervous. Very few opponents can penetrate your armor frontally without hitting weak spots.
The E-75 has a transmission hit-box that is placed to the front (E-75 is based on Tiger II and its power-train), so it might suffer engine damage from frontal hits. However it is still less prone to this than other German heavies due to relatively well-armored lower frontal plate (especially angled), preventing penetrations in the first place.
The tank is very sensitive to the splash damage from artillery, not to mention a direct hit. It would be very useful to have the E-100's screens, but in their absence, this tank must rely on abusing hard cover in urban settings, its preferred environment anyways.
When fighting very strong opposition, "hull down" or "American" tank tactics can be used: hide the hull or even only the lower glacis behind a hill, stones or dead tank and shoot enemies from a distance. One can also "wiggle" the turret back and forth while reloading to make your vulnerable commander's cupola a harder target to hit. In general though, short of a few Tier 9 and 10 tanks shooting HEAT ammunition (T-54 and Obj. 268 come to mind), the frontal plate is nigh-invulnerable, and in a proper side-scrape, nothing should ever touch you except for HE.
The E-75 is a good tank to side-scrape with as well, especially if you can find a corner where you are leaving your left side behind cover, as that will keep your commanders hatch from being hit at all. The tracks on the E-75 will eat a lot of shots while side scraping, but few of them will track you if you are angled correctly; the tracks will just act as spaced armor.
It must be noted that the E 75 does differ radically from the play-style of the Tiger I and Tiger II, in that both of those were primarily snipers who relied on their long-range DPM-based fire-power for most of the game and used their HP pools at the end to take hits and push. In contrast, the E 75 is an in-your-face brawler that leads charges and holds corners. In more than one way, it's their antithesis.
However, it can still snipe, but to a lesser degree than its predecessors. Only do this if you have a very steady aim and a sure shot on a target, that is, their entire hull (or most of it) is within reach of the mighty lethal 128mm. With the 105mm of the Tiger II, the E75's flexibility is at its most pronounced, but it can feel lacking in the penetration department against tier 10s.
With strong armor (especially at the sides, which makes it very good for side-scraping), a powerful gun, and decent maneuverability for its size, the E-75 is a highly capable tank. It looks very similar to its predecessor Tiger II up-armored and up-gunned to tier 9.
The tank has a very high silhouette, so don't expect to do much hiding. The top gun reloads very slowly, so make every shot count and aim carefully before each shot. The turret rotates very slowly so any medium tank can out-circle the E-75. However the E-75 hull traverses slightly faster than both the Tiger II and considerably faster than the E-100. Traversing your hull along with your turret helps you keep up with fast enemies if they get too close.
However, in the top tier, E-75 is a perfectly balanced machine, whose presence in the list should make any opponent nervous. Very few opponents can penetrate your armor frontally without hitting weak spots.
The E-75 has a transmission hit-box that is placed to the front (E-75 is based on Tiger II and its power-train), so it might suffer engine damage from frontal hits. However it is still less prone to this than other German heavies due to relatively well-armored lower frontal plate (especially angled), preventing penetrations in the first place.
The tank is very sensitive to the splash damage from artillery, not to mention a direct hit. It would be very useful to have the E-100's screens, but in their absence, this tank must rely on abusing hard cover in urban settings, its preferred environment anyways.
When fighting very strong opposition, "hull down" or "American" tank tactics can be used: hide the hull or even only the lower glacis behind a hill, stones or dead tank and shoot enemies from a distance. One can also "wiggle" the turret back and forth while reloading to make your vulnerable commander's cupola a harder target to hit. In general though, short of a few Tier 9 and 10 tanks shooting HEAT ammunition (T-54 and Obj. 268 come to mind), the frontal plate is nigh-invulnerable, and in a proper side-scrape, nothing should ever touch you except for HE.
The E-75 is a good tank to side-scrape with as well, especially if you can find a corner where you are leaving your left side behind cover, as that will keep your commanders hatch from being hit at all. The tracks on the E-75 will eat a lot of shots while side scraping, but few of them will track you if you are angled correctly; the tracks will just act as spaced armor.
It must be noted that the E 75 does differ radically from the play-style of the Tiger I and Tiger II, in that both of those were primarily snipers who relied on their long-range DPM-based fire-power for most of the game and used their HP pools at the end to take hits and push. In contrast, the E 75 is an in-your-face brawler that leads charges and holds corners. In more than one way, it's their antithesis.
However, it can still snipe, but to a lesser degree than its predecessors. Only do this if you have a very steady aim and a sure shot on a target, that is, their entire hull (or most of it) is within reach of the mighty lethal 128mm. With the 105mm of the Tiger II, the E75's flexibility is at its most pronounced, but it can feel lacking in the penetration department against tier 10s.
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Description of the Lost Turrets E-75 Model
The base model is the 1/35 scale Trumpeter E-75 (75-100 ton) Standardpanzer. It has been equipped with a custom made 10.5 cm Kw.K L68 cannon. It has also been equipped with exhaust baffles as per the in-game machine. The vehicle has the "summer ambush" scheme as actually used by German forces in the spring of 1945 as well as in-game. The model comes with a 14.3" x 7.3" x 4.8" clear plastic display case. |
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Lost Turrets E-75 Model Gallery
Watch the E-75 in Action
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