AUBL/74 - Revision history

U28580205 at 04:20, 26 March 2024

2024-03-26T04:20:00Z

U42773747: i don't think i can add much more substance to the text so i'll move onto R3.

2024-02-10T13:12:41Z

i don't think i can add much more substance to the text so i'll move onto R3.

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U42773747: minor fix

2024-02-05T21:00:20Z

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U42773747: fixed mistakes

2024-01-27T15:11:34Z

fixed mistakes

U42773747: Rewrote the page a bit, as it was barren at places and i saw actual false info. Sometimes kind of doubled same info, but they are so split apart i think it's okay. suppose it will make more sense once other 3 tanks in same br line will be rewritten too.

2024-01-27T00:49:19Z

Rewrote the page a bit, as it was barren at places and i saw actual false info. Sometimes kind of doubled same info, but they are so split apart i think it's okay. suppose it will make more sense once other 3 tanks in same br line will be rewritten too.

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U44629479: /* Machine guns */ Edits

2023-03-11T17:30:13Z

‎Machine guns: Edits

U38088265: /* Ammunition */ Converted to transclusion

2023-01-24T20:19:01Z

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U44629479: Edits

2022-12-17T15:26:40Z

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U44629479: Undo revision 123649 by U44629479 (talk)

2022-02-21T08:08:54Z

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 <!-- ''Describe armour protection. Note the most well protected and key weak areas. Appreciate the layout of modules as well as the number and location of crew members. Is the level of armour protection sufficient, is the placement of modules helpful for survival in combat? If necessary use a visual template to indicate the most secure and weak zones of the armour.'' -->
-The tank's armour is best described as "glass cannon", as it can be damaged even by 7.62 mm machine guns at close range, particularly in the engine area. It will, however, still protect the crew and easily sustain LMG fire from the front, as long as enemy isn't firing at the weakspots specifically. Any tanks with 12.7+ mm HMG should be avoided like plague or attacked from blind angles only.
+The tank's armour is best described as "glass cannon", as it can be damaged even by 7.62 mm machine guns at close range, particularly in the engine area. It will, however, still protect the crew and easily sustain LMG fire from the front, as long as enemy isn't firing at the weakspots specifically. Any tanks with 12.7+ mm HMG should be avoided like plague or attacked from blind angles only. To compensate, the tank has 3 smoke shell groups on the hull itself, which can be used at any time to disrupt enemy aim and give the car a chance to escape or even attack (AB only). To block sniper aim, cannon smoke shells could be used while approaching the nest.
 Due to poor armour, survival against aircraft or artillery is not guaranteed even on a glancing hit, but for tankers that forget to take their chemical shells destroying AUBL/74 isn't as trivial as many people believe, as quite often only 1 crew member suffers from any kinetic shot, and the extremely thin armour won't detonate APHE. It can be extra annoying for the enemy when the tank has crew replenishment modification in AB, allowing it to just randomly survive and shoot its enemy back.
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 Lastly, AUBL/74 should avoid detonating enemy tanks literally infront of itself, as otherwise the blowback will destroy it. Standing next to allies is also sometimes fatal for the same reason.
-For AUBL drivers it is better to approach enemy at a slight angle to avoid centre of mass shots, as those generally instantly put it down even in AB. As an enemy, if you don't have a 12.7 HMG you do not toy with the AUBL and fire main weapon to kill it, as otherwise you will regret it.
+For AUBL drivers it is better to approach enemy at a slight angle to avoid centre of mass shots, as those generally instantly put it down even in AB. As an enemy, if you don't have a 12.7 HMG you do not toy with the AUBL and fire the main weapon to destroy it, as otherwise you will regret it.
 '''Armour Type:'''
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 In AB, it can slowly accelerate to 80 km/h practically anywhere if driven properly and can go up to 110 km/h on a road. Driving past 60 km/h will significantly stiffen its controls, so sometimes slowing down is faster than starting again from 0.
-It hates driving onto sharp hills and trenches, failing to climb them from a standstill, but it can rush them with a head start.
+It hates driving onto sharp hills and trenches, failing to climb them from a standstill, but it can rush them with a head start. Since this is a car with no tracks, it has no neutral steering. The turn circle is not too wide, but it needs to be accounted for when brawling.
 Due to the tank being very light, sometimes the concern isn't even the road itself, but allies trying to hog the road for themselves. A light tap from any heavy tank can send this car flying into a building, so some care should be taken on a round start.
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 The AUBL's high speed allows it to secure a reliable over-watch position early in the match and makes it possible to scout enemies and take potshots if the opportunity arises. The flanking approach will be mainly directed towards spotting and opportunistic medium-ranged ambushes, whilst long range sniping is the last choice and the one requiring most of the skill and luck, because the rather small calibre HEAT rounds and the gun ballistics might not perform as desired at long distances and could just reveal your location to enemies for superficial damage dealt.
-Therefore, playing this vehicle like an [[M18 GMC|M18]] Hellcat or any other fast vehicles with shells as the APCBC is ill-advised, because often it won't be able to kill flanked enemies in one reliable shot, leaving the car open to retaliation fire. It still can be a great light tank hunter with the addition of overpressure damage, particularly with HESH, as it can not only obliterate unarmoured SPG, but even other light tanks on a decent hit.
+Therefore, playing this vehicle like an [[M18 GMC|M18 Hellcat]] or any other fast vehicles with shells as the APCBC is ill-advised, because often it won't be able to destroy flanked enemies in one reliable shot, leaving the car open to retaliation fire. It still can be a great light tank hunter with the addition of overpressure damage, particularly with HESH, as it can not only obliterate unarmoured SPG, but even other light tanks on a decent hit.
 Try to use strong features of the car to your advantage. The amphibious ability increases drastically the possibilities of ambushes and locations that can be exploited by this light tank, on maps like [[Kuban (Ground Forces)|Kuban]], [[Eastern Europe (Ground Forces)|Eastern Europe]] or [[Tunisia]]. Another thing to note is the inferior performance on rough terrains and superior performance on roads. this should be taken into account when deciding to spawn in a snowy map like [[Frozen Pass (Ground Forces)|Frozen pass]] for example as one of the best advantages of the AUBL, the speed, will be hampered, switching the vehicle into a more sluggish support light tank than an energetic flanker. Paved roads and urban maps like [[Maginot Line (Ground Forces)|Maginot line]], on the other hand, bring a lot of possibilities to this light tank but could lead to unwanted frontal engagements. Players should contemplate all this when operating the AUBL.

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 In AB, the usage is less and more complicated at the same time.
-The speed impediment is less present on maps and the brawling style can be forgivingly applied after researching "horizontal drive" and maxing out "targeting" for "practically stabilized" gun experience. The tank can easily reach capture point first, and can get behind enemy lines before they can even prepare to fight. Technically, nothing really stops you from sniping even if the gun is a bit random, as you can use binoculars to shoot them over terrain as they leave cover, if you so desire. Even if you do not trust yourself to survive after passing a corner or a hill, you can always have a guaranteed first hit on the enemy by using "scouting" on the opponent behind cover, droping some smokes and firing after 10 seconds. Worst case scenario, you can just spam "scouting" on every odd enemy you see to gain airstrike points from "intellegence" assists and then come in with a bomber to help teammates capture a point.
+The speed impediment is less present on maps and the brawling style can be forgivingly applied after researching "horizontal drive" and maxing out "targeting" for "practically stabilized" gun experience. The tank can easily reach capture point first, and can get behind enemy lines before they can even prepare to fight. Technically, nothing really stops you from sniping even if the gun is a bit random, as you can use binoculars to shoot them over terrain as they leave cover, if you so desire. Even if you do not trust yourself to survive after passing a corner or a hill, you can always have a guaranteed first hit on the enemy by using "scouting" on the opponent behind cover, dropping some smokes and firing after 10 seconds. Worst case scenario, you can just spam "scouting" on every odd enemy you see to gain airstrike points from "intellegence" assists and then come in with a bomber to help teammates capture a point.
 However, enemy also can survive lethal hits due to the "crew replenishment", which can be fatal for you for a great amount of reasons, such as enemy having an HMG, better crew, slow allies behind next building that were late but actually came "just in time", being heavy AND fast, etc... Everyone also have aim assist and will relatively easily find you if they care due to the spotting mechanic, while you have an inherently inaccurate gun with weak ammunition and thus can't reliably disable annoying pursuers.
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 '''Notable enemies:'''
-Any USA tanks, including the majority of export ones: The USA is obsessed with putting 12.7 MG on every tank, which can instantly obliterate AUBL. It doesn't help that a lot of their tanks also have armour too thick for the small HEAT to even do anything and absurdly high turret rotation speed (especially in AB), so it is best to avoid them and ask teammates to remove them if you can't sneak around. Never, under any circumstances, attack actual USA players directly if their machine gunner is still alive, as they fire HMG on any tanks they see just out of habit.
+Any USA tanks, including the majority of export ones: The USA is obsessed with putting 12.7 MG on every tank, which can instantly obliterate AUBL. It doesn't help that a lot of their tanks also have armour too thick for the small HEAT to even do anything and absurdly high turret rotation speed (especially in AB), so it is best to avoid them and ask teammates to remove them if you can't sneak around. Never, under any circumstances, attack actual USA players directly if their machine gunner is still alive, as they fire HMG on any tanks they see just out of habit. It is so bad, that metagaming in RB in order to make USA an ally is a viable strategy. The same applies to all future Italian light tanks of the rank.
 Artillery tanks: They can overpressure AUBL even with airburst shells and do not have to load a different shell to completely destroy you, so aggravating them is ill-adviced. Luckily, if you aren't in a focus of their attention, they will often pretend that you do not exist. You can use that to fire HESH at them when the majority of their turret is exposed and leave before they actually got mad and used HMG or HE-VT on you.

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 The tank has only HEAT-FS at first, which is the main shell to use. It doesn't offer any miracles due to it's low explosive mass, but it will penetrate majority of heavy tanks and tank destroyers, at least as long as they don't angle much and the range isn't too great. In comparison, it offers about as much penetration and damage as APDS of some medium tanks, without the caveat of "shell shattered" mechanics, but due to the gun performance any ranged shot is a literal lottery.
-HESH can be unlocked to use as a backup shell. It can overpressure light tanks and can be used as a finisher for wounded tanks from the side or behind. It cannot be used as a main shell as it barely has enough penetration for medium tank hulls, meaning it does practically nothing to them and the gun inaccuracy will not let HESH land on their cupolas or other small weak spots, unless the shot was lucky. Due to it's ability to go through fences and bushes without detonating, it can be used to "parry" artillery and light tanks through obstacles that block HE and HEAT shells, prevent aim assist from working or otherwise inconvenience them.
+HESH can be unlocked to use as a backup shell. It can overpressure light tanks and can be used as a finisher for wounded tanks from the side or behind. It cannot be used as a main shell as it barely has enough penetration for medium tank hulls, meaning it does practically nothing to them and the gun inaccuracy will not let HESH land on their cupolas or other small weak spots, unless the shot was lucky. Still, it can deal fatal damage in RB through some medium tank turrets and due to it's ability to go through fences and bushes without detonating, it can be used to "parry" artillery and light tanks through obstacles that block HE and HEAT shells, prevent aim assist from working or otherwise inconvenience them.
 A smoke shell can be unlocked to block enemy sniper sights while pushing them, forcing them to either pull up the hill and expose themselves or let the tank get closer, where the gun is effecitve.
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 {{main|Beretta MG42/59 (7.62 mm)}}
-There are two machine guns on this car, and they have a notably high fire rate, allowing to quickly cut down some unarmoured SPG at the rank. They can also technically destroy a fighter in a shallow dive, but there is no guarantee.
+The machine gun on this car has a notably high fire rate, allowing to quickly cut down some unarmoured SPG at the rank. It can also technically destroy a fighter in a shallow dive, but there is no guarantee.
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 ! Mount !! Capacity (Belt) !! Fire rate !! Vertical !! Horizontal
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-| Coaxial || 800 (200) || 1,200 || N/A || N/A
+| Coaxial || 800 (200) || 801 || N/A || N/A
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 ==== Ammunition ====
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+{{:Cockerill Mk.3 (90 mm)/Ammunition|M620A1, M625A1, M618A1}}
 ==== [[Ammo racks]] ====

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 ;Skins
-* [https://live.warthunder.com/feed/camouflages/?vehicleCountry=italy&vehicleType=tank&vehicleClass=light_tank&vehicle=it_fiat_6616_cockerill Skins and camouflages for the {{PAGENAME}} from live.warthunder.com.]
+* [https://live.warthunder.com/feed/camouflages/?vehicle=it_fiat_6616_cockerill Skins and camouflages for the {{PAGENAME}} from live.warthunder.com.]
 ;Videos
-{{Youtube-gallery|R3rRcKLqiLg|'''Do you know what skill is required to play this tank? It's Luck! (Good luck with that) {{PAGENAME}}''' - ''HowToPlay1337''}}
+{{Youtube-gallery|R3rRcKLqiLg|'''Do you know what skill is required to play this tank? It's Luck! (Good luck with that) AUBL/74''' - ''HowToPlay1337''}}
 == See also ==

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 | M620A1 || HEATFS || 890 || 4.1 || 0.05 || 0.1 || 890.4 || 65° || 72° || 77°
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-| M625A1 || HESH || 800 || 4.5 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 1,730 || 73° || 77° || 80°
+| M625A1 || HESH || 800 || 4.5 || 0.1 || 4 || 1,730 || 73° || 77° || 80°
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 |}