Controls/Tank

Page describing controls for section "Tank"

Movement

• Automatic transmission —
• Transmission mode —
• Tank throttle —
• Tank steering —
• Short brake —
• Tank left brake —
• Tank right brake —
• Tank transmission gear / cruise control: up —
• Tank transmission gear / cruise control: down —
• Tank transmission gear: neutral — Available only when "Automatic transmission" is set to "No".
• Drive assistance mode —
• Hull aiming mode —

Weaponry

• Fire from the main caliber gun —
• Fire from secondary guns —
• Fire from machine guns —
• Fire from special guns —
• Reset weapon selection — Restores selected firing weapon back to the default weapon of the vehicle.
• Select primary weapon —
• Select secondary weapon —
• Select machine gun — Selects the machine gun of the vehicle. If the vehicle has multiple mounted machine guns, repeatedly pressing the button will alternate between the mounts.
• Smoke grenades — Launches smoke grenades from tank-mounted launchers
• Smoke screening — Activates smoke systems integrated in tank's design, such as ESS.
• Change rate of fire — Changes rate of fire on automatic weapons with the option.
• Next bullet type —
• Lock on target — Locks on a visible target for priority.
• Switch radar search on/off —
• Change radar mode —
• Change radar search mode —
• Change radar scope scale —
• Select radar target to lock on —
• Lock radar target on —
• Night vision mode —
• IR spotlight —
• Changing the color scheme of the thermal sight —

Camera control

• Zoom Camera — Zooms camera form standard third-person view into commander's view.
• Sniper mode — Shifts camera into gunner's reticle for accurate aiming with selected armament.
• Driver camera — Shifts camera into driver's perspective in the vehicle.
• Binoculars — Brings up binocular view with enhanced zoom from the commander's perspective.
• Stabilizer mode — Activates/deactivates stabilizer for armament.
• Target tracking (tank) — Camera will zoom into and bring gun to bear on enemy targeted.
• Zoom axis (Ground) —
• View in battle - Ground (X-axis) —
• View in battle - Ground (Y-axis) —
• Invert Y-axis (tank) — Inverts the vertical axis when aiming
• Tank aiming (X-axis) —
• Tank aiming (Y-axis) —
• Gamepad aim acceleration —
• Aim acceleration delay —
• Mouse Wheel (tank) — Set parameter that mouse wheel will affect.
• Mouse Wheel Multiplier (tank) — Increase/decrease sensitivity of mouse wheel effect.

Suspension control

• Incline backwards —
• Incline forwards —
• Incline right —
• Incline left —
• Decrease clearance — Reduces the tank's height
• Increase clearance — Increases the tank's height
• Central position of suspension — Shifts suspension towards center, or restoring vehicle to default condition

Miscellaneous

• Tank repair — Begin repairs of the vehicle's damaged modules.
• Select the first type of shells —
• Select the second type of shells —
• Select the third type of shells —
• Select the fourth type of shells —
• Artillery strike —
• Fire extinguisher — Activates the vehicle's fire extinguisher (if unlocked) to extinguish an engine fire.
• Air battles: aircraft #1 — (Default key: 7) Enables players to participate in a AB Ground air battle as a fighter
• Air battles: aircraft #2 — (Default key: 8) Enables players to participate in a AB Ground air battle as an attacker
• Air battles: aircraft #3 — (Default key: 9) Enables players to participate in a AB Ground air battle as a bomber
• Towing rope —
• Crew Replenishment —
• Active scouting —
• Rangefinder —
• Crosshair lighting —
• Sight distance control — Adjust reticle to account for range ballistics.
  • Increase value — Increase distance for reticle (horizontal reticle goes down)
  • Decrease value — Dcrease distance for reticle (horizontal reticle goes up)
  • Reset axis value — Restores gun reticle to default settings (horizontal reticle at 0 m)
• Turn OFF/ON engine — Turns the engine off/on.