Equipment 2.0 definitely was a significant change for World of Tanks on its own. However, with the release of field mods and the ability to have a secondary equipment loadout, understanding exactly when and why certain pieces of equipment should be used is all the more important now than ever before.

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Not all of you want to watch a video though, and would rather have a quick text analysis of different equipment, so here goes:

Rammer: Important, but replaceable on tanks with very long reloads or unreliable guns. For such tanks (FV215b 183, KV-2, etc.) other equipment to help the gun may be more useful.

Vents: Overrated and replaceable. Only use on tanks with no downsides (STB-1) or tanks with a million downsides (FV4005). Everything else usually only needs a buff in one or two areas, so you can easily replace Vents for something that targets those areas instead.

Improved Rotation Mechanism: Mostly for increasing traverse without a gun handling penalty. Only gives better gun handling when going in a straight line or turning the turret slowly. Goes great in combination with VStabs though.

Gun Laying Drive: VStabs are always better. However, GLD aims faster than IRM will. However, IRM's gun handling benefit generally will make them more useful than the GLD.

VStabs: The most important piece of equipment in the game and very hard to replace unless your tank has great gun handling (or is very slow). If you do replace it, replace it with IRM.

Turbo: Useful on some tanks, especially those with either a limited top speed / reverse speed OR great top speed but a mediocre hp/ton. WT auf Pz. IV, T-103, T28, T95, these all benefit from Turbo quite a bit. However, even fast tanks such as the Kranvagn can be very competitive with a Turbo.

Optics: If you have over 380m base view range, you can reach 445m without Optics. If you have less than 380m base, Optics should be considered, especially at the lower Tiers where view range matters so much more. A must-have for scouts as well.

Commander's Vision System: Useful for scouting setups, although not an easy choice over Optics. CVS will allow you to spot tanks more easily within your spotting distance than Optics would, HOWEVER, Optics allows you to see further distances if you're not at your 445m view range cap yet.

Improved Aiming Unit: Standard one isn't very useful, and Vents will be better. However, the Bounty version (or the regular one in the Firepower slot) will be very helpful, especially in combination with Vents for improving your gun's behavior.

Spall Liner: Useless. Reduces HE by 35%-40% instead of advertised 60%. Ramming is reduced by 15% instead of advertised 60%. It calculates off thickness of armor instead of reducing the damage itself. Don't use it, ever.

Hardening: Very useful for aggressive tanks that may get tracked often. IS-7, Obj. 268 v4, E-100, etc. may all benefit, although each for slightly different reasons. If you don't need track durability however, don't bother. The HP buff isn't worth it on its own.

Modified Configuration: Very useful for tanks with super unreliable modules (FV215b and the 183 counterpart). However, other equipment may also be very useful. You can negate extra damage by being more careful, so whether or not this is useful will be up to you, and the tank.

Grousers: Tank dependent. For tanks with bad terrain resistances (Kranvagn, Renegade, IS-7), these will be extremely helpful to improve your mobility, and will increase your effective top speed MORE than a Turbo will. However, if you have good terrain resistances, then either use a Turbo or a Rotation Mechanism.

Camo Net: Useless. Always useless. Don't think about it.

Low Noise Exhaust: This is why Camo Net is useless. Bounty Low Noise Exhaust gives you a 9% camo buff without needing to sit still or take up any specific slot... and works when moving.

Binoculars: Useful, but very campy. Only use it for Swedish TD's (where they can turn without losing Binocs) or for lower Tiered tanks with very campy playstyles.

Radio Set: Sadly, useless. Has potential, but Optics / CVS / Low Noise Exhaust are all too important to sacrifice for a Radio Set.

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
1:01 - Gun Rammer
1:53 - Vents
3:13 - Improved Rotation Mechanism
4:33 - Gun Laying Drive
5:45 - Vertical Stabilizers
6:43 - Turbocharger
7:58 - Coated Optics
9:05 - Commander's Vision System
9:55 - Improved Aiming Unit
11:02 - Spall Liner
11:52 - Improved Hardening
12:54 - Modified Configuration
13:31 - Additional Grousers
14:18 - Camo Net
14:56 - Low Noise Exhaust
15:20 - Binoculars
16:00 - Improved Radio Set
16:40 - Outro

MUSIC:
All music used in this video comes from Epidemic Sound's library, and is only copyright cleared for YouTube with an active subscription. It is NOT free to use otherwise.

Good Habits - Dlyan Sitts
A Little Bit More - Deanz
Conmigo - Nico Rengifo
A Breathe of Fresh Air - Tricycle Riot
Back Down - Donell Mase
Shake Up - Cushy

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