AMX 50 100 Review/Guide, Playing a Squishy Autoloader in the Heavy Armor Meta

I review the AMX 50 100, a tier 8 French heavy tank in World of Tanks (WoT), with replays of tier 10 Glacier and tier 8 Steppes battles.

Prior to 2017, the 50 100 was regarded as an effective albeit finesse tank, but with the introduction of the over-armored tier 8 premium heavies and armor buffs in general from tiers 8-10, the 50 100 is more challenging to play with the current meta in 1.0.

Strengths and Weaknesses
+ Excellent gun depression (-9), unusual for an autoloader
+ Excellent silver AP penetration (232)
+ Excellent top speed (51)
+ Good acceleration
+ Good accuracy for an autoloader (0.36 base)
- Very long clip reload (~46.5 sec with Vents and BIA) creates long windows of downtime
- Long intra-clip reload (2.73 sec) means increased exposure when dumping your clip
- Long aim time (3 sec base) exceeds intra-clip reload, so you have to equip your tank and slot BIA accordingly
- Poor armor
- Low HP (1400)

Recommended Equipment
1. VStab
2. Vents
3. GLD

Special thanks to /u/similar_observation and /u/Rakkedyman from the WoT sub-Reddit for donating gold so I could re-train my crew to the 50 100.

This video is part of my "Road to Unicum" series in which I share what I learned as I progressed towards account Unicum rating (top 1%) with silver ammo only. I talk through how I'm reading the battle as it unfolds and discuss key decisions and mistakes. My hope is that these videos meaningfully help players improve their gameplay.

"Road to Unicum" full guide and FAQs:
http://taugrim.com/2015/02/19/road-to-unicum-guide-videos-for-world-of-tanks

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