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F2 is a very dangerous threat that even higher BR tanks can ill-afford to ignore. Combined with the explosive filler in the APCBC shell, the Ausf. The 75 mm gun will frontally penetrate all but the most heavily armoured tanks even with the stock APCBC. F2 cannot hope to bounce anything but the weakest guns from the front, and should thus be played a lot more cautiously. Unlike the M4, however, the F2's turret is unable to deflect almost anything that hits it, and it will wither quickly under concentrated fire. F2 has a good amount of gun depression, which allows the player to hide the tank's entire hull behind terrain and only expose its turret while shooting. This makes it rather more oriented towards long and medium-range combat, where the thin armour is less of an issue and its powerful gun gives it a big advantage in firepower over its peers. F2 has one of the best guns of its battle-rating, balanced by its poor armour. Main article: MG34 (7.92 mm) 7.92 mm MG34ДЄ veritable glass cannon, the Ausf. Smoke and HE shells are also available, although their use is rather situational.

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The only reason to carry any APCR at all is in case of a full up-tier, where very heavily armoured tanks such as the Churchill VII may be faced and only shots to the front are possible. It is much more effective against sloped armour than the PzGr 40 APCR shot and even at 2,000 m has more penetration than the HlGr 38B HEAT shell. The stock PzGr 39 APCBC shell is also the best all-round ammunition to use. The turret also provides the gun with an excellent amount of gun depression, allowing the effective use of hull-down tactics.

It is even quite capable against higher tiered tanks, with only a few exceptions. F2's BR, the KwK 40 has absolutely no problems dealing with all but the heaviest tanks at this BR, even from the front. As easily the best gun available to any medium tank at the Ausf. F1 is the new long-barreled 7,5 cm KwK 40 L/43 gun.

Suspension wheels are 15 mm thick, while the tracks are 20 mm thick.

Penetrating hits are likely to be quite devastating, especially if the shell has an explosive filler. The crew compartment is relatively compact and has a lot of ammunition scattered all over. It is also important to note that the roof armour is only 10 mm thick, and is quite vulnerable to aircraft heavy machine guns and cannons. The turret also sports a relatively large cupola that is just thick enough to cause some rounds with explosive filler to detonate after penetration, potentially killing the entire turret crew. The hull armour can be supplemented by add-on armour in the form of track links, but the turret remains highly vulnerable since it receives no extra protection even with the upgrade. The side and rear armour is even thinner and is highly vulnerable to even autocannons commonly used by anti-aircraft vehicles at medium and close ranges. With a maximum thickness of only 50 mm, it is quite thin compared to that of its arch-rivals, the T-34 and M4 medium tanks, and can be easily penetrated by most medium calibre guns and is also mostly unangled. F2 is virtually identical to that of the Ausf.