The Bourrasque in World of Tanks

It's always better on YouTube

Watched Iyouxin dominating in the Bourrasque and decided to play mine a bit the next day.

The Bourrasque in World of Tanks



First battle out...bounce my first shot, miss my second then eat 5 shots within 5 seconds, get set on fire, and I'm dead within 90 seconds. Clearly I'm no Iyouxin.

Then again, it was a 4-15 loss and even though I did nearly nothing (and zero damage) I still finished 11th on the team - so being surrounded by muppets probably didn't help.


(In fact my next 3 Bourrasque battles were all 5-15 or worse, so....yeah)

The Bourrasque is a great tank but...

190 standard pen is a little painful, especially against higher tiers. It's very mobile so you can often get to the flanks, but it's not super accurate so aiming for weak-spots, especially from distance, is a dodgy proposition.

I do have mine equippted with V-Stabs, Improved Aiming, and I'm running food, but I only have a 3-skill crew so it's still a dodgy proposition sometimes.

The 6 degrees of gun depression doesn't impact me as often as I'd expect...but it seems to show up in the worst moments (like when I had a kill shot on a Lansen below me, but couldn't get my gun down...and he killed me instead).

Gold or not?

I do have a Field Modification build that is 50% gold ammo, and I RARELY shot gold in any tank. But I notice Iyouxin doesn't even carry gold in his so....maybe I won't need it.

It's not you, it's me

To be fair, I've always struggled in French auto-loading mediums. My win rate in the Lorraine 40T isn't great either. It's something I need to work on.

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