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* The [=T110E3=], thanks to its high armor, is occasionally referred to as the [[{{Terminator}} T-800e3]].
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* Another notorious 152mm gun is the BL-10 gun on the ISU-152, nicknamed the "Trollcannon" by The Mighty Jingles on Youtube. It's an extremely powerful but extraordinarily erratic weapon, with huge alpha damage, very high penetration, poor accuracy, slow load time and a slow aim time. It may cause colossal damage when it hits the target, but it might miss or even bounce off a very lightly armored target (when on paper it should get through a Maus from the front). Depending on what the gun decides to do, the player is left either delighted or furious after firing it. (Or to quote Jingles, "In Soviet Russia, sometimes the Trollcannon trolls you.")
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* Another notorious 152mm gun is the BL-10 gun on the ISU-152, nicknamed the "Trollcannon" by The Mighty Jingles Webvideo/TheMightyJingles on Youtube. It's an extremely powerful but extraordinarily erratic weapon, with huge alpha damage, very high penetration, poor accuracy, slow load time and a slow aim time. It may cause colossal damage when it hits the target, but it might miss or even bounce off a very lightly armored target (when on paper it should get through a Maus from the front). Depending on what the gun decides to do, the player is left either delighted or furious after firing it. (Or to quote Jingles, "In Soviet Russia, sometimes the Trollcannon trolls you.")
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* Then there's the nickname most players attach to the [=FV304=] Tier-6 [=SPG=]: "Bert the Avenger", as coined by [=SirCircon=].[[labelnote:Note]]While a lot of people would attribute the nickname to The Mighty Jingles, the latter clarified in one of his videos that he was not the guy who made it up.[[/labelnote]]
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** '''Clickers/Scumbags/Sky Cancer''': A derisive term for artillery players, given the impression that it takes no skill to play artillery units except pointing on a target and clicking a mouse button. Most players who've actually tried playing artillery would argue otherwise. 'Scumbag' became a popular nickname for artillery players coined by one BohemianEagle(Jingles) of YouTube, though the name mostly refers to artillery players who [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled drown themselves]] at the end of a match in which they're [[CurbStompBattle on the receiving end of a 1v6.]]
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** '''Clickers/Scumbags/Sky Cancer''': A derisive term for artillery players, given the impression that it takes no skill to play artillery units except pointing on a target and clicking a mouse button. Most players who've actually tried playing artillery would argue otherwise. 'Scumbag' became a popular nickname for artillery players coined by one BohemianEagle(Jingles) Webvideo/TheMightyJingles of YouTube, though the name mostly refers to artillery players who [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled drown themselves]] at the end of a match in which they're [[CurbStompBattle on the receiving end of a 1v6.]]
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*** A memetic derivative of this would be the term '''Stet Pedder''', as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyyZD1tlwnc coined by an infamous baddie]] prevoiusly featured by The Mighty Jingles on a couple of his videos (See MemeticMutation entry on the [[YMMV/WorldOfTanks YMMV Page]] for details.)
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*** A memetic derivative of this would be the term '''Stet Pedder''', as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyyZD1tlwnc coined by an infamous baddie]] prevoiusly featured by The Mighty Jingles Webvideo/TheMightyJingles on a couple of his videos (See MemeticMutation entry on the [[YMMV/WorldOfTanks YMMV Page]] for details.)
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** Because people so often resort to firing premium ammunition at the KV-4 to get through its thick but otherwise flat armor, it is sometimes called the KV-Fort Knox, because it's where people put all their gold.
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** On the US servers, the E-25 is sometimes call the [[TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles "Ninja Turtle"]], due in part because of it's insanely small profile (making it a ninja), and because of a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEW9T1Ncy34 Tanktoon video showing one being a Ninja Turtle.]]
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** The Japanese tier VII heavy tank has also been dubbed the [[{{Youkai}} Oni]] or [[OurOgresAreHungrier Ogre]], as a pun of it's actual name, O-Ni.
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* The T82 is a Tier-3 American tank destroyer which is basically a M3 Stuart chassis with an open-topped turret and a more powerful selection of guns to choose from, including a 105mm howitzer. Being based on the Stuart's chassis means it can move more quickly than almost any other TD, but has paper thin armor as a drawback. It's no big surprise it's been nicknamed the "Jeep with a TOW missile".
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* The T82 is was a Tier-3 American tank destroyer which is basically a M3 Stuart chassis with an open-topped turret and a more powerful selection of guns to choose from, including a 105mm howitzer. Being based on the Stuart's chassis means it can move more quickly than almost any other TD, but has paper thin armor as a drawback. It's no big surprise it's been nicknamed the "Jeep with a TOW missile". Now it's been changed to a traditional artillery.
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* The [=M6A2E1=], a premium variant of the American [=M6=] heavy tank, is nicknamed the 'Mutant 6' or the 'Clownshoe' because of its massive, weirdly-shaped turret. Also called the "Breadloaf King" in China.
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* The [=M6A2E1=], a premium variant of the American [=M6=] heavy tank, is nicknamed the 'Mutant 6' or the 'Clownshoe' because of its massive, weirdly-shaped turret. Alien is also sometimes thrown around for its otherworldy looks. Also called the "Breadloaf King" in China.
** Any of the Waffentrager line can be referred to as Waffles or Waffletragers.
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* Due to its somewhat unwieldy name, the [=M4A1=] Revalorisé has earned nicknames such as the M4 Reverse and the M4 Ravioli. Also sometimes called the M4 Ratatouille, due to being a French tank (albeit with an American hull).
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* Due to its somewhat unwieldy name, the [=M4A1=] Revalorisé has earned nicknames such as the M4 Reverse and the M4 Ravioli. Also sometimes called the M4 Ratatouille, due to being a French tank (albeit with an American hull). Expect much stumbling with R sounds if trying to use its actual name, at least from the NA players.
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* Also introduced was the term '''Lemming Train''', describing a team whose majority of members choose to take one path instead of splitting up to cover their side of the map.
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* Also introduced was the term '''Lemming Train''', describing a team whose majority of members choose to take one path instead of splitting up to cover their side of the map. In reference to the Video Game{{Lemmings}}.
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* The M46 Patton Korea is often called the Tiger Patton due to its camo pattern, even though its canonical nickname is "Ripper Patton." (No relation to the German Tiger tanks.)
* The rather ridiculous little T49 American tier 8 light has a choice of just two guns. The gigantic 152mm gunlauncher punishes people with anywhere from 700 to 900 damage and is rightly feared as a complete derp gun, but if you decide to not employ the 152 mm, you get a smaller but no less high-explosive happy 90mm cannon, which trades raw power for rate of fire. Fans have taken to calling this gun (and any T49 mounting it) the Baby Derp.
* The rather ridiculous little T49 American tier 8 light has a choice of just two guns. The gigantic 152mm gunlauncher punishes people with anywhere from 700 to 900 damage and is rightly feared as a complete derp gun, but if you decide to not employ the 152 mm, you get a smaller but no less high-explosive happy 90mm cannon, which trades raw power for rate of fire. Fans have taken to calling this gun (and any T49 mounting it) the Baby Derp.
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* Due to its somewhat unwieldy name, the M4A1 Revalorisé has earned nicknames such as the M4 Reverse and the M4 Ravioli. Also sometimes called the M4 Ratatouille, due to being a French tank (albeit with an American hull).
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* US heavy tanks from the T29 onwards got nicknamed "{{Cheburashka}}s" for the same reason, and for the "flaps" on the sides of their turrets (actually a coincidence rangefiner).
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* US heavy tanks from the T29 onwards got nicknamed "{{Cheburashka}}s" "Literature/{{Cheburashka}}s" for the same reason, and for the "flaps" on the sides of their turrets (actually a coincidence rangefiner).
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* Even before its official release, the Czechoslovakian Kolohousenka tier 1 light tank was the butt of more than a couple jokes that earned it the unflattering nickname of "boobtank." This is due to the [[https://static-ptl-us.gcdn.co/dcont/fb/image/kolohousenka_3.jpg pair of symmetrical, rounded projections]] set high on its hull.
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** The FV4202's replacement (as of patch 9.12), the Centurion Action X, has been dubbed the "Axe", since many players abbreviate it as the Centurion AX.
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** The Russian Object 416 medium has also inherited the moniker due to having a similar shape.
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* The Scorpion is an American tier 7 premium tank destroyer, usually called a "Scorp" or "Scorpy," but due to its rather good gun and total lack of armor it's also sometimes called the GlassCannon.
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*The E-25 tier 7 premium TD is called "Hedgehog" on Russian servers. It's small, fast, it hides in the bush all the time and can prick you 25 times in a minute.
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*** A memetic derivative of this would be the term '''Ster Pedder''', as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyyZD1tlwnc coined by an infamous baddie]] prevoiusly featured by The Mighty Jingles on a couple of his videos (See MemeticMutation entry on the [[YMMV/WorldOfTanks YMMV Page]] for details.)
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*** A memetic derivative of this would be the term '''Ster '''Stet Pedder''', as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyyZD1tlwnc coined by an infamous baddie]] prevoiusly featured by The Mighty Jingles on a couple of his videos (See MemeticMutation entry on the [[YMMV/WorldOfTanks YMMV Page]] for details.)
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* The Japanese heavy tanks, released in patch 9.10, have been nicknamed "[[Film/{{Gojira}} Gojiras]]" (coined by [=RitaGamer=], a well known streamer and World of Tanks blogger), poking fun at their massive size.
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* The Japanese heavy tanks, released in patch 9.10, have been nicknamed "[[Film/{{Gojira}} Gojiras]]" (coined (as coined by [=RitaGamer=], a well known streamer and World of Tanks blogger), BigNameFan [=RitaGamer=]), poking fun at their massive size.
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*** A memetic derivative of this would be the term '''Ster Pedder''', as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyyZD1tlwnc coined by an infamous baddie]] prevoiusly featured by The Mighty Jingles on a couple of his videos (See MemeticMutation entry on the [[YMMV/WorldOfTanks YMMV Page]] for details.)
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* The BT-7 Artillery type is a Tier 3 premium light tank that was given to players as part of World of Tank's fifth anniversary event. Players quickly dubbed it the "Bart," to differentiate it from the non-premium BT-7 on which it is based. (No relation to Bert mentioned above--[[NonIndicativeName in spite of the name, it isn't actually an artillery]]).
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** The O-I Tier-6 Japanese Heavy is known as "Big Momma" thanks to it's huge size and symmetrical forward mini-turrets which makes the KV-5 jealous. Also coined as the Japanese KV-2, due to being able to equip a 152mm Derp gun.
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** The O-I Tier-6 Japanese Heavy is known as "Big Momma" (as coined by BigNameFan [=QuickyBaby=]) thanks to it's huge size and symmetrical forward mini-turrets which makes the KV-5 jealous. Also coined as the Japanese KV-2, due to being able to equip a 152mm Derp gun.
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* Then there's the nickname most players attach to the [=FV304=] Tier-6 [=SPG=]: "Bert the Avenger", as coined yet again by The Mighty Jingles.
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** The O-I Tier-6 Japanese Heavy is known as "Big Mama" thanks to it's huge size and symmetrical forward mini-turrets which makes the KV-5 jealous. Also coined as the Japanese KV-2, due to being able to equip a 152mm Derp gun.
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** The Japanese tier VIII heavy tank has also been dubbed the [[{{Youkai}} Oni]] or [[OurOgresAreHungrier Ogre]], as a pun of it's actual name, O-Ni.
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** Continuing the Star Wars theme, the [=FV4005 Stage II=] tank destroyer gets coined as "[[Film/StarWarsReturnOfTheJedi Death Star Two.]]"
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The community is absolutely rife with these.
* Within 24 hours of being released, the [[FunWithAcronyms LTP]], the tank that was gifted for free to all players as part of the celebration of Wargaming.net's 15th anniversary, had received the nickname, "Learn To Play". It's also sometimes referred to as the "Loltraktor Pro", essentially referring to it as simply a refurbished Leichttraktor.
* Several tanks have [[ReportingNames abbreviated names to ease communication]], but it didn't take long for the German Leichttraktor to gain the affectionate nickname "Loltraktor". It also looks like a [[Manga/PanzerFrauleinAlteseisen Wolfin]].
** The Loltraktor now has a big brother: the Tier 10 German tank destroyer Waffentrager auf E-100, a surprisingly agile 2,000-hp behemoth with a laser-accurate autoloading 12.8cm naval gun, rapidly became known as the "Waffletraktor"/"WTF E-100"/"Waifutrager/traktor"/"Wafflehouse", mostly poking at it's general size and devastating gun.
* The SU-14-2 SPG is probably better known to most players as the "(school)bus" or the "Finger of God" than by its actual designation. It's also known as "The Fridge" ("Холодильник") among Russian players.
* The S-51 shares the "Finger of God" nickname, since they both used to be the heaviest [=SPGs=] available. It is also called the "[[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Basilisk]]", due to its striking resemblance. Also known as the Unicorn due its frontal gun mounting resembling one.
* The KV-2's turrets and the premium [=PzIV=] Schmalturm gained the nickname "bobbleheads" for their disproportionate sizes. The former is also often called "The Portajohn" in China for same reason.
* US heavy tanks from the T29 onwards got nicknamed "{{Cheburashka}}s" for the same reason, and for the "flaps" on the sides of their turrets (actually a coincidence rangefiner).
* The [=VK4502=] Ausf B. Heavy tank has been called the "Baby Maus", while Russian fans nicknamed it "Slipper" for its silhouette icon.
** In a similar vein, the German [=Pz38H735(f)=] and French Hotchkiss H35 are often called the "Mini-Maus", as they have incredible armor for their tier, but are very slow-moving. The [=Pz38H735(f)=] has also been coined the 'Mobile Oppression Fortress' for its ability to take withering fire and keep enemy heads down.
* The map Malinovka earned the derisive nickname "Campinovka" for its large no-man's land and the usual tactics for the map. Also sometimes applied to Redshire (becoming "Campshire") due to two hills that players loved to camp before the redesign.
** El Halluf is called "Sniperistan" by some players for much the same reason.
* The Russian 100mm [=D10T=] gun for the IS heavy tank is sometimes referred to as the "idiot gun" (spelled as [=1D10T=]), as it's more geared for a medium tank-type play style compared to the heavier cannon that most IS tank users prefer: The 122 D-25T.
* Some tanks can use howitzers; short barreled guns that primarily fire low velocity high-caliber HE shells. These are known as "derpguns". On tanks with multiple howitzers available, there may be the distinction of "miniderp" for the smaller variety.
** The original Derpgun is an [[{{BFG}} enormous 152mm howitzer]] that's an option on the Russian KV-2[[labelnote:*]]Formerly, the tier 5 KV with an upgraded turret; they were split in a patch that introduced tighter matchmaking[[/labelnote]] tank. It's slow-loading, not very accurate - and able to instantly kill many tanks below the KV-2's tier and deal significant damage to even ''Tier 10 tanks''. Because of this, the KV-2 quickly gained the infamous nickname "King of Derp", so underestimating it is a ''very'' bad idea.
* Another notorious 152mm gun is the BL-10 gun on the ISU-152, nicknamed the "Trollcannon" by The Mighty Jingles on Youtube. It's an extremely powerful but extraordinarily erratic weapon, with huge alpha damage, very high penetration, poor accuracy, slow load time and a slow aim time. It may cause colossal damage when it hits the target, but it might miss or even bounce off a very lightly armored target (when on paper it should get through a Maus from the front). Depending on what the gun decides to do, the player is left either delighted or furious after firing it. (Or to quote Jingles, "In Soviet Russia, sometimes the Trollcannon trolls you.")
* The premium Type 59 medium tank has been nicknamed the "Walmart Tank." Because, you know, [[DontExplainTheJoke it's made in China.]] Others call them "pandas", and for a more racy nickname, there's always the lovable "chink tank". Owing to the tanks remarkable tendency to burst into flame with hits almost anywhere, "rice-cooker" is an often used name by those disdainful of its combat performance. The most readily understandable and commonly used nickname, however, seems to just be "Type" (since it was the only tank with that word in its name for a very long time)
** The addition of the Type 62 has resulted in the division into "Type" for 59s and "[=MiniType=]" for 62s.
** On the Chinese server, there's the "Thin 59", "Lite 59," "Short 59", "Beefed 59", "Panther 59" and "Shit Camo 59", the last one referring to the locally infamous [[BlingBlingBang Type 59 Gold]].
* The KV-1S "Sport"; it has lighter armor than the KV-1 despite being a tier higher, but has higher speed and agility. It's essentially a stripped-down KV that performs more like a medium tank than a heavy. Some have also named it the "Crutch Tank" for its forgiving matchmaking, insanely powerful gun for its tier, and good power/weight ratio.
** Some people refer to it as the "KV-IS" since it uses a nearly identical turret (they're impossible to tell apart from behind) and has a very similar hull to the IS. This moniker is now tagged to the KV-85, after the tank split in patch 9.3.
* The KV-4 is sometimes called the KV-4tress due to having thick all-around armor, making it tough to penetrate when properly angled.
* The KV-5 premium heavy tank has earned the title of "Battleship" by some; it is exceptionally well armored (even on the sides) and has two additional mini-turrets in front of the main turret, giving it a warship-like appearance. The mini-turrets themselves have been nicknamed "[[Franchise/StarWars R2-D2]]" and "The Breast".
* The T82 is a Tier-3 American tank destroyer which is basically a M3 Stuart chassis with an open-topped turret and a more powerful selection of guns to choose from, including a 105mm howitzer. Being based on the Stuart's chassis means it can move more quickly than almost any other TD, but has paper thin armor as a drawback. It's no big surprise it's been nicknamed the "Jeep with a TOW missile".
* The American tier X medium, the M48 Patton, is known as the "Fatton" due to it being very large for a medium, even larger than the American tier X heavy.
* The German GW Panther Tier-6 artillery has distinctively up-turned sides (where the crew would normally stand on while operating the gun) earning it the nickname "Dracula" for the popped-collar look.
* The Sturmpanzer II SPG and the French S35 CA Tank Destroyer gets called "Bathtub", with their silhouettes and large open-topped fighting compartments.
* The highly sloped armor of the Russian Object 704 Tier 9 tank destroyer makes it look like the most recent incarnation of the "[[Franchise/{{Batman}} Batmobile]]".
* The French AMX 40 light tank is already starting to be referred to as the "Rubber Duckie" because it looks like a rubber duck.
** Has arguably [[AscendedMeme ascended]] as a part of the [[http://worldoftanks.com/news/1469-fan-art-spotlight-32/ Fanart #32]] post from Wargaming.
** As of 2013, there's official merchandise with AMX 40/duck jokes.
* The tier X French medium tank Batignolles-Châtillon 25T often has its name shortened to "[=BatChat=]" or "Bat". Some players have started to affectionately call it the "[=BatShit=]" out of respect for its capabilities.
* The German-influenced design of the AMX M4(1945) has lead to some players dubbing it "the Green Tiger" or "the French Tiger" for its strong resemblance to the German Tiger II. "Tigre" is another play on the same concept, for a more French-feeling pronunciation.
* The British tier X medium, the [=FV4202=], gets quite a bit of flak due to its relatively low top speed, but its high P/W ratio, fast turning speed, and low terrain resistance gives it good handling and has led some players to dub it "The Hovercraft".
* The M3 Lee gets quite a bit of flak from the playerbase, due to its [[UnexpectedGameplayChange lack of turret]], thin armour and rather inaccurate guns, to the point where - thanks to its high-profile design - people have begun calling it the "Garbage Truck". For the same reason it's called "The BrokebackMountain" on the Russian server. While it was still named Grant, some players referred to it as the "Galantz", a popular microwave oven brand in Europe and China.
* The French Renault UE 57 tank destroyer has rapidly acquired nicknames based on its diminutive size, which is smaller than the ''turrets'' on many high-tier vehicles. Some of the most popular are "The Angry Flea" or "The Lawnmower".
* The French [=SAu=] 40 tank destroyer has terrible armor and speed while being fairly large, and having the only saving grace of being ''almost'' a Hetzer with its guns. The players have nicknamed it "the Tumor"[[note]]definitely a reference to the machinegun turret on top with its very thin armor, probably also reference to being a product of the Somua company[[/note]] within days of its release. The "Tumor" nickname has since become a general term for any massive cupolas acting as a weakpoint on an otherwise heavily-armored tank.
** Another nickname for the [=SAu=] is "The Pig", referencing the vehicle's sluggish movement, thin armor and [[BilingualBonus the fact that it means exactly that in German.]]
* The BDR G1 B (and to a lesser extent the ARL V39) is sometimes known as the "Steel Potato" due to the shape of the hull when viewed from the side. For the high profile, low armor and quite unique gameplay, on Russian sever it's called "BDSM-1". A less well-known nickname for the BDR is "Leman Russ Battle Tank" for the tank's general resemblance to the ubiquitous Warhammer40000 Imperial Guard tank.
* Speaking of the French Tanks, the stock turret of the Tier-6 [=ARL 44=] Heavy Tank has been called "The Barn" due to its shape.
* The Germans get a tier 7 premium medium tank, the Panther-M10, which is disguised as an American M10 Wolverine tank destroyer. It's widely known as the "Warcrime Panther", because DressingAsTheEnemy like that is, yes, a war crime.
* A rather controversial nickname, usually used to rile up German-line fans deemed worryingly enthusiastic (and occasionally used unironically by ''very'' worryingly enthusiastic German-line fans), belongs to the premium 8.8cm version of the Jagdtiger tank destroyer. It's commonly referred to as the "Double Hitler", a reference to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteen_Words the significance of the number eight in white-supremacist numerology]].
** The controversy continues with the premium Panther 88. Even before its release, it's already being called the "Hitler Panther".
* The [=M6A2E1=], a premium variant of the American [=M6=] heavy tank, is nicknamed the 'Mutant 6' or the 'Clownshoe' because of its massive, weirdly-shaped turret. Also called the "Breadloaf King" in China.
* The TOG II* is given the name "Landship", "Banana", "Whale", and other such terms due to it's size (It's the longest tank in the game). Despite being a difficult tank to play, their owners are often [[http://forum.worldoftanks.com/index.php?/topic/189547-royal-navy-hms-tog-ii-group-chat/ very enthusiastic about them]] and will give them affectionate nicknames that always start with "[=HMS=]". Another one is "train", because that is exactly what "tog" means in Danish.
** A common term for a platoon of three [=TOGs=] is the "Royal Navy", which the platoon itself will declare at times. Also, in maps with small-sized pathways, a common tactic known as "TOG-blocking" is used by parking the said tank sideways, thus denying enemies access.
* The British Tier 8 heavy tank, the Caernarvon, is basically an up-armored, wider Centurion tank. Naturally, this has given it the moniker "Fat Centurion".
* The Aufklärungspanzer Panther light tank added in Patch 8.5 is called the "Awful Panther". It has a tiny turret on a large and easy to hit Panther chassis with a horrible stock gun (fit for Tier ''2/3'') that can see Tier 10 tanks. Another one is "AFK Panther", because they're so dreadful you'd rather have an AFK player!
* In the SEA server, the M4 Sherman and its many variations are often called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantou mantou]] due to the similar shape. Bonus points if they're using white camo.
* On the Chinese server, the VK 16.02 Leopard is referred to as the "[[TokenMiniMoe Loli Panther]]" as it sounds quite similar in Mandarin and looks like a scaled-down version.
* The Japanese Tier-6 Chi-To: it's [[JustForPun dangerously cheesy]].
* The Soviet tier IX heavy tank the ST-I is sometimes known as the "Swollen Tick" for the extremely bulbous appearance of its turret.
* Introduced in Update 8.9, the Panzer-Selbstfahrlafette [=IVc=] is affectionately known as "The Flak Bus" due to its box-like armor scheme. Other nicknames include "The Battle Toaster", "Flak Box", and "Fighting Breadbox".
* The vehicles with the "Pz. Sfl." abbreviation as the start of their name became "Panzer Sniffle" (or, as a result of their ridiculously powerful guns and poor performance in all other areas, the less polite Panzer Syphilis) after the total was brought to three of them with 8.9. "Panzer Soufflé" is a less popular nickname.
* The SU-100Y is known as "Boxtank" thanks to [=QuickyBabyTV=].
* The Jagdpanzer E-100 "[[Film/PacificRim Kaiju Jaegeru]]" and [=FV215b=](183) "[[Franchise/StarWars Death Star]]" tank destroyers have earned their nicknames by their ability to instantly wreck any tank that is foolish enough to face them head-on.
* The T95 is occasionally called the "Cleanup Crew" due to its tendency to not get to the fight until it's already over.
** It's other moniker, the "Doom Turtle", also references its slow speed... and impenetrable frontal armor combined with a 155mm cannon (the same caliber as the BL-10).
** A battle between two opposing T95s is also sometimes described as akin to a turtle mating ritual, as both T95s try to get to each other's side and rear.
* The [=T110E3=], thanks to its high armor, is occasionally referred to as the [[{{Terminator}} T-800e3]].
* Because of its incredibly small size and unique shape, the French [[FragileSpeedster ELC AMX]] has earned the name 'Pancake Tank'.
** The Russian Object 416 medium has also inherited the moniker due to having a similar shape.
* The lumbering, ninety-tonne Löwe superheavy tank is known as the 'Slowe', for [[MightyGlacier obvious reasons]].
** Due to its credit-earning ability as a premium tank, both fans and critics have also nicknamed it "The Bank of Löwe".
** The special Tier-10 VK 72.01 German Premium heavy tank, which was given out as a reward for being one of the top 3 Clans in a contest has been given the loving moniker 'Failowe' for the fact that it shares a turret with the Löwe, as well as 'Löwetraktor' for its resemblance to the Leichtstraktor.
* The Indien-Panzer, a German prototype design for the Indian market, is known as the "Vindalowe", since it resembles a scaled-down version of the Löwe heavy tank.
* Erlenberg is known as Derpenberg since the top left corner of the map has an uncanny quality of bringing out hilarious tendencies of humiliating stupidity in players. Case in Point: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFaPhSEUNRY This replay compilation]].
* The German VK 30.02 (M) medium tank is usually referred to as the [=MANther=], due to being the MAN company's initial design for the Panther and to help differentiate it from the VK 30.02 (D) in the same tier.
* The Rheinmetall-Borsig Waffentrager is abbreviated ingame as "Rhm.-B. WT", but most fans will refer to as the Rhumb. Some, however, shorten it further to just [[VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles Rhum]]. The recent Steam release of Valkyria Chronicles has made the name more popular. A less popular nickname is the 'Rhombus' due to the similar name and angular shape. Russian players just call it "Borsch" after the "Borsig" part. Some NA players call it the "Rhoomba" due to its low profile.
* Some players refer to the Durchbruchswagen 2 as the ''Douche-bag wagon'' or the shorter name "Douchewagon" mainly due to being unable to pronounce "Durchbruchswagen", and for the fact that even with full module upgrades it still performs dismally.
* The German Tier VI tank destroyer, the Jagdpanzer IV, is often called the 'flatpanzer' thanks to its low profile.
* The Churchill family of British tanks (plus the Russian Churchill III) are sometimes called the 'church', the 'chill', or the 'churchy'.
* Then there's the nickname most players attach to the [=FV304=] Tier-6 [=SPG=]: "Bert the Avenger", as coined yet again by The Mighty Jingles.
* Nicknames aren't limited to the tanks, but the ''players types'' who make up the player population as well:
** '''Daddies''': According to [[Main/WordOfGod SerB]], the primary target demographic of the game, essentially your stereotypical working-class Russian player who wants to play a few casual games after a long day at work. Not really ''too'' concerned about winning per se, but just at the chance to unwind. The bulk of pubs are made up of players of this type.
** '''Pubs/pubbies''': An often derisive term referring to the run-of-the-mill player populating public matches, who never participate in tank companies or clan wars. Ranges from having shockingly-bad (below 45%) to average (48%-50%) to decent and beyond (52%+) with regards to win rate. They are called '''Alexes''' on the Russian servers, because most players of this type on the Russian servers have nicknames with some form of "Alex" in them, for some reason.
** '''Clickers/Scumbags/Sky Cancer''': A derisive term for artillery players, given the impression that it takes no skill to play artillery units except pointing on a target and clicking a mouse button. Most players who've actually tried playing artillery would argue otherwise. 'Scumbag' became a popular nickname for artillery players coined by one BohemianEagle(Jingles) of YouTube, though the name mostly refers to artillery players who [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled drown themselves]] at the end of a match in which they're [[CurbStompBattle on the receiving end of a 1v6.]]
** '''Seal Clubbers/Pedobears''': Veteran players who use a highly-trained crew (usually at 100% and more than three skills or perks per crewmember), put them in a lower-tiered tank (tiers 5 and below), and use said tank and crew combinations to wreak havoc on the unskilled players that usually populate those starter tiers (the seals in question), padding their total stats in the process due to somewhat easier wins.
** '''Bads/Baddies''': Aforementioned shockingly-bad players found in random public matches. Generally have no grasp of tactics, and most of the time rush out and get themselves eliminated early on in a match. Usually reacts poorly to advice given by other players. A good lot are suspected to be bot-run accounts as well. Seeing these types of players at higher levels usually leaves many decent players wondering ''how'' they'd manage to get to the end-tier content in the first place. When using the XVM stat program, their bad stats (displayed as red, with the slightly better baddies shown in orange and the really bad baddies in black), per tank or total on the account, are ''usually'' below the 47% mark, with low numbers of matches to boot. Common nicknames include '''tomato''' (owing to being displayed in red in XVM), '''window-licker''', and '''potato'''; the last one becoming popular enough to become a verb that essentially means "going full retard". On the Russian servers, these are called '''Rak''' ("crayfish") or '''Oleni''' ("deers") because of a complex bilingual pun: as they have essentially no skill whatsoever, they are prone to the ridiculously stupid actions like {{Zerg Rush}}ing through the central field in [[ThatOneLevel Malinovka]], which are dubbed [[LeeroyJenkins ololo]]-[[ZergRush rushes]] -- thus the "oleni" nickname.
** '''Average''': ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, your average player of the game, who don't outright suck like baddies, but otherwise can't carry a game on their own. Their win rates usually range in the 49% to 51% range or so, and when their stats are displayed with the XVM mod installed, they show usually colored yellow or green.
** '''Decent''': Players who've somehow managed to cross that grey area from average to not-quite unicum. These players have done their homework on tank traits, weaknesses, and map tactics, but still lack the preternatural situational awareness of many of the so-called unicum (see below). Their total win rate on accounts usually fall in the 54% to 59% range. When using the XVM stat program, their total win rates are usually displayed as bluish-green or blue.
** '''Unicum''': Really, ''really'' good players, most of the time not only having a huge number of matches under their belt (10k and up), but ungodly total win rates to boot, usually ranging from 61% and up. Multiple players of this type on a team can often tip the battle in its favor, but they're not invincible, and a ''really'' bad team (multiple reds) will drag down even the best unicum. Personality-wise can range from helpful to being arrogant and stuck-up jerkasses. The jerkass variant have been given the spicy moniker of '''Unicunt''' or the more measured '''uniscum'''. When using the XVM stat program, these players will have stats displayed in purple.
* Even team make-ups can have their own nicknames. The most popular of which is a '''Lasagna''' team, for a team consisting of mostly [[SoBadItsHorrible yellow and reds]] with [[ButtMonkey one or two unlucky greens]] on top.
** For the greens to pull out a win even in this situation is often described as a "Carry", as in "Carrying the team". A variant is a "hard carry" - when a team ''particularly'' sucks.
* Also introduced was the term '''Lemming Train''', describing a team whose majority of members choose to take one path instead of splitting up to cover their side of the map.
* Platooning Tier I tanks with Tier X tanks - or some other such unbalanced lineup (most tier I tanks cannot reliably damage anything over tier 3 without gold ammo - and even then it's hard) is known as a '''Fail Platoon'''. This is generally seen as unsportsmanlike play (since it disadvantage your own team for your amusement), and can get people reported. Another common fail platoon setup is having three tanks of the same tier... with one being a scout, which effectively gets the next higher tier of matchmaking and thus can drag the other two tanks up.
** Ironically, while some players consider it an insult to have a Tier I tank in a Tier X game, some of them can still hold up. The T-1 Cunningham for example is actually quite fast, and even though the gun selection is borderline worthless against anything Tier X, the tank can just sit in a bush, spot the enemy tanks that come in range[[note]]Especially if the tank has camoflauge applied and has a camo net with with a crew trained to 100% in camo[[/note]], and just rake in the credits and experience as the rest of the team rips the enemy apart. On top of this, even if the tank IS shot at, it's small size makes it a hard target to hit, and if a shot does connect, the shooter has literally wasted credits killing the tank[[note]] 1,100cr shell that does about 450 average damage hitting a tank with barely 150hp[[/note]], bonus points if the shot fired was a premium round[[note]]Which costs either Gold or anywhere between four and ten times as much credit as the standard ammo[[/note]]. Not to mention the hilarity that ensues if the Cunningham manages to reach arty or catch a Waffentrager E100 reloading. There's a reason why it's the most commonly picked tank for 7/42 Team Battles to fill out the two tier 1 slots.
* Within 24 hours of being released, the [[FunWithAcronyms LTP]], the tank that was gifted for free to all players as part of the celebration of Wargaming.net's 15th anniversary, had received the nickname, "Learn To Play". It's also sometimes referred to as the "Loltraktor Pro", essentially referring to it as simply a refurbished Leichttraktor.
* Several tanks have [[ReportingNames abbreviated names to ease communication]], but it didn't take long for the German Leichttraktor to gain the affectionate nickname "Loltraktor". It also looks like a [[Manga/PanzerFrauleinAlteseisen Wolfin]].
** The Loltraktor now has a big brother: the Tier 10 German tank destroyer Waffentrager auf E-100, a surprisingly agile 2,000-hp behemoth with a laser-accurate autoloading 12.8cm naval gun, rapidly became known as the "Waffletraktor"/"WTF E-100"/"Waifutrager/traktor"/"Wafflehouse", mostly poking at it's general size and devastating gun.
* The SU-14-2 SPG is probably better known to most players as the "(school)bus" or the "Finger of God" than by its actual designation. It's also known as "The Fridge" ("Холодильник") among Russian players.
* The S-51 shares the "Finger of God" nickname, since they both used to be the heaviest [=SPGs=] available. It is also called the "[[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Basilisk]]", due to its striking resemblance. Also known as the Unicorn due its frontal gun mounting resembling one.
* The KV-2's turrets and the premium [=PzIV=] Schmalturm gained the nickname "bobbleheads" for their disproportionate sizes. The former is also often called "The Portajohn" in China for same reason.
* US heavy tanks from the T29 onwards got nicknamed "{{Cheburashka}}s" for the same reason, and for the "flaps" on the sides of their turrets (actually a coincidence rangefiner).
* The [=VK4502=] Ausf B. Heavy tank has been called the "Baby Maus", while Russian fans nicknamed it "Slipper" for its silhouette icon.
** In a similar vein, the German [=Pz38H735(f)=] and French Hotchkiss H35 are often called the "Mini-Maus", as they have incredible armor for their tier, but are very slow-moving. The [=Pz38H735(f)=] has also been coined the 'Mobile Oppression Fortress' for its ability to take withering fire and keep enemy heads down.
* The map Malinovka earned the derisive nickname "Campinovka" for its large no-man's land and the usual tactics for the map. Also sometimes applied to Redshire (becoming "Campshire") due to two hills that players loved to camp before the redesign.
** El Halluf is called "Sniperistan" by some players for much the same reason.
* The Russian 100mm [=D10T=] gun for the IS heavy tank is sometimes referred to as the "idiot gun" (spelled as [=1D10T=]), as it's more geared for a medium tank-type play style compared to the heavier cannon that most IS tank users prefer: The 122 D-25T.
* Some tanks can use howitzers; short barreled guns that primarily fire low velocity high-caliber HE shells. These are known as "derpguns". On tanks with multiple howitzers available, there may be the distinction of "miniderp" for the smaller variety.
** The original Derpgun is an [[{{BFG}} enormous 152mm howitzer]] that's an option on the Russian KV-2[[labelnote:*]]Formerly, the tier 5 KV with an upgraded turret; they were split in a patch that introduced tighter matchmaking[[/labelnote]] tank. It's slow-loading, not very accurate - and able to instantly kill many tanks below the KV-2's tier and deal significant damage to even ''Tier 10 tanks''. Because of this, the KV-2 quickly gained the infamous nickname "King of Derp", so underestimating it is a ''very'' bad idea.
* Another notorious 152mm gun is the BL-10 gun on the ISU-152, nicknamed the "Trollcannon" by The Mighty Jingles on Youtube. It's an extremely powerful but extraordinarily erratic weapon, with huge alpha damage, very high penetration, poor accuracy, slow load time and a slow aim time. It may cause colossal damage when it hits the target, but it might miss or even bounce off a very lightly armored target (when on paper it should get through a Maus from the front). Depending on what the gun decides to do, the player is left either delighted or furious after firing it. (Or to quote Jingles, "In Soviet Russia, sometimes the Trollcannon trolls you.")
* The premium Type 59 medium tank has been nicknamed the "Walmart Tank." Because, you know, [[DontExplainTheJoke it's made in China.]] Others call them "pandas", and for a more racy nickname, there's always the lovable "chink tank". Owing to the tanks remarkable tendency to burst into flame with hits almost anywhere, "rice-cooker" is an often used name by those disdainful of its combat performance. The most readily understandable and commonly used nickname, however, seems to just be "Type" (since it was the only tank with that word in its name for a very long time)
** The addition of the Type 62 has resulted in the division into "Type" for 59s and "[=MiniType=]" for 62s.
** On the Chinese server, there's the "Thin 59", "Lite 59," "Short 59", "Beefed 59", "Panther 59" and "Shit Camo 59", the last one referring to the locally infamous [[BlingBlingBang Type 59 Gold]].
* The KV-1S "Sport"; it has lighter armor than the KV-1 despite being a tier higher, but has higher speed and agility. It's essentially a stripped-down KV that performs more like a medium tank than a heavy. Some have also named it the "Crutch Tank" for its forgiving matchmaking, insanely powerful gun for its tier, and good power/weight ratio.
** Some people refer to it as the "KV-IS" since it uses a nearly identical turret (they're impossible to tell apart from behind) and has a very similar hull to the IS. This moniker is now tagged to the KV-85, after the tank split in patch 9.3.
* The KV-4 is sometimes called the KV-4tress due to having thick all-around armor, making it tough to penetrate when properly angled.
* The KV-5 premium heavy tank has earned the title of "Battleship" by some; it is exceptionally well armored (even on the sides) and has two additional mini-turrets in front of the main turret, giving it a warship-like appearance. The mini-turrets themselves have been nicknamed "[[Franchise/StarWars R2-D2]]" and "The Breast".
* The T82 is a Tier-3 American tank destroyer which is basically a M3 Stuart chassis with an open-topped turret and a more powerful selection of guns to choose from, including a 105mm howitzer. Being based on the Stuart's chassis means it can move more quickly than almost any other TD, but has paper thin armor as a drawback. It's no big surprise it's been nicknamed the "Jeep with a TOW missile".
* The American tier X medium, the M48 Patton, is known as the "Fatton" due to it being very large for a medium, even larger than the American tier X heavy.
* The German GW Panther Tier-6 artillery has distinctively up-turned sides (where the crew would normally stand on while operating the gun) earning it the nickname "Dracula" for the popped-collar look.
* The Sturmpanzer II SPG and the French S35 CA Tank Destroyer gets called "Bathtub", with their silhouettes and large open-topped fighting compartments.
* The highly sloped armor of the Russian Object 704 Tier 9 tank destroyer makes it look like the most recent incarnation of the "[[Franchise/{{Batman}} Batmobile]]".
* The French AMX 40 light tank is already starting to be referred to as the "Rubber Duckie" because it looks like a rubber duck.
** Has arguably [[AscendedMeme ascended]] as a part of the [[http://worldoftanks.com/news/1469-fan-art-spotlight-32/ Fanart #32]] post from Wargaming.
** As of 2013, there's official merchandise with AMX 40/duck jokes.
* The tier X French medium tank Batignolles-Châtillon 25T often has its name shortened to "[=BatChat=]" or "Bat". Some players have started to affectionately call it the "[=BatShit=]" out of respect for its capabilities.
* The German-influenced design of the AMX M4(1945) has lead to some players dubbing it "the Green Tiger" or "the French Tiger" for its strong resemblance to the German Tiger II. "Tigre" is another play on the same concept, for a more French-feeling pronunciation.
* The British tier X medium, the [=FV4202=], gets quite a bit of flak due to its relatively low top speed, but its high P/W ratio, fast turning speed, and low terrain resistance gives it good handling and has led some players to dub it "The Hovercraft".
* The M3 Lee gets quite a bit of flak from the playerbase, due to its [[UnexpectedGameplayChange lack of turret]], thin armour and rather inaccurate guns, to the point where - thanks to its high-profile design - people have begun calling it the "Garbage Truck". For the same reason it's called "The BrokebackMountain" on the Russian server. While it was still named Grant, some players referred to it as the "Galantz", a popular microwave oven brand in Europe and China.
* The French Renault UE 57 tank destroyer has rapidly acquired nicknames based on its diminutive size, which is smaller than the ''turrets'' on many high-tier vehicles. Some of the most popular are "The Angry Flea" or "The Lawnmower".
* The French [=SAu=] 40 tank destroyer has terrible armor and speed while being fairly large, and having the only saving grace of being ''almost'' a Hetzer with its guns. The players have nicknamed it "the Tumor"[[note]]definitely a reference to the machinegun turret on top with its very thin armor, probably also reference to being a product of the Somua company[[/note]] within days of its release. The "Tumor" nickname has since become a general term for any massive cupolas acting as a weakpoint on an otherwise heavily-armored tank.
** Another nickname for the [=SAu=] is "The Pig", referencing the vehicle's sluggish movement, thin armor and [[BilingualBonus the fact that it means exactly that in German.]]
* The BDR G1 B (and to a lesser extent the ARL V39) is sometimes known as the "Steel Potato" due to the shape of the hull when viewed from the side. For the high profile, low armor and quite unique gameplay, on Russian sever it's called "BDSM-1". A less well-known nickname for the BDR is "Leman Russ Battle Tank" for the tank's general resemblance to the ubiquitous Warhammer40000 Imperial Guard tank.
* Speaking of the French Tanks, the stock turret of the Tier-6 [=ARL 44=] Heavy Tank has been called "The Barn" due to its shape.
* The Germans get a tier 7 premium medium tank, the Panther-M10, which is disguised as an American M10 Wolverine tank destroyer. It's widely known as the "Warcrime Panther", because DressingAsTheEnemy like that is, yes, a war crime.
* A rather controversial nickname, usually used to rile up German-line fans deemed worryingly enthusiastic (and occasionally used unironically by ''very'' worryingly enthusiastic German-line fans), belongs to the premium 8.8cm version of the Jagdtiger tank destroyer. It's commonly referred to as the "Double Hitler", a reference to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteen_Words the significance of the number eight in white-supremacist numerology]].
** The controversy continues with the premium Panther 88. Even before its release, it's already being called the "Hitler Panther".
* The [=M6A2E1=], a premium variant of the American [=M6=] heavy tank, is nicknamed the 'Mutant 6' or the 'Clownshoe' because of its massive, weirdly-shaped turret. Also called the "Breadloaf King" in China.
* The TOG II* is given the name "Landship", "Banana", "Whale", and other such terms due to it's size (It's the longest tank in the game). Despite being a difficult tank to play, their owners are often [[http://forum.worldoftanks.com/index.php?/topic/189547-royal-navy-hms-tog-ii-group-chat/ very enthusiastic about them]] and will give them affectionate nicknames that always start with "[=HMS=]". Another one is "train", because that is exactly what "tog" means in Danish.
** A common term for a platoon of three [=TOGs=] is the "Royal Navy", which the platoon itself will declare at times. Also, in maps with small-sized pathways, a common tactic known as "TOG-blocking" is used by parking the said tank sideways, thus denying enemies access.
* The British Tier 8 heavy tank, the Caernarvon, is basically an up-armored, wider Centurion tank. Naturally, this has given it the moniker "Fat Centurion".
* The Aufklärungspanzer Panther light tank added in Patch 8.5 is called the "Awful Panther". It has a tiny turret on a large and easy to hit Panther chassis with a horrible stock gun (fit for Tier ''2/3'') that can see Tier 10 tanks. Another one is "AFK Panther", because they're so dreadful you'd rather have an AFK player!
* In the SEA server, the M4 Sherman and its many variations are often called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantou mantou]] due to the similar shape. Bonus points if they're using white camo.
* On the Chinese server, the VK 16.02 Leopard is referred to as the "[[TokenMiniMoe Loli Panther]]" as it sounds quite similar in Mandarin and looks like a scaled-down version.
* The Japanese Tier-6 Chi-To: it's [[JustForPun dangerously cheesy]].
* The Soviet tier IX heavy tank the ST-I is sometimes known as the "Swollen Tick" for the extremely bulbous appearance of its turret.
* Introduced in Update 8.9, the Panzer-Selbstfahrlafette [=IVc=] is affectionately known as "The Flak Bus" due to its box-like armor scheme. Other nicknames include "The Battle Toaster", "Flak Box", and "Fighting Breadbox".
* The vehicles with the "Pz. Sfl." abbreviation as the start of their name became "Panzer Sniffle" (or, as a result of their ridiculously powerful guns and poor performance in all other areas, the less polite Panzer Syphilis) after the total was brought to three of them with 8.9. "Panzer Soufflé" is a less popular nickname.
* The SU-100Y is known as "Boxtank" thanks to [=QuickyBabyTV=].
* The Jagdpanzer E-100 "[[Film/PacificRim Kaiju Jaegeru]]" and [=FV215b=](183) "[[Franchise/StarWars Death Star]]" tank destroyers have earned their nicknames by their ability to instantly wreck any tank that is foolish enough to face them head-on.
* The T95 is occasionally called the "Cleanup Crew" due to its tendency to not get to the fight until it's already over.
** It's other moniker, the "Doom Turtle", also references its slow speed... and impenetrable frontal armor combined with a 155mm cannon (the same caliber as the BL-10).
** A battle between two opposing T95s is also sometimes described as akin to a turtle mating ritual, as both T95s try to get to each other's side and rear.
* The [=T110E3=], thanks to its high armor, is occasionally referred to as the [[{{Terminator}} T-800e3]].
* Because of its incredibly small size and unique shape, the French [[FragileSpeedster ELC AMX]] has earned the name 'Pancake Tank'.
** The Russian Object 416 medium has also inherited the moniker due to having a similar shape.
* The lumbering, ninety-tonne Löwe superheavy tank is known as the 'Slowe', for [[MightyGlacier obvious reasons]].
** Due to its credit-earning ability as a premium tank, both fans and critics have also nicknamed it "The Bank of Löwe".
** The special Tier-10 VK 72.01 German Premium heavy tank, which was given out as a reward for being one of the top 3 Clans in a contest has been given the loving moniker 'Failowe' for the fact that it shares a turret with the Löwe, as well as 'Löwetraktor' for its resemblance to the Leichtstraktor.
* The Indien-Panzer, a German prototype design for the Indian market, is known as the "Vindalowe", since it resembles a scaled-down version of the Löwe heavy tank.
* Erlenberg is known as Derpenberg since the top left corner of the map has an uncanny quality of bringing out hilarious tendencies of humiliating stupidity in players. Case in Point: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFaPhSEUNRY This replay compilation]].
* The German VK 30.02 (M) medium tank is usually referred to as the [=MANther=], due to being the MAN company's initial design for the Panther and to help differentiate it from the VK 30.02 (D) in the same tier.
* The Rheinmetall-Borsig Waffentrager is abbreviated ingame as "Rhm.-B. WT", but most fans will refer to as the Rhumb. Some, however, shorten it further to just [[VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles Rhum]]. The recent Steam release of Valkyria Chronicles has made the name more popular. A less popular nickname is the 'Rhombus' due to the similar name and angular shape. Russian players just call it "Borsch" after the "Borsig" part. Some NA players call it the "Rhoomba" due to its low profile.
* Some players refer to the Durchbruchswagen 2 as the ''Douche-bag wagon'' or the shorter name "Douchewagon" mainly due to being unable to pronounce "Durchbruchswagen", and for the fact that even with full module upgrades it still performs dismally.
* The German Tier VI tank destroyer, the Jagdpanzer IV, is often called the 'flatpanzer' thanks to its low profile.
* The Churchill family of British tanks (plus the Russian Churchill III) are sometimes called the 'church', the 'chill', or the 'churchy'.
* Then there's the nickname most players attach to the [=FV304=] Tier-6 [=SPG=]: "Bert the Avenger", as coined yet again by The Mighty Jingles.
* Nicknames aren't limited to the tanks, but the ''players types'' who make up the player population as well:
** '''Daddies''': According to [[Main/WordOfGod SerB]], the primary target demographic of the game, essentially your stereotypical working-class Russian player who wants to play a few casual games after a long day at work. Not really ''too'' concerned about winning per se, but just at the chance to unwind. The bulk of pubs are made up of players of this type.
** '''Pubs/pubbies''': An often derisive term referring to the run-of-the-mill player populating public matches, who never participate in tank companies or clan wars. Ranges from having shockingly-bad (below 45%) to average (48%-50%) to decent and beyond (52%+) with regards to win rate. They are called '''Alexes''' on the Russian servers, because most players of this type on the Russian servers have nicknames with some form of "Alex" in them, for some reason.
** '''Clickers/Scumbags/Sky Cancer''': A derisive term for artillery players, given the impression that it takes no skill to play artillery units except pointing on a target and clicking a mouse button. Most players who've actually tried playing artillery would argue otherwise. 'Scumbag' became a popular nickname for artillery players coined by one BohemianEagle(Jingles) of YouTube, though the name mostly refers to artillery players who [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled drown themselves]] at the end of a match in which they're [[CurbStompBattle on the receiving end of a 1v6.]]
** '''Seal Clubbers/Pedobears''': Veteran players who use a highly-trained crew (usually at 100% and more than three skills or perks per crewmember), put them in a lower-tiered tank (tiers 5 and below), and use said tank and crew combinations to wreak havoc on the unskilled players that usually populate those starter tiers (the seals in question), padding their total stats in the process due to somewhat easier wins.
** '''Bads/Baddies''': Aforementioned shockingly-bad players found in random public matches. Generally have no grasp of tactics, and most of the time rush out and get themselves eliminated early on in a match. Usually reacts poorly to advice given by other players. A good lot are suspected to be bot-run accounts as well. Seeing these types of players at higher levels usually leaves many decent players wondering ''how'' they'd manage to get to the end-tier content in the first place. When using the XVM stat program, their bad stats (displayed as red, with the slightly better baddies shown in orange and the really bad baddies in black), per tank or total on the account, are ''usually'' below the 47% mark, with low numbers of matches to boot. Common nicknames include '''tomato''' (owing to being displayed in red in XVM), '''window-licker''', and '''potato'''; the last one becoming popular enough to become a verb that essentially means "going full retard". On the Russian servers, these are called '''Rak''' ("crayfish") or '''Oleni''' ("deers") because of a complex bilingual pun: as they have essentially no skill whatsoever, they are prone to the ridiculously stupid actions like {{Zerg Rush}}ing through the central field in [[ThatOneLevel Malinovka]], which are dubbed [[LeeroyJenkins ololo]]-[[ZergRush rushes]] -- thus the "oleni" nickname.
** '''Average''': ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, your average player of the game, who don't outright suck like baddies, but otherwise can't carry a game on their own. Their win rates usually range in the 49% to 51% range or so, and when their stats are displayed with the XVM mod installed, they show usually colored yellow or green.
** '''Decent''': Players who've somehow managed to cross that grey area from average to not-quite unicum. These players have done their homework on tank traits, weaknesses, and map tactics, but still lack the preternatural situational awareness of many of the so-called unicum (see below). Their total win rate on accounts usually fall in the 54% to 59% range. When using the XVM stat program, their total win rates are usually displayed as bluish-green or blue.
** '''Unicum''': Really, ''really'' good players, most of the time not only having a huge number of matches under their belt (10k and up), but ungodly total win rates to boot, usually ranging from 61% and up. Multiple players of this type on a team can often tip the battle in its favor, but they're not invincible, and a ''really'' bad team (multiple reds) will drag down even the best unicum. Personality-wise can range from helpful to being arrogant and stuck-up jerkasses. The jerkass variant have been given the spicy moniker of '''Unicunt''' or the more measured '''uniscum'''. When using the XVM stat program, these players will have stats displayed in purple.
* Even team make-ups can have their own nicknames. The most popular of which is a '''Lasagna''' team, for a team consisting of mostly [[SoBadItsHorrible yellow and reds]] with [[ButtMonkey one or two unlucky greens]] on top.
** For the greens to pull out a win even in this situation is often described as a "Carry", as in "Carrying the team". A variant is a "hard carry" - when a team ''particularly'' sucks.
* Also introduced was the term '''Lemming Train''', describing a team whose majority of members choose to take one path instead of splitting up to cover their side of the map.
* Platooning Tier I tanks with Tier X tanks - or some other such unbalanced lineup (most tier I tanks cannot reliably damage anything over tier 3 without gold ammo - and even then it's hard) is known as a '''Fail Platoon'''. This is generally seen as unsportsmanlike play (since it disadvantage your own team for your amusement), and can get people reported. Another common fail platoon setup is having three tanks of the same tier... with one being a scout, which effectively gets the next higher tier of matchmaking and thus can drag the other two tanks up.
** Ironically, while some players consider it an insult to have a Tier I tank in a Tier X game, some of them can still hold up. The T-1 Cunningham for example is actually quite fast, and even though the gun selection is borderline worthless against anything Tier X, the tank can just sit in a bush, spot the enemy tanks that come in range[[note]]Especially if the tank has camoflauge applied and has a camo net with with a crew trained to 100% in camo[[/note]], and just rake in the credits and experience as the rest of the team rips the enemy apart. On top of this, even if the tank IS shot at, it's small size makes it a hard target to hit, and if a shot does connect, the shooter has literally wasted credits killing the tank[[note]] 1,100cr shell that does about 450 average damage hitting a tank with barely 150hp[[/note]], bonus points if the shot fired was a premium round[[note]]Which costs either Gold or anywhere between four and ten times as much credit as the standard ammo[[/note]]. Not to mention the hilarity that ensues if the Cunningham manages to reach arty or catch a Waffentrager E100 reloading. There's a reason why it's the most commonly picked tank for 7/42 Team Battles to fill out the two tier 1 slots.
