History Funny / WorldOfTanks

* Light tanks getting rammed, especially if A: [[HoistByTheirOwnPetard they're the only ones moving]] or B: the victim is a [[FixedForwardsFacingWeapon Tank Destroyer]] that hits the breaks and has them run headlong into the often Heavy sized TD.

** There's also a picture of him [[https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1.0-9/1236189_631535110219607_907775318_n.jpg mimicking the Commissar]] from the "[[Memes/TabletopGames Drive me Closer]]" meme on top of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Ger%C3%A4t Karl-Gerät self-propelled siege mortar]].

** There's also a picture of him[[https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1.0-9/1236189_631535110219607_907775318_n.jpg mimicking the Commissar]] from the "[[Memes/TabletopGames Drive me Closer]]" meme

* Outside the game proper, one of the team members, The Chieftain (Nicholas Moran), does videos of him talking about and exploring the real life examples of the tanks in the game. The fun comes not only from his rather dry Irish humor, but from the fact that he is nearly 6'6 and is trying to get into various crew positions in the tanks. There is a reason that the Soviets had a maximum height for tank crews, and other nations weren't much better. A classic example was him trying to get into and out of the driver's position on the IS-4, which had a sealed hatch so he had to maneuver in from the main cabin.

** On the other hand, when some light tank finds an arty and thinks they are gonna get an easy kill, only to be spontaneously one-shot.

** On the other hand, when some light tank finds and arty and thinks they are gonna get an easy kill only to be one shotted.

* Witnessing a player's first encounter with an autoloader-equipped tank [[note]]which are usually light tanks and thought to be easy targets[[/note]]. When the autoloader has fired [[MoreDakka 4-5 shots]] in the time it takes the victim to get off 1-2, and the victim quickly deciding to [[OhCrap give up]] and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere try to escape]].

* A trailer for upcoming physics overhaul features a ''back-flipping'' German tank.

* Light Tank Wars. Sometimes balancer goes nuts (more than usual) and assigns 30 tier 4-5 light tanks in one game. The sight of dozens of ELC AMX [[note]]Can only shoot forward.[[/note]] racing around each other at circles is pretty unique experience. Its like aerial dogfights, but with tanks.

** This backfires ''spectacularly'' if lightly armored vehicles like the Hellcat ram larger, heavier vehicles - the one attempting the landing is blown up instantly while the vehicle below isn't even scratched!

** The presence of a TOG II ''guarantees'' this.

* Light Tank Wars. Sometimes balancer goes nuts (more than usual) and assigns 30 tier 4-5 light tanks in one game. The sight of dozens of ELC AMX [[note]]Can only shoot forward.[[/note]] racing around each other at circles is pretty unique experience. Its like fighter dogfight, but with tanks.

* Tanks accidentally falling of cliffs and drowning. Artillery players are notorious for drowning their vehicles on purpose to deny the enemy team a kill, but real hilarity ensues when one of the enemy team vehicles goes after the artillery and either crushes it from above or rams it to death while ''underwater''.

* Many people failed to [[AprilFoolsDay pay attention to the date]] when the designers released a [[http://youtu.be/zKItVDjmlk8 YouTube video showing what they claimed was playtest footage]] of a German ''Ratte'', a tank so large that its turret was one from a naval cruiser.

* [[GoombaStomp Destroying an enemy vehicle by landing on them]], especially if the tank doing the stunt would be completely unable to kill the enemy in any other situation.

* Light Tank Wars. Sometimes balancer goes nuts (more than usual) and assigns 30 tier 4-5 light tanks in one game. The sign of dozens of ELC AMX [[note]]Can only shoot forward.[[/note]] racing around each other at circles is pretty unique experience. Its like fighter dogfight, but with tanks.

* [[GoombaStomp Destroying an enemy vehicle by landing on them]], especially if the tank doing the stunt would be completely unable to kill the enemy in any other situation.

* 8-Bit tales, Which are hillarious world of tanks based shorts in 8-bit. There's one about the TOG II the KV-5 and Arty in general.

* A somewhat common sight is seeing one tank pushing another, much slower one up a hill, sparks shooting from their bumpers the whole way.

* Many people failed to [[AprilFoolsDay pay attention to the date]] when the designers released a [[http://youtu.be/zKItVDjmlk8 YouTube video showing what they claimed was playtest footage]] of a German ''Ratte'', a tank so large that it's turret was one from a naval cruiser.

* a some what common sight is seeing one tank pushing another much slower one up a hill, sparks shooting from there bumpers the whole way.

* Many people failed to [[AprilFoolsDay pay attention to the date]] when the designers released a [[http://youtu.be/zKItVDjmlk8 YouTube video showing what they claimed was playtest footage]] of a German ''Ratte'', a tank so large that it's turret was one from a naval cruiser.

* Many people failed to [[AprilFoolsDay pay attention to the date]] when the designers released a YouTube video showing what they claimed was playtest footage of a German ''Ratte'', a tank so large that it's turret was one from a naval cruiser.

* Many people failed to [[AprilFoolJoke pay attention to the date]] when the designers released a YouTube video showing what they claimed was playtest footage of a German ''Ratte'', a tank so large that it's turret was one from a naval cruiser.