197 terms # The World of Tanks glossary What every number on a tank means, how spotting and armor actually work, what the ratings measure, and the words the game never explains. [All](/glossary.md)[Vehicles](/glossary/category/vehicles.md)[Gunnery](/glossary/category/gunnery.md)[Armor](/glossary/category/armor.md)[Mobility](/glossary/category/mobility.md)[Vision](/glossary/category/vision.md)[Crew](/glossary/category/crew.md)[Progression](/glossary/category/progression.md)[Economy](/glossary/category/economy.md)[Ratings](/glossary/category/ratings.md)[Statistics](/glossary/category/statistics.md)[Battle modes](/glossary/category/modes.md)[Tactics](/glossary/category/tactics.md)[Slang](/glossary/category/slang.md) [A](#a)[B](#b)[C](#c)[D](#d)[E](#e)[F](#f)[G](#g)[H](#h)[I](#i)J[K](#k)[L](#l)[M](#m)[N](#n)[O](#o)[P](#p)Q[R](#r)[S](#s)[T](#t)[U](#u)[V](#v)[W](#w)[X](#x)[Y](#y)Z# ## A [ AccelerationMobility How quickly a vehicle reaches speed from a standstill, which matters far more in practice than its top speed. ](/glossary/acceleration.md)[ AccuracyGunnery A gun's dispersion at 100 metres, in metres: the radius of the circle a fully aimed shot can land in, where lower is better. ](/glossary/accuracy.md)[ Active scoutingTactics Driving fast through or past enemy positions to reveal them, accepting exposure in exchange for information. ](/glossary/active-scouting.md)[ AdvancesBattle modes The fifteen against fifteen Tier X Stronghold format, where clans attack each other's bases in scheduled events for a larger share of resource. ](/glossary/advances.md)[ Aim timeGunnery The time the aiming circle takes to shrink by 60 percent of its width, not the time to become fully aimed. ](/glossary/aim-time.md)[ Aiming circleGunnery The circle drawn around the crosshair showing where the next shell can land. ](/glossary/aiming-circle.md)[ Alpha damageGunnery The damage a single penetrating shell deals, before the plus or minus 25 percent the game rolls on every shot. ](/glossary/alpha-damage.md)[ Ammo rackGunnery The module holding a vehicle's shells, which slows reloading when damaged and destroys the vehicle outright when it detonates. ](/glossary/ammo-rack.md)[ AnglingArmor Turning a vehicle so incoming shells meet its plates at an angle, multiplying effective armor without changing a single stat. ](/glossary/angling.md)[ APCRGunnery A lighter, faster shell with higher penetration than AP, less normalization and a steeper penetration loss over distance. ](/glossary/apcr.md)[ Armor thicknessArmor The nominal thickness of a plate in millimetres, before any angle is taken into account. ](/glossary/armor-thickness.md)[ Armor-piercingAPGunnery The standard solid shell: reliable damage, moderate penetration, five degrees of normalization and a ricochet beyond 70 degrees. ](/glossary/armor-piercing.md)[ ArtillerySPGVehicles The indirect fire class, firing high explosive from an overhead view at targets it cannot see directly. ](/glossary/artillery.md)[ AssaultBattle modes One team attacks a single base, the other defends it, on a shorter clock. ](/glossary/assault.md)[ Assistance damageStatistics Damage an ally dealt to a target the player spotted or tracked, credited to the player who made the shot possible. ](/glossary/assistance-damage.md)[ Auto-aimGunnery The lock that keeps the gun pointed at a target's centre of mass while both vehicles move. ](/glossary/auto-aim.md)[ AutoloaderGunnery A magazine gun that must empty its clip before reloading it, all at once. ](/glossary/autoloader.md)[ AutoreloaderGunnery A magazine gun that refills one shell at a time, so it can fire a single shot and keep loading in the background. ](/glossary/autoreloader.md)[ Average tierStatistics The battle-weighted average of the tiers a player has played, used to put their raw averages in context. ](/glossary/average-tier.md) ## B [ Base captureBattle modes Sitting in the enemy base circle to accumulate capture points, where taking damage resets your own contribution. ](/glossary/base-capture.md)[ Battle PassBPProgression A season-long track of rewards unlocked by earning points on a chosen set of vehicles. ](/glossary/battle-pass.md)[ Battle tierBattle modes The tier bracket a battle is fought at, which is what decides who a vehicle meets rather than its own tier alone. ](/glossary/battle-tier.md)[ BattlesStatistics The number of battles on an account or a vehicle, and the sample size every other statistic has to be read against. ](/glossary/battles.md)[ Blind shotTactics Firing at a position where an enemy is believed to be, without it being spotted. ](/glossary/blind-shot.md)[ BloomGunnery The widening of the aiming circle caused by moving, traversing or firing, and the reason a gun's paper accuracy is rarely what a player experiences. ](/glossary/bloom.md)[ BlueprintProgression Fragments collected from battles that reduce the experience needed to research a specific vehicle, or any vehicle of a nation. ](/glossary/blueprint.md)[ BondsEconomy A currency earned from competitive play and high placements, spent on improved equipment, directives and reward vehicles. ](/glossary/bonds.md)[ BoosterEconomy A timed multiplier on credits, experience or crew training, activated by a player or by a clan for everyone online. ](/glossary/booster.md)[ BotSlang An automated or absent player, and the accusation thrown at anyone who plays like one. ](/glossary/bot.md)[ Bottom tierBattle modes Being two tiers below the top of the battle, which is where seven of every fifteen vehicles start. ](/glossary/bottom-tier.md)[ Bounty and improved equipmentCrew Stronger versions of standard equipment, earned with bonds or from events rather than bought with credits. ](/glossary/bounty-equipment.md)[ Brothers in ArmsBiACrew A perk that raises every crew member's effectiveness, but only while the entire crew has it trained. ](/glossary/brothers-in-arms.md)[ BushVision Foliage that adds concealment while a vehicle stays behind it, and that turns transparent for a moment when the vehicle fires from close range. ](/glossary/bush.md) ## C [ CaliberGunnery The diameter of a gun's shell in millimetres, which sets what armor it can overmatch as well as roughly how hard it hits. ](/glossary/caliber.md)[ CamouflageVision A vehicle's concealment value, which shortens the distance at which it can be spotted. ](/glossary/camouflage.md)[ Camouflage NetCrew The equipment that raises concealment once the vehicle has stood still for three seconds. ](/glossary/camouflage-net.md)[ CampingTactics Holding a safe position far from the fighting, which is sound play for some vehicles and a way to lose slowly for most. ](/glossary/camping.md)[ CarrySlang Winning a battle that the team was losing, through one player's damage and decisions. ](/glossary/carry.md)[ ClanBattle modes A persistent group of players with a tag shown next to their name, which is the unit every organised mode is played as. ](/glossary/clan.md)[ Clan WarsCWBattle modes The campaign layer where clans fight for territory on a global map, with landing tournaments, province income and reward vehicles at the end of a season. ](/glossary/clan-wars.md)[ Combined damageStatistics Damage dealt plus assistance credited, the figure Marks of Excellence are measured on. ](/glossary/combined-damage.md)[ ConsumableCrew A single-use item carried into battle: repair kits, first aid kits, fire extinguishers and the food that boosts the whole crew. ](/glossary/consumable.md)[ CoverageStatistics How much of a server's playerbase a stats site actually tracks, and how fresh those accounts are. ](/glossary/coverage.md)[ CreditsEconomy The main currency, earned every battle and spent on vehicles, modules, ammunition, repairs and equipment. ](/glossary/credits.md)[ Crew bookProgression An item that grants a lump of crew experience, the fastest way to bring a crew up to its next skill. ](/glossary/crew-book.md)[ Crew roleCrew The job a crew member holds, each one governing a different set of the vehicle's numbers. ](/glossary/crew-role.md)[ Crew skillCrew An ability trained past 100 percent proficiency, which either improves gradually as it is learned or activates all at once when complete. ](/glossary/crew-skill.md)[ Crew trainingCrew A crew member's proficiency in their main role, as a percentage, which scales every stat that role governs. ](/glossary/crew-training.md)[ Critical hitArmor Damage to a module or a crew member, which degrades what a vehicle can do without necessarily costing it hit points. ](/glossary/critical-hit.md)[ CrossfireTactics Two positions covering the same ground from different angles, so a vehicle angled against one is flat to the other. ](/glossary/crossfire.md)[ CupolaArmor The raised commander's hatch on top of a turret, often the only part of a hull down vehicle that can be hit. ](/glossary/cupola.md) ## D [ Daily missionsProgression The rotating set of small objectives that reset each day, paying experience multipliers and credits. ](/glossary/daily-missions.md)[ Damage blockedStatistics Potential damage that hit the player's armor and failed to penetrate, the ledger entry for playing a heavily armored vehicle well. ](/glossary/damage-blocked.md)[ Damage per gameDPGStatistics Damage per game: the average damage dealt per battle, the most quoted measure of personal output and the one most sensitive to which vehicles are played. ](/glossary/dpg.md)[ Damage per minuteDPMGunnery Damage per minute: how much a gun deals over a sustained exchange, alpha multiplied by how often it can fire. ](/glossary/dpm.md)[ Damage ratioStatistics Damage dealt divided by damage received, a measure of how efficiently a player trades their hit points. ](/glossary/damage-ratio.md)[ Demount kitEconomy The item that removes a piece of equipment from a vehicle without paying the gold fee. ](/glossary/demount-kit.md)[ Derp gunSlang A large-caliber, low-velocity gun firing high explosive, which deals damage to almost anything without needing to penetrate. ](/glossary/derp.md)[ DirectiveCrew A consumable that boosts a piece of equipment or a crew skill for one battle. ](/glossary/directive.md)[ DispersionGunnery The size of the aiming circle at any moment, which grows with movement and shrinks as the gun settles. ](/glossary/dispersion.md)[ Double-barrelled gunVehicles A gun system with two barrels that can fire one shell at a time or both together in a salvo. ](/glossary/double-barrel.md) ## E [ Effective armorArmor The thickness a shell actually has to defeat once the angle of the plate is accounted for, which is what penetration is compared against. ](/glossary/effective-armor.md)[ Effective speedMobility The speed a vehicle can actually hold on a given ground type, rather than the cap printed on its specification sheet. ](/glossary/effective-speed.md)[ Effective traverseMobility How fast a vehicle actually turns on a given ground type, once engine power, weight and terrain resistance are accounted for. ](/glossary/effective-traverse.md)[ Efficiency ratingEFFRatings The first widely used community rating, built from account averages and long since replaced by WN7 and WN8. ](/glossary/efficiency-rating.md)[ Elite statusProgression The state of a vehicle whose modules and successors are all researched, which unlocks crew training and experience conversion. ](/glossary/elite-status.md)[ EncounterBattle modes A single neutral base in the middle of the map, which either team can capture. ](/glossary/encounter.md)[ Engine fireArmor A fire started by a hit on the engine or fuel tanks, which drains hit points and damages modules until it is put out. ](/glossary/engine-fire.md)[ Engine powerMobility The engine's output in horsepower, which only means something next to the weight it has to move. ](/glossary/engine-power.md)[ EquipmentCrew Permanent upgrades fitted into a vehicle's three slots, each improving one area of its performance. ](/glossary/equipment.md)[ Expected valuesRatings The per-vehicle server averages a rating measures a player against: what a typical player produces in that exact tank. ](/glossary/expected-values.md)[ ExperienceXPProgression The currency earned per battle from damage, spotting, kills, capture and defence, spent on research and crew training. ](/glossary/experience.md) ## F [ FarmingSlang Accumulating damage from a safe position, which raises personal statistics without necessarily helping the team win. ](/glossary/farming.md)[ Field modificationsCrew Per-vehicle upgrades unlocked after a vehicle is elite, trading one stat against another in a series of choices. ](/glossary/field-modifications.md)[ FlankingTactics Attacking a position from its side or rear, where armor is thin and guns are pointed elsewhere. ](/glossary/flanking.md)[ Focus fireSlang Several players shooting the same target at once, which removes it from the battle before it can trade back. ](/glossary/focus-fire.md)[ Free experienceFXPProgression Experience that can be spent on any vehicle or module, accumulated as a small share of everything earned and convertible from elite vehicles with gold. ](/glossary/free-experience.md)[ FrontlineFLBattle modes A thirty against thirty Tier VIII mode on a nine square kilometre map, with respawns, capture zones and a rank earned per battle. ](/glossary/frontline.md) ## G [ GarageProgression The screen the game returns to between battles, holding every vehicle an account owns. ](/glossary/garage.md)[ GoldEconomy The purchased currency, spent on premium time, premium vehicles, converting experience and retraining crews. ](/glossary/gold.md)[ Grand BattleBattle modes A thirty against thirty Tier X format on oversized maps, mixed into the random queue rather than run as its own mode. ](/glossary/grand-battle.md)[ Gun arcGunnery The horizontal span a gun can cover without turning the hull, on vehicles that have no rotating turret. ](/glossary/gun-arc.md)[ Gun depressionGunnery How far below horizontal a gun can point, which decides whether a vehicle can shoot over a crest without exposing its hull. ](/glossary/gun-depression.md)[ Gun elevationGunnery How far above horizontal a gun can point, which matters for shooting uphill and at vehicles on higher ground. ](/glossary/gun-elevation.md)[ Gun handlingGunnery The combination of accuracy, aim time and dispersion penalties that decides whether a gun hits what it is pointed at. ](/glossary/gun-handling.md)[ Gun RammerCrew The equipment that shortens reload time, and the first thing fitted on almost any vehicle with a conventional gun. ](/glossary/rammer.md) ## H [ HEATGunnery A shaped-charge shell with high penetration that ignores distance entirely, but is defeated by tracks, screens and any spaced armor it detonates on. ](/glossary/heat.md)[ Heavy tankHTVehicles The armored class: slow, tough and built to hold ground by absorbing shells other vehicles could not survive. ](/glossary/heavy-tank.md)[ HESHGunnery A high explosive variant with much higher nominal penetration, which behaves like HE when it fails to penetrate. ](/glossary/hesh.md)[ High explosiveHEGunnery A shell that explodes on contact, dealing reduced damage through armor it cannot penetrate and splashing everything nearby. ](/glossary/high-explosive.md)[ Hit pointsHPArmor A vehicle's health pool, which cannot be restored in battle and is therefore a resource to be spent rather than a buffer to be refilled. ](/glossary/hit-points.md)[ Hit ratioStatistics The share of shells fired that hit a target, distinct from a gun's accuracy value. ](/glossary/hit-ratio.md)[ Hull downTactics Sitting behind a rise so only the turret is exposed, using gun depression to shoot over it while the hull stays protected. ](/glossary/hull-down.md)[ Hull traverseMobility How fast a vehicle turns on the spot, in degrees per second, which decides whether it can keep its front toward a faster opponent. ](/glossary/hull-traverse.md)[ Hunter ratingHRRatings The Steel Hunter performance rating used on unicum.gg, built from average experience per battle and win rate, discounted for small samples. ](/glossary/hr.md) ## I [ Improved Rotation MechanismIRMCrew The equipment that speeds up hull and turret traverse and softens the dispersion penalty for turning. ](/glossary/improved-rotation-mechanism.md)[ Intra-clip reloadGunnery The short delay between two shells of the same magazine, which sets how fast a burst is delivered. ](/glossary/intra-clip-reload.md) ## K [ Kills per battleKPBStatistics Average vehicles destroyed per battle, a measure of finishing rather than of damage. ](/glossary/kills-per-battle.md)[ KitingTactics Staying at a distance an opponent cannot close, retreating as they advance and firing on the way. ](/glossary/kiting.md) ## L [ Lemming trainSlang Most of a team driving to the same flank at once, leaving the rest of the map undefended. ](/glossary/lemming-train.md)[ Light tankLTVehicles The scouting class: fast, small and heavily concealed, built to see the enemy rather than to fight them. ](/glossary/light-tank.md)[ Lower front plateLFPArmor The strip of hull armor below the upper glacis, usually the flattest and thinnest part of a vehicle's front. ](/glossary/lower-front-plate.md) ## M [ MagazineGunnery A set of shells a gun can fire in quick succession before a long reload, the mechanism behind autoloaders and autoreloaders. ](/glossary/magazine.md)[ Marks of ExcellenceMoEStatistics The one, two or three marks painted on a vehicle's barrel, awarded for sustaining combined damage in the top 65, 85 or 95 percent of everyone playing that vehicle on the server. ](/glossary/marks-of-excellence.md)[ Mastery badgeStatistics A badge awarded for a single battle whose base experience beats a set share of everyone playing that vehicle, from third class up to Ace Tanker. ](/glossary/mastery-badge.md)[ MatchmakingMMBattle modes The system that builds the two teams of a random battle, balancing them by battle tier, vehicle class and platoons rather than by player skill. ](/glossary/matchmaking.md)[ Maximum firing rangeGunnery The distance beyond which a shell simply disappears, 720 metres for most guns and further for artillery. ](/glossary/max-range.md)[ Medium tankMTVehicles The flexible class: enough speed to take position, enough gun to trade, enough armor to survive a mistake. ](/glossary/medium-tank.md)[ MinimapVision The overhead map in the corner of the screen, which shows spotted enemies, last known positions and where the team actually is. ](/glossary/minimap.md)[ ModuleProgression One of a vehicle's five researchable components: suspension, engine, turret, gun and radio. ](/glossary/module.md)[ Module damageGunnery The separate damage value a shell applies to modules and crew members, which is what decides whether a hit tracks, breaks or wounds. ](/glossary/module-damage.md) ## N [ NormalizationArmor The few degrees a shell turns toward the perpendicular on impact, reducing the effective armor it has to cross. ](/glossary/normalization.md) ## O [ On TrackProgression A recurring event that discounts one tech tree line and pays bonuses for researching it. ](/glossary/on-track.md)[ OnslaughtBattle modes A seasonal seven against seven Tier X mode with role-based abilities and a rank ladder that resets each season. ](/glossary/onslaught.md)[ OpticsCrew The two view-range equipments: coated optics work always, binoculars give more but only after three seconds standing still. ](/glossary/optics.md)[ OvermatchArmor The rule that a shell with a caliber at least three times a plate's thickness cannot ricochet off it, no matter the angle. ](/glossary/overmatch.md) ## P [ Passive scoutingTactics Spotting from a stationary concealed position, using view range and camouflage rather than speed. ](/glossary/passive-scouting.md)[ Peek-a-booTactics Rolling out of cover to fire a single aimed shot and reversing straight back before the opponent's reload finishes. ](/glossary/peek-a-boo.md)[ PenetrationGunnery How much armor a shell can defeat, in millimetres, rolled plus or minus 25 percent on every shot and compared against the effective thickness it hits. ](/glossary/penetration.md)[ PercentileStatistics The share of players a result beats, which turns a raw number into a position in the population. ](/glossary/percentile.md)[ Personal missionsPMProgression Long campaigns of specific in-battle objectives whose completion awards reward vehicles, crews and equipment. ](/glossary/personal-missions.md)[ Personal RatingPRRatings Wargaming's own rating, shown in the game client and on the portal, which grows with the number of battles played as well as with performance. ](/glossary/personal-rating.md)[ PlatoonBattle modes Two or three players queuing together and placed on the same team, coordinating by voice rather than by map ping. ](/glossary/platoon.md)[ Power-to-weightMobility Engine horsepower divided by the vehicle's weight in tonnes, the single best predictor of acceleration. ](/glossary/power-to-weight.md)[ Preferential matchmakingBattle modes A narrower battle-tier spread on some vehicles, so they never meet opponents two tiers above them. ](/glossary/preferential-matchmaking.md)[ Premium accountEconomy A paid subscription that multiplies the credits and experience earned in every battle. ](/glossary/premium-account.md)[ Premium ammunitionGunnery The higher-penetration round available on nearly every gun, bought with credits and named after the days when it cost gold. ](/glossary/premium-ammo.md)[ Premium tankVehicles A vehicle bought rather than researched, which earns extra credits and trains any crew of its nation without penalty. ](/glossary/premium-tank.md)[ Proximity spottingVision The rule that any vehicle within 50 metres is spotted regardless of concealment, as long as line of sight exists. ](/glossary/proxy-spotting.md)[ PubbieSlang A player in the public queue, used to distinguish random battles from organised clan play. ](/glossary/pubbie.md) ## R [ Radio rangeVision How far a vehicle can pass what it sees to its team, which is what makes a spot useful to anyone else. ](/glossary/radio-range.md)[ RammingMobility Deliberately colliding with another vehicle, where damage scales with mass and closing speed and both sides take some. ](/glossary/ramming.md)[ Random BattlesBattle modes The main queue: fifteen against fifteen, teams assembled by the matchmaker, on a rotating pool of maps. ](/glossary/random-battles.md)[ Ranked BattlesBattle modes A seasonal Tier X competitive mode where players earn and lose chevrons based on their position in their team at the end of a battle. ](/glossary/ranked-battles.md)[ Rate of fireROFGunnery How many shells a gun can fire in a minute, the reciprocal of its reload time. ](/glossary/rate-of-fire.md)[ Rating colorsRatings The nine-step colour scale the community reads ratings through, running from black at the bottom to dark purple at the top. ](/glossary/rating-colors.md)[ Recent statsRatings A rating computed over a recent window of battles only, so it reflects how a player performs now rather than over their whole history. ](/glossary/recent-stats.md)[ Red lineSlang The boundary of the map behind each team's spawn, and by extension the habit of playing pressed against it. ](/glossary/red-line.md)[ ReloadGunnery The time between one shot and the next being ready, or for a magazine gun the time to refill the whole magazine. ](/glossary/reload.md)[ Render rangeVision The 564 metre radius inside which a spotted vehicle is actually drawn on your screen. ](/glossary/render-range.md)[ ResearchProgression Spending a vehicle's experience to unlock its modules and the vehicles that follow it in the tree. ](/glossary/research.md)[ RetrainingCrew Moving a crew to a different vehicle, at a cost in training percentage unless gold is paid. ](/glossary/retraining.md)[ Reverse speedMobility How fast a vehicle can back up, which decides whether it can retreat into cover after firing. ](/glossary/reverse-speed.md)[ Reward tankVehicles A vehicle that cannot be bought, given out for personal missions, campaigns, Clan Wars or bonds. ](/glossary/reward-tank.md)[ RicochetArmor A shell deflecting off a plate without any penetration check, which happens beyond 70 degrees for most shells and 85 for HEAT. ](/glossary/ricochet.md)[ Ridge lineTactics The crest of a hill, which conceals everything behind it and can be fought over only by vehicles with the depression to shoot across it. ](/glossary/ridge-line.md)[ RNGSlang The randomness built into damage, penetration and shell placement, and the standard explanation for any shot that went wrong. ](/glossary/rng.md) ## S [ Seal clubbingSlang An experienced player farming low tiers, where the opposition is mostly people still learning the game. ](/glossary/seal-clubbing.md)[ Server reticleGunnery A second crosshair showing where the server thinks the gun is pointing, which is what the shot is actually resolved against. ](/glossary/server-reticle.md)[ Service costEconomy The credits deducted after a battle for repairing damage taken and replacing ammunition and consumables spent. ](/glossary/service-cost.md)[ SessionStatistics A block of battles played in one sitting, reconstructed by a tracker from the difference between two snapshots of an account. ](/glossary/session.md)[ ShellGunnery One round of ammunition, carrying its own damage, penetration, velocity and behaviour against armor. ](/glossary/shell.md)[ Shell velocityGunnery How fast a shell travels, in metres per second, which decides how far ahead of a moving target you have to aim. ](/glossary/shell-velocity.md)[ SidescrapingTactics Hiding the front behind a corner and presenting the side at a sharp angle, so shells bounce off armor they would otherwise penetrate. ](/glossary/sidescraping.md)[ Sixth SenseCrew The commander perk that lights a bulb a few seconds after the vehicle has been spotted, the single most valuable ability in the game. ](/glossary/sixth-sense.md)[ SkirmishBattle modes The short Stronghold battle format, fought seven against seven or ten against ten at Tier VI, VIII or X for industrial resource. ](/glossary/skirmish.md)[ Sniper modeGunnery The zoomed view down the gun sight, as opposed to the third-person arcade view the game starts in. ](/glossary/sniper-mode.md)[ Spaced armorArmor A thin plate mounted away from the hull, which strips explosive and shaped-charge shells before they reach the real armor. ](/glossary/spaced-armor.md)[ Spall LinerCrew The equipment that reduces high explosive damage, stun duration, crew injuries and ramming damage. ](/glossary/spall-liner.md)[ SplashGunnery The blast area of a high explosive shell, which damages everything within it whether or not the shell penetrated. ](/glossary/splash.md)[ SpottingVision Making an enemy vehicle visible to your whole team, which is what turns a position into a target. ](/glossary/spotting.md)[ Standard BattleBattle modes The default objective: each team has its own base, and wins by capturing the other's or destroying every enemy vehicle. ](/glossary/standard-battle.md)[ Steel HunterSHBattle modes A battle royale mode fought in special upgradable vehicles on a shrinking map, where placement matters as much as damage. ](/glossary/steel-hunter.md)[ StockProgression A vehicle in its starting configuration, before any module has been researched, which is usually much weaker than its final form. ](/glossary/stock.md)[ StrongholdBattle modes A clan's own base, built from buildings that produce industrial resource and unlock reserves, and the battles fought to supply it. ](/glossary/stronghold.md)[ StunArmor The temporary debuff an artillery hit leaves behind, degrading reload, aim time, traverse and view range for several seconds. ](/glossary/stun.md)[ Survival rateStatistics The share of battles a player finished alive, which reads as caution or as staying useful, depending on the rest of the account. ](/glossary/survival-rate.md) ## T [ Tank destroyerTDVehicles The ambush class: high penetration and damage from a fixed or limited arc, usually with strong concealment and thin sides. ](/glossary/tank-destroyer.md)[ Team damageTKBattle modes Damage dealt to an ally, which is reflected back onto the shooter and escalates to a blocked account if it keeps happening. ](/glossary/team-damage.md)[ Tech treeProgression A nation's chart of researchable vehicles, where each one unlocks the vehicles above it. ](/glossary/tech-tree.md)[ Terrain resistanceMobility How much each ground type slows a vehicle down, quoted for hard, medium and soft terrain, where lower is better. ](/glossary/terrain-resistance.md)[ Three-markingSlang Playing a vehicle deliberately to reach the third Mark of Excellence, which requires sustaining top-five-percent combined damage on it. ](/glossary/three-marking.md)[ TierVehicles A vehicle's rank from I to X, which sets its power level, its battle tier spread and everything about its economy. ](/glossary/tier.md)[ TomatoSlang A player whose rating sits in the red band, at the bottom of the colour scale. ](/glossary/tomato.md)[ Top speedMobility The highest speed a vehicle is allowed to reach, which it only attains with enough engine power and forgiving ground. ](/glossary/top-speed.md)[ Top tierBattle modes Being among the three highest-tier vehicles in the battle, where your armor holds and your gun works on everything. ](/glossary/top-tier.md)[ TournamentBattle modes Organised bracket play between teams, run by Wargaming or by the community, outside the normal queues. ](/glossary/tournament.md)[ TracerGunnery The visible trail a shell leaves in flight, which gives away the position of whoever fired it. ](/glossary/tracer.md)[ TracksArmor The running gear, which immobilises the vehicle when broken and absorbs shells like spaced armor when intact. ](/glossary/tracks.md)[ TradingTactics Accepting a hit in order to land one, which is favourable or not depending on alpha, reload and remaining hit points. ](/glossary/trading.md)[ Training RoomBattle modes A private battle a player creates and invites others into, used for practice, testing and clan drills. ](/glossary/training-room.md)[ TurbochargerCrew The equipment that adds engine power and top speed, the standard fix for a vehicle that arrives late. ](/glossary/turbocharger.md)[ TurretArmor The rotating housing for the gun, whose armor and traverse speed decide how a vehicle fights from cover. ](/glossary/turret.md)[ Turret traverseMobility How fast the turret rotates, in degrees per second, independent of the ground the vehicle is standing on. ](/glossary/turret-traverse.md) ## U [ UnicumSlang A player in the top few percent of the server, named for the purple band their rating colour falls into. ](/glossary/unicum.md) ## V [ Vertical StabilizerCrew The equipment that cuts the dispersion penalties for moving and traversing, turning a gun that must stop into one that can shoot on the move. ](/glossary/vertical-stabilizer.md)[ View rangeVision How far a vehicle can spot enemies, in metres, capped at 445 metres no matter how high the figure climbs. ](/glossary/view-range.md) ## W [ Weak spotArmor A part of a vehicle noticeably thinner than the armor around it, where a gun that cannot defeat the front can still get through. ](/glossary/weak-spot.md)[ WeightMobility The vehicle's mass in tonnes, which sets its power-to-weight ratio and decides who wins a collision. ](/glossary/weight.md)[ Wheeled vehicleEBRVehicles A light vehicle on wheels rather than tracks, with a high-speed mode, a different damage model and no tracks to break. ](/glossary/wheeled-vehicle.md)[ WigglingTactics Rocking the hull back and forth while under fire so incoming shots meet a constantly changing angle rather than the same weak spot. ](/glossary/wiggling.md)[ Win rateWRStatistics The share of battles a player has won, the one statistic that measures outcomes rather than personal output. ](/glossary/win-rate.md)[ WN7Ratings The 2012 predecessor to WN8, computed from account averages and the player's average tier instead of per-vehicle expected values. ](/glossary/wn7.md)[ WN8Ratings A community performance rating that scores a player against the damage, kills, spotting and base defence expected of the vehicles they actually play, with a win rate term on top. ](/glossary/wn8.md)[ WNXRatings A modern per-vehicle rating that counts assistance damage alongside damage dealt and drops the win rate term entirely. ](/glossary/wnx.md) ## X [ XVMSlang The mod that popularised showing every player's rating in the battle loading screen, and the origin of the colour scale everyone uses. ](/glossary/xvm.md) ## Y [ YoloSlang Charging into a position with no support and no way back, usually ending in a fast death and occasionally in a won flank. ](/glossary/yolo.md) ## Navigation - [unicum.gg](/index.md) - [Discord](https://discord.gg/Hqbfb8YPbU) - [GitHub](https://github.com/unicum-gg/unicum.gg) ## Indexes - [llms.txt](/llms.txt): the API, the MCP server and the other machine-readable surfaces. - [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt): the same, with every endpoint's parameters inline. - [sitemap.md](/sitemap.md): every section of the site, down to the individual pages.