Platoon is a key feature that World of Tanks players can use. Absolutely every user can create a team of 3 people and go to the battlefield to achieve victory. Regardless of whether the player is a premium player or not, he can always take advantage of this feature.

Yes, at first glance it’s cool to have your own platoon in battle, but once you dig a little into the nuances of this opportunity, it immediately becomes clear that a platoon is just another multifunctional system that requires special attention. In this article we will talk about platoons and discuss the main problems that players face every day when logging into.

Yes, it sounds really funny, but about 25% of new players who decide to try the game encounter this problem. Therefore, especially for them, we explain that in order to create a platoon, you need to open the window of the main functions of starting a battle, which is located under the “Into battle” button, and select the “Platoon” tab there. Thus, a special window will open in front of you, where interactions with your platoon will take place. You will be able to recruit a team, disband a team, communicate and determine the composition.

How to search for congeners?

World of Tanks is a multiplayer game where hundreds of thousands of players constantly interact with each other, communicate and fight. Finding a partner will not be easy, the main thing is to write about it in battle, or in the main chat of the game. But it’s best to play with your friends, it will be safer and more fun than fighting with unknown people. To assemble a platoon, you need to find the nickname of the desired player through the search, then add him as a friend, then in the platoon creation window, click the INVITE button and send an invitation to the player you would like to see in your squad. This way, you can recruit a team and go into battle for victory.

How to play in a platoon?

It is impossible to accurately determine the effectiveness of your platoon; do not forget that the entire game is built on the interactions of 15 players. But you can put your full potential into battle, the main thing is to have a connection with your teammates. Third-party voice communication programs such as Skype, Raidcall and others are best suited for this.

As soon as you can communicate with each other, you can decide on the tactics that suit you, the main thing is to take into account your composition of combat vehicles, as well as the capabilities of the players in your platoon. Several trial runs will help you decide on a playing style that will be improved in subsequent battles until you begin to bring victory to your team.

The main mistakes of playing in a platoon?

The most common problem in the entire game is an ineffective platoon. One player can bring disadvantages, but when there are three “” in a team, then the game can be considered already lost. Therefore, it is worth considering some points in advance:

never play with strangers, it’s better if you get to know each other better, skate a few training battles and be able to understand how to interact, you shouldn’t take everyone in a row, there are a lot of players in the game who have absolutely no idea how to play and are just practicing “ nonsense";

• pay attention to the statistics of the players, they can describe the basis of the capabilities of the player you want to take into the platoon, in addition, look at the information for each and the tank, and not the general one;
• decide in advance who your commander is, so that no disagreements arise during the battle; if the three of you start making noise during the battle, this will negatively affect your gameplay;
• do not take into your team troublemakers, players who play to the detriment of your team, and simply behave inappropriately, despite his professionalism in the game, it is better not to take him;
• always interact in the game within your platoon, and then play for the team, your platoon, this is the most important thing and it will be better for you if the platoon remains until the end of the battle, so you can handle any situation;
• do not scatter around the map, try to stay together so that your platoon is effective; if you are on opposite sides of the map, your platoon will be of no use;
• Remember, your combat unit weighs more than any tank, so get ready for the most difficult and high-level battles. Thus, we have looked at the problems of playing in a platoon, although our comments look like advice, you can easily understand what problem we are talking about.

Advantages of playing in a platoon

Always take advantage of the opportunity to create a platoon, as a well-assembled small team can always bring victory. Experiment, sort the players and choose the best. Now let's look at the advantages of platoon play:

• fun gameplay with your friends;
• a reason to make new friends;
• effective play;
• exciting battles;
• the opportunity to gain experience from experienced players;
• the opportunity to have fun in the game;
• constant support of interest in the game (when you play alone, the game will constantly impose negative emotions on you, and this will negatively affect your impression of World of Tanks).

So, we've looked at the main points of platoon play, and now you understand the whole essence of this feature in World of Tanks. Naturally, it has a huge number of different nuances, undisclosed moments and other things. You can learn absolutely everything about platoons only after you begin to actively participate in platoon rides. We wish you a pleasant game and good allies!

And so to begin with, for beginners, let's explain what a platoon is in World of Tanks (hereinafter referred to as WoT).
A platoon in WoT is a team of two or three players who always end up together in the same battle and on the same team. That is, in essence, it is a team within a team.

Pros of playing as a platoon

One of the biggest advantages of playing as a platoon is that you can usually always rely on the support of your platoon mates. That is, you, with your teammates, can, for example, regardless of the actions of your team, or capture the base, thereby bringing a lot of benefit to the entire team and leading it to victory.

How to create a platoon?

For experienced players, playing in a platoon is already a completely familiar thing, but for players playing WoT for the first time, this can cause difficulties.
To begin with, to create a platoon you need to open the battle type selection dialog box, which is located at the top of the game interface, under the button "To battle!"

Then, when we have already created the platoon, all we have to do is invite the players we want to play with (let me remind you that their number cannot be more than 2, not counting you).

Ready! We are waiting for your teammates to be ready and press the button "To battle!"

Competent platoon play

As for competent platoon play, everyone has their own opinion on this matter. In my opinion, first of all, to play competently in a platoon, you need literacy and coherence among your platoonmates. That is, playing with a platoon is not only about riding the entire battle together, sometimes shooting at enemies, it is also about competent actions depending on the situation. For example, if the defense is about to be broken through on one flank, one of the platoon mates can quickly change location and hold back the enemy forces, while the remaining platoon mates will go behind enemy lines or attack from the flank. But this is only one of the possible scenarios for the development of events; in reality, there will be a large number of them, and in each of them, platoon players need to assess the situation and, based on this, make decisions about further actions. As a rule, competent and skillful platoon play can bring a lot of benefits to the team, thereby bringing victory to the team in what would seem to be the most hopeless situation. Well, in my opinion, that’s all you need to know about playing with a platoon in WoT. Happy bending on the battlefields!

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For better combat, several tanks can be combined into a group. It is called a “platoon” and performs a specific function. You can find out more about platoon groups and how to assemble them below.

“Alone in the field is no warrior” - this folk wisdom is well known to all WoT players... Of course, you can “bring” the battle alone, but still, in the company of like-minded people and friends, doing this is much easier and more effective. And today we want to talk to you about platoons, which allow you to unite two or three players to fight together.

Choice of partners

If you already know what this unit is in World of Tanks, then it’s time to start looking for a suitable partner. And in order to choose a worthy companion, you must adhere to several important criteria.

1. So, the first thing is that your “colleague” has suitable equipment, because its use is extremely important for the gameplay. Agree that a formation consisting entirely of only Maus and MS-1 will not be as effective as a unit armed with three KV-1S at the sixth level. Our advice is to select combat vehicles in such a way that the spread is no more than plus or minus one - only in this case will you be able to successfully fight. And yet, the most optimal would be to use equipment of the same level.
2. The second is the skill (or skill level) of your future platoon mate. We do not recommend choosing a person whose statistics exceed yours by even 10%. Similar statistics for your partners is a guarantee that you will not conflict during the battle.
3. Third, the unconditional adequacy of your partner. Well, here, as they say, comments are unnecessary.

Rules of the game

In order to invite players, you need to open the menu opposite the “battle” button, find “platoon” there and invite the players previously added to the contact list. And now the whole company should decide on the vehicles and - forward to the battlefields!

Now everything will depend on where the evil FBR will throw you. For example, if all three platoon units reach the TOP, then your role in the battle will be extremely important. For this reason, you should be as attentive as possible and fully concentrate on the battle.

But it also happens that Random does not spare the players, throwing them to the very bottom in the list of cars. However, even in this seemingly disappointing situation, you can benefit your team, especially since with three barrels you can easily disassemble even a TOP tank.

About fines and rewards

After the release of update 9.15, any coordinated and tactically correct actions of players who are part of a unit are actively encouraged: for example, members of a formation that consists of vehicles of the same level will be able to receive rewards in the form of an experience bonus.

As for units with multi-level equipment, they may well receive a penalty to experience, depending on the difference in levels (in this case, we mean the difference between the maximum and minimum level of equipment of 3 or more). If you try to go into battle with tanks of different levels (with a difference of more than three), you will receive a graphic warning about the incorrect selection of military equipment.

To summarize all of the above, it is worth noting that fighting in a platoon is not only a pleasant pastime in the company of like-minded people, but also an active growth of statistics, as well as a tripled bending.