Controls/Tank
Controls on Keyboard and Mouse.
Movement
- Automatic transmission —
- Transmission mode —
- Tank throttle —
- Tank steering — ("a": left steering; "d": right steering)
- Short brake —
- Tank left brake —
- Tank right brake —
- Tank transmission gear / cruise control: up —
- Tank transmission gear / cruise control: down —
- Tank transmission gear: neutral — Available only when "Automatic transmission" is set to "No".
- Drive assistance mode —
- Hull aiming mode —
Weaponry
- Fire from the main caliber gun — (Left mouse click)
- Fire from secondary guns —
- Fire from machine guns — (Space bar)
- Fire from special guns —
- Reset weapon selection — Restores selected firing weapon back to the default weapon of the vehicle.
- Select primary weapon —
- Select secondary weapon —
- Select machine gun — Selects the machine gun of the vehicle. If the vehicle has multiple mounted machine guns, repeatedly pressing the button will alternate between the mounts.
- Smoke grenades — Launches smoke grenades from tank-mounted launchers
- Smoke screening — Activates smoke systems integrated in tank's design, such as ESS.
- Change rate of fire — Changes rate of fire on automatic weapons with the option.
- Next bullet type —
- Lock on target — Locks on a visible target for priority.
- Switch radar search on/off —
- Change radar mode —
- Change radar search mode —
- Change radar scope scale —
- Select radar target to lock on —
- Lock radar target on —
- Night vision mode —
- IR spotlight —
- Changing the color scheme of the thermal sight —
Camera control
- Zoom Camera — Zooms camera form standard third-person view into commander's view.
- Sniper mode — Shifts camera into gunner's reticle for accurate aiming with selected armament.
- Driver camera — Shifts camera into driver's perspective in the vehicle.
- Binoculars — Brings up binocular view with enhanced zoom from the commander's perspective.
- Stabilizer mode — Activates/deactivates stabilizer for armament.
- Target tracking (tank) — Camera will zoom into and bring gun to bear on enemy targeted.
- Zoom axis (Ground) —
- View in battle - Ground (X-axis) —
- View in battle - Ground (Y-axis) —
- Invert Y-axis (tank) — Inverts the vertical axis when aiming
- Tank aiming (X-axis) —
- Tank aiming (Y-axis) —
- Gamepad aim acceleration —
- Aim acceleration delay —
- Mouse Wheel (tank) — Set parameter that mouse wheel will affect.
- Mouse Wheel Multiplier (tank) — Increase/decrease sensitivity of mouse wheel effect.
Suspension control
- Incline backwards —
- Incline forwards —
- Incline right —
- Incline left —
- Decrease clearance — Reduces the tank's height
- Increase clearance — Increases the tank's height
- Central position of suspension — Shifts suspension towards center, or restoring vehicle to default condition
Miscellaneous
- Tank repair — Begin repairs of the vehicle's damaged modules.
- Select the first type of shells —
- Select the second type of shells —
- Select the third type of shells —
- Select the fourth type of shells —
- Artillery strike —
- Fire extinguisher — Activates the vehicle's fire extinguisher (if unlocked) to extinguish an engine fire.
- Air battles: aircraft #1 — (Default key: 7) Enables players to participate in a AB Ground air battle as a fighter
- Air battles: aircraft #2 — (Default key: 8) Enables players to participate in a AB Ground air battle as an attacker
- Air battles: aircraft #3 — (Default key: 9) Enables players to participate in a AB Ground air battle as a bomber
- Towing rope —
- Crew Replenishment —
- Active scouting —
- Rangefinder —
- Crosshair lighting —
- Sight distance control — Adjust reticle to account for range ballistics.
- Increase value — Increase distance for reticle (horizontal reticle goes down)
- Decrease value — Dcrease distance for reticle (horizontal reticle goes up)
- Reset axis value — Restores gun reticle to default settings (horizontal reticle at 0 m)
- Turn OFF/ON engine — Turns the engine off/on.