User blog comment:WolfgangBSC/Wolfy World of Tanks/@comment-26778822-20160119232731/@comment-27797576-20160120012526

Qap, even 10 degrees of gun depression can be a pain. Plus, if you are sniping, the gun depression doesn't really matter a whole lot. The stats of the gun are very good. The armor is pretty crud compared to the other tier 7's(looks at T29's turret, IS's frontal armor). And the gun is much more snipy than the others. The others already have progressed to 105mm's, and yet the tiger's most effective gun is a 8.8cm L/71. It makes it a great sniper, comparable to the VK 30.01 H in terms of play style, only side scrapping with it isn't effective(VK 30.01 has it as an option at top tier).