User blog comment:WolfgangBSC/Wolfy World of Tanks/@comment-26778822-20160302213846/@comment-27404954-20160303013638

...NEVER, EVER USE THE STOCK TURRET AND GUN.


 * cough cough*

Excuse me there. I go on spontaneous rants whenever I see poor Panther players falling into the same trap I did.

Get the turret and gun ASAP. The L100 lets you have unparalleled pen, while the turret - when angled properly - allows you to actually bounce the occasional same-tier shell.

As for equipment, vents, rammer, and vertstab.