Armor Boi

Armor Boi (also "armor boy" or "tank main") is joking Battlefield slang for a player who spends most of the match in tanks and other armored vehicles. It can be a compliment for someone who carries the team with a tank, or a jab at someone who sits far from the objective farming kills.

How It Works

"Armor" is Battlefield shorthand for tanks and armored fighting vehicles, and the slang simply attaches a nickname to the people who specialize in them. What a tank main actually does depends on the game, because each Battlefield handles armor differently:

• Battlefield 4 gave tank main guns a small reserve ammo rack that reloads quickly, while reloading from the main supply is much slower. Total ammunition was unlimited, but a tank that had just fought a long engagement was vulnerable until its rack refilled.
• Battlefield 1 gave each team a set number of heavy vehicle spawns. Players chose which tank type to deploy, and different packages changed the seats and weapons.
• Battlefield V dropped unlimited vehicle ammunition. Tanks restock shells, specializations and self-repair at Vehicle Supply Stations, which are pre-built at deployments and can be built elsewhere on the map, so tanks were less self-sufficient than in earlier games.
• Battlefield 6 has the M1A2 SEPv3 for NATO and the Leo A4 for Pax Armata as main battle tanks, each crewed by a driver and a gunner. According to the Battlefield Wiki, the M1A2 starts with multi-purpose HE and armor-piercing shells, and mastery levels unlock options such as a canister round, an HE round and an aim-guided shell, plus equipment like Thermal-Blocking Smoke, a Projectile Intercept System and Emergency Repair.

Where You'll See It

• Vehicle-heavy modes and maps such as Conquest on large maps, where tanks spawn regularly.
• Team chat and post-match lobbies, usually when one tank topped the scoreboard or when the team lost while its armor sat at the back.
• Squads built around a tank: one driver, one gunner and an Engineer nearby to repair.

Tips

1. Bring an Engineer. In Battlefield 6, the Engineer's Repair Tool heals allied vehicles, and the class trait, Mechanized Infantry, reduces explosive damage taken near friendly vehicles and stops enemies from taking those vehicles over. A tank with a dedicated repairer lasts much longer.
2. Know what kills you. Battlefield 6 Engineers carry anti-tank launchers, Anti-Vehicle Mines and Anti Tank Grenades. Mines on roads and launchers from rooftops are the classic ways tanks die.
3. Use smoke to break locks and line of sight. Thermal-blocking smoke is often the difference between retreating to repair and losing the tank.
4. Play the objective. A tank on a capture point pressures defenders and shields infantry. Kills from a distant hill help the score but rarely win Conquest.
5. Do not drive alone into towns. Close streets let infantry reach your sides and rear. Hold the edge of town and let infantry clear it.
6. Pick ammo for the target. Use armor-piercing shells against vehicles and high-explosive or canister rounds against infantry and cover.

FAQ

Is "Armor Boi" an insult?

It depends on tone. Players use it both affectionately for strong tank drivers and mockingly for players who never leave the vehicle or touch the objective.

What is the best way to stop an Armor Boi?

Coordinated Engineers. Mines on the tank's route, launchers fired from cover at its sides and rear, and destroying its repair support work better than one player firing rockets from the front.

Which tanks are in Battlefield 6?

The main battle tanks are the M1A2 SEPv3 (NATO) and the Leo A4 (Pax Armata). Infantry fighting vehicles such as the M3A3 Bradley and the Strf 09 (CV90) also fill the armored role.

Current patch notes are on the official Battlefield site.