The question pretty much says it all. I know that the maximum view range is 445m which can be easily reached with some tanks (FCM 36 Pak 40 for example). Is there a point in increasing it any further?
Point in increasing the view range over 445m in World of Tanks
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USA
- T57
- 76 mm Gun (M1918): 520 m
- M37
- 105 mm Howitzer M3: 440 m (480 m HEAT)
- 105 mm Howitzer M4: 960 m (1100 m HEAT)
- M7 Priest
- 105 mm Howitzer M3: 380 m (420 m HEAT)
- 105 mm Howitzer M2A1 905 m (875 m HEAT)
- M41
- 155 mm Howitzer M1: 1210 m
- 155 mm Gun M1918M1: 1210 m (1315 m M101M2)
- M12
- 155 mm Gun M1918M1: 1210 m (1315 m M101M2)
- 155 mm Gun M1A1: 1315 m
- M40/M43
- 155 mm Gun M1A1: 1315 m
- 203 mm Howitzer M1: 1175 m
- T92
- 240 mm Howitzer M1: 1250 m
German
- Bison
- 15 cm sIG 33 L/11: 465 m
- StPz II
- 15 cm sIG 33 L/11: 465 m
- Wespe
- 10.5 cm leFH 16 L/22: 1000 m
- 10.5 cm leFH 18 L/28: 1000 m
- Grille
- 15 cm sIG 33 L/11: 355 m
- 15 cm sFH 13 L/17: 710 m
- Hummel
- 15 cm sFH 13 L/17: 1210 m
- 15 cm sFH 18 L/30: 1260 m
- GW Panther
- 15 cm sFH 18 L/30: 1260 m
- 15 cm sFH 36 L/30 Ausf. 1943: 1400 m
- GW Tiger
- 17 cm K72 (Sf): 1315 m (1200 m Ausf. G)
- 21 cm Mrs 18/1 (Sf): 1170 m
- GW Typ E
- 21 cm Mörser 18/2: 1170 m
French
- Renault BS
- 76 mm Schneider: 450 m
- Lorraine 39 L AM
- Canon de 105 court mle 1935B: 775 m
- Canon de 105 court mle 1934S: 840 m
- 105 leFH18B2
- 105 mm leFH18 L28: 1000 m
- AMX 105AM
- Canon de 105 court mle 1934S: 845 m
- Canon de 105 mle 1930 Schneider AM: 1000 m
- AMX 13 F3 AM
- Obusier de 155 mm C mle.1917: 1100 m (1210 m H1A)
- Canon de 155 mm de 33 calibres: 1250 m
- Lorraine 155 50
- Obusier de 155 mm C mle.1917: 1250 m
- Obusier de 155 mm mle.1950: 1200 m
- Lorraine 155 51
- Obusier de 155 mm mle.1950: 1200 m
- Canon de 155 mm L GPF: 1300 m
- Bat Chatillon 155
- Canon de 155 mm: 1295 m
Soviet
- SU-18
- 76 mm Howitzer mod. 1927: 550 m
- SU-26
- 76 mm Howitzer mod. 1927: 550 m
- 76 mm Howitzer mod. 1903/30: 520 m
- 122 mm Howitzer mod. 1930: 635 m
- SU-5
- 76 mm Howitzer mod. 1903/30: 520 m
- 122 mm Howitzer mod. 1930: 635 m
- 152 mm Mortar NM mod. 1931: 600 m
- SU-8
- 122 mm Howitzer A-19: 890 m
- 152 mm Howitzer ML-20 mod. 1931: 920 m
- S-51
- 152 mm BR-2: 1140 m
- 203 mm B-4: 1230 m
- SU-14
- 152 mm BR-2: 1295 m
- 203 mm B-4: 1210 m
- Object 212
- 152 mm BR-2: 1315 m
- 203 mm B-4: 1225 m
- Object 261
- 180 mm B-1-P: 1460 m
— Source: SPG gun range - General Discussion - World of Tanks official forum
EDIT: I quickly found this site after finishing this post; it contains averaged data for a large number of tanks across some 940,000 battles, including WN7 and PA Efficiency stats.
The various rating systems out there (WN7 is the one I prefer, and is the one Radium mentioned) can in fact be used. While Xenox accurately pointed out that such equations compare players to other players, data subsets could be substituted for full player stats to give ratings for that player in a given tank. (See footnote.) Averaging such data across a large number of players ought to give a moderately accurate metric by which tanks could be compared - a better tank would, on average, yield higher WN7 scores.
Unfortunately this would be by no means a perfect system - tank popularity could skew data, and it is difficult to account for player skill or tank crew levels - but it ought to give a decent impression. An additional difficulty lies in acquiring this data from a user level - there are a few tools that enhance the official statistics pages, but to my knowledge acquiring such data for individual tanks can only be done in-game, and the in-game service record lacks important data used in WN7 calculations.
As an example, I used the WN7 formula to score my BDR G1 B Tier V Heavy tank, and received a score of ~1400. I had to fudge a couple numbers (I couldn't find spot or defense point scores specific to my BDR tank) and there are likely rounding errors, but it can be done. With a little encouragement, the WoT community may even be convinced to write a tool to acquire and compile the relevant information and produce scores for specific tanks! I would be interested to browse such a tool myself...
Footnote: Minor modifications to the formula may need to be made to account for smaller numbers, particularly in the Number of Battles Played - alternatively, that segment could be left out entirely. It didn't come up during my calculations; using only stats from Tier V or higher tanks, the term will always result in 0. Comparing lower-tier tanks may be difficult and the term would likely need to account for some full-player data to avoid skew from experienced players going sealclubbing... but I'll leave such discussion to a larger and more math-experienced crowd.
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Best Answer
When calculating spotting range, i.e. the range at which you would see a particular target, the camo rating of enemy tanks will knock a tank's view range back down, so there is every reason to increase view range in order to maximize your spotting range. There is no set maximum view range, though the maximum effective view range that you can achieve (at the time of writing this answer) is 606.79m.
For instance, let's compare the spotting range of two tanks against an enemy tank with an effective camo rating of 50%. Tank A has an effective view range of 445m, while Tank B has an effective view range of 500m. Tank A's spotting range against the enemy tank is 247.5m...math: 445 - ((445-50)*0.5). Tank B's spotting range against the same enemy tank is 275m...math: 500 - ((500-50)*0.5).
See http://wiki.wargaming.net/en/View_Range_%26_Camouflage_(WoT) for more details.