Comments on: Gloomy Teutonic Genius: Edward Grotte

By: LoserDestiny

LoserDestiny — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 10:33:18 +0000

Bullshit alarm on FTR again.
First, 1000ton tank was never proposed by Grotte – neither a Soviet, nor a German one. It comes from Russian schoolpeople not being able to hold apart Grotte and Ratte.
Second, TG-1 was never called “medium breakthrough tank”, the designation was “maneuverable medium tank”
Third and most important, the main 76mm gun was meant to be placed in a fully rotational turret, but unfortunately, but the soviet engineers were unable to build it that way, so the TURRET was WELDED onto the hull. The gun is FIXED and has NO horizontal rotation, since the gun mount was designed for a turret.

P.S. Is Grotte actually the correct spelling anyway? I have never seen an article in English language, not being based on Russian-language book, and in Russian the name usually spells with one “T”, thus making 3 spelling possible: Grote, Grotte (sometimes double letters are dropped) and Grothe (since an “h” in such a function is absent in Russian, it is always dropped).
I tend to believe the last is correct, since this surname is actually common in Germany.

By: Kellomies

Kellomies — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 12:55:52 +0000

…and here we have an illustration of one of the implicit hazards of hiring foreign experts – you may just get the nutters whose talents were going unused back home for good reasons. :D

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 11:38:19 +0000

Ironically it was designed by german engineer.

By: Zbyszko

Zbyszko — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 08:36:55 +0000

That would be totally cool, Ensign, I’m hoping to read such an article soon! (if you’re interested in writing it, ofc xd)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 05:00:40 +0000

I’m still waiting for my FCM F1, I’ll her with my TOG and make my personal Franco-British Commonwealth of oversized tanks!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 04:59:02 +0000

*And* you are whining why exactly ? If you don’t like the comment, then skip it.

By: Data Zero

Data Zero — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 01:21:03 +0000

Not really

The T-150 has 107 mm ZiS-6 ingame

But tier 6?

I didnt see any armor values there so thats a question.

By: Okinoshima

Okinoshima — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 00:48:38 +0000

Yes they both (TG-VI 3 and T-42) seem that they would be pretty balanced in game, the T-42′s 107 mm might be a bit too derpy though.

By: Priory_of_Sion

Priory_of_Sion — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 00:31:29 +0000

The T-42 would actually be balanced with the TOG II*, wouldn’t mind it being a tier 5/6 premium.

By: Okinoshima

Okinoshima — Sun, 07 Jul 2013 23:41:51 +0000

LOL if this got in the game it would be lighter than the TOG II*