Comments on: M26 Pershing: Medium or Heavy? (Plus other stuff)

By: Adrian Chang

Adrian Chang — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 07:51:46 +0000

The M47 Patton can be easily put in the game when they finally finish the Hull Upgrade feature.
Since the M46 Patton in game already has the M47′s gun and turret choices.

By: Adrian Chang

Adrian Chang — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 07:44:15 +0000

MBT just means Main Battle Tank.
This just means that it is the primary tank used in war for said nation.
The M1 Abrams is an MBT because it is about the only real tank that is used by the Americans.

By: Charcharo

Charcharo — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 06:02:35 +0000

It would have the effective armour of a Type 59 and would also be able to increase the top speed. The M47 will be a decent improvement over the M46.

By: ramp4ge

ramp4ge — Sun, 18 Aug 2013 23:57:13 +0000

Real-life Pershing also lacked neutral steering.

The ingame Pershing is a clusterfuck of T26E3 T26E4 and M46. It’s probably one of the most a-historical vehicles in the game.

That’s one reason I’d like to see the US line changed so much. Especially the medium tree. It’s just so hodge-podged that it’s ridiculous.

By: FaustianQ

FaustianQ — Sun, 18 Aug 2013 23:01:24 +0000

As to the article, changes to the primary American medium line should be done as M26/46 -> M48A1 -> M60A1. M48A1 hull was experimented on as the T54 series of tanks, it’d be fairly easy to give the M48A1 the T54 turret with T140E2 gun and call it a day, while still having the T54E2 in the tech tree prior to the T95E6.

This also fits better in with WGs recent historical binge, as all tanks can be properly represented at each tier without ahistorical armament just to make them work, as the M47 at T9 wouldn’t solve this issue.

I wouldn’t put the M47 in the American tech tree, in that despite being built by Americans for the US Army, it saw more usage by allied nations due to the speedy replacement with the M48.

There can be multiple ways the M47 can make it into the game at T8, 9 or 10, either the French, Spanish, German or Israeli M47 would work best in this way.

By: FaustianQ

FaustianQ — Sun, 18 Aug 2013 22:49:36 +0000

This is further broken down when you realize that there is now a pressing need for tanks that fall into the medium tank category, or essentially air deployable in large numbers with heavy tank armament, usually in the 20-35t weight class. Light tanks of today could be considered the IFV and ICV, while heavies end up being the primary battle tank.

Lights, mediums, and heavies never really disappeared, they just took on new or expanded roles.

By: loltractor

loltractor — Sun, 18 Aug 2013 20:44:15 +0000

everything is old and quasi known to someone, how about you make your own webpage and post only new stuff that no one knows about..

By: Priory_of_Sion

Priory_of_Sion — Sun, 18 Aug 2013 16:34:09 +0000

IIRC the US started doing that a few years after the war. So it is applicable for the M26′s later service, but doesn’t mean anything about the M26′s intimidate postwar status.

By: Dominatus

Dominatus — Sun, 18 Aug 2013 16:19:24 +0000

The more you read into it, the more you realize that “MBT” is mostly an empty term. The Czech LT vz. 38 was pretty MBTish. The Panther was an MBT in terms of its weight class. Light tanks still complement modern MBTs, and best of all, the Abrams and Leopard II, plus possibly other tanks, had no anti-infantry ammunition even developed for them until post-2000.

By: Dominatus

Dominatus — Sun, 18 Aug 2013 16:15:06 +0000

M48 at tier 9, M60A1 at tier 10. Alternatively, an actual M47 (rather than the M46E1) at tier 9, keep M48 where it is.