Comments on: T-34 with an autoloader

By: EnsignExpendable

EnsignExpendable — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 16:36:09 +0000

I think you mean F-34, F-22 was a divisional field gun.

By: Kellomies

Kellomies — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 16:30:54 +0000

You want details, click the link. It’s pretty much the exact same system as the good Major devised for KVs.

By: Nonbeliever

Nonbeliever — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 09:25:50 +0000

To be honest this “blueprint” looks rather fake to me. A single drawing without a lot of details, some smudges added here and there, just saying. All of a sudden so many new designs appear. Of course I could be wrong, but I have some doubts. Are there some more detailed sources anywhere available?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 05 Oct 2013 21:37:20 +0000

Forgot to add something to this.

Compared to the earlier article about an autoloading KV-1, this could work, but the KV-1 with an autoloader wouldn’t because it doesn’t need it at all (plus the 76 mm stock gun is insufficient for a Heavy tank anyway), whereas the T-34, while it doesn’t NEED it either, it would be a nice option to have against M4s and Panzer IVs.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 05 Oct 2013 21:28:17 +0000

Hmm…this could work in the game, I think. It would give the T-34 a couple of decent options (the other being the 57 mm gun, which is a fast-firing, low-damage sniping weapon) to be able to better-compete with the M4 Shermans and Panzer IVs with their 105 mm howitzers.

By: Iron_Tsunami

Iron_Tsunami — Sat, 05 Oct 2013 18:53:20 +0000

You must be playing it wrong then.

Try the S-54 instead of the ZiS-4. Made a world of difference for me.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 05 Oct 2013 16:55:25 +0000

Yes, you are right.
But both tanks are good to be honest, they are just different, which is actually great that there are different tanks with different characteristics.
And although I hated A43 bad gun depression (T-34-85 has better) and I Really hated the shit bucket on the turret (the guns also could have been better to be honest) it was not the bad tank I was expecting to be. (finished it with ~1,230 avg dmg per battle (yes I did use gold ammo for tougher opponents, but I tried not to use it, that’s also why I used the 76mm gun that has some more regular ammo pen so I don’t have to use as much gold ammo)) (but if I would have to go for tier 6 medium I would go for some other one, with a better gun most probably)

By: Kellomies

Kellomies — Sat, 05 Oct 2013 16:20:59 +0000

To be fair the Stab also helps with gun/turret movement…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 05 Oct 2013 15:48:30 +0000

Ooo, V-stab. Hmm, lets see:
Dispersion factor on top suspension of M4A3E8 = 0.19
So with Vstab its 20% less = 0.152
Dispersion factor on top suspension of A43 = 0.16

Hmm, so I can drive A43 _not use Vstab_ but for example vents and _have practically the same accuracy on the move_ as M4A3E8 with Vstab taking up a slot for module? Russian bias!

By: Kellomies

Kellomies — Sat, 05 Oct 2013 14:04:04 +0000

Tanks of this period were T-34/85s and IS-2s, so anything involving a 76mm on nigh any platform was too much of an investement by default.