Comments on: Potential Hull Upgrades: Light tanks

By: Potential Hull Upgrades: Soviet SPGs and TDs | For The Record

Potential Hull Upgrades: Soviet SPGs and TDs | For The Record — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 23:53:11 +0000

[...] Light, Medium, and Heavy tanks are all done with, so let’s move on to the rest of the tech tree. I will be combining the two branches into one article, since the potential for extra hulls is a bit lacking on the SPG side. [...]

By: Potential Hull Upgrades: Soviet Medium Tanks | For The Record

Potential Hull Upgrades: Soviet Medium Tanks | For The Record — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 18:35:39 +0000

[...] a previous article, I explored potential hull upgrades for Soviet light tanks. Today, I will go one weight class up, [...]

By: EnsignExpendable

EnsignExpendable — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 17:49:56 +0000

Yes, that’s the closest thing to a BT-5 you can get in the game.

By: Mr. Perfect

Mr. Perfect — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 19:10:26 +0000

That’s a shame. Welded hulls offering better crew protection would make for a compelling hull upgrade on tanks that otherwise wouldn’t have anything to upgrade to.

By: EnsignExpendable

EnsignExpendable — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 13:51:52 +0000

Different types of armour behaving differently was deemed too complicated for this game.

By: EnsignExpendable

EnsignExpendable — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 13:51:09 +0000

I won’t, but someone else almost certainly will. FTR has specialists for many tank nations.

By: Zarax

Zarax — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 13:28:25 +0000

It’s either ausf H or K, IIRC they have minor differences and a different drawing number.

By: Sotahullu

Sotahullu — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 11:33:32 +0000

Well there was a concept idea that some tanks could have some RPG -style inbuild abiltities to represent some tanks qualities (like riveted armor). Not bad idea really.

By: bojan

bojan — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 11:28:56 +0000

US
M3 – Early model (as on Soviet M3 Light), current and M3A3 version. 1st two are cosmetic, 3rd has sloped glacis.
M5 – M5 and M5A1
M3 Medium – riveted and welded hulls.
M4 – Cast and welded hull, later has early and late version that differed with armor and slope (later was thicker but with less slope).
M4A3E8 – M4A1E8, cast hull with same suspension.
T20 – T23 hull.
M26 – M46 hull
M46 – M47 hull
T32 – later proposed hull w/o bow MG.
M103 – M103A2 hull, which would bring diesel engine.
M10 – M10A1 and M10A2 hulls
M36 – either M36B1 (M4A3 hull) or M36B2 hull.
M18 – post war suspension based on Chaffee tracks.

French:
H-35 – H-39 hull
B1 – either original B1 or B1ter hull.
BDR G1B – hull from other BDR project and rename it to just G1.
AMX M4 (1945) – there were later proposals on this chassis, but if they will be hull upgrades or separate tank none knows ATM (other then possible devs).

By: bojan

bojan — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 11:19:06 +0000

Both IS-85 and IS-122 (IS-1 and IS-2 designations only appeared in early 1945) had stepped front version as on Soviet IS in game. IS-122 was produced with “straightened” glacis since 2nd half 1944., thickness was 100mm cast or 90mm RHA (later version is on Chinese IS-2 in game).