Comments on: It’s a Fake – Part 3: Not really a fake…

By: rossmum

rossmum — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 14:01:14 +0000

There are a couple of photos of the “GW Tiger” floating around the net, taken at Kummersdorf when it was captured. Beside it is the prototype Tiger II (now at Bovington).

By: hawkeye92

hawkeye92 — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 12:39:49 +0000

You’ll find that a lot, especially with their navy. The Germans made pretty reasonable submarines but most of their big surface ships were pretty badly designed.

By: [PTS]lt300

[PTS]lt300 — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 12:15:58 +0000

I don’t need to ask about you because from the way you start everyone of your posts by insulting people and end it in the same way , I have made my own idea about you … and that is all the opinions I need.

By: [PTS]lt300

[PTS]lt300 — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 12:12:15 +0000

You are either stupid or pretending to be

Im quoting you : ” …Why bother with long 122mm if it could only shot HE, when there was short 122mm U-11 already capable of it.?”

then you post ballasting data of the BR471 AP and the OF 471 HE and these shells are for the D25S ….

The guy was asking why does the U11 122mm cannot use AP , are you drunk or something ? why don’t you post something from even a longer gun and say its the U11 …. I don’t know , try the 8,8 cm KwK 46 L/100 while you’re at il ….

Put that in your skull, U11 is a short gun , low velocity, if it shoots AP it won’t do damage with it …. stop wasting time and spreading bullshit

By: 23r0_NA

23r0_NA — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 05:31:46 +0000

I can agree with that. The KV-1S’ combination of mobility, protection (while maybe not as well-armored on the hull as a KV-1, it has better sloping and it’s still not exactly thin either, not to mention the turret being better-armored), and the raw alpha damage of the 122 mm gun make it simply too good at tier 6. With the 100 mm gun as its top gun it could be considered comparable to the M6 in terms of effectiveness, plus it would retain a niche role amongst the three Soviet tier 6 heavies as a faster “supersized medium” tank, in comparsion to the KV-2′s “direct-fire arty” and the T-150′s “true heavy” tank.

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I could see the KV-122 as a tier 7 premium, but that presents a problem:

The reason WG won’t do that is to avoid repeating the shitstorm that occurred when they removed the Schmallturm and L/70 from the Panzer IV and released the Panzer IV S. as a premium a tier up. Granted, they did the same thing even earlier than that with an even BIGGER shitstorm, when they nerfed the T34, moved it down a tier, made it a premium, gave it to the guys who unlocked it as a tier 9 HT free in addition to a free M103 (and if they had the T30, they now had the T30 as a tier 9 TD and the T110E5 free as well in its place).

By: 23r0_NA

23r0_NA — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 05:24:50 +0000

While perhaps possible it wouldn’t be practical by any stretch of the imagination due to uneven weight distribution and the length of the vehicle causing excessive wear and tear on the suspension and decreasing mobility, something that in 1945 the Germans couldn’t possibly even consider given that spare parts for their existing vehicles were scarce as it was, so how bad do you think it would be if they tried to make parts for a NEW vehicle with the same problems as the old ones, only 30-40% worse?

By: 23r0_NA

23r0_NA — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 05:17:02 +0000

No kidding. Trust me, I’ve been in a Hetzer, and it’s NOT comfortable at all, and don’t get me STARTED on how difficult it is getting on top of the thing to climb into the tank via the commander’s cupola (which is how they usually got in and out of the vehicle irl).

By: 23r0_NA

23r0_NA — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 05:15:13 +0000

Actually it does: it explains why the Germans had a harder time putting bigger guns on their tanks: inefficient recoil mechanisms, which meant that the amount of room required for the gun’s breach both to not only fit in the turret to begin with but for it to recoil when fired without punching a hole in the back of the turret was greater than the designs used on Allied tanks.

By: 23r0_NA

23r0_NA — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 05:10:05 +0000

Assuming the suspension didn’t catastrophically fail and cause the roadwheels to break off of their axles, leaving the front of the tank on the ground with broken suspension.

By: 23r0_NA

23r0_NA — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 05:02:43 +0000

I’m pretty sure he’s already suggested it back when the devs actually seemed to take the idea of nerfing the KV-1S seriously, knowing how much of a troll he can be.