Source: Dom1n’s blog
Hello everyone,
today, Dom1n (Polish blogger) pointed out in the linked above article that Wargaming’s Orlik post is not exactly historically accurate. So, in order to fix the info:
- the vehicle on the picture is obviously not Orlik’s 20mm TKS tankette, but a TK3 with a 7,92mm Wz.25 machinegun. The 20mm version looks like this (very difficult to look up the correct picture, took me as long as like 5 seconds):
- Victor IV Albrecht von Ratimor (as posted in WG’s article) was actually von Ratibor, here’s the announcement of his death:
- the man on the picture posted by Wargaming is actually Roman Radwan-Okuszko, not Roman Orlik. I can see where this came from though, several western sources mess the picture up.
I actually thought that Wargaming made one more mistake – not long ago, Listy wrote a post about this encounter, where he states Ratibor was actually riding a Panzer IV and commanded two LT-35′s, but after looking up several Polish sources, I think Wargaming might actually be right, prince Ratibor likely died in a Panzer 35 (t), according to Polish sources. However, even Polish sources differ in here, so it’s really not clear.
Either way, these historical posts should be as much accurate as possible. Orlik’s heroic action deserves nothing less.
The biggest part of this fail is the fact that WG actually stolen the whole idea from Polish Community Contributor, hallack05. He wrote a comment on the article, suggestin that he is really pissed off on that.
Oh? Link please?
http://forum.worldoftanks.eu/index.php?/topic/342546-zaszczytne-medale-medal-orlika/page__pid__6946820#entry6946820
My mistake, I didnt double-check.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv4nfki9qMY
Here is the link, but as I watched it, he is sayin that he was about to post a different clip.
After WG failin such hard on Orlik he has changed his schedule.
BUT whole idea of such a series came from hallack05, he mentioned it few weeks ago.
Coincidence, well, maybe..
Actually all that info about Orlik (Both used by WG EU and Hallack) comes from old thread (2008) in World Historia forum, named, surprise surprise “Cockroach versus panzers”:
http://archive.worldhistoria.com/cockroach-versus-panzers–first-ww-ii-tank-aces_topic26209.html
And Hallack video is just annoying to watch btw, he could at least use powerpoint tools instead of mouse cursor to show things on that minimap of his.
There are also many logic holes in his narration.
“History is not about reading one book” – top lel, as they say, mister Hallack.
>wg eu fail
Nothing new, carry on…
I got my Orlik’s medal in my amx 12t when it was tier 5, it was a good match. Killed t-44, ferdi, kt and some 3 other tanks. Reaction of one of my teammates made it even better: “omg amx you cleared the whole flank!” :D
I have already 3 of them B-)
Somehow randomly manged to bring down few big boys with pew-pew guns :)
Please don’t troll, I really don’t tollerate this lately.
Is the 20 mm TKS tankette a possible addition in WoT?
Yes
I hope it will be a Tier 2 gift tank (destroyer)
hosing down the opposing team with a stream of 20mm will be fun.
Stream? Hm, not really – 5 rounds in a magazine, single fire. It’s all down to how long reload between each shot and between magazines will be, but I think it might be a bit op anyway (but not as much as t18).
I don’t think it will be OP, not compared to the Pz I and Pz II at T2.
It will be fast an agile as hell…also i smell great camo due to really small size…might be fun low tier TD
Why would it be fast?
Like the medal gaff, Nichols medal… “Awarded for destroying four or more enemy vehicles with a medium tank.”
Picture on the Medal is a Crusader… A light tank (in the game).
IIRC Crusader was classified both as a medium tank, too, because it was a transition of sorts.
I find this odd as a while back I had come across some info on prince ratibor myself, thought you might like the page if you hadn’t seen it already
http://www.feldgrau.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=30825
I’m still baffled Nichols’ Medal wasn’t changed. It’s a medal for Medium tanks but the Crusader in-game is classified as a light tank.
and i was wondering why the tank in the medal looks different to the one in WG’s news.
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