Comments on: Airborne tanks in World of Tanks?

By: saffron-tea

saffron-tea — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 18:03:21 +0000

IF WG said no and did the airborne tanks idea than 90% of the player base would probably leave and wait for ground forces to come out.

By: Amphibious tanks in World of Tanks? | For The Record

Amphibious tanks in World of Tanks? | For The Record — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 16:07:57 +0000

[...] so long ago, I wrote about airborne tanks and how pointless they would be in World of Tanks battles. Let’s have a look at the other [...]

By: Jupiter

Jupiter — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 02:36:40 +0000

And even if you can move, how you turn in city? You even can’t get in narrow street. Such airborne tank was designed to cut off its wings after landing, so your idea is pointless

By: 23r0_NA

23r0_NA — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 02:25:29 +0000

Assuming it didn’t get stuck in the mud at the bottom of the lake. XD

By: 23r0_NA

23r0_NA — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 02:24:43 +0000

It wouldn’t be able to move with the wings and tail attached. Not only were they too heavy, but to have them fitted to the tank required disconnecting the drivetrain on the tank itself.

All an actual A-40 was was a T-60 with pretty much all of its admittedly already limited armor and any sort of armament it would have carried removed. Basically, it would be useless.

By: 23r0_NA

23r0_NA — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 02:22:27 +0000

Yeah but it would destroy the tank being dropped too…then again, trading a tier 2 light tank for a tier 8 heavy tank is a rather one-sided trade tbh. XD

By: 23r0_NA

23r0_NA — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 02:21:20 +0000

It might have been but iirc it was more likely an attempt to extend the service life of the Panzer I after its lackluster performance in Spain by improving its reconnaissance capabilities (which worked long enough to see it through the Polish Campaign and possibly into France, but no later). That’s not to say that the Fallschirmjager didn’t have an interest in an airborne tank, and indeed eventually that very idea came to fruition…sort of:

Rather an a light airborne tank, the Germans built the enormous Me-321 Gigant transport glider (and a powered version, the Me-323), which in theory could transport a fully-loaded Panzer IV Ausf.H with crew, fuel and ammunition. In practice, it didn’t work out like that, as they were simply too vulnerable to enemy fighters.

TL;DR – Germany’s approach to airborne tanks wasn’t to make the tanks lighter, but to make the transport planes bigger.

By: tanketka

tanketka — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 23:34:28 +0000

aco tank Pz.Kpfw. I Ausf. C.

By: adaptare

adaptare — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 20:27:59 +0000

I just had to laugh at “SURPRISE MOTHERFUCKER!”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CfNarCjSHM

By: yoco93cro

yoco93cro — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 20:21:23 +0000

and what amphibious tank?