Comments on: Buff my Tank – T-25

By: your Night MARE

your Night MARE — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 21:41:36 +0000

Got the B2 for free and hate it. Liked the B1 way more, neither of them is a keeper (although I actually thought about keeping the B1). The B2 gun and crew mix is just so horribly useless..

By: Silentstalker

Silentstalker — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 16:15:36 +0000

Yes and it was me who did the translation :)

By: ArmoredColossus

ArmoredColossus — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 11:12:13 +0000

The one in the European tree should have the autoloader option and the German Premium one should stay in game as is.

By: Foxton

Foxton — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:39:10 +0000

KV220 has the worst gun stats of any tier 5. Even the M4A2E4 has better stats. Maybe the Excelsior has slightly worse in some cases.

By: Foxton

Foxton — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:31:37 +0000

There is a big difference between the H35 and Pz38H though because the German variant is the H38, with vastly better gun.

I thought I’d give the H35 a go as my H38 is so good and none of the guns available come close the the German SA38.

By: Kellomies

Kellomies — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:17:56 +0000

You must have been doing something wrong, the “Skodaboat” kicked ass even back in the Dark Ages of 3-tier MM when I was still a snot-nosed noob.

By: Chupambrico

Chupambrico — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:11:52 +0000

It’s weird, for me, to see someone else use that article, since it’s the best source of information about the T-25, as you said, I could find, but also not so easy to find. I even asked on the WoT forum for a translation given the scans (I don’t know czech), as I needed more info on the dimensions and minor details, like front or rear transmission, since I was thinking about building a replica, possibly in 1:1 scale.

Regarding the engine, who translated it for me wrote “The T-25 project on the other hand counted on a diesel engine. That demand, however, was cancelled and in the end, the project had a petrol engine with a smaller auxilliary engine, also running on gas. The main engine was an OHV air-cooled V12 engine (total displacement: 19814ccm), giving 450hp at 3000 RPM. The auxilliary engine was an in-line 4-cylinder engine with a 2383ccm volume, reaching peak power of 50hp at 3000 RPM. The auxilliary engine served to power up the main engine and to power two massive fans. It was started either by electricity, or by a crank from the combat compartment – the main engine was in turn started by the auxilliary one via a geared flywheel”

http://forum.worldoftanks.eu/index.php?/topic/164117-czech-tank-magazine-article-translation/

By: Balc0ra

Balc0ra — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 14:07:22 +0000

If we compare the T-25 to the other tier 5 premiums. Its DMP is the highest. 2nd highest pen. And the ROF is not bad. And its very mobile. And it got a HT hit point pool.

If any of the tier 5 premiums needs a buff.. its the Tier V Matilda IV. 86 AP pen and 102 APCR pen was fine and dandy when it came out. But with all the tanks added of late and other stuff. Its not much you can pen head on with AP. And even if you use gold ammo. Most tier 4 tanks still got more pen then you do with their AP ammo.

Less then 10% chance to pen a KV-1 head on with AP is not fun. So yeah. I’m a gold n00b when driving that one.

But as for my fav tier 5 tanks. Churchill III as a crew trainer. The Ram II as a money maker. And The Excelsior as the fun tank. Still. The T-25 is still an excellent tank in game.

By: Pintér Nándor

Pintér Nándor — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 13:50:59 +0000

If you like to have speed than the T25 is better, I love that it has as much HP as a heavy! That makes it fairly decent, this and the gun depression!

By: yoco93cro

yoco93cro — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 13:23:41 +0000

Ingame T25 is pure awesomeness