Comments on: Tiger Tales: Type 102 – the forgotten VK.45.01(P)

By: Mr. Perfect

Mr. Perfect — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 16:50:54 +0000

Interesting, thanks.

By: CaptianNemo

CaptianNemo — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 00:08:13 +0000

There is a tank from the same time as the 6501 that is 80 tons instead of 65… But very little info on it.

By: Trooper Rowland

Trooper Rowland — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 20:28:43 +0000

It will be intersting to see how the Pz IV hydrastat performs in game.

There should be some of them appearing on the NA servers by the second week in April.

By: CaptianNemo

CaptianNemo — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 20:16:42 +0000

When producing the Ferdinands the hulls were basically gutted and rebuilt from the ground up. So there was really just the two engine options. Type 130 and HL120 TRM.

By: CaptianNemo

CaptianNemo — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 20:13:45 +0000

The Tiger P in WoT IS the one of one Command-Tank which is supposed to have the Type 101/1(As designed as a Tiger P), 101/2(Last 43 built) and HL120 TRMs(As it went into combat) as its engines but WG is being stupid as usual.

A normal Tiger P could be used as an alternative hull. It seems likely this will happen… When it does, hopefully WG changes the engines out as well because Type 100 series engines on a Type 101 tank is a bit unhistorical.

By: CaptianNemo

CaptianNemo — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 20:09:24 +0000

The Ferdinand got switched to the HL120 TRMs during production. However there was a water cooled Type 130 Porsche engine that had a bore of 130mm and stroke of 145mm (19.3L each V-10 x2) that was considered for the Ferdinand producing 400 hp at 2500 rpms but HL120 TRM Maybachs were used instead.

By: Panzer_Fenris

Panzer_Fenris — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 19:23:23 +0000

Nerfed turn-rate and acceleration to represent more drivetrain-loss and the lack of instant torque available with electric engines, possibly higher fire chance as well?

Of course, there are other, slightly more unique options for mid tier german premium heavies, like the VK6501(h) or captured KV’s.

By: Legiondude

Legiondude — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 17:44:01 +0000

My bet is on the Tiger P getting the Type 100 hull with 100mm frontal and the elite version getting the 200mm command vehicle front

By: Mr. Perfect

Mr. Perfect — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 17:30:53 +0000

Do you know which engine configuration the Ferdinands ended up with? I’ve heard reports of them overheating when climbing hills, so I’m wondering if the 101/2 didn’t get installed, or just wasn’t enough.

By: Kellomies

Kellomies — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 17:26:24 +0000

I got the impression it’s basically the exact same hull (minus the later applique armor ofc) just with different powertrain.