Hello everyone,
just to remind you, according to the latency post on EU portal, you will be awarded with a free one day premium. In order to claim it however, you have to log on your account until next Sunday or so, so don’t forget it.
- SS
Monthly Archives: March 2014
What an Ammo Explosion can do…
Hello everyone,
today, we are going to have a look at what an ammo rack explosion can do in real life.
The sad events, described in this article, actually happened on 9.1.1991, when a Soviet army T-72A, stationed in former Czechoslovakia, was ripped apart by an ammo rack explosion, causing the death of no less than 17 soldiers – one of the worst military accidents in Czechoslovak history.
Interview with Storm from Overheat.ro
Special thanks to Mr.Popescu for providing the link and the translation of the entire article.
Source: Overheat.ro
Answered by Michael Zhivets, World of Tanks Producer
Hello and welcome to Overheat.ro. Thank you for accepting our invitation to the interview.
Hello and thank you for taking an interest in World of Tanks.
What can you tell us about yourself and the work that you do. Also, I think that our readers would like to find out how your career started. What can you share with us?
I was among the founders of the Minsk-based Arise studio that merged with Wargaming in 2005. It focused on real-time strategies and shipped several well-acclaimed niche projects with WW II setting. Having joined Wargaming, I worked on Operation: Bagration and Order of War until World of Tanks concept came up in 2009. Familiar with the mid-20th century warfare from my previous titles, I lined up into the team as a game designer. As the project grew and gained mass appeal, I became a producer and now overlook the development process, managing the content and features for new updates.
Littlefield Collection Sale
Hello everyone,
this post appeared on one of the smaller Russian communities (thanks to the US guys, who reposted it on US forums). As those of you, who follow this kind of stuff, know, Littlefield tank collection (possibly the largest private collection in the world, more than 100 vehicles) is getting sold in an auction to the highest bidder (each tank separately). It’s actually quite sad, it means noone will ever see the collection together ever again. So, how much money does it take to buy your very own private tank?
2pdr Carrier
Australian, made in 1942 in Melbourne, restored to working condition.
Estimated price per auction catalogue: 75k-100k USD
3.3.2014
- more detailed voiceover system regarding hits (helping players to figure out what happened) will be introduced relatively soon
- it’s not yet 100 percent decided that the national battles (confrontation mode) will be removed
- there are no plans to introduce new functions (SS: to buff) premium account
- there are no plans to change the Ruinberg map
- no special development is running regarding the loss of synchronisation between server and client, Storm states these issues are not caused by Wargaming, but by ISP’s
- for now, the exact list of tanks for various historical battles won’t be disclosed
- no exact details for “clan bases” will be disclosed yet
- Storm doesn’t know exactly, when (if) the arty aim circle gets fixed
- in 8.11, module crit chance did not change
- no plans to buff IS-6 penetration
Restoring a T-34 tank
Source: WG Youtube
Hello everyone,
Wargaming produced a really interesting movie about a crew restoring the T-34 tank. There are hardcoded subtitles in English, so you will understand :) It’s actually really nicely done.
PS: In case you are interested what is written on the T-34 turret at the end of the movie, it’s “smert vragu” – “death to the enemy”.
Tas Rohamlöveg in Detail
Author: Károly “Karika” Németh
SS: Hello everyone. In today’s post by Karika, we’ll talk about Tas Rohamlöveg Hungarian tank destroyer project. Now, you might remember that I already wrote once about it in the past. This article is a bit different though – for one, it’s more detailed. And secondly, it uses native Hungarian sources, which is very important. Enjoy!
The Tas rohamlöveg, a proposed assault gun version of the Hungarian 44M. Tas medium tank, is not as historical as some older history books and articles claims, because no prototype has been ever made of it.
Above: Side view of Ádám Bíró’s Tas rohamlöveg mock-up
Weekly FTR contributor review
Messages first, so it has the right impact… :)
A message from thepanic:
Ace of Spades is recruiting now!
EU Server
Requirements to join Ace of Spades:
- 18+ years old
- 1600+ WN7
- 4+ Clanwars Tanks
- TeamSpeak3 and Mic
- Good knowledge of English
If you are interested contact me ingame
best regards
thepanic Recruiter [AOS]
Hello everyone,
as promised, here is the overview of this week’s FTR contributors. I value all your help equally, no matter how small, so I just want to thank you all once again.
Contributors
Godsmacked (Poland) (SS: repeated contribution, much appreciated mate, thank you :))
J.N. (Germany)
Bombuhr (Sweden)
W.P. (Poland) (SS: a lot of thanks for great contribution, much appreciated, mate!)
thepanic (Germany)
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EU: 8.11 hotfix
Since it’s not on the main portal yet: today, a hotfix was applied on EU server, containing following changes
- returned the FOV to the way it was before 8.10
- fixed the incorrect display of tank damage messages bug
- fixed the incorrect mission counter
Brainstorming Tanks: 103
A long time ago in a galaxy far far away before the Soviet heavy tree split, the KV-4 was going to be a wonder-tank! It was going to go 50 kph! It would have a 130 mm gun! However, as the deadline for the test approached, the tank’s stats decreased to a more reasonable level that we see today. In a recent developer Q&A, SerB mentioned the tank that was the “KV-4″ with a 130 mm gun: the 103. All he said was that it was based on the T-100 chassis and had a B-13 130 mm naval gun (like on the SU-100Y). He didn’t mention anything else. So what is this mysterious tank?