Hello everyone,
Matthew Vargyas was kind enough to send me a couple of pictures he made of American vehicles. Check this out:
These are from US Army Basic Combat Training Museum, Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Entrance
M41A1 Walker Bulldog
M26 Pershing
M4A3E8 “Easy Eight”
Heavy tank T30 (damn, what a monster)
These pictures are from the Citadel (Military College in South Carolina)
USMC LTV(A)-4 (75mm howitzer)
M4 Sherman, made to look like the insignia carrying tank of Creighton Abrams from World War II
These are from American Legion Post 112, Madison, Ohio
M60A3 Patton
M103 Heavy Tank in front of Euclid City Hall, Euclid, Ohio
Nice pictures! Especially the Walker Bulldog
SS
indeed
That thing has really sexy design. :)
Wonderful pics
T30, M103 and M26 are sooo sweeeeet
yes more tank museum pics…. Thank you Matt Vargyas and SStalker.
That’s not an LVT(A)-4. Not sure exactly what it is, but it’s one of the (many, many) experimental LVTs.
It appears to be a LVTP-5 with a turret. At least one pic is labeled as LVT-6 and another as LVTH-6. Tho often online pics are mislabled.
LVTH-6 (Landing Vehicle, Tracked, Howitzer) – fire support variant armed with 105 mm howitzer. 210 units built.
This is according to Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LVT-5
From what I was told at the Citadel it was a WWII LVT w/ 75mm howitzer. On Wiki the only one that fit that description was the LVT 4
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_Vehicle_Tracked#Combat_history
Fort Leonard Wood also has a few Sherman’s, Pattons, and Walker Bulldogs. Went there last week, they seemed so small but they are huge.
T30 would have such a disturbing appearance on the battlefield… it’s a shame murricans never deployed it to fight the Tigers.
When it’s be coming over a hill the Germans would be like
“It’s a sherman!”
“No it’s a pershing”
“No’ it’s a… a… RUN FOR THE LOVE OF THE FUHRER!!!”
Yeah, well…
“The T30 pilot models were started in April 1945 and were delivered in 1947.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T30_Heavy_Tank#Early_tanks
I know, too late to see combat but maaan, this thing does have an intimidating look.
Why is T30 a TD in WG’s mind then?
it was a heavy but Wg thought oh we have found some high Tier Heavies so lets move the t30 to a tier9 td…
From what i remember the line used to look like this: T29 –> T32 –> T34–> T30 which as u can see doesnt really differ much. So when they found the M103 and T110E5 they made the T34 a teir 8 prem heavy and put the M103 at teir 9 heavy, and the T30 was moved to the turreted TD branch at teir 9[I assume they made it a TD cause the americains lacked high teir turreted td's. I believe i also read that the T110E4 in its current state in the game is a WG work of fiction] and the T110E5 at teir 10 heavy.
That’s right.
But they could have search for something else to put on the TDs branch and make 2 tier 10 heavies like this:
T29 > T32 > T34 > T30
T29 > T32 > M103 > T110E5
But then I wouldn’t have a free tier 8 premium… nah, scratch that. It’s fine as it is. T30 is a TD :P
Yea i dont think anyone cared what was happening aslong as they were getting a free teir 8 prem =D.
I remember getting my first tier 10 for free when they moved IS-4 one tier up :D
What the people above said, plus I guess the 155mm gun may have influenced the decision somewhat.
Also people whined a lot about T34 (it was a damn hard grind, I didn’t went through it…just got the T34), but I heard it was much more fun to play than now. Also T30 vs Maus, E-100 and IS-7 was deemed underpowered by lots and lots of players.
omg those tanks looks powerful
that M1o3 <3
Why looks the back of the M103 ingame different then the one in the pictures (I mean like the M60 ?)
Is it because it’s an later version than the one ingame?
And if so, why can’t we have these version :(
it will most likely be an alternate hull option as soon as they add alternate hulls to the game
That’s because in the game we have the original version, M103A1, which had the back like T30 (sloped inwards, no intakes). However, the original M103 powertrain was weak as hell, so in the M103A2 they put M60′s powertrain in it.
So if it’s’ever an alternative hull, I want better track traverse and faster engine repairs :P
DO WANT!!
WOW. Beautiful. =)
Life paradox.
USA military exhibits = “insane good” condition with perfect area environment.
USSR military exhibits = rusts, dusts, moss and cracked ruins with lot of grass bushes around. (looks like Chernobyl)
But both countries financial capabilities are very similar or even bigger.
WHY ???
Valentine II in Kubinka Tank Museum ruins, USSR.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Valentine_II_in_Kubinka.jpg
“But both countries financial capabilities are very similar or even bigger.”
…I lol’d.
That valentine doesn’t look like it’s in bad shape. And if you think all tanks look as good as these, check out Aberdeen proving grounds. They just paint the tank white and put it out to rust.
The more tanks a place has, the harder and expensiver it is to keep them all in shape.
“Equal”?
2012 US military budget: $682 billion.
2012 Russian military budget: $90.7 billion.
2013 US GDP: $16.8 trillion.
2013 Russian GDP: $2.1 trillion.
The americans have a lot of “fresh air” museums as well, where the stuff just rots away.
Gas resources
Russia 48,600,000,000,000 m³ (Rank No.1)
USA 9,460,000,000,000 m³ (Rank No.5)
Gold production
Russia 200,000 kilograms per year (Rank No.4)
USA 237,000 kilograms per year (Rank No.3)
Oil production
Russia 10,900,000 bbl/day (Rank No.1)
USA 8,453,000 bbl/day (Rank No.3)
Top 10 Countries with the Most Diamonds Found:
Russia are No.1, and USA not even in the top 10. LOL.
(Russia contributes about 22% of the world’s diamond supply.)
…And so far and so on… The fact is: USSR have WAY WAY WAY more resources than USA, but country face looking like monkey ars.
As any number of (other) third-world countries could tell you, merely having some fancy natural resources in your territory amounts to jackshit by itself.
Or to give an inverse example, Japan is one of the richest countries in the world and basically boasts diddly squat thereof.
That T30 is just too badass. Awesome.
Also, GJ Muricans for keeping those tanks in good condition.
It’s nice to see a good looking M103 and T30. I usually see the rusted M103 and an old black and white pic of T30 posted before. Or I just didn’t looked enough for more pics on the internet.. Nice pics and T30 looks awesome compared to in game version
Thank you for the pictures, M60A3 and Easy8 are sexy :)