Comments on: T-34-85M – Upcoming Soviet Premium Tank

By: 23r0_NA

23r0_NA — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 00:17:10 +0000

Still looks like it could be fun to me. The increased armor means that it might actually be able to bounce some shots from the front, which could save your life when it really matters, if my experience with the VK 30.01D is any indicator.

By: 23r0_NA

23r0_NA — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 00:14:17 +0000

What he was saying was that the engineers that came up with this modification of the T-34-85 understood that in the vast majority of cases, enemy fire tends to come from the front rather than the rear, so they decided to shave off some of the rear armor to allow them to increase the thickness of the frontal armor without increasing the tank’s weight, thus improving survivability in direct combat situations.

By: 23r0_NA

23r0_NA — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 00:10:50 +0000

Even though they could technically model some of the effects in-game already (long aiming time, increased reticule bloom after firing etc.)

By: Trent

Trent — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 00:00:15 +0000

@Silentstalker

Each language has its own rules when it comes to writing down names originally written with Cyrillic letters.

“Kolomiyets” would be the correct form for English.

“Kolomiec” – Slavic languages that use Latin script (at least some of them).

By: M4A3E8sherman

M4A3E8sherman — Sat, 02 Aug 2014 23:29:40 +0000

Shell normalization and “gravity effect” also apply to the shells and armor plates in the chart, and they certainly don’t indicate that the L/70 would be able to penetrate more than 132mm after 500m.

By: LaterTimeLord

LaterTimeLord — Sat, 02 Aug 2014 21:02:10 +0000

Fine. But it still despises me to see “Kolomiec” instead of “Kolomiyets”, but that’s just me, I think.

By: The-Prince-of-Terror

The-Prince-of-Terror — Sat, 02 Aug 2014 19:49:08 +0000

you forget shell normalization and gravity effect in long distance

By: Silentstalker

Silentstalker — Sat, 02 Aug 2014 19:32:13 +0000

I’ve read the book in Russian. I transcribed the name that way, because that’s what corresponds to Russian letters, not the way you write it, which is basically pronounciation.

By: 1sluggo1

1sluggo1 — Sat, 02 Aug 2014 18:37:19 +0000

Or maybe those charts are not as accurate as you think. There is a discussion about it in the link.

By: Crate

Crate — Sat, 02 Aug 2014 17:55:26 +0000

None of which are really modelled in WoT so aren’t a problem.