Comments on: British Light Tank Line?

By: Foxton

Foxton — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 11:08:51 +0000

The FV101 was entered service two years before the Type 64. Why is it too new?

By: Mr. Perfect

Mr. Perfect — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 00:58:30 +0000

Ah, okay. That’s a little different then.

By: randomcommenterwithlowIQ

randomcommenterwithlowIQ — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 23:07:14 +0000

The British have 46 tanks to the French 39 though, so its natural they would see faster player growth.

By: Listy

Listy — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 22:20:21 +0000

The UK National Archives have the following rules.

1. Documents or plans may be used for academic discussion freely. So sharing the documents within the small group of us doing that classifies as that.

2. Written words, such as a photograph taken by the researcher, of a memorandum or report, can (I think, but being careful on the next point its safer not to use them) be used without limitation.

3. Original Photographs and plans can only be used once they’ve been paid for. At current I seem to recall this is £50 per 20 images.

By: Mr. Perfect

Mr. Perfect — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 21:44:39 +0000

“based on info, that was directly uncovered by the gentlemen listed above from archives and none of it is available for public yet (not my call).”

No disrespect to the people who spent their time digging through the archives, but aren’t these archives public domain? Surely if they where classified documents, no one would be poking around in them. Being the first person to read a publicly released government document doesn’t give you a copyright on it.

Maybe I’m reading it wrong, but it sounds like people have read publicly available government archives, but aren’t sharing with the rest of the public.

By: Westonbirt_EU

Westonbirt_EU — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 17:57:27 +0000

But Somua S35 and AMX 30 still aren’t in. That should be a crime.

By: Jaguaratron

Jaguaratron — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 17:35:28 +0000

It would be absolute junk as a t10 if it was the Mk1, the Mk3 is a decade later would be too new to get into the game. Just because you have the drawings for some export tank never used by the British in any capacity doesnt mean it should be the tier 10.

By: KLN RKJ

KLN RKJ — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 17:16:29 +0000

Why is there this insistence to make the Vickers MBT a Tier 10 tank? It seems like it would be far more comfortable at Tier 9.

By: Imrix

Imrix — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 17:09:31 +0000

This is also a good point. Going from the Centurion 7/1 to the FV4202 is something of a playstyle shift from what I’ve heard; the FV4202′s weakest frontal armour is probably the turret, while the turret is about the only decent armour the Centurion has. The Action X Centurion, on the other hand, looks like it will be an enhancement and expansion of the Centurion’s playstyle, and I for one am looking forward to a serious hulldowner in my British lineup.

By: nitrokitty

nitrokitty — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 17:06:46 +0000

Couldn’t agree more. I think you’re wrong on this one, SS. The Action X will continue the same play style we know and love from the previous two Centurions, while the Vickers would be an inferior Leopard 1. As far as your complaint of “unhistorical gun” goes, the 20 pdr and 105 mm L7 shared the same mounts, so both were completely interchangeable. Compared to other tanks in game with unhistorical armament, let alone pure fantasy projects like the Waffle, that’s about as minor a complaint as you can get. I think the Vickers is better served as the capstone of either a light line like suggested here, or a Lend-Lease tree as the Vijayanta.