Comments on: Making the IS-3 More Historical

By: HappyBallz

HappyBallz — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 17:28:27 +0000

They don’t typically bounce … they just get eaten up by invisible HEAT-eating monster. I don’t remember if any tier 7-8 A-19 derivative 122mm Soviet guns used HEAT. Chinese for whatever reason are the only ones using HEAT in 122 and they all behave the same(Junky) (IS-2, 112, 110 etc.).
Like I said… they should really re-think how it works in the game, not very predictable when you need that extra penetration in a hairy situation. That is mostly the reason why higher-tier guns that use HEAT have ridiculous penetrations values… they just suck and don’t compare 1 to 1 in game to AP/ACPR.

If tank is a brawler, (which IS-3 can definitely qualify as), I would take ACPR every time.

By: ReactiveMist

ReactiveMist — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 14:40:49 +0000

Cause they made them so cheap

By: nixxxie

nixxxie — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 06:24:51 +0000

This proposition, while interesting, has no point. Too much messing for no gain: too much possible places for a screwup and guaranted whine from above average number of players (compared to other changes).

I’d generally liked to have more ammo types. I agree that 3 ammo slots is enough in battle but it doesn’t mean you can’t sell more ammo types for these slots in garage. And without screwing balance you could just make these types attached to certain tanks (not only a gun) because of some “historical period” justification. Only, it’s too much WT probably – still, i proposed it even before WTGF was announced…

By: Hustodemon Zewel von Lelek

Hustodemon Zewel von Lelek — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 21:37:25 +0000

I know, and I wasn’t doubting the historicity of M62-T2 gun on IS-8/T-10 and T-10M, I was just proposing to change the BL-9 (which is unhistorical on IS-8/T-10) into that “D-25TA”, ;)

By: Mr. Perfect

Mr. Perfect — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 20:54:42 +0000

Why doesn’t the Chinease HEAT work? What did Mao get wrong? I’ll just leave this here…

http://imgfave.com/view/4156925

By: Medjed

Medjed — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 19:21:32 +0000

M62 is historical IS-8′s gun. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/T-10_tank.jpg S-70 from the IS-7 would be unhistorical, so your post makes no sense whatsoever.

By: mobius

mobius — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 17:53:02 +0000

Interesting penetration table. Seems optimistic. I wonder what penetration criteria it uses.

By: Shapeshifter

Shapeshifter — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 17:13:28 +0000

They can always remove the 30mm spaced side armor in the future if they want to.
http://i.imgur.com/i0EMjst.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/KXzAJNf.jpg

By: DEANOGTO

DEANOGTO — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 17:02:45 +0000

just thought of something could the is-8 get teh engine buff tat was mentioned ages ago in an ftr post and to give it the is-7 130mm cannon? that would be sweet! (obviously with a worse ROF)
as far as i remember the m62 cannon used on the is-8 is an unhistorical gun so what if they gave it a real life gun? (it may not fit for some reason but i can dream)

By: LaterTimeLord

LaterTimeLord — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 16:56:47 +0000

My proposal was to delete IS-7 (wasn’t a really competitive tank anyway) and put Ob’yekt 277 instead of its’ place. That way, T-10 (aka IS-8 in game) players would find a logical successor of their tanks.