Comments on: Swedish Tanks – Part XVI: The S-Tank (1956-1961)

By: randomcommenterwithlowIQ

randomcommenterwithlowIQ — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 02:55:11 +0000

According to the mechanics against 40mm armor a 120mm shell should produce a normalization of 8.9 degrees, reducing the 12.5 degree armor base to 21.4, but if the player fully utilizes their gun depression (Which seems to be -11 degrees) then they would be able to angle it appropriately to bounce some rather low penetration shells. Of course, for anything under 120mm caliber, it would be nightmarish to get through an incredibly quick turning vehicle with auto bounce frontal armor like that.

By: Platypusbill_WoT

Platypusbill_WoT — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 18:36:04 +0000

Triple overmatch is literally guaranteed penetration unless the gun has extremely craptastic penetration for its calibre (like the KV-2 derp). But other than that it would be impenetrable to AP/APCR because of ricochet angles, which is kinda gamebreaking. I’s pretty hard to balance around WoT’s gameplay mechanics.

By: Elgbert

Elgbert — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 17:20:14 +0000

Ah, thanks for the reply and confirming my “suspicions” ;)

Looking forward to it, really interesting series this :)
And I appreciate the priority of continuity over chronological, could have gotten somewhat confusing otherwise.

I was more or less totally ignorant to how much research and development the Swedes put into tanks!

By: sp15

sp15 — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 16:16:56 +0000

ill get to it soon enough.
i originally planned to take everything in chronological order but i found that it would be better if i focused on induvidual lines since there would be a better continuity. Its likely that the Ikv is going to be covered relatively soon after the final S tank part.

By: jeefvede

jeefvede — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 14:55:32 +0000

to pull that move in that movie at around 5.00… running away and then turn in a second orso.. would love to do that in game.

By: randomcommenterwithlowIQ

randomcommenterwithlowIQ — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 14:44:49 +0000

I wonder if we’ll see that Sherman test vehicle as a premium someday.

By: randomcommenterwithlowIQ

randomcommenterwithlowIQ — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 14:40:34 +0000

12.5 degrees from horizontal.

I assume.

But only 40mm armor.

By: Elgbert

Elgbert — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 14:05:58 +0000

Although I’ve been following this series on Swedish tank development with much interest, I can’t remember to have seen the “Ikv 103″ (seen pictured in this article) mentioned before? Or did I fail at paying attention and miss it? :P
From googling I found out that it was produced from 1956-57, so perhaps this series hasn’t got that far yet?

By: GL

GL — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 12:45:04 +0000

Here is a new video about the tank from a swedish TV-program.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0TZGt3UH3A

By: GL

GL — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 12:35:52 +0000

Don’t forget that this bars was a big part of the front armour.
http://www.ointres.se/strv103-galler1-web.jpg

Over 20 years had this tank the best frontal armour in the world.