Source: http://world-of-ru.livejournal.com/3609418.html
Upcoming tier 7 British TD from 9.5, the mashup of Challenger and Avenger vehicles. The model is screwed up for unknown reasons (parts are missing as you can see) – either by the viewer or on WG side.
Statistics for 100 percent crew:
Tier 7 TD
Price: 1,4 mil credits
Hitpoints: 900
Engine: 650 hp
Weight: 31,498 tons
Power-to-weight: 20,64 hp/t
Maximum speed: 52/20 km/h
Hull traverse: 32 deg/s
Terrain resistance: 0,863/0,959/1,726
Turret traverse: 16,7 deg/s
Viewrange: 380
Radiorange: 730
Hull armor: 88,9/50,8/38,1
Turret armor: 58/40/200 (yea, 200mm rear turret armor, prolly a bug)
Elite gun: 17pdr
Damage: 150
Penetration: 171
ROF: 14,221
DPM: 2133
Reload: 4,219
Ammo carried: 55 rounds
Accuracy: 0,316
Aimtime: 2,01s
Depression: -10
171 pen? It will be great in T7-8, but a struggle in T9.
Is the tier 7 TD…. tier 8 is Charioteer.
Is not a bad but BUT lest see how it move… in the end is going to be another T-25/2 BUT with better mobility, maybe it can works as flank ambusher… but in tier 9 battles in corridors… no coments.
“Is the tier 7 TD…. tier 8 is Charioteer.” – So?:)
My opinion is about the same.
Anybody know where the line starts?
Valentine
No, it’s a new line, starting after the Medium Mark 1. M2 Honey, M3 Grant, Sherman III, Sherman Firefly, Challenger, Charioteer, then the tier 9 and 10 FVs.
There’s two lines actually. They both converge on the Challenger.
Medium Mk 1 > M2 Honey > M3 Grant > Sherman III > Sherman Firefly > Challenger.
Valentine > Archer > Achilles > Challenger.
Hooray! I was looking forward to having to use the valentine again… not >_<
Come now… Love Conquers All, and what vehicle best represents that than the Valentine?
It’s an AT, a Medium that can play like a light Heavy, a SPG, and now another stronger AT. Alpha to Omega (There and back again?). I’ve been soo looking forward to the Archer and Firefly for ages. Glad to see that they might get in this year!
That doesn’t really work, because your upper line makes the Challenger a Tier 6. I thought there was a Stuart involved in the Light Tank branch:
[Light-II] M2A4 Honey >>> [Light-III] M3A? Stuart >>>
[Medium-IV] M3 Grant >>> [Medium-V] Sherman 3 >>>
[TD-VI] Sherman Firefly >>> [TD-VII] Challenger >>> [TD-VIII] Charioteer >>> [TD-IX] FV4004 Conway >>> [TD-X] FV4005 Stage 2. And from the Valentine into the TD-line as you wrote.
SS could you confirm ?
I don’t like the consequence of another M3 Lee-like grind and four Tier 6 Tank destroyers. Those tech-trees become more and more bloated, messy and spaghetti-like. I hope WG cancels at least the Churchill GC – could be compensated with an Achilles or Firefly …
The Firefly is not a tank destroyer, it’s a medium tank. So it’s only three tier 6 TDs. The GCG, AT-8 and the Achillies. :)
Yes, I forgot the M3 Stuart/Honey. Pretty much copy-pasted the top line from the previous poster, which also forgot it.
This is meh at best. Esp in brawling meta.
Without higher DMG guns these paper tanks are dead.
Think about it guys Cromwell does more DPM and can pen it EVERYTIME.
(yea, 200mm rear turret armor, prolly a bug)
Counterweight?
BTW, test-server on Thursday 27th?
why? supertest started?
200mm on rear turret may be not a bug, but a counterbalance for barrel weight, like in T34.
That would be hilarious.
When gun is destroyed and you are hulldown in tier 7, turn turret almost 180 degrees and create WTF? from everyone shooting at you. 200 mm can only be penetrated with normal ammo with the gun on a couple of german tanks on tier 7. just slightly angling the front will introduce major laughs.
Troll the autoloaders.
Ah, A nice turret of a turreted TD not aiming my way! Easy kill!
Bounce, Bounce, Bounce!, Boouncee!, BOOOOOUNCEEEEEE!
”wtf? hacks!”
Looks decent enough think I will go down the new British line for sure.
Why?
Its been way too long since new british tanks have been put in the game also some cool tanks I like the look of.
Personally, I’m going to go up it. Going down is strictly for pay to win noobs.
Ha ha LOL you know what I mean
What does that make of me, who goes sideways? ;)
Confused and mildly frustrated, I’d suppose.
Tears of joy!
This is the Avenger, Challenger has a Turret that looks more like a Tog 2 Turret as we already have in game.
The OP does say its an Avenger/Challenger mix
to be fair they are both A-30
But A30 has closed turret… like charioter.
Ummm maybe they are going to do like with T67??? stock closed turret and top open turret and you cant use vents in the tank???
T67 can’t use Vents because originally, the stock turret was open. M5 Stuart used to have an open turret as elite, but it could mount Vents because stock turret was closed.
While both Challenger and Avenger had same A30 designation, chassis was quite different. A30 Challenger was cruiser tank based on lengthened Cromwell.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Challenger_axb01.jpg
A30 Avenger was SPG on with what looks like Comet chassis. Although it might be just slightly more tweaked Cromwell chassis.
http://ww2photo.se/tanks/gb/crus/chall/05629.jpg
Since there is no “researcheable hulls” feature in foreseeable future (like another 50-60 years away) it was impossible to implement this difference without introducing two vehicles into tech tree. Different turrets however do work with current game mechanics.
I’m pretty sure they both use modified Cromwell hulls. The Comet came after both of them, and is designated A34.
That is because when they decided to put a turret on the TOG 2 they just took it of the Challenger.
Turret traverse could use a slight buff. Other than that, not too bad.
(yea, 200mm rear turret armor, prolly a bug)
If I look at the pics, maybe it is not a bug. Seems this tank has a extra rear plate like T34. Just shown this one in specs.
Also like the Hellcat with its 127mm rear turret plate.
TIL, thanks, i always wonderd why the Turrets on some American Tanks/Tds have this much armor at the back.
why would you need a counterweight when the 17 pdr(also remember the shell is only 76.2 mm) which does fine on lets say the comet or m4s? i mean, the cromwell itself has a 75!
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17pounder…. lol nope
That rear turret armor may not be a bug. Just look at Hellcat turret you might be suprised.
Only one gun? That’s all? Ehhh…
Oh so it’s not AW :)
The problem for me is more in the low punch gun… and you dont have the armor and HP pool of Panther.
Maybe they can add as top a 20p with similar DPM and “worst” ammo with 200mm pen or 190mm
So far the new TDs just seem to be the heavy tank guns with a faster rate of fire on glass platforms that move way faster. Well, the 4005 aside. Seems almost like a full line of hellcats.
looks good like this and not like another mega-power-creep-tenk…
I seriously think this thing should get the 20pdr type A (like the AT-7) with a de-buffed rate of fire to compensate for the turret & speed. 17pdr on a non-premium tier 7 glasscannon TD seems a little underwhelming (although you could probably play it like a light medium)
The only other turreted T7 TD is T-25/2, and that is a lot worse than this. Although the pen and alpha suffers, and the aim time isn’t too great, it does have great acc, dpm and much better mobility. That being said, I would always choose IS over this thing.
…its too soon to judge it, WG could buff/nerf it 10x till official release and ofc camo value should be important too. So far its not very good nor very bad, i would say “doable”.
150dmg. LOL!!
I see a lot of people comparing it to the T25/2. I think it should be compared more to the Comet.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaah
Damage: 150
Penetration: 171
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
GG
friggen light tank tier 7 is better.
Its the same gun the Black Prince at the same tier uses, but since its a TD it’ll likely be a buffed version. Its also better than the Comet’s gun.
Think of it as a medium, not as a TD.
200 mm rear turret armor, you say?
Based on the comments it’s safe to assume I won’t be the only one driving into battle with the turret facing backwards at this rate.
View range: 380. Hmm.
Race to a hill near where you know the enemy is likely to either be camping or passing by.
Just baaarely peek the top of the back of the turret over the hill.
????
Hilarity ensues.
Who needs light tanks, anyway~
I’m a bit new here so can someone tell me what tier the new british TD line starts at?
Tier II (Honey). It’s its own line, but with a crossover from the tier IV Valentine into the Archer then Achilles, and back into the new line at tier VI (Firefly).
Archer line starts at valentine
Isn’t the Challenger a medium tank…
no its a TD
It’s a cruiser tank, actually. In theory it could have been a TD or a medium in the game. In strict truth a sole Challenger should have been a medium given the Firefly is too, but the Avenger’s open top TD style thats combined in with it sort of swings it in the TD direction more.
Challenger was a cruiser tank, Avenger (which is a challenger with lightened open turret) was a td. So it makes perfect sense that it is the point a medium tank line turned in to a td line. Wargaming just had to pick since it couldn’t be both and as one imagines the elite config will be avenger td makes sense.
A mashup of Challenger and Avenger vehicles. The model is screwed up for unknown reasons (parts are missing as you can see)
really after the M53/M55 and other vehicle screw up’s of 9.4 and you’re going to say the model is screwed up for unknown reasons.. Really?? Really? do we really need to go there???
Wargaming and their nonexistent Quality division.
why are they calling it a challenger? it is an avenger
Challenger is better known. Not much of a reason but the sort wargaming goes by.
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