Comments on: Mk.VIII Liberty Trials

By: MLIOOBE

MLIOOBE — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 23:23:38 +0000

My god that looks like it has a duck head!

http://i.imgur.com/3Pybrj6.png

By: Mk.VIII Liberty trials footage – Tank and AFV News

Mk.VIII Liberty trials footage – Tank and AFV News — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 13:36:07 +0000

[…] For the Record has noted that footage from 1918 of US Army tests of an Mk. VIII Liberty tank has been posted on youtube. The footage seems to have been sped up, making the tank seem unusually agile. Playing the video at half speed results in a more realistic look playback. […]

By: nixxxie

nixxxie — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 13:34:04 +0000

Wow, that VISE in the middle of the crew compartment…

By: Madner Kami

Madner Kami — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 12:45:44 +0000

The poor guys inside, when the vehicle topples over larger obstacles… Being dropped from 2m+ height ain’t no fun with no suspension…

By: William Griffiths

William Griffiths — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 01:34:26 +0000

I think its actually playing footage recorded at 14-20fps and originally played at 25fps on projectors at 50/60fps. So it is playing twice possibly three times as fast which means you shouldn’t really take the tanks manoeuvring or movement speed from the film.

Also explains people casually walking in front of it and the person jogging in front of it during the full speed demonstration.

By: ZombieFX

ZombieFX — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 23:17:41 +0000

The video was slightly sped up it seemed.
Just watch the ppl. and try 0.5x on youtube… (should be 0.4x for 1:1 i guess)
Hint: turn off music too, distracts.

Still, its fine for its age.

By: ZombieFX

ZombieFX — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 23:11:41 +0000

*tog tog* – who is there? – “grace” – grace who?

By: ZombieFX

ZombieFX — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 23:11:00 +0000

Go warthunder – multiturret sucks.
Not cause its bad implemented there…
no… just try to aim with them….

different ammo sizes, different angles, different penetrations, you have to use like 1-5 keys to select the right turrets if you dont want to fire all in 1 (mostly useless) burst….. and the list goes on.

Rather 1 good gun,
than 1 decent and 2-10 shitty ones on top of that.

Quality over Quantity – didnt we germans teach you anything :|

By: 23r0_NA

23r0_NA — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 20:09:50 +0000

iirc this was intended to be a premium tank on the US tech tree. I remember seeing it on an older version of the planned tech tree that was apparently removed from the WoT site a while back.

By: Septfox Malkier

Septfox Malkier — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 20:00:57 +0000

“it’s nice to see how these behemoths moved.”

Far less beached-whale like than I imagined. Seems like it traversed reasonably quick and handled terrain fairly well.
I don’t envy the people riding inside it, though. The whole “no suspension whatsoever” thing must have been a total pain in the ass (literally), especially when you had to let the front of the tank dead-drop to the ground.

I liked the part at 1:53 or so, where they catch the tracks on the backside of that ramp and nose up over it.
Hope this behavior makes it into the new tank behavior for WoT~

It was a neat video, thanks for sharing.