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Rita’s New Address
Rita asked me to share her new blog’s address with you. So… here goes:
http://ritastatusreport.live/
Almost a Year…
So, it’s been almost a year since I stopped writing For the Record. Some things have changed – some, not at all. But before we get into that – let me ask you first:
Do you feel satisfied with how Rita took over? And if not – would you like FTR to return?
A Different Take On Hall of Shame
9.7 Vehicle Preview by EiKarrRamba
Hello everyone,
here’s a couple of videos of 9.7 vehicles by EiKarrRamba, German community contributor. There’s no really new info in it and the A45 (“strange Centurion”) model is old, but still, it’s nice to see the vehicles actually moving around.
T-34/85 “Rudy”
Sorry Polish players, it’s actually a Soviet tree vehicle. Likely with unique crew. It’s not a pure clone – the turret is slightly different, it’s the same post-war production T-34 as was used in the TV series (Polish production).
9.7 Content – Vehicles
Hello everyone,
here’s a preview of more of the 9.7 content.
New French tree (as stated before, AMX-30 will be unlockable from AMX-13/90):
HD Models from 9.7
Meanwhile in Czech Republic: Dietolog is famous!
Source: http://bonusweb.idnes.cz/wargaming-world-of-warplanes-kauza-zamestnanec-warthunder-pot-/
Hello everyone,
this is interesting, it looks like the affair with Wargaming paying its employees to sabotage Gaijin forums (aka Dietolog affair) made it to Czech mainstream media. Bonusweb is a part of the Idnes portal, which is one of the most visited Czech news servers.
And no, before you ask, wasn’t me who told them. I am currently ultrabusy with my own matters.
Funnily enough though, they do mention FTR in connection with it, so I guess it was one of my Czech readers, who made the call. They got one thing wrong though – Ellendway (former Czech community manager) no longer works at Wargaming. The article ends with a statement that they actually asked Wargaming for their opinion, which will be added later on.
Somua S35 Development In Occupied France
Source: http://yuripasholok.livejournal.com/4311504.html
Hello everyone,
today, we’re going to have a look at the development that the Somua S35 tank underwent during the wartime years, in secret of course. Yuri Pasholok wrote an interesting article about it, let’s have a look at it.
The partial occupation of France did not spell doom for the entire French tank development, it didn’t freeze solid. According to the agreement with the Germans, Vichy France did not have the right to develop and produce new armored vehicles on its territory. Nevertheless, companies in southern France continued in secret their work on promising projects, the priority being put on improving and modernizing the existing vehicles. It was for example in those years that the company CDM developed and produced in small numbers a turret for Panhard 178 armored cars, equipped with the 47mm SA35 gun. Another example would be the company Lorraine, producing under the guise of tracked tractors a 4 wheel version of the Lorraine 37L APC, known as Lorraine 37/44.
In other words, the French armor development survived even during those complicated years, although just barely. It was this wartime development that became later on the basis of the revival of the French tank industry, that begun right after the key French territories were liberated from German occupation.
One of the “secret development” centers was a part of Toulon, where the company Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée (FCM) was located. At the point of the French surrender, the main task of the company was the production of Char B1 bis, although there were plans to produce the superheavy FCM F1 and the company was also one of the producers of the turrets, that were used on other tanks. It was here that a new concept to develop the French Somua S35 cavalry tank was developed. In the end, it could have looked like this:
