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Upcoming tier 8 Waffenträger stats:

Hitpoints: 1150
Weight: 19,12 tons
Engine: 207hp (10,8 hp/t)
Maximum speed: 35km/h
Hull turnrate: 42 deg/s
Hull armor: 20/10/8
Stock (?) gun alpha: 750
Stock gun pen: 215
Turret turnrate: 24
Viewrange: 400
Radiorange: 700

Source: http://world-of-ru.livejournal.com/2591472.html

Hello everyone,

these are the stats the WT E-100 (new tier 10 TD) will be entering the test apparently:

Hitpoints: 2200
Weight: 101,6t
Engine power: 1200hp
Maximum speed: 40km/h
Hull turnrate: 30deg/s
Hull armor: 200/120/150
Turret armor: 20/10/8
Base shell damage: 560
Base shell penetration: 276
Rate of fire: 5,14
Turret turnrate: 24deg/s
Viewrange: 420
Radiorange: 720

Additional info:

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Hello everyone,

when I write the name “Churchill AVRE“, a lot of you fine folks will probably know what I am talking about: the well-known, engineering vehicle based on Churchill, armed with a 290mm Spigot mortar. While the platform itself isn’t that interesting, the mortar is regarded by many (incorrectly) as the ultimate derp (mostly because of its caliber). I mean, 290mm, that has to be the biggest bang on any non-arty vehicle around, no? I can already see some players drooling at the prospect of oneshotting pretty much everything with a MASSIVE HE shell.

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Again just a bunch of invite codes

Players who donated: Aslaksmed, PeteTheGrinder, miter010, “Michal” (sorry mate, next time leave a nickname), ZbieramNaMaybacha, KyuzoS7

Codes:

5ENPY3VV9ZCR
PKR29S-89Z2B8
PKR29T-43R8K5
PKR29C-57Z2A9
PKR29H-24D4E6

This one is for USA only I think:

YRS57X994FF3U5

Hello everyone,

some of you, who read the historical articles and have seen the Czechoslovak tank tree proposal, specifically artillery section, might remember that it was based on year or two old Tuccy’s proposal. The artillery branch basically went like this, but in light of the sources I had at the time, I decided to scrap Tuccy’s idea of the branch. However, that all was before the tier 10 arty was actually introduced (yes, long time ago). With the tier 10 arty requirement, there was suddenly a need for more proper tier 2 artillery vehicle for the Czechoslovak branch.

Originally, I did put the SD-76M (Czechoslovak SU-76) on that spot, but it seemed lame to me and I was wondering whether Tuccy was right after all. Well, I finally managed to get my hands on the book where Tuccy found the MU-4/I and I indeed think it would be a better tier 2 than my original proposal.

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Hello everyone,

well, the Golden Donkey competition is over and I’d like to thank everyone for participating. Recieved over 150 contest entries and I had a great laugh sorting them out :)

The quality of various entries was various, some involved anatomic donkey details, others involved SerB AND anatomic donkey details (ugghhh). Oh and there have been three “y u play when u insult wg fuuu” e-mails, I had a good laugh about them too, thanks :)

It was actually really hard to pick one winner, but in the end, I picked Sethes:

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Hello everyone,

again, a bunch of invite codes (1000g+3days premium), donated by: Dekanmi, reynevan_PL, H5an3wdz, wojtecek, Dovakin91, Nerolit, Krzysztof, kammilek, kewis7 and one guy who didn’t want to be named :) Thanks all of you.

PKR29R-74V3D8
PKR29X-88E4A9
C5B6GC-ZASY7X
PKR29Z-96N7S7
PKR29S-54T7Z7
PKR29K-95D5P9
C5N6AX-CKMS3N
PKR29X-88P4C6
PKR29D-58Z9S7
PKR29B-46Y8U8
PKR29Z-62S3G3
PKR29C-29N6V7
C5A3ZP-GHPF5P
PKR29P-98V6H4

You know how this works, send questions to tankarchives@gmail.com, and I will answer them! The previous edition is available here.

Q: Was the S-54 ever used on the T-34? Could it be mounted in the T-34 model 1942 turret?

A: Yes and yes. The model 1931 76.2 mm AA gun (ZK) from which the S-54 borrows its ballistics was recommended for installation in a tank since 1940, but the performance of the F-34 put those plans on the backburner. When the threat of the Tigers, Panthers, and Ferdinands loomed in 1943, many pre-war improved ballistics projects resurfaced, including the AA gun. As the T-34-85 was already in development, the S-54 was seen as a temporary measure. After trials, it was recommended as an upgrade to all T-34s currently in the field, but shortages of ammunition cut those plans short. In any case, the trials ended on October 19th, and the T-34-85 would be available only a few months later.

The gun was installed in the mass produced T-34 model 1942 turret, with some changes. Due to the longer shell, the position of the loader had to be altered. The tank could also carry less ammunition: 52 shells in the hull, 7 in the turret bay, and 9 on the sides of the turret (5 on one side and 4 on the other).

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Hello everyone,

since Friday or so, several (well, many) users from Asian and South American countries reported not being able to access FTR at all, or being able to access it only sporadically. This concerns specifically Philippines, India, Brazil, Indonesia and a few others, from I can tell. I passed the info to Edrard, he told me he didn’t change anything with the server, it’s most likely some routing issue. It’s not terribly widespread though – I have checked and the numbers of FTR visitors have not dropped at all during the weekend.

Therefore, if you have this problem, what I am going to ask you to do is to send a traceroute log (for wot-news.com) to my e-mail (fortherecordwot@gmail.com). You will be able to find how to do it here.

We will try to analyze and fix it somehow, but ultimately, there is not much we can do. If you have this problem, you can fix it temporarily yourself by using European/US/Russian proxy servers.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

-SS

PS: before you get smartass on me (“lol why you post this when people who need to know this can’t read it anyway”), I posted a copy on FTR FB page too. I can’t do anything else I am afraid for now. We’ll see tomorrow.