Author: thodt (EU)
Player Thodt was kind enough to send me better quality photos of the Lešany event. Warning, this post is very picture heavy.
LT-35
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2.9.2013
Today was a bit technical, so I hope I got everything right
- SerB is not afraid of WoWp stealing players from WoT, he thinks the migration will be normal
- SerB describing the difference between US and Soviet penetration methodology: “The difference is in the amount of shell fragments, that make it past the armor. In the common American and German system it is based on “primary penetration” (20 percent of fragments make it behind the armor), while the Soviet data are based on the “guaranteed penetration” (80 percent). We compared the data of German and American 75mm guns tested in USSR and with German 50mm, 88mm and British 57mm. There is a 1,17 times difference on average”
Hall of Shame – Garbad edition
Hello everyone,
US players probably do remember Garbad, the arty-hating, recently forum-banned cocky uni-cum (see what I did there?)
Well, looks like unicums themselves are susceptible to rage. Looks like the artillery makes him go over the edge indeed…
Ilosz WoT Magazine – 2nd Issue
Hello everyone,
for those who don’t know, Ilosz is the guy on EU forums, who makes his own (monthly I assume) WoT magazine. Its 2nd issue has some significant improvements from the 1st one, so if you want to have a look at it, you can find it online at this adress:
http://www.joomag.com/magazine/world-of-tanks-magazine-september-2013/0387111001378062631
And no, promoting it has nothing to do with the fact there’s an interview with me! Or…. does it? :D
Discussion: http://forum.worldoftanks.eu/index.php?/topic/291056-world-of-tanks-magazine-issue-2/
Terrible E-100 driver? Nope!
Perhaps we should switch the meme from “Terrible E-100 driver” to “Terrible M60 driver” :)
Replay available here (thanks No_more_siemka) :)
Lešany Tank Day – Afteraction Report
Hello everyone,
as I announced earlier, today I visited a tank festival taking place at Lešany technical museum. A word of warning first: this article is VERY picture heavy, open on mobile devices at your own risk.
1.9.2013
Check out Listy’s article on the famous Finnish BT-42 SPG, pretty interesting stuff
- as was mentioned before, currently, WoWp average battle time is roughly 4 minutes (which is about half of that of WoT). SerB states that the XP income will be set so that tier 10 can be reached roughly within the same amount of battles as in WoT
Historical Accuracy: Guns of the KV-1S
I have briefly visited this topic for 122 mm guns specifically, but since Wargaming is adding the S-34 into the mix, I’ll start from the top.
The KV-1 was king of the battlefield, enjoying comfort that the “Queen of the Desert” could only wish for. Its powerful F-32 gun, and later ZiS-5, was capable of handling any armour the enemy could throw at it. Later on, as high velocity 75 mm guns became more common and 88 mm guns became more mobile, the armour of the tank became more of a liability than an advantage. The KV-1S shaved off some of this unnecessary armour, leaving the tank largely invincible to 50 mm guns, but making it faster and more reliable. The gun remained the same. In 1942, the ZiS-5 was enough to handle nearly any threat. The ballistically identical F-34 enjoyed the same privileges. The gun was good enough, to the point that it was the “original” gun of the first IS tank (Object 233IS).
STB-1, Japanese tier 10 medium tank
Author: Soukoudragon, Daigensui
Hello everyone, today we have another article from Soukoudragon, (revised by Daigensui) this time about (sort of confirmed) Japanese tier 10 tank. Enjoy!
After the culmination of many tested core components, the STB-1 was completed in 1969. The STB-1 was the first of two development phases in the development of the Type 74. Despite its technical and rather unimposing name, the first phase was an ambitious and successful creation while the second phase was largely about taking a katana to the cost of the tank while improving endurance and reliability. The STB-1 is indeed an imposing tank and would be a very competitive tier 10 tank in World of Tanks.
Woras presents: Hitler vs IS-7
Enjoy :)
