Hello everyone,

everyone remembers seeing the end of WW2 in various documents and newsreels, but what about the regular people? What about the regions outside of Berlin where the final hours of Third Reich were drowned in Soviet and German blood? How did the end of the war look in rural regions?

To find out, we are going to have a look at the except from a chronicle of the village of Jimramovské Pavlovice, as recorded by the village’s chronicler, Jan Krištof. You see, it was a tradition. Every town and village had a chronicler, who would write the events in the village into these really big, thick chronicles. I know this, because my grandfather was one. Sadly, this tradition died with him nearly two decades ago I think – it was never passed on to my knowledge.

Following is the tranlation of the account how the chronicler wrote it down. Above, you can see the map with the location where the events took place.

Saturday, 5.5.1945

An armed uprising against German invaders has begun in Jimramov. It started in the gendermerie station: two of our policemen disarmed the two German police officers and they are holding them in custody. Immediately after that, a Hungarian unit of cca 200 men was disarmed as well and the weapons and ammunition were distributed amongst the residents of Jimramov. The uprising is organized, its leader is J.Mrštík, a teacher. Letters were sent to all neighboring villages, asking them to send liaisons to Jimramov. In the evening, a letter arrived from Jimramov: to block the roads with fallen trees. We took axes and saws and went to cut trees down to all the sides of the village. No man has slept tonight. It’s raining.

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Thanks to the bunch of people who sent me the link :)

So, ASIA server had this competition, where you had to draw an… armoured persona. Basically an armoured vehicle depicted as a person. This is apparently a thing over there. Anyway, the poll was public and the winner was… unexpected.

Yes, that’s a stick figurine winning an art competition. Now I’ve seen it all. Public votes are a wonderful thing.

Great trolling, guys :)

Hello everyone,

not having a powerful enough mobile device? Ever wondered how to run WoT Blitz on PC? Here’s a guide how to make it run by Jeno. Please note that playing online on a PC is actually illegal on EU and RU servers. So this is just for testing purposes you know ;)

Earlier, it was written that WoT Blitz doesn’t run on Bluestacks. Well, it does now and here’s how to do it in several easy steps. The following description was made by Jeno. Enjoy!

1. Go to this download. This is Bluestacks App Player pre-rooted. Basically, if you don’t know Android, this is the hacked version of the Android 4.4 OS running through bluesetacks. We need to have it rooted so we can use the tool in a next step.

2. Just install bluestacks from the download and open it up. You will get some initial android config, just get through it.

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Thanks to Andrew P. for this one.

Apparently, Australia has some interesting toys as well, like this remote-controlled tank. First, the logo on the box…

Hmmm, I have seen that before… and then there’s the box art:

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Hello everyone,

this video was shared by The_Challenger on his Facebook. In it, The_Challenger has a look at the Hetzer. It was since uploaded to the page.

I have following things to add to the video:

- well, first, that’s not even a Jagdpanzer 38t in Munster, it’s the post-war G-13 (different gun, engine, other smaller things)
- at cca 1:04, the TD is incorrectly market, it’s a Marder II, not III
- “Hetzer” was not an official name or even soldier used name, but a post-war mix-up according to H.Doyle, not sure why this stuff gets repeated. The “chaser” translation – first time I heard that (usually it’s translated as “agitator”), but I asked a native German speaker and it’s apparently somewhat correct (in the “courser hound” sense)
- Panzer 38t was – as far as I know – never designated as a medium tank, it was always a light tank or simply “tank” (Panzerkampfwagen). In Czech service, 38t was known as “Light Tank Model 1938″.
- 7,5 PaK 39 was solid, but the gun you are looking at is StuK 40 converted to look like PaK 39 by removing the muzzle brake. So inside, you are actually looking at the post-war modification.
- this includes the aiming device and the instrument panel camera shots, those were refitted Swiss devices, not the original German ones (so again, sort of pointless to make a picture of)

Overall, it was good – I guess. Why on earth would they make a duplicate video of (much superior) Chieftain’s Hatch video on Jagdpanzer 38t (can be seen here – part 1 and part 2), I have no idea (unlike Challenger, Chieftain actually had a real restored Jagdpanzer 38t to describe along with the original engine. Very, very rare.)

Hello everyone,

having trouble being hit by artillery? Maybe this guide will help you. Sure, for some people the advice given in this video by _PizzaGuy_ (linking stats to show he actually knows what he is talking about) is obvious, but it might help some of the people.

Thanks to Lert for this one.

A little taste of things to come, no? :)

Thanks to Matthew H. for this one.

Relive. History. Battles. Conqueror. Right. Good job, advertisers.

For extra lulz, check the Conqueror turret in the picture:

Got it? Now, look at the real Conqueror turret:

Quite different, hmm? That’s because WG artist fucked the Conqueror turret up – they basically “merged” a Conqueror turret and a Centurion turret for some strange reason, creating a Frankenconqueror. How on earth did that happen? Hell if I know. The screwed up Conqueror picture is quite old (from the time the British got introduced), not sure why it gets recycled. But I like that double mantlet part.

Hello everyone and welcome to 2015!

Let’s start with something very positive, shall we?

Wargaming decided to do some good work with charity in grand style. They donated two codes (with some t-shirts and stuff nobody cares about) – one for Type 59 and one for the legendary Panzer II Ausf.J to be auctioned to the highest bidder for the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity organization.

This charity organization is a respectable Polish charity, dedicated to helping children in need in Poland by buying medical equipment for surgeries and such.

Yes, this event is primarily for Polish players and as such, it was published on Polish portal. The auction of two bundles itself (one for the Type, one for the Panzer) takes place on the Allegro portal (basically a Polish version of E-Bay) and is active until 14.1.2015 and the entire proceedings will be donated to charity. Now THAT is something I can get behind, no “20 percent from bundle” bullshit.

In order to participate, you don’t have to be Polish (confirmed by WG staff, anyone can participate), but you have to register on Allegro.

The link to the Type 59 auction is here (current bid is cca 381 Euro), for Panzer IIJ is here (current bid is 234 Euro). So, good luck!

Actually took me a while to decide whether to post it or not, since with the western buying power, Polish players might actually not get this prize as the western players simply have more money, but it’s for charity, it’s a good thing… so why not.

PS: it’s first day of the year and we have a saying “the way the first day goes the rest of the year will go as well”, so please, I don’t want to see any hate posts or anything. It’s charity. Just… enjoy your first day and drink a lot of liquids if you have a hangover :)

Hello everyone,

Wargaming staff wants to wish you everything best in New Year – English subtitles available.

Wishes from VP A.Yarancev (vice prezident), Michael “Storm” Zhivec, Anton “Evilly” Pankov, Alla Vasileva (general manager), Sergei “SerB” Burkatovsky and “Big Boss” Viktor Kislyi.