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another batch of pictures by Rastaknight

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US 155mm M1 howitzer

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I am sure all of you are aware of what’s going on in Ukraine. Well, at least in general terms, as the actual situation seems to be very… fluid. In any case, you are probably also aware that as a retribution for Russian aggression, the European Union and the USA imposed various trade restrictions on Russia, which were recently confirmed to be in further effect.

As a part of the entire restriction, according to this Ukrainian article (and other sources), the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (the government) approved series of anti-Russian restrictions, which came into effect on 12.9.2014.

These restrictions include several points, but one point in particular (which was highlighted by Yuri Pasholok on his blog) is very relevant to Wargaming operations:

заборони передачі технологій, прав на об’єкти права інтелектуальної власності резидентам Російської Федерації та особам, які прямо чи опосередковано контролюються резидентами Російської Федерації або діють в їх інтересах.

“The prohibition on the transfer of technologies and rights to intellectual property to residents of Russian Federation and to persons, directly or indirectly controlled by Russian Federation residents or acting on their behalf.”

As you also probably know, the World of Warplanes studio is located in Kiev. So I have to wonder – will this influence the World of Warplanes development? Yuri Pasholok mentions “thousands of outsourcers, 3D-modellers and artists, who are not responsible for who took control of Ukraine”. On the other hand, he probably means other Ukrainian outsourcers, working for Russian companies directly. I asked the resident of Kiev, Edrard and his opinion is that this change should not affect the business with Wargaming, as it technically is a British company and Big Boss Victor Kislyi (company CEO) is Belarussian.

So, let’s hope the politics don’t mess up “the favourite game of us all” :)

Hmmm… I wonder if WoWp wins the Golden Donkey Joystick this year. If it does, well… I don’t have to finish that sentence, do I?

Source: VK Wotleaks community

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in future patches (possibly 9.4), the Swamp map will be reworked as such:

Unfortunately we have no proper screenies at this time. The blue spots represent “new hills added” zones (so there will be more cover). The yellow lines in the north represent “more cover added” (likely buildings, stones or a ditch).

Source: VK Wotleaks community

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as you probably know from the patchnotes, patch 9.3 is introducing new explosions to various objects, including gas tanks, wagons and some cars (not all, strangely enough). Here’s how it now looks:

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Source: http://scalemodels.ru/news/7976-soglashenie-WargamingTamiya.html

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it seems Italeri is not the only kit company Wargaming is teaming up with. Recently, it was reported that Korean branch of Tamiya signed a contract with Wargaming as well.

As a part of this agreement, marketing data will be shared and the game will be promoted by Tamiya. Plastic Tamiya kits will also have various coupons and “World of Tanks” stickers, the game will also be promoted using posters and videos on the Tamiya website. Tamiya will also become one of then main sponsors of cybersports events.

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wanted to try the famous “jumping”? Here’s how you can do it, video courtesy of Marten724. Kharkov map has one bugged spot, which allows players to get launched into the sky. Well, actually there are more bugged spots like this, but this is the one that is most interesting.

Hello everyone,

a rather quick “Test 3″ iteration was applied to the 9.3 test server. This iteration includes the following changes:

- Players who researched the M24 Chaffee received 43,340 experience points for this vehicle (SS: this is a compensation for the Chaffee XP price, this is NOT free XP, it is simply the XP difference between old and new Chaffee research cost)
- Display of current server name added to the top panel in the Garage
- Low performance when entering/exiting the Artillery mode fixed (was not included in iteration 1)
- Issues with visual models fixed for the following vehicles: KV-85, T-34, and M3 Lee
- Turret damage boxes for the T67 tank destroyer fixed
- Some crashes and hang-ups of the game client fixed
- Some issues with the Strongholds mode fixed

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some kids take World of Tanks too seriously. Check this out – this russian kid got angry that he got killed in his Hellcat by a 46 percent winrate KV-1S driver and goes mental. Important Russian words for the video:

“blya” – fuck
“yebat” – fuck (verb)
“yebanutyj/yebanutovo” – fucking (adj.)
“suka” – bitch/whore
“nyeprabil” – didn’t penetrate the armor
“kvas” – Russian drink, also a Russian nickname for the KV-1S
“pizdyec” – fuck (yes, Russian language is very creative when it comes to insults)

“Kak suka neprabil yevo” – how the fuck didn’t I penetrate his armor
“Nyeprabil kvasa yebanutovo” – didn’t penetrate the armor of that fucking KV-1S

This is how I always imagine the “OMG GAS CHAMBER JEW POLAK SHIT FFS” Hall of Shame members :) (And then they blame me for not taking them seriously… would you? :D)

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player CptCav recently visited the Sakhalin island on his cruise from Hokkaido. There, in the Sakhalin regional museum in the port of Korsakov (Russia), stands a Type 95 Ha-Go, not exactly a common museum piece. He took a couple of photos of this vehicle, enjoy!

The museum description of this vehicle says:

This tank was used by the commander of the 4th Light Tank Company, a part of the 11th Tank Regiment, located on the Shumshu island. The tank was knocked out by Soviet anti-tank rifle fire during the Kurile Landing Operation on 18th of August, 1945. It was moved from the battlefield and burned by its crew. The tank was moved from the Shumshu island to the city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk by LLC “Kurilian Fisheries Company”, with is restoration made by JSC “Aurora” of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. It was installed in the museum yard on 1.9.2010.

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