Hello everyone,

from the supertest, this is how the Hellcat will apparently be nerfed in 9.3 (well, in test 1 at least). Screens take 100 percent crew into account.

- DPM nerfed from 1800 to 1694
- reload time nerfed from 8s to 8,5s
- rate of fire nerfed from 7,50 to 7,059
- accuracy loss from turning the turret nerfed from 0,16 to 0,20
- accuracy loss from traversing and moving nerfed from 0,23 to 0,36
- accuracy loss from turning the turret while moving at maximum speed nerfed from 2,56 to 3,2
- accuracy loss from moving at maximum speed nerfed from 16,56 to 25,92
- accuracy loss from traversing while moving at maximum speed nerfed from 6,9 to 10,8
- reverse speed nerfed from 20 to 12 km/h
- terrain resistance (elite tracks) nerfed from 1/1,2/2,1 to 1,1/1,4/2,3

Please note that the “accuracy loss” factors work a bit strange, so instead of lengthy (and possibly incorrect) explanations – it simply means that the following nerf (leaked earlier) was confirmed:

- stock tracks accuracy on the move and when turning nerfed by 60 percent
- terrain resistance for stock tracks nerfed (soft/medium/hard) by 9/14/9 percent
- elite tracks accuracy on the move and when turning nerfed by 57 percent
- terrain resistance for elite tracks nerfed (soft/medium/hard) by 10/17/10 percent
- maxium reverse speed nerfed from 20 to 12 km/h
- 76mm M1A2 AT accuracy loss from turning the turret nerfed by 12 percent
- 90mm M3 reload time nerfed from 8s to 8,5s, accuracy loss from turning the turret nerfed by 25 percent

Hello everyone,

Russian server published the event for September. The tanks, that will be obtainable for missions on RU server in September will be KV-220 and Type 62. It’s possible (likely even) that EU and US will have the same missions.

In order to get them:

Daily mission “Medium Tanks”

- cause 20000 damage, destroy 25 enemy tanks and make 13500 (base) XP, once per day, in a tier 6-10 medium tank (including premium vehicles). Can be fulfilled only once per day, from 1.9. to the end of the month.

Fulfill the abovementioned mission 5x, you will get 1 day of premium account (can be fulfilled 6x for 6 days of premium)
Fulfill the abovementioned mission 25x, you will get Type 62

Daily mission “Light Tanks”

- make assisted 12000 damage (scouting), make 12000 damage, destroy 5 enemy tanks and make 12500 (base) XP, once per day, in a tier 5-8 light tank (including premium vehicles). Can be fulfilled only once per day, from 1.9. to the end of the month.

Fulfill the abovementioned mission 5x, you will get 1 day of premium account (can be fulfilled 3x for 3 days of premium)
Fulfill the abovementioned mission 25x, you will get KV220

Hello everyone,

missing the Karl and the Soccer mode? Well, you’re in luck. According to the “Insider” at WG EU, in September, we will have a new fun mode – apparently, it’s going to be a race this time, in Chaffees (a special Chaffee “Sport”). No other details are known at this time.

Hello everyone,

in 0.9.3, Object 430 will apparently be changed thus (all values take in account 100 percent crew):

- DPM buffed from 2901 to 3128
- reload time buffed from 6,616 to 6,137s
- accuracy on the move buffed (when the vehicle is moving and turning turret, by cca 30 percent)
- accuracy of the gun nerfed from 0,336 to 0,364

Source: http://www.novinky.cz/domaci/345421-ukrajinec-zaplatil-pomnik-padlym-cechum-jako-omluvu-za-otcovu-ucast-na-okupaci.html

Hello everyone,

a rare gesture happened in Ukraine. An Ukrainian businessman by the name of Vladimir Vladimirovich Borodenko ordered and paid for the monunument built in the village of Chernyakhiv in memory of 11 Czechoslovak soliders, who fell fighting the nazis during the battle of Kiev. In the village, roughly 50 kilometers from Kiev, they died on 9.11.1943 and are buried there. They belonged to a Czechoslovak tank unit – Czechoslovak soldiers participated in the operation and contributed a great deal to the liberation of Kiev in late 1943. For their brave deeds, three Czechoslovak soldiers were awarded with the title “Hero of the USSR” – two of which were tankers (Josef Buršík, Richard Tesařík), one was a submachine gunner (Antonín Sochor).

Borodenko’s father participated in the Soviet invasion in Czechoslovakia in 1968 and asked him to do it on his deathbed as his final wish to repent for participating in the invasion. The monument was first unveiled in May of this year with the Czech ambassador in Ukraine taking part in the event.

Thanks to noruzenchi86 for this one.

Hello everyone,

remember the “lol we left half of Panzer 38t armor missing” bug, that was fixed a patch later? Well… the developers did it again, on a smaller scale though.

This is the frontal hull of the RhB Waffenträger. Notice the closed hatch on the upper hull.

And this is the hitbox of the same spot (different angle for better view).

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Hello everyone,

according to this thread (and somewhat confirmed by US forums), WoT Xbox is getting some interesting (exclusive?) premium tanks.

First is the T-34 with 88mm gun. Yea, you heard right. A T-34 with the German 88mm.

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Hello everyone,

today and tomorrow, we Czechs and Slovaks remember the 46th anniversary of the invasion of Soviet (and Polish, Hungarian and Bulgarian) forces to Czechoslovakia. This act brought the so-called Prague Spring events to an end and with it the reforms of the communist government, throwing Czechoslovakia back into two decades of “normalization” before the regime finally crumbled.

A lot has been written about what happened in the night from 20.8. to 21.8.1968 and even wikipedia covers the topic relatively well. Czechoslovakia was the victim of (by then already slowly failing) Soviet Union’s lust for power, just like the bloody revolution in Hungary 12 years ago. In the aftermath of the invasion, prominent Czechoslovak members of communist party were kidnapped, brought to Moscow and forced to sign the so-called Moscow Protocol, formally agreeing to the invasion. And they all did – all but one.

His name was František Kriegel.

Just like the entire history of Czechoslovakia, František Kriegel too was a person of contradictions. For one, he was a hardcore communist before the changes in 1968. He was born in Halič in 1908 and studied to become a doctor in Prague. In the 30′s, he decided to join the Spanish International Brigades as a volunteer and fought against Franco’s fascists in Spain. Here, he reached the rank of Major and after the defeat of republican forces in 1939, he joined the ranks of Red Cross and left with other doctors for China (when it was under attack from Japan). He served there as a military doctor until 1945 and was generally praised by the Americans, for whom he worked on a contract. From 1945, he became one of the leading representatives of Prague communist organization and in 1948, he actively participated in the communist coup, that installed the regime as a People’s Militia leader in Prague.

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