Part one: http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/09/05/9-3-first-feedback/ The complete list of changes in the test patch can be found here (including list of vehicle changes, which is good). Detailed vehicle info (numbers) can be found here: – light tanks – KV-1S, KV-85, T-34-85M Let’s continue with the vehicle feedback for now. A few small points: – some players reported crashes in the 9.3 patch, as well as a loss of performance. Let’s hope Wargaming works that out. Personally, I haven’t seen any problems in the patch. – new explosions look… strange. Kinda like over-exposed photograph image, I’ll make a video and show you. RU-251

Hello everyone, so, here’s the new 9.3 stuff all in one place. The data come from 9.3 supertest client, so they are possible to change. Still, I think it gives us a nice insight. Where there are more values, stock comes first of course, then the middle (if there is) and then the elite. Spähpanzer RU251

Source: https://vk.com/newsblog_wot In 9.3, XP prices are likely to be as such: – RU251: 92700 XP – reworked Chaffee: 12480 XP – T37 LT: 28100 XP – M41 Walker Bulldog: 56300 XP – T49: 101200 XP – LTTB: 59150 XP – T-54 Light: 96300 XP

Hello everyone, Storm confirmed today – Soviet T-54 Obr.1945 (Model 1945) first T-54 prototype tank will be the Soviet premium tier 8 medium tank instead of the LT-54 (which will become a tier 8 light tank). So, what IS this “Model 1945″ then? Let’s have a look at some Russian sources on this. The history of the T-54 tank started in the Fall of 1944, when the Nizhny Tagil designers created as a “side project” a proposal for very strong modification of the T-44 medium tank, designed to further improve the protection and firepower of the T-44 while keeping the adequate level of mobility and terrain passability. The first documents and drawings were shown to the Tank Industry Comissariat in the last days of October 1944 and on 1st of November 1944, the comissar, V.A.Malyshev signed an order for the Plant No.183 to create a prototype.

Source: http://world-of-kwg.livejournal.com/281337.html Hello everyone, in his post, Storm shows how the T-54 turret armor will change. Every model, that gets transferred to HD quality, will have its armor changed – some slightly, some significantly so. Most of the time it’s about the increase of number of armor zones. In connection with this, Storm admits that they made a mistake, when they made the 9.0 turret armor for the test. Check this out. This is how it looks now (8.11):

Hello everyone, now that the fuss about the new graphics is over, we’re going to have a look at the upcoming tier 8 light tank candidate, the T49. Basically, the T49 was a prototype M41 Walker Bulldog with a 90mm gun (crew of 4). In the late 40′s and early 50′s, it was recognized that a 76mm gun is no longer enough to combat modern Soviet medium tanks, specifically the T-54. And so, in January 1950, a commanding officer of Detroit Arsenal recommended developing a light tank with a 90mm gun, specifically to install a 90mm smoothbore gun on the M41 chassis. This 90mm gun was a new weapon, designated T123. It started as a smoothbore, but after bad tests results, when it came to accuracy, it was modified with shallow rifling, creating the T123E3 gun. Two of these were mounted in the production M41E1 turrets and this combination was redesignated T49. The turret was modified too: it was somewhat higher and it was equipped with a stereoscopic rangefinder. Further modification were made when in the ammo stowage compartment. The gun itself could fire three types of rounds: HE, HEP (HESH) and HEAT rounds.

In the RU forums Q&A thread, SerB gave an example of a hull upgrade for the T-54: 120 mm of front armour, or 100 mm, with higher top speed in return. I will take a look at what other upgrades potentially exist for Soviet tanks in-game. Since there is a great deal of them, the article will be split into parts. This part will discuss light tanks. Let’s start from the top, the venerable MS-1. The tank was in service with the Red Army until the start of WWII, and was modernized several times. However, it did not undergo very notable hull changes, aside from a change between welded and bolted armour in 1930. Despite being a significant change in real life, it would only be cosmetic in game. Other visually interesting changes result from the MS-1a hull (T-26 suspension, simplified rear section of the hull) and T-18M (elements of the T-38′s suspension).

Hello everyone, once upon a time, when the trees were still vertical, the T-54 was overpowered and SerB still had hair, there was an old version of the tech tree, that had the T-46-5 (T-111) tank in it on tier 4:

Source: gamemodels3d.com 59-16 – hitpoints buffed from 580 to 590 – shot dispersion (accuracy on the move) buffed by 10 and 12 percent (for stock and elite suspension) – stock turret: 57mm 55-57FG reload buffed from 3s to 2,9s, 76mm 54-76T reload buffed from 3,7s to 3,5s – elite turret: 57mm 55-57FG reload buffed from 2,8s to 2,6s, 76mm 54-76T reload buffed from 3,4s to 3,2s, 76mm 54-76T with autoloader clip reload buffed from 10s to 9s WZ-131 – hitpoints buffed by 20 hp – shot dispersion (accuracy on the move) buffed by 12 and 12,5 percent (for stock and elite suspension) – stock turret: 76mm 54-76T with autoloader clip reload buffed from 8,7s to 8,2s 85mm 56-85JT reload buffed from 5,7s to 5,2s, accuracy buffed from 0,38 to 0,37 – elite turret: 76mm 54-76T with autoloader clip reload buffed from 8,7s to 8,2s 85mm 56-85JT reload buffed from 5,7s to 5,2s, accuracy buffed from 0,38 to 0,37 85mm 62-85T reload buffed from 5,7s to 5,5s 85mm 64-85T reload buffed from 5,7s to 5,5s 100mm 59-100T reload buffed from 9,3s to 8,7s, aimtime buffed from 2,9s to 2,7s, accuracy buffed from 0,39 to 0,38