Thanks to EdFrancis for this one.
As you probably know, guys, Tankfest is one of the biggest tank events in Europe. It will happen on 28th and 29th of June, 2014. And here is a taste of things to come… so, who’s coming? Sadly, I am not.
KV-1 pulled out of River Don
Source: riavrn.ru
Hello everyone,
Two days ago, people working for the Kubinka museum pulled a rare find out of river Don, near the town of Verkhnyj Mamon – a wreck of the WW2 KV tank. Inside of the tank, remnants of the AP shell that killed it were found. Initially, it was not clear whether the tank is actually a KV-1, or a KV-2, only when the hull was pulled out it was found that it was a KV-1. The turret will be pulled out of the water later.
The work on getting the tank out started as early as 29.5., when divers started to attach cables to the tank. Pulling the tank out after that proved to be very complicated due to the terrain. According to the, men who pulled it out, the tank is in good enough shape to be restored fully, although it will probably never actually drive.
Wargaming was also one of the supporting parties (organizers) of the event. They will allegedly post the photos and a video of the entire operation on their site – so far, that has not happened yet.
9.6.2014
Nothing much today either. Russians are having the 9.1 tomorrow, we on Wednesday. Americans – next week IIRC.
The patchnotes don’t bring anything that much new and interesting as far as I could see (pretty much everything was tested already), the only thing that caught my eye was: “reduced the chance of getting the Ruinberg on Fire map”. Storm posted that it was him who added this.
Oh yea and they apparently fixed the bug where the tracers flew through tanks in some cases. Also, the battle loading time fix and the fix that improves performance when switching to sniper mode were implemented as well.
Anyway, the following answers are by Knopka and some developer (?) called Riot_Guy
- it will take at least 50-100 battles to get “kill rings” in 9.1
- the kill marks on the barrel are optional (can be disabled in options)
- Knopka on the new Kharkov map: “The map feels very big and there is a possibility to fight on it comfortably with every class of vehicle.” (she continues how the map offers chances for all types of warfare)
The Joys of Wargaming EU – Premium Shop Edition
Hello everyone,
let me present you another fine mess from the Wargaming EU kitchen. As you know, this weekend, we had a competition here on FTR and we had one winner. It was not the first competition here, as you probably remember, if you are here for a while and this is the first time I encountered this issue. After the winner was announced, I logged on to my main account (Silentstalker) and wanted to send the lucky winner his gift. Logged into the Premium shop and…
Meanwhile in Australia…
Maps, Maps, Maps…
Hello everyone,
some time ago (April-May), the Russian server (of course, only the Russian server, stronk EU would not organize anything heaven forbid… INTERESTING) had a nice competition – making maps. I already wrote about it in April. The prizes for it were grand – pretty nice gaming PC’s for the winners of two categories: historical maps and cybersports maps.
What is interesting is its outcome, that was recently published in the Video show “Poka vse v tanke” (another interesting thing the Russians have and we don’t – news show with a pretty girl moderator!). Aaaaaaanyway…
In the historical maps category, following maps were nominated:
Smolensk (author ARK8TUR) – this one is apparently judged as best by the developers.
Based on the 1942 aerial photo of the city of… Smolensk (how unexpected)
Tanks that did not Make It: K-90 Amphibious Tank
Hello everyone,
if you remember the ancient Soviet tree post, you might also remember that in one of its very first iterations by Pyotr Bityukov, the Soviet light tanks actually had a… well, I won’t say tier 6, because at that point, there were no tiers yet, but a high-level light tank, called the K-90. It got removed in later iterations, but we’ll have a look at it nonetheless.
As you can see from the shape of this vehicle, it’s an amphibious tank. That, of course, is a problem when it comes to today’s World of Tanks – the rule is: no amphibious vehicles (same reason why we don’t see the PT-76 in the game, even if it would fit).
Restoration of Soviet Vehicles continues…
Source: http://yuripasholok.livejournal.com/3188800.html
Hello everyone,
some time ago, I wrote a post (based on RU portal news) about a couple of volunteers along with Yuri Pasholok restoring Russian vehicles. That was in mid May and the work is going on nicely. By the way, I made a mistake last time – these vehicles are apparently not from Kubinka, but from ЦМВС – Centralnyj Muzej Vooruzhyonnych Sil (Central Museum of Armed Forces) in Moscow. In case you are interested in ongoing info from the restoration, follow Yuri Pasholok’s blog, he is posting regular updates (the photos are from his blog as well).
Now, some vehicles already have second layer of paint (like this BT-7)
8.6.2014
Unfortunately, there is absolutely nothing new today, as it sometimes happens on Sunday. But you can have a look at new Chieftain’s Hatch about the mythical WoT tank MTLS-1G14…
Reminder for Historical Battles Medals
Hello everyone,
just in case you did now know or get them before. There are two unique medals in Historical Battles – one you get for winning one battle for both sides in Kursk (eg. one win for the Germans, the other for Russians), the other you get for winning on both sides in Ardennes.
On Wednesday, we are getting new patch 9.1, which will remove these two historical battles and with them the possibility to get these medals, until they return (if they ever do). So, if you want them, go play these two HB’s :) There is one such medal for Balaton as well, but that one stays in 9.1, so you can get it later.