Hello everyone,

according to the info from Czech section (and probably elsewhere as well), Karl won’t disappear from the hangar until 9.0 hits the live server and will be playable as well (the 8bit mode, disabled previously, will return)

Author: sp15 (US server)

Part I: http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/03/07/swedish-tanks-part-i-strv-m21-29/
Part II: http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/03/12/swedish-tanks-part-ii-strv-m31-strv-fm31/
Part III: http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/03/15/swedish-tanks-part-iii-landsverk-l-100-and-l-120/
Part IV: http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/03/21/swedish-tanks-part-iv-landsverk-l-60/
Part V: http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/03/27/swedish-tanks-part-v-strv-m37-and-strv-m41/

With the start of World War Two, Sweden had seen success of the German and Russian assault guns, especially vehicles like the Stug 3. And so, in September 1941, a decision was taken that assault guns should be introduced to the Swedish army. The role of these assault guns would be to support infantry with mobile direct or indirect artillery fire, as well as to provide some anti-tank capability.

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Hello everyone,

despite the fact the last round of testing of 9.0 was supposed to be the last one, some serious issues and bugs came up and today, another round of the test was started (the patch has 261,78 MB). List of changes is not yet available.

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Hello everyone,

today’s review will be a bit special, since it’s the first time (first month) the Patreon system was in use. I am actually quite surprised it worked exactly as well as was advertised – there is usually some sort of catch involved, but not this time.

To sum it up:

http://www.patreon.com/silentstalker

This is the Patreon account of For the Record. In case you read this for the first time and feel like contributing, here is an explanation what it is, how it works and how to contribute. You can find a list of all those, who pledged and help to keep FTR running here.

On April 1st, Patreon billed those, who pledged. Out of 566 USD pledged, 526 USD went through successfully (the rest either didn’t allow the payment, cancelled it or encountered some other issue). Out of those 526 USD, 46,03 USD went to credit card fees, 26,34 USD went to Patreon as a fee for running the service, leaving 453,63 USD for FTR – thank you all, who managed to make this possible!

Of course, some people contributed via Paypal “Donate” button as well, these are:

the_viking (Germany)
T-28 (Austria)
MKW (Hong Kong)
Tom K. (Germany)
maho325 (Czech Republic)
Dan S.H. (Romania)
Aurelien M. (France)

Thanks to all of you guys :) Very much appreciated.

Special thanks to Cyrkon for saving me a Chi-Nu Kai code from WGL Finals!

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Edit: Apparently, expired

By CaptianNemo

Zarax covered the tank itself in the previous article – let’s look at the engines…

There are several engines proposed for the Type 180/181(P1/P2). The Type 180 is the design with the forward turret and the Type 181 is the design with the rear mounted turret. The following 4 engines in 5 designs were proposed for the VK 45.02 P1 and P2 designs.

Proposed for VK 45.02 (P1) Type 180A (2x engines)

Type 101/3 Simmering-Graz-Pauker (115mm x145mm) 15.06L(Sometimes labeled 101/3A)
V-10 300hp@2000 rpm
V-10 350hp@3200 rpm
Air cooled Gasoline
72 degree V-10.
Gasoline-Electric
600mm wide tracks.(Other books say they were 640mm)

Proposed for VK 45.02 (P1) Type 180B (2x engines)

Type 101/4 Porsche (115mm x145mm) 15.06L
V-10 300hp@2000 rpm
V-10 350hp@3200 rpm
Yet 670hp total hp is listed for the combined hp in Special Panzers.
Air cooled Gasoline
72 degree V-10. 6.4 to 1 compression.
Gasoline-Electric
600mm wide tracks.(Other books say they were 640mm)

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Hello everyone,

Dr.Pikouz, the author of the Batchat 25t pictures, brought us a few more photos – this time of the AMX-30 first series version, that is to appear as tier 10 French medium tank at some point in the future. Note that it’s not the well-known AMX-30B.

Dr.Pikouz:

I found what is, according to France_AFVs, the first of the pre-production models by GIAT Industries. Turret is made by CAFL, which is not, as I thought first, Fives-Lilles, but Compagnie des Ateliers Forges de la Loire. Never mind. It bears serial number n°7. Note that, afterwards, AMX-30 turrets will be made by ARE (Roanne Factory), I remember. Not absolutely sure about this though.

For the sake of comparison, the first 5 pictures are from an AMX-30B, 20 mm autocanon model. The AMX-30A that interests us is the green-rust one. Also, you will find other pics of an AMX-30B mixed with those of the proto, to highlight what I found to be noticeable differences, ie.:

- exhausts
- gun mantlet
- external storage compartments
- rangefinders
- spare tracks fixation
- headlights
- driver’s optics
- some stuff on the turret roof
- and surely many other things that would require a more detailed comparison

This “reference” AMX-30B is the white-yellow one. All the internal pics are from the prototype. Also, sadly, the commander’s cupola of the proto is missing.

AMX-30B:

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This is actually interesting… WoWs looks promising

Hello everyone,

a lot of people wrote that they liked the songs played during the WGL breaks. I wasn’t able to find a comprehensive soudntrack list used during the event (pity), but with the help of some of the European and Russian guys, we pieced together some songs, that were used. Generally they come from Monstercat compilations. Enjoy!

Astronaut – Rain (MitiS Remix)
Foxes – Youth (Adventure Club Dubstep Remix)
MitiS & MaHi – Blu
Darude – Sandstorm
Mr FijiWiji – Let me out
Uppermost – Outside
Yogi Ft. Ayah Marar – Follow You (Xilent Dubstep Remix)
Madeon – Finale
Kill Paris – Keep Your Secrets In Midnight City
MitiS ft Anna Yvette – Open Window (Original Mix)
Vernon Johnson – Alien Chase

 

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