Free Slot, Everyone!

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Hello everyone,

it seems that EU server (not sure it applies anywhere else) is getting a free garage slot, courtesy of Wargaming! From today:

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Apparently, what happened is they resetted the Karl mission (since Karl mode was, on popular demand, prolonged to 7.4.2014) and it added the slot again. Currently, it’s not sure whether this is a bug or it was intended (considering free stuff is usually heavily advertised, my money’s on bug) and whether it will be removed.

Invite Codes

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Hello everyone,

a few more invite codes (7 day prem + 1000g) by Kalinin, Ragnarocek, Bone_Stompa, _Odium_

(there were more sent, but I accidentally deleted like two or three e-mails)

NTRDR-9ENWD-NZPWA-ERKHE
NTRDE-CNV2M-KRKZG-E3SDU
NTRD9-7GSSP-6388S-3U496
NTRDC-9HU98-SBE2T-EAN3B
NTRDM-95K3P-TRWZU-2C5R7
NTRD8-X5K48-BXYRX-4G56H
NTRDX-ARDTF-4FWYX-XG35C

Fiat’s Super-Tank; The Fiat 2000

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Author: Vollketten

So I’ve done a couple of Italian tank articles now and I haven’t done the most famous of all; the Fiat 2000. I also must thank Zarax too for his help with this one too.

Having witnessed the success of tanks in France in 1917 Italy set out about obtaining FT-17 and Schneider tanks from France. Fiat however perhaps sensing a lucrative contract in the offing had started designed a Special Assault Tank as early as August 1916 before any official Italian Government interest.

This design was finally ready in January 1918 in the form of the Fiat 2000.

Fiat 2000 Prototype Hull on trial ~June 1917

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Ground Attack Aircraft: Myth of the Tank-Busters

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A popular misconception I have noticed is that ground attack aircraft were used successfully as “tank-busters” of “tank-killers”, and that aircraft were seemingly the largest threat to tanks. I know some of you don’t think this, but I think a good portion of you might. I will focus my attention on the AT abilities of the Hawker Typhoon and the P-47 Thunderbolt against German armor. I will also quickly go over examples from the Eastern Front.

In NW Europe the Typhoon and the P-47 are regarded as an effective weapon against German Armor. CAS pilots claimed hundreds of panzers dead due to their bombs, rockets, and cannons. The problem is that this just isn’t true.

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3.4.2014

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- for now, a hardcap on SU-152′s in Kursk battle has not been implemented
- this year, Chinese and Japanese TD’s and SPG’s will definitely not come
- Storm states that in order to implement historical battles like Korea and Middle East, you have to implement the crews of the nations, that fought there, it would look really strange to have Soviet crews in Yom Kippur or American crews in Indo-Pakistani conflict, that’s why Korean historical battles will likely not come for now
- collecting the info on new Chinese vehicles is going very, very slowly, WG is instead focusing on re-work of existing vehicles to HD
- it’s completely possible that the turret armor of other T-54-like vehicles (Chinese) will be reworked, when they are remodelled to HD
- Chaffee in test 3 has its old turret back, because the new one was put in accidentally and has many bugs (SS: Chaffee re-work is planned for the introduction of hightier US lights)
- Storm confirms: LT’s will be buffed and new tier 8 LT’s will be introduced
- tier 9 LT’s? Storm: “Hell if I know. For now, they are not being sought. We barely found tier 8″
- SK-105 Kurassier will definitely not fit WoT: it’s too modern

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Test 9.0 Round 3 – Feedback

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Hello everyone,

so, I downloaded the latest version of the 9.0 test (the one that’s supposed to be “final”) and, well…

No, it was a disaster. Let me start by noting that in previous rounds, I had zero problems with this patch. Everything worked for me and I ran the game with the same amount of FPS on same details (high model details) as in 8.11. Garage loaded just fine, here are the two new models:

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