The sum of SerB in one picture :) I will just leave this here…
17.2.2014
- apparently, the historical ranks of tank commanders in WoT are done correctly
- SerB thinks that the Chinese military ranks in the game are most likely 1955 PLA ranks – the info was provided by Chinese partners
- SerB states that the British did some tests on the E-100 hull they captured, the vehicle proved to be quite bad
Oh yes, and one more thing: in his post, Yuri Pasholok wanted this specifically translated and posted on FTR, because he feels I am apparently skipping some of his comments in his posts, when translating them to you (see the discussion of the post, but I won’t translate all of that). And yes, I obviously skip some of the things he writes, those I feel are not necessery. What he wrote (in full):
“For little people, who come here and then post it elsewhere with comments such as ‘regardless of what we think about him’ (SS: he means me), translating only the facts he needs. My family is directly related to winged hussars and had a good laugh about my alleged anti-Polish sentiments. And yes, Doyle did read the comments about me supposedly wanting to replace him, I sent him the link. And yes, I generally very much don’t give a damn, what people think about me. I had quite a bit of fun at some of the outbursts (SS: in FTR comments), so I only profited from the hater sentiments :)”
Well… there you have it, translated as accurately as I could (if there is a problem with the translation, let me know) :)
Weekly FTR contributor review
Hello everyone,
as promised, here is the overview of this week’s FTR contributors. I value all your help equally, no matter how small, so I just want to thank you all once again.
Contributors
FredTMK (Germany) – Watch my videos on my Youtube channel!
Perkel (Germany)
DeadMoney0811 (USA) – thanks for the donation mate
Mightyran (Italy) – visit his site wotstats.org
R.S.G. (Romania)
Please note that if you want your full real name or nickname listed, you have to write me your nickname (or your consent for full name publication) :)
You can also leave a message you want published.
Message from Mightyran – visit his site wotstats.org
Message from FredTMK – watch my videos on my Youtube channel!
Kubinka T-35 moving video
Hello everyone,
the experts in the Kubinka Tank Museum managed to drive out the T-35A Soviet heavy tank (apparently, it’s going to be restored now). Currently, it’s the only one in the world. This happened on 12.2.2014.
Needs moar turrets! :)
WT-E100 historical after all?
Source: http://yuripasholok.livejournal.com/2766323.html
Hello everyone,
Yuri Pasholok posted an interesting thing: a short excerpt from the Combined Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee (CIOS) from March 1946 about the E-series vehicle.
As you can see, according o this report (however accurate it might be), the tank hull could have been redesignated as a self-propelled hull, opening the possibility to the existence of the WT E-100 (and, of course, the Sturmgeschütz E-100). At this point, Yuri Pasholok states that based on this info, the ingame fictional WT E-100 could have “a right to exist”… interesting :)
40/43M. Zrínyi II and 44M. Zrínyi I assault guns
Author: Károly “Karika” Németh
Hello everyone, we have another article from Károly Németh here, this time about the Zrínyi assault guns. Enjoy! -SS
Above: The Zrínyi I assault gun prototype. A Zrínyi II assault howitzer on the background.
History:
Zrínyi II
Based on the German war experiences, in 1942 the HM (Hungarian Ministry of Defence) decided to arm the Hungarian Army with self-propelled artillery and tank destroyer units. At first, they tried to buy a proven German vehicle (such as the StuG III), but Germany refused to sell any of their modern tank or SPG design. To solve this problem as soon (and as cheap) as possible, the Hungarian engineers combined two (separately not too successful) ingredients: the 40. M 105mm field howitzer and the chassis of the Turán medium tank, creating the Zrínyi assault howitzer.
Italy’s Workhorse; the CV.3 Series
So I’ve been looking at Italian tanks for some time now here and with talk of forthcoming European vehicles for a new tree it’s a good time to have a look at some more Italian tech.
Italy’s Workhorse; the CV.3 Series
Development
The CV.3 tank was developed from the British Vickers-Carden-Loyd Mk.VI, examples of which Italy had bought complete in 1929 along with kits for a further 21 vehicles and a licence (a little later) to produce more which were named CV.29. The CV.29 initially used the same Ford Model T 4 cylinder petrol engine producing 20hp and had armour ranging from 4 to 9mm thick. After a fairly short development process the first vehicles were accepted in 1933 under the name Carro Veloce 3. (Fast Tank 3 tonnes – even though it weighed 3.2 to 3.4 tonnes depending on source) The name was later changed to L.3/33. (‘Leggero’ Light Tank 3 tonnes 1933 and the names L.3 and CV.3 are used interchangeably across sources. I prefer CV.3 so shall stick with that)
16.2.2014
Check out Listy’s article about Chieftain (Part II)
- Italian heavy line? “No comment”
- Italian ships will definitely appear in World of Warships and there is a chance there might also be Italian planes in WoWp
- the shell spread circle increase with distance is linear (SS: as in, if the spread at 100 meters is 0,3m, at 1000 meters it will be 3m)
- Q: “Why is there spotting damage not in your statistics, when it is important for LT gameplay?” A: “*writes down* And not to forget, ugly glances!” (SS: this is a joke, where whenever players demand rewards for something really easy, SerB answers “And wouldn’t you want rewards for throwing ugly glances at the enemy too?” – in this case, chances are it will not be implemented. Or it might. Either way, low priority)
- there is a chance some tanks will have hulls with additional applique armor (SS: Schurzen for example) as their alternative hulls
- SerB mentions that the top tier of the Italian medium branch candidate could be the Leopard 1 with an autoloader (SS: this was found by Raptor_Fulcrum I think), but no decision in this matter has been taken yet
- Playstation WoT will not come, as WG has an exclusive contract with Microsoft
- WoT under Unix and Linux (with OpenGL support)? Apparently there is some issue with OpenGL. “Time will tell” – this will however not come in following months.
- Japanese superheavy tanks are still planned
- M18 Hellcat is doing fine statistically
- no comment on the upcoming premium vehicles this year
- Sturmtiger fits tier 10 (SS: not in 2014 most likely)
- SerB is not sure, whether the Chi-Ru project is not a post-war fake, but if it’s not, it’s possible it will appear in the game
- according to SerB, a part of the issues with the RU251 was solved
T95E6 Screenshots
Source: wotleaks.ru
Hello everyone,
supertesters seem to be using the T95E6 tank on live server already – it was spotted even on EU server during roaming testing. So, how does it look?
Light tank gameplay in WOT, what could be improved?
As WG is seemingly aware of light tanks becoming less competitive as class, I decided to interview some EU players about their feeling on what the issues are and what should be improved.
The sample was pretty small (15 players), but then I wanted opinions rather than statistics so don’t take it as a huge poll capable of influencing WG.
The players ranged from Bad WN to Unicum levels with an average of 1294 according to noobmeter.com so relatively skilled players (not unexpected given that active forums posters usually are the better informed and skilled part of the community) and definitely better than yours truly, which is average at best.
So, what did those players think about it?
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