As before, all credits go to Vollketten
This gem is called “Cossor cruiser tank” proposal, submitted in March 1943 by Mr.Cossor from Albury. It was – politely – refused.
Testing tank brakes…
…or IFV in this case. Thanks to miszczu666 for sending me this video :)
Straight outta Supertest: Panzer Ausf.D and 9.0 German tank split
Source: http://world-of-ru.livejournal.com/2997156.html
Hello everyone,
what many suspected is now confirmed – German tanks are getting split in 9.0
Tier 3 will be Panzer Ausf.A
Tier 4 will be Panzer Ausf.D
Panzer III is going to also be split into two tanks and StuG the same.
Edit: Panzer III might not be split after all – the older model will apparently somehow merge with Panzer III Ausf.A
8.11 CT round 2 tomorrow
Hello everyone,
I am sure many of you figured it out already, but tomorrow, there will be round 2 of the 8.11 test.
29.1.2014
- you will get the same punishment for teamdamage no matter how well you perform in battle (SS: as in, you will get punished the same way even if you did 12k damage)
- it’s possible premium tanks, such as Dicker Max and Churchill III will appear in historical battles
- Wargaming doesn’t know anything about Japanese post-war light tanks
- Storm confirms the British voiceover, it will be pointed out in final patchnotes
- regarding the FOV change in 8.11
“It was an experimental setting, that changes FOV depending on the level of camera zoom. On maximum zoom, the FOV was reduced by 25 percent. We decided not to do it and forgot to remove it on the test client.”
- no T34 premium buff is planned
- apparently, the game has a problem with oveclocked PC’s and crashes on them since 8.10, this problem will not be fixed in 8.11
- FV4202 model not fixed while T-54 gets changed? “How terrible” (SS: yet another hint that FV4202 might be replaced by something)
- apparently, lower frontal plate angle of Type 59 might be changed
- new HESH mechanics are not being worked on yet, but changes are planned
- new Japanese and Chinese tanks are definitely not planned in 2014
- “light T-54″ Soviet premium will come this year
- for now, no changes in Team battles are planned, developers are working on selecting your team according to what map you are getting
- apparently, SU-76I will not be a regular premium tank, but an award/event tank
- M46 Patton will not lose its unhistorical top gun
- no plans to change the Soviet D-54 gun
- there will be no compensation for Type 59 changes
- Storm states that he considers the way Wargaming did camouflage in World of Tanks correct (SS: as in, it won’t be made like in War Thunder, where you can literally make pink tanks with pictures etc.)
- the customization of tanks, mentioned earlier by developers could be for example additional tool boxes, track links and extra roadwheels on places where they could have been in real life, it’s not yet decided whether this additional stuff will be purely visual, or (SS: for example track links) will give any bonus to armor
- in historical battles, Storm confirms that the gold ammo will be limited, mechanism of the battle will be the same as in current random (SS: no “hardcore mode”)
WG EU fail: Guess who’s back!
Hello everyone,
what, you missed the portal language bug? Well, guess who’s back with vengeance!
Much Czech.
Very post.
Wow.
Tanks, that never made it…
Hello everyone,
sometimes, players ask the developer a question: “Are there any tanks that were almost done or seriously considered, but never made it?” Well, the answer is “yes” of course, in fact, there were (are) quite a few such tanks. Let’s have a look at some of the most common “vaporware” out there, but also at tanks, that were never implemented in the end.
The Frencch second heavy line is probably the ultimate World of Tanks vaporware (as WarriorOsprey pointed out yesterday). The problem with French heavies is that although they have a fanbase, French tanks as a whole are definitely one of the least popular branches, along with the Chinese. The models for this branch were ready a long time ago (and I am talking years), but somehow, the branch was postponed and postponed again. Check this out, this is likely the AMX M4 (1949), as it appeared in Wargaming materials (or on some promo video, I am not sure).
Australian Archives II
As before, all the credits go to Vollketten – here, we have another hilarious project from the Australian archives. This time, it’s nothing less than a land battleship by Mr. F.B.Puckridge.
The Dutch are badass… and Leopard has good brakes
Thanks to Luciferxix for submitting this video :)
Australian Archives I
Hello everyone,
today, we have something special for you. Stuff you haven’t seen (and couldn’t have seen) before. Vollketten from US forums has been in touch with a professional researcher, who lives in Melbourne and specialises in military history. This researcher has agreed to take photos of documents (tank-related stuff) from Australian National Archives.
With Vollketten’s permission (he paid for this operation, all the credit goes to him), I am reposting some of the “good stuff”.
Let’s start with something light – some of the stuff in these archives is pure comedy gold. This tank proposal was submitted by Mr.Wentworth. The curious thing about it is that at that time, Mr.Wentworth was in jail for 12 counts of larceny and fraud. After reading the documents, I am sure you’ll understand what was the sole purpose of this “proposal”…
