Hello everyone,

another interesting case from Ukraine. Despite recent military successes (which were by no means caused by uncle Vladimir sending dozens of vehicles and volunteers… sorry, I mean vacationers over the border), it seems the separatists are not supplied as much as they would desire. Recently, they pressed yet another monument in service – this time from the town of Antracit. There was an old T-34 standing in front of the culture house (ironically, named after Lenin) and the separatist “specialists” claim they “restored” it.

Poor thing, now it will get knocked out by the first soldier with RPG it encounters. A damn shame, these venerable machines should be allowed to rest.

Source: http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/wargaming-becomes-official-sponsor-band-brothers-actors-reunion.html

Hello everyone,

in today’s news, Wargaming became one of the sponsors of the Band of Brothers TV series actor reunion with the participation of real WW2 veterans, who fought in Normandy. HBO TV series “Band of Brothers” became very famous after its introduction, as it historically and realistically (well, as much as it can) depicts the lives of the American soldiers throughout the war.

This reunion will take place in June to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of the war:

On June 5, 6 and 7, the actors that starred in HBO’s Band of Brothers will tour the Overlord Omaha Beach Museum, the Utah Beach Museum, and the Richard D. Winters Leadership Monument in Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Normandy, France. Also joining Wargaming in their sponsorship efforts will be War History Online, one of the world’s leading provider of online military information for the 20th century.

Following actors are scheduled to appear in Normandy (name and role in the TV series):

Douglas Spain-Antonio Garcia
Scott Grimes-Don Malarkey
James Madio-Frank Perconte
Ross McCall-Joe Liebgott
Rick Gomez-George Luz
Bart Ruspoli-Ed Tipper
William Tapley-British Tank Commander
Frank John Hughes-“Wild” Bill Guarnere
Robin Laing-“Babe” Heffron
Peter Youngblood Hills-“Shifty” Powers
Eion Bailey-David Webster
George Calil-“Mo” Alley
Philip Barantini-Wayne “Skinny” Sisk
Stephen McCole-“Moose” Heyliger
Shane Taylor-”Doc” Roe
Mark Lawrence-William Dukeman

Wargaming representatives will be on the scene to meet with the actors and the veterans alike.

Thanks to whoever sent me this (sorry, at this point I have huge mess in e-mails, practically impossible to find the original one).

Uglegorsk, Ukraine.

So this is what happens, when an APFSDS shell from a tank hits a metal column. You can clearly see the impact hole the fins of the projectile made (no, this was not a RPG, that would just explode upon impact, this was a subcaliber core with fins) and the massive exit hole. Note how the path of the projectile deformed within the column, so the projectile didn’t exit directly on the opposite side.

Hello everyone,

in patch 9.6, new French premium vehicle arrived to the premium shop – the AMX Chasseur de Chars, AKA AMX CDC – and there’s a post on Russian portal, describing the vehicle in detail. The characteristics of the vehicle in the article are presented as such:

Hitpoints: 1400
Maximum load: 37,8 tons
Hull traverse: 40 deg/s
Maximum speed: 57 km/h
Engine: 1200 hp/t
Engine fire chance: 15 percent
Power-to-weight: 34,8 hp/t
Hull armor: 30/20/20
Turret armor: 30/20/20

DPM: 1970
Gun: 90mm AC DCA 45
ROF: 8,22 RPM
Penetration: 212/259/45
Damage: 240/240/320
Accuracy: 0,34
Aimtime: 2,2s
Elevation: -10/+20

Turret traverse: 38 deg/s
Viewrange: 390 meters
Radio range: 750 meters

Armor:

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Hello everyone,

yesterday, I posted an article with a couple of photos of the Tiger II exhibit of the Rétromobile show in Paris. But – it had to get there somehow – specifically, on a trailer – and then it went by its own force inside. Quite majestic!

Hello everyone,

the 0.9.6 preview video on RU server is up (the patch is coming tomorrow). Unfortunately without English subtitles.

Nothing surprising in it:

- TD viewrange nerf
- HD models (as announced earlier, E-100 in HD was removed)
- AMX CDC and STA-2 will be available in the shop
- accuracy nerf
- retraining crewmembers to different role (500 gold)
- consumables for stronghold mode (artillery strike, airstrike)
- new contact system in the garage

Source: http://forum.worldoftanks.asia/index.php?%2Ftopic%2F51445-prohibited-exploitation-of-the-personal-mission-system%2F

Hello everyone,

Tanitha, a producer on the ASIA server, confirmed what we suspected all along: that uncovering IM rigging is a lengthy and tedious process, that’s barely functional. What he wrote:

Dear Players.

While you are free to work together with your clan, mates, country mates, friends, and team mates, you are only permitted to do so with those WITHIN YOUR OWN TEAM IN GAME.

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Source: FTA VK community

Hello everyone,

the Mäuschen, tier 9 replacement for VK4502 Ausf.B, was nerfed on the supertest as such (changes to 12,8cm gun are unknown yet):

- 150mm gun DPM nerfed from 2346,4 to 2133,1
- reload nerfed from 19,178 to 21,096
- ROF nerfed from 3,129 to 2,844
- aimtime nerfed from 3,07 to 3,26
- stabilization nerf (accuracy when moving turret, turning, and moving reduced by cca 10-20 percent)
- turret traverse nerfed from 18,8 to 14,6
- hull traverse nerfed from 20 to 16

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Hello everyone,

according to supertester sources, the next premium tank to appear on the supertest is Object 244, tier 6 Soviet heavy premium tank. Object 244 is this:

That’s right, it’s a tier 6 clone of the IS (tier 7 tank) with 85mm D-5T-85BM (the 144 pen gun) and slightly different suspension. Because, you know, this game definitely needs more pure clones…

Also, as predicted, the Mauschen got somewhat nerfed, especially:

- reload time (by 1,5s for 12,8cm and 2s for 15cm)
- aimtime
- traverse
- accuracy on the move

More details later.