Hello everyone,

today, we have another bunch of photos from one of FTR readers. This time, Deathmongrel from US server decided to share with us some photos from the Military Vehicle Technology Foundation – the largest American privately-held collection of armored vehicles. As he himself states, you might know it from Chieftain’s Hatch, because that’s where he shoots it.

According to Deathmongrel, the owners continuously work on various restoration projects, while keeping the vehicles in three climate-controlled halls. Enjoy!

T-54

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Source: http://wotbase.ru/

Apart the already mentioned Tiger I armor changes, Tiger II armor got changed too overall in 8.8 test.

Old:

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A lot of people asked what the 8.8 model change of the E-100 is. Well, here’s a comparison, courtesy of Orkel

- the hull becomes a bit longer
- tracks are slightly moved (up and forward)

Hello everyone,

today, we have a guest article from sp15 (NA server), dealing with the S-tank’s development history. I did only some minor edits (typos and such). Enjoy!

The S-Tank

Today I’ve decided to write about Swedens most iconic tank the Strv 103 or – as everyone knows it – the S-tank. The reason for this is that the S-tank is the only known hope for a historical tier 10 TD for the European tree and wargaming don’t know what to do with it. Let me explain.

Strv 103A

The Strv 103 has a hydraulic suspension, which means in practice that the whole hull moves to aim the gun. This means that Wargaming would have to implement new aiming system for this sort of tank – and Wargaming does not want to do that for one separate tank, but they have stated this:

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Hello everyone,

so, I asked around a bit (or, rather, was reminded) how exactly it is with the Rising Sun Japanese flag (Kyokujitsu-Ki) and Japanese armor. The result was surprising:

Historically, the Japanese used this flag only for the Navy, it was never put on the Japanese tanks themselves. In fact, allegedly the only case of a Japanese flag painting on a tank is a real Japanese flag (white field, red circle) and it was on a Chi-Nu tank and it was one case. The Imperial Japanese Army never used that flag either in general. The Japanese “did use a small brass start near the nose of the front glacis plate, but that’s it”, according to Daigensui, who informed me of all this.

In other words, Wargaming was historically correct not to put this decal on tanks, but of course since there were no such pictures at all on Japanese vehicles, the question as to what decal will the Japanese tanks have in game is allegedly not yet decided and the Japanese flag on Chi-Nu Kai is temporary.

With this, I will be closing the discussion under the original flag article, you can continue here, but please, be civil.

Hello everyone,

as you might have noticed from earlier posts/videos, the new Japanese Chi-Nu Kai will most likely (allegedly it’s not 100 percent) have a regular Japanese flag (instead of the Imperial Rising Sun) as you can see here:

The reason for this move is that while we Europeans and Americans have nothing against such symbol, for Korean and Chinese players it is offensive. Allegedly, it is not outright banned, but highly frowned upon.

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Source: wot-news.com

Hello everyone,

as some of you know, I am not exactly fond of Soviet tanks (I levelled up the T-54, but that’s about it), so I can’t really evaluate the Object 140′s performance, compared to the T-62. That’s why I am taking Edrard’s assessment and translating it to English. Edrard is the owner of wot-news and generally a good player, so I think his opinion counts in this. First, let’s have a look at Object 140′s armor and size, compared to the T-62A:

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Source: Overlord’s blog

Looks nice for a mobile game, doesn’t it?

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First peek into the upcoming Japanese tank, enjoy!