Hello everyone,
remember KingAlphyn? For those who don’t, he’s the guy that rigged several competitions on US server, he even admitted it. As a result, he has been banned from all the WG contest in the future.
Or, has he?
M26 Pershing: Medium or Heavy? (Plus other stuff)
Recently I’ve run across a small little debate about what exactly was the M26 Pershing? Was it a heavy tank or a medium tank?
This is a tricky question as it was technically both. That answer, even though correct, can be made more define. From what I’ve read, the M26 was a medium tank more than it was a heavy. On June 29th, 1944 the US Ordnance, who wanted a heavy tank to boost morale, redesignated the T26(M26)s as a heavy tank. Before this the T26 was a de facto medium tank that was developed from the T20 series of medium tanks. From June 29th, ’44 to the end of WWII the M26 kept its title as a heavy. After WWII the M26 was once again designated as a medium tank.
On suspected German rebalance
Author: Daigensui (US forums)
Here’s a bit of info about the upcoming German rebalance. You can consider the info… let’s say in accordance to what WG plans, ergo more than just “pure guessing” and less than a leak.
Daigensui:
Many have started panicking due the broad statement above. However, I believe while there will be quite a bit of hard number changes, those will be compensated enough to make the Panthers and Tigers enjoyable.
Ensign’s Q&A #11
In this article series, you ask me questions, and I answer them! Email your questions to tankarchives@gmail.com, and I’ll answer them here (as long as they’re within scope, of course).
Q: What was the highest caliber gun mounted on a tank (not artillery or tank destroyer)?
A: Off the top of my head, the KV-2′s 152 mm howitzer was the biggest, but that was practically an SPG anyway.
Q: Were there German plans for autoloading tanks?
A: The T-25 was supposed to have an auto-loader. SerB says that the Waffentrager E-100 was, too. Aside from that, no idea, but there were probably some obscure autoloader projects.
Q: Is there any other kind of gun that the PzII Ausf J had aside form the 2.0 cm KwK 38?
A: Nope. The PzII Ausf J was meant to be a scout tank, so improving armament over the original PzII was not a priority. The tank quickly proved inadequate for its task, and was discontinued without receiving further modernizations.
Q: Were there tanks like E-100 planned by other nations (big gun on a heavy tank)?
A: Heavy tanks fell out of favour after the end of the war, so nothing quite like that. The closest thing was the BL-10 armed IS-7 SerB talked about, but that was never built.
Q: Were there Soviet rear turreted tanks? Why were they made? How did they compare in combat?
A: The reason for putting the turret in the rear was to allow for a larger gun. The gun’s weight would not shift the center of mass too much, the length would not interfere when fighting in the city or on bumpy terrain. Several Soviet rear-turreted tanks were planned, like the A-44, Object 416, and Shashmurin’s breakthrough tank. None were ever mass produced, so it is hard to judge how well they would have performed in combat.
Q: How legit is this?
A: Completely legit.
“Since the new 85 mm gun did not fully exhaust all possibilities of the new T-34 based SPG, work was done in the fall of 1943 to install weapons of higher calibers. A 122 mm A-19 gun was installed in the stock casemate. The mass of the SPG grew to 32 tons. Penetration compared to the D-5S-85 increased by 30%. The factory index of the vehicle was SU-D25
Aside from the SU-D25 project, UZTM developed a SU-85 with a powerful artillery system: a 152.4 mm D-15 howitzer designed by factory #9. The muzzle velocity was 508 m/s, with a 48-49 kg shell. Penetration was 28% higher than the 85 mm gun, and HE capability was 100% higher. The mass of the proposed SPG was 31 tons. It received the factory index SU-D15. With analogous armament, this medium SPG was lighter than the heavy SU-152 SPG on the KV-1S chassis”
Solyankin et al, Soviet Medium SPGs, 1941-1945
17.8.2013
- SerB is currently in bed sick apparently
- SerB is not responsible for tank price policy
- the vehicle being sellable for gold mechanism had to be developed specifically for the Superpershing case and it won’t be permanently in the game
- the Havok feature of stuff from tank flying off (the boxes, tools and such stuff) is planned
TD competition cheating
Hello everyone,
let’s have a look at the tiny little fail, that happened on Russian server recently. Well, perhaps more than tiny.
As you probably know, last month, an event took place: best tank destroyer players (well, at least the ones that got most XP) get to win the Type 59, gold and yaddayadda. Each tank destroyer category (vehicle) has its own winners.
8.8 patch notes
Source: world-of-ru, user stalin111
(lol, evil Stalin leaking stuff from supertest)
0.8.8 patch notes
- new Soviet medium branch added: A-43 (T6, starting from T-34), A-44 (T7), Object 416 (T8), Object 140 (T10)
- VK3001H moved to tier 5 and redesignated as a heavy
- VK3601 redesignated as a heavy
- added new German vehicles: T4 – Durchbruchswagen 2, T6 – VK3002M
- added for supertesters only: tier 6 Type 64 light tank, tier 5 Chi-Nu Kai medium tank, tier 7 T-44-85 and tier 7 T-44-122
- added two new Chinese premium tanks into store: 112 and T-34
New Ranzar video
Enjoy :)
16.8.2013
- new WoT epic features will be announced “when the time is right”
- it’s possible that the Chinese TD line will start (or at least, there will be a transfer between branches) either from Type 58, or the IS-2
- the new Soviet line suspension won’t have any special feature, such as less aim spread when moving
Object 430U – possible tier 10 vehicle
Hello everyone,
today, we’re going to have a look at the Object 430U. When the upcoming tier 10 medium tank Object 430 was announced, a lot of players (well, Russian mostly) were asking: “Will it get the 122mm gun?” The answer is of course “no” – it was Object 430U that was equipped with one.
