Source: http://worldoftanks.com/en/news/17/introducing-the-MT-25/
I don’t usually repost official WG stuff, but US server just published this interesting piece of info by “Yoott, resident US MT-25 expert”:
First Impressions of the MT-25
The first thing a player will notice once they log in will be the sheer size difference in the tank compared to the T-50-2. I would estimate width wise the MT-25 is 20 to 25% wider with much thicker tracks and a much beefier turret and hull design.
Source:
Found by Priory_of_Sion (thanks a lot, mate) and to TK3600 who apparently found it first and made a post on US forums about it
http://wot.duowan.com/1302/225307639381.html
Hello everyone,
the Chinese vehicles are notoriously hard to find any info on. Basically, all the scraps and pieces we know about them come either from vehicles, that exist physically in some museum, or from Wargaming itself.
Nothing much today either. Looks like SerB and Storm are on vacation or something.
Veider (another developer) just answers a few questions, such as:
- this area in T110E3 is easily penetrable, it’s the commander’s copula:
- some player was moaning about AMX 13 105AM arty, that its gun is too weak for its tier, a developer (Marschig) says that by transferring it to tier 5, its MM spread has actually decreased than it was before
- the thickness of the bottom armor of the tank is also historical (in other words: if a HE shell lands under the tank, the splash will encounter the bottom armor, which is practically non-existent.
- Komarin and Swamp are still bound to return at some point
Otherwise, not much. Just one more thing:
Remember Listy? He’s an author from EU forums, who wrote a whole bunch of British-themed historical articles. Actually, if my info is correct, it is him personally, who is responsible for finding the AT-15A premium TD documents. So, if you hate AT-15A, go and say hi to Listy, who just started a new FB page with his historical articles.
Hello everyone,
Cuki from EU server made a bunch of T-shirt motives (free to use for everyone). If you want bigger resolution or anything, just contact him on his e-mail cukipofa@mailbox.hu
Part I – http://ftr.wot-news.com/2013/07/15/bulgarian-armor-part-i/
After the Jambol excercise – which, despite all the hard work – was partially unsuccessful (especially the performance of the Renault tanks was abysmal, but some Š-35 tanks bogged down during the rainy march from Nova Zagora), efforts were made to improve the state of Bulgarian armor. In 1942, the chief of Bulgarian army command operative division, general Chaladzhov, personally went to Germany in order to learn about the German armored unit structure and tactics, in order to implement the things the Germans learned in war into the Bulgarian army.
Hello everyone,
Edrard was so kind as to install a new feature. From now on, whole articles will not appear on the front page – only a part of them. You will have to click on the article itself to read the rest, but this will protect the frontpage from being hard to read, if – for example – long articles or pictures are posted.
Please let me know, if it works okay for you (report any issues in comments to of this post). Last time I tried to do this, it screwed the RSS feed, so I hope it works. If it doesn’t, I’ll remove it.
SS
Source: Dom1n, Polish community
Hello everyone,
remember that nice “screwup” with the Leopard and the sheep on the last wallpaper? That was actually pretty funny, wasn’t it :) Well, this isn’t.
Wargaming artists are using copyrighted material for their wallpapers without author’s consent, apparently.
Hello everyone,
today we will have a look at one of the armored forces, that gets often neglected by literature and usually deserves no more than small articles behind the Axis section: the armor of Bulgaria.
After World War I, in which the Bulgarian kingdom fought on Central Powers’ side and lost, its army was severely weakened and – as with other former Central Powers – forced by the Allies to accept certain conditions, limiting the number of men and weapons, while other types of weapons (including armored vehicles) being banned outright. The Allied committee, that oversaw the disarming of Bulgaria, openly favoured Yugoslavia and Greece and the terms were very strict. This, combined with the regional specifics (Balkan peninsula always was a powderkeg of sorts), planted a part of the seeds, that would eventually grow into the most destructive conflict in human history.
Hello everyone, Alex78i, who sent me earlier the photos from the Bucharest museum, went to Pivka (Slovenia). You might remember that we had a while ago a bunch of pictures from there too, these however show the vehicles from bit different angles.
T-55 at the entrance
Apparently, SerB is somewhere, where the internet is of low quality, so we can expect few answers. As promised, this is from last night:
- German armor too thin at welds (meeting point) of upper and lower frontal armor? SerB considers it a conspiracy theory
- BT-7 is not equipped with a historical 76mm gun ingame, because for that it would need 3rd turret – if it is ever added, SerB will think about it (and this concerns T-26 too)
Oh yes, and new Listy’s war article, quite interesting:
http://overlord-wot.blogspot.cz/2013/07/holding-at-hondeghem.html
