Source: http://yuripasholok.livejournal.com/3993141.html

Hello everyone,

this is how Yuri Pasholok and his colleagues (I assume he wasn’t the one rendering it) reconstructed the Polish “Lem” tank, also known as Czolg P, or Czolg Pancernik. For those who do not know – it’s basically a design, submitted by famous Polish scifi author Stanislaw Lem to Soviet armed forces during the war.

The vehicle picture was reconstructed was made using elements of Soviet technology from 1944-1947. Actually, it’s a nice tank, isn’t it :) Save for the AA “tumor turret” on the back anyway.

Too bad a Polish branch is practically impossible to build, it would be a nice tier 10 – but who knows, maybe it will appear in the game one day too (knowing Wargaming, as a Soviet tier 10 reward tank, which would be the ultimate trolling).

If you are wondering, the inscription means “invincible”.

Thanks to Scrapheep for this one.

Hello everyone,

I don’t think this needs much explanation. Either in 9.4 or 9.5, Wargaming screwed up the hitbox of some Live Oaks buildings. But a demonstration will serve better than description:

Basically, what you see here is building collision model (hitbox) not corresponding to the visual one, causing the shells to be blocked by invisible barrier. Usually it’s city maps suffering from these issues, in the past same problem emerged on Ruinberg, Himmelsdorf and Stalingrad had it too (some of these were apparently fixed in 9.5). Meh.

Hello everyone,

some of you guys (thanks to Listy for this particular thing) might have noticed one thing about the new 9.5 branch. We basically have to relatively identical vehicles in the game – the M10 US TD and the Achillers, which are mostly identical (Achilles is simply a re-armed M10), yet they – in the game – have quite a different armor. Check it out – the M10:

And the Achilles:

Basically, as you can see, the frontal Achilles armor is mostly 38,1mm thick (with that red part being 50,8mm thick), the sides are 19,1mm thick, the mantlet is 57,2mm thick and most of the frontal turret is 19,1mm thick with 25,4mm sides. On the other hand, the M10 front is entirely 51mm thick (with the red part being much larger – and 114mm thick), the sides are roughly equal (19mm) and so is the mantlet, but the entire turret front is 57mm thick and the hole behind the mantlet is much smaller. What’s up with that?

Well, that’s because M10 is ridiculously overarmored in the game. It’s the same story as with other models – M10 is quite an old model and back then, historicity was not that important as it is now for Wargaming (well, unless they decide to implement some made-up shit again anyway), that’s why it ended up with much thicker armor than it should have. In any case, it’s quite likely that when it is reworked to HD, the M10 armor gets nerfed to the Achilles level. The M36 Jackson has the same issue by the way.

Still, it’s very likely this will be compensated by buffs in other areas, so…

Source: FTA VK community

So, this is how a model looks without any textures. Not much to see here, yet. But, if you are interested in the history of the model, you can read this article – as you can see, it’s relatively old, as the vehicle was announced more than half a year ago as a replacement to the failed T-44-85, which might actually still appear in the game, possibly rebalanced one tier lower. Various issues left it postponed till now.

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Source: VK Wotleaks community

Hello everyone,

this is the upcoming tier 8 Soviet premium medium tank – intended for normal purchase, not an event tank or anything.

Description:

Developed in 1944 by Plant No.183. During its developments, many mechanisms and components of the T-44 tank were used. They were modified and fixed in order for the new vehicle to carry more armor and a better gun. According to one of the sources, first prototype was ready by the end of 1944, other sources however state another date – January 1945. The vehicle was trialed in March-April 1945. It was not mass produced.

Characteristics (for 100 percent crew):

Tier 8 Soviet MT
Hitpoints: 1400
Engine: 520 hp
Weight: 35,5 tons
Power-to-weight: 14,65 hp/t
Maximum speed: 44/18 km/h
Hull traverse: 44 deg/s
Terrain resistance: 1,055/1,151/1,822
Turret traverse: 45,9 deg/s
Viewrange: 380
Radio range: 700

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Hello everyone,

just a random thing I ran into on RU forums – a comparison of how Christmas banners look on various servers…

Russians have the usual Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost). It’s a Russian things, although other orthodox countries have that too.

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Thanks to xxviktor for noticing this.

Hello everyone,

in the early 9.5 vehicle changes post, I wrote that the screwed the T-34-85M model by shifting the turret, but not its mantlet – like this:

As a result, the mantlet was clipping into the left part of frontal turret armor and there was a (small, but noticeable) hole on the right side.

So, do you think they fixed it? Of course not. In 9.5:

Notice the yellow hole on the right side, not covered by the mantlet. And don’t forget to buy the T-34-85M bundle and remember: Wargaming quality assurance is one of the best in business!

PS: yes, it’s a small thing, but it’s about the principle – they could have checked, I even posted in on FTR. Especially when it comes to a tank sold for real life money.

Hello everyone,

just a couple of interesting photos from the Burlington Township’s memorial park to US forces. It contains three interesting items – a M60A3 Patton main battle tank, a Huey helicopter and a F-86H Sabre jet fighter. Many thanks to AfailingHORSE from US server for this one.

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