Source: http://www.yaplakal.com/forum2/st/50/topic993037.html

Thanks to Plazmakeks for this one.

Hello everyone,

it’s not that often I am genuinely impressed, but this is definitely one of those cases. Check this out. A man from Minsk (Belarus), known only by his name “Igor Stalegryz” (the surname means something like “Steelchewer”, so pretty sure it’s a nickname), decided in September 2013 to build his own copy of the T-60 Soviet light tank, since he’s a fan of tanks apparently and admires his ancestors, who were brave enough to drive into battle in these pieces of junk.

He started with welding together the hull:

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Hello everyone,

I could have sworn I posted this before, but… well, no matter. Two very interesting videos appeared on US server – both by player 4TankersAndDog. In them, he compares the Gun Laying Drive with Stabilizer and Ventilation and decides, what is more effective. It’s actually pretty interesting, here’s thread one and thread two.

The videos are here:

 

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Hello everyone,

Panther 88 aka Hitlerpanther (seen that on Russian server, referring to 88 being the symbol for nazi “heil Hitler” greeting) was introduced to the premium shop with following description and price:

My advice about this offer is:

DO NOT BUY IT.

Two reasons for that really. First and the most obvious one is that according to people from Russian server who actually bought it as well as some supertesters, the tank is shit. It’s uncomfortable to drive and completely hopeless without limited MM against tier 10′s. Good luck flanking anyone in a German sniper. It’s definitely not a tank for beginners.

Second reason is perhaps even more important. Wargaming did not introduce this tank to the 9.5 Common Test, most likely fearing that everyone would see it’s a piece of shit, which would hurt the sales. I mean, why this tank anyway, it’s not like WG couldn’t have modelled the other Leopard prototype (with 90mm and yes, there was a version with 90mm gun) and detuned it to tier 8. By denying us the opportunity to test it, they are making us buy it blindly and no, 40 Euro is really, really not worth throwing away just to find out you bought a vehicle that sucks. Spend it somewhere else – it’s Christmas, take your significant other, friends or family out or buy them more presents – make THEM happy, not SerB.

Hello everyone,

as some people noticed already, (thanks to Kvetule and Flyingd for this one), those folks, who won a CW tank and chose it using a special web page on WG portal didn’t recieve it in patch 9.5, despite the page claiming it should be credited with the arrival of the 9.5 patch:

So far, there’s no comment from Wargaming on that one, but I wouldn’t panic just yet. The deadline for selecting your reward tanks was 22.12.2014 10:00 CET (which was cca 30 minutes ago at this point), so it’s possible it was just delayed and the tanks will be distributed throughout the day. Of course, this is Wargaming EU so we can expect a fail, but for now, let’s give them some leeway. I will update you if it turns into an issue.

Please note the English wording “with patch 9.5″, which does not strictly have to mean “at the point of 9.5 activation” (in Czech and possibly other languages, it was however “with the launch of 9.5″, but that could be fucked up translation, wouldn’t be the first time).

Source: FTA VK Community

Hello everyone,

remember the “ugly duckling”, M4 Improved tier 5 American premium tank on supertest? Well, compared to the first iteration, it got changed two days ago as such (data for 100 percent crew):

- reload time buffed from 3,74 to 3,644
- ROF buffed from 16,044 to 16,466
- DPM buffed from 1764,8 to 1811,3
- accuracy buffed from 0,432 to 0,422
- accuracy loss on the move buffed by 18 percent
- accuracy loss when moving at full speed and turning the turret buffed by 33 percent
- accuracy loss when moving at full speed buffed by 19 percent
- accuracy loss when turning while moving at full speed buffed by 19 percent
- hitpoints buffed from 470 to 480
- maximum repair cost nerfed from 4750 to 4785

Current stats:

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Hello everyone,

today’s advent offer for EU server includes:

- 105mm LeFH 18 B2 premium artillery + slot
- 5750 gold
- 30 days of premium

Price: 36,68 USD (29,99 EUR)

Actually, this is pretty okay I’d say.

What the title says – WG fixed it already. Unusual, considering it’s Sunday. Good.

Source: FTA VK community

Hello everyone,

M56 Scorpion got rebalanced on supertest to tier 7. With that, its characteristics got changed – as such (for 100 percent crew):

Tier: 7 US TD
Hitpoints: 820 (earlier 1050)
Weight: 7,144 tons (same)
Engine power: 200 hp (same)
Power-to-weight: 28 hp/t (same)
Maximum speed: 45/12 km/h (same)
Terrain resistance: 1,055/1,247/1,726 (same)
Hull traverse: 40 (buffed from earlier 34 deg/s)
Viewrange: 380 (nerfed from 400)
Radiorange: ?

Armor: 1/1/1

Gun: 90mm
Penetration: 219
Damage: 240
DPM: 1925,3 (buffed from 1854)
Reload time: 7,479 (buffed from 7,767s)
ROF: 8,022 (buffed from 7,725)
Accuracy: 0,326 (nerfed from 0,288)
Aimtime: 1,92 (buffed from 2,01s)
Depression: -10 (same)
Gun traverse angle: 60 degrees

So, it was basically buffed AND its tier reduced by one? Me gusta!

Hello everyone,

a preview with some pictures of the Christmas mode.

Inside:

- the mode is called “New Year Mode” in Russian
- it’s similiar to the earlier “8-bit” mode with Karl
- there will be three tanks (one is “Mammoth” – boxy T110E5, second is “Raider” – in English it’s called “Arctic Fox” for some reason and it’s based on T-50-2, third is “Berserker” – in English “Polar Bear” and it’s based on Foch 155)
- the tanks are roughly similiar in sizes and guns, but the Mammoth has huge amount of hitpoints (5000)
- Arctic Fox (T-50-2) has few hitpoints, but 20 tons with 1200hp engine and 70 km/h maximum speed with 65 deg/s hull traverse
- platoons will be possible
- amount of players per team is not published yet
- you’ll get a medal for participating
- the gameplay will resemble the Karl mode, with one exception – healing shells: if you shoot your allies with them, you’ll heal their hitpoints