Author: erwin0859

TAP Special #3 : AMX Tracteur C

~ erwin0859

Hi again ! I’m back for another article translation from chars-francais.net, today’s about the AMX Tracteur C. For the eventual new readers, these articles are aiming to highlight some vehicles which aren’t covered by WoT (yet), so in other words, vehicles of which not everyone is aware of. 

 

The “Tracteur C” AMX is a tank project dating from 1939 (the draft dates from November 1939, to be more accurate), as an answer to the request of a “fortress tank”, able of attacking a heavy defense line. It’s quite a monster, direct concurrent of the FCM F1. A few parts, especially the main turret, weren’t obviously realistic.

The crew was made of 6 : to the front, the front driver, the 105mm gun operator and the radio operator ; to the back, the back driver and the 47mm gunner. The tank was then able to drive backwards instantly.

Its weight can be guessed at 140 tons. Its dimensions are (about) the following : track length of 9,375 metres, width of 3 metres and height of 3,26 metres. It’s very long, with a rolling path of an exceptional diameter, about 2,5 metres. It also has an incredible shape, it’s quite wide at the bottom and narrow at the top. It’s equipped with a cylindrical turret, unlike the secondary turret which is semi-hemispherical and globally round.

The drive sprocket is on the back, the idler wheel is on the front. The suspension is the same as on the B1 : raws of small wheels. Each train consists of 24 road wheels and 13 narrow pebbles, with at least 100 mm of armour, surely welded. The plates are all flat. Only the turrets are cast.

The hull comprises lateral flanks like the low-B1 but the roof is angled at 45 °. The track is closed by an armouring quite similar to the one of the B1. The Tracteur C is armed with a huge long 105mm gun in the main turret (105 L mod. 13, surely) and a 47mm SA 35 gun in the back turret. There are also four machine guns (7,5 mm caliber) in ports like on the 2C (2 in the front, 2 in the rear). They are on a ball mount, operated by the nearest crew. The main turret is in the middle axis of the tank. The back one is shifted to the right. The main turret rotates on carriers.

There are two motor groups. The transmission is electrical, according to a principle similar to the one of the “Chars lourds” AMX. The fuel capacity is quite impressive, over 1200 liters.

The Tracteur C remained a sketch. Note that it seems much lower than its competitor, the FCM F1, of which the model impresses by its height.

Pictures :

http://www.chars-francais.net/2015/images/stories/plans/amx-c_1939_01.jpg

http://www.chars-francais.net/2015/images/stories/plans/amx-c_1939_02.jpg

 

See the original article (French) by clicking right here. I hope you enjoyed this post, feel free to comment your thoughts about such articles, and well, see you in the next one 😉

 

Q&A – 14th December 2015

~ erwin0859

– to the question if any deatils about DX11 support can be shared anytime soon, the devs apologized that they can’t share anything right now;

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– the bug where in “Domination” mode, after the destruction of a tank his name was displayed over the next tank which was chosen will be fixed in 9.13;

– no plans to release British prem tanks, however plans do change often, anything can happen;

– the personal mission adjustments will be implemented soon, however the personal missions for the Object 260 will not change;

– the implementation of view range circles into the minimap (like in XVM) is possible;

– regarding “small improvements/bugfixes” – some are dealt with already, some are not critical anymore, some chaged by a huge amount, devs need the information for the current state;

– players claim there is no realistic behaviour of tracks in the game, devs state there is;

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– to that, palyers claim it’s only partially – tracks sinking into the ground, not bulging over small objects etc. – devs answer that such cases are being worked on;

– new physics will be implemented in the game anyway, but with some fixes and adjustments;

– regarding new sounds, devs stated that the test was not useless, many feedback was collected, which will now be regarded when implementing fixes and adjustments; also the revving and transmission sounds, which were requested, will be implemented;

– “is it possible to change camo from 3rd campaign to 4th and the other way round?” – “yes, if the camo was purchased for this tank. this camos can only be used on the tank they were applied to, it’s not possible to transfer to another tank from the same nation”;

– “is there any possibility to see in which tank the player achieved his first medal?” – “the game functionality does not take such scenarios into account”;

– the players who got stripped of the T-22sr for rigging, but managed to play at least one battle in it, will have it displayed in their statistics anyway;

– devs repeat once again that there will be no skill-based MM;