Author: Sebastianul

WoT: 6 March Micropatch

~ Sebastianul

EU:

Due to updates, World of Tanks servers will be unavailable on 06/03/2020 from 06:00 – 06:45 CET. In this micropatch:

-Some technical issues have been fixed.

ASIA:

Please be informed that the World of Tanks Asia periphery servers will be down for maintenance on 06 March, 2020 from 05:00 to 05:45 UTC+8 to deploy micropatch 1.8_1. The game and clan portal will be unavailable during the maintenance period.

WoT: March Tank Rewards

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Source: EU Portal

8 March is widely known as International Women’s Day, with the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia declaring the whole month Women’s History Month. It is a great opportunity to honour the contributions of all of history’s incredible fighting women, past and present. From 5 March at 06:00 CET (UTC+1) to 31 March at 07:00 CEST (UTC+2), follow the March of the Valkyries and celebrate some of the bravest women the world has ever seen with special Valkyrie missions. Collect plenty of rewards and tokens to unlock the different Reward Tiers, which will grant you even bigger prizes.

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Missions

  • Mariya Oktyabraskaya

Rewards

  •  100 Tank Reward Points
  •  4 Small Repair Kits
  •  4 Small First Aid Kits
  •  4 Manual Fire Extinguishers

Objective

  • Play a battle

Restrictions

  • Only Random, Global Map, and Stronghold Battles
  • Only regular Tier II–X vehicles
  • Once per day

  • Hedy Lamar

Rewards

  •  10 Tank Reward Points
  •  1 Small Repair Kit
  •  1 Small First Aid Kit
  •  1 Manual Fire Extinguisher

Objectives

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WoT: EU March Top of the Tree: Kranvagn

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Source: EU Portal

Thanks to a certain furniture store, Swedish products have a claim to fame with complicated instructions and unpronounceable names. While this might hold true for bookshelves and dinner tables, Swedish tanks up to the Kranvagn are straightforward and don’t need to hide behind other tank lines, although hiding seems to be what they were made for. Thanks to impressive gun depression angles for most of the tanks in this line, which starts off light, sees some mediums, and ends in heavy tanks, Swedish tanks are best played in hull-down positions and on uneven terrain. The gun selection, dominated by 7.5 cm calibre ones in the middle, shines with decent penetration values, but the main attractions are the autoloaders for Tier VIII to X.

The combination of tough turrets and high potential damage will let you disassemble enemy tanks from 5 March at 06:00 CET to 20 March at 06:00 CET (UTC+1).

Discounts for the Branch

50% off

30% oFF

Missions up to Tier X

For two weeks, you’ll have something to fight for every day! This includes x5 XP per vehicle every day, Crew XP bonuses, and other significant rewards, helping you to reach Tier X. You can find more information about the missions below:

  • Crew XP

Reward:

  •  x2 Crew XP

Objective:

  • Play a battle
  • Place in the top seven of your team by base XP earned

Restrictions: 

  • Only available for the vehicles featured in this special

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5 years of TAP

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Today we mark half a decade since TAP first went online. That moment feels like yesterday. This blog was made in order to replace another site, which closed on the day we opened. We (me and Bloodsnow) could not really get over it, so we took matters into our own hands, learning everything from scratch, with no leakers or translators given to us from our predecessor. Needless to say, a tough road was ahead and most TAP members did their best to overcome any obstacles. I taught a few former authors how to post but unfortunately they left and started their own things without giving credit, but such is human nature. I made some mistakes in the past too though, giving those people a reason to leave and I’m deeply sorry for that. Will make sure not to repeat them again. Human interaction is not my forte, sadly.

TAP is here to stay and outlast everything, including the games we post about. I know how it’s like to lose a great site, I don’t want to do that to TAP readers.

I’m really sad about the lack of Q&As and historical articles, but thankfully we can fix the historical part somewhat with some help from Erwin.

I would like to use this post to ask everyone in the comments for feedback on TAP and the new domain/theme. Previous feedback could not be received due to the paid nature of the WPForms plugin we were not aware about.

I try to make TAP load as quick as possible, but there are still 500 internal server errors very rarely. Do not be scared and simply refresh the page. I talk to support whenever this happens to me.

Next year in the summer I’ll finish uni hopefully, and that will mean more time for TAP, at least for a while. Please bear with me until then.

-Seb

WoT Supertest: ISU-152K (Extra Stats + Unfinished Model Pictures)

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ISU-152K. Initial parameters:

Tier: TD-8, USSR, premium
HP: 1 200
Engine: 600 hp
Mass: 47,18 t
Maximum load: 52,60 t
Power-to-weight: 12,72 hp / t
Max speed/Min speed: 40 / -12 km / h
Hull turning speed: 22,95 °/s
Terrain resistance values: — / — / —
View range: 360 m
Radio range: 730 m

Hull armor: 90/ 90 / 60 mm
Turret armor: — / — / —

Gun: 152 mm BL-10

Alpha Damage: 750 / 750 / 950
Penetration: 286 / 329 / 90 mm
Rate of fire: 3,29 rounds/minute
Damage per minute: 2 470
Reload time: 18,22 seconds
Accuracy at 100 m: 0,39
Aiming time: 3,26 s
Depression/Elevation: -5 ° / +11 °

Number of shells in magazine: 30 rounds.

Gun:
Crew: 5 members – Commander, Driver, Gunner and 2 Loaders.
Camouflage values:
Camouflage of the stationary vehicle: 15.05 / 2.03% (for a stationary vehicle / for a stationary vehicle after the shot has been fired);
Camouflage of the moving vehicle: 9.06 / 1.22% (for a moving vehicle / for a moving vehicle after the shot has been fired).

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Supertest: ISU-152K Initial Stats

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Coming soon to the Supertest is the ISU-152K, a Soviet Tier VIII TD.

Its outstanding feature is the 152-mm BL-10 gun, which boasts high armor penetration and an alpha of 750 points. The basic round can pierce 286 mm of steel while the special APCR round can break through 329 mm. The gun’s accuracy is not that impressive (0.41) and neither are its aiming time (3.4 seconds) or rate of fire (3.16 shots per minute).

In terms of protection, the ISU-152K is on par with its researchable counterpart the ISU-152, with 90 mm of armor at the front of the conning tower and an HP pool of 1,200 points. The dynamics are similar with the ISU-152K having a top speed of 40 km/h and a specific power of 12.7 hp per tonne of weight.

All in all, the ISU-152K is very much like its tech tree ‘relative’. The differences with the researchable TD are subtle: the horizontal firing arc is a bit wider, the armor penetration of the gun is a bit higher—at a cost of slightly lesser mobility and a slightly longer reload time. You don’t have to adjust to this vehicle as its play style is familiar to the majority of tankers: an ambush TD with high one-time damage.

Source: EU Forums

WoT: Frontline Start Date

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This year, Episodes will be replaced by Stages. Every calendar month from March to June, Frontline will kick off and take place for one week. There will be four Stages, between which, Frontline will be unavailable.

EU:

The first Stage of Frontline 2020 will start on 9 March 2020 (04:00 UTC) and will be available until 16 March 2020 (01:00 UTC).

NA:

Frontline 2020: Stage 1

 BEGINS: ENDS:
March 9 at 04:00 PT | 06:00 CT | 07:00 ET March 16 at 01:00 PT | 03:00 CT | 04:00 ET

ASIA:

The first Stage of Frontline 2020 will be available from 9 March 2020, 07:00 UTC +8 to 16 March 2020, 04:00 UTC +8.

Source: WoT Portals