I am in the process of reducing the tab number at the moment. Luckily, I did find some gems too! Made by Giganaut, a friend of ours. Check his DeviantArt here: giganaut.deviantart.com

Year of proposal: 1931.

Rough translation of the history of the tank:

In March 1930, to provide technical assistance to the Soviet Union were invited foreign experts, among who was a German engineer Edward Grotte. Under his leadership, the autumn of 1931 at the Leningrad plant “Bolshevik” was designed and built an experimental medium tank TG. The tank did not go into mass production. Work on TG was discontinued due to its complexity to manufacture and hefty price, and from other services E.Grotte decided to give up.

However, as early as March 1931 E. Grotte UMM offered two versions of the Red Army in 1000-ton super heavy tank with the installation of weapons in three or six turrets. The towers were installed two 304-mm guns, four 152 and 76-mm and two 45-mm cannons. The crew consisted of forty people.

The armor protection of the frontal part of the hull and turret reached 300 mm sides – 250 mm, the roof and the bottom – 60-100 mm. The machine was supposed to install several engines with a total capacity of 24,000 hp (17630 kW), which were to provide a speed of up to 60 km / h. The transmission of the tank included a hydro-electric control system. The chassis provides for the use of hydraulic suspension and triple tracks. When considering the conceptual design of the machine, it was recognized that the design of the tank would be extremely cumbersome and difficult to master in production.

(sources: S. Fedoseev, Aviarmor)

3D (Sketchup) Renders:

http://orig07.deviantart.net/9455/f/2015/254/d/f/tg_gall_1_by_giganaut-d999jdg.jpg

http://orig07.deviantart.net/dadc/f/2015/254/4/6/tg_5_render_by_giganaut-d998gqv.jpg

Blueprints:

http://orig07.deviantart.net/45a0/f/2015/254/1/c/tank_grotte_5_by_giganaut-d998irr.jpg

Stats:

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Made by SovietTenkDestroyer.

Part I

Hello again. Let’s get something straight. This is mostly a historical rework.
Not a rebalance. Some are rebalanced. This is my vision of a historical line.
I’m not a noob nor am I terrible. I can play these tanks very well
(Not all of course). While I’m no unicum, I’m no noob. I know not everyone will agree but please refrain from insults. Also, I’m not dead set with these stats. So lets get started.

Tier 6: Tiger P

Before you think it has a lot of armor for tier 6. Keep in mind that tanks such as the O-I and AT-2 exist and those have a lot more armor. It shouldn’t be hard for tier 5 to penetrate and flank. The Tiger P never had a 8,8 L/71. Instead it will be equiped with a 8,8cm L/56. Only one Tiger P was put into service as a command tank. Also, some unhistorical engines exist.

Hit points: 800-950
Weight: 60 tons
Speed: 35/12
Engine: 600-620 hp
Power-to-weight: 10.33 hp/t
Hull traverse: 17-20
Turret traverse: 23
Viewrange: 370
Hull: 200/80/80
Turret: 100/80/80
Gun: 8,8cm Kw.K 36 L/56
DPM: 2000 more or less (What WG feels best)
Penetration: 140-160/181/44
Damage: 220/220/295
Accuracy: 0.35
Aim time: (2.3-2.6)
Depression: -7/+15

Tier 7: VK 45.02 A or B (Type 180 or 181, P1 or P2)

A:

B:

If you miss the Tiger I sniping abilities from my last rework. Then this will be a fine replacement. Also, if you notice the names. It seems like this tank had a lot of different names. More than what I have posted. The A and B variant had exactly the same specs. Except, that one was rear mounted and the other was centrally mounted.  Historically, it was supposed to have the 8,8cm L/71 and the armor wasn’t exaggerated as in WoT. When hull variants ever come to WoT, this will be a perfect example of how it can change playstyles. The ‘B’ variants being more of a side scraper. Porsche’s VK 45.02 was in a competition with Henschel’s VK 45.03 or Tiger II. This tank is weirdly mild for Porsche.
Porsche usually built and designed unrealistic tanks. (Mammut, Maus, Mauschen, Tiger P, etc) To which one would be better, who knows. The VK 45.02 would theoretically be more economical, but knowing Porsche, it would be riddled with flaws. One more thing, the ‘A’ and ‘B’ naming is false.

Hit points: 1500
Weight: 65 tons
Speed: 40/12
Engine: 600, 700, 740, and/or 900 hp
Power-to-weight: 13.84
Hull traverse: 25
Turret Traverse: 25
Viewrange: 380-390
Hull: 80/80/80
Turret: 100/80/80
Gun: 8,8cm Kw.K 43 L/71
DPM: 2200
Pentration: 203/237/44
Damage: 240/240/295
Accuracy: 0.33 or 0.34
Aim time: 2.5
Depression: -8/+15

Tier 8: VK 100.01 (P) “Mammut” (Typ 205)

Yes, the Mammut is a premium unfortunately or fortunately. However, it’s not released. The Mammut was an early concept of the Maus. It featured a 12,8cm L/50 and a 15cm L/40. In tier 8, it trades some hull armor for guns. BIG guns. The turret might or might not be bouncy (Depends on the angle). This will be a heavy sniper (Not sure how I’ll balance that) or a
big version of the T29 or T34 (Weak hull, strong turret, punchy gun). Some sources state that it had 140mm of armor but I don’t know how legitimate it is (120mm confirmed) The engine is fairly weak for 120 tons. I’ll giving it above average/good terrain resistance. There is a stock turret. It’s basically a turret in a turret. This will be a stock turret with the weight going from 120 to 140 tons.

Hit points: 1700
Weight: 120
Speed: 25-30/12
Engine: 780
Power-to-weight: 6.5 (Terrain resistance to balance it)
Hull traverse: 17
Turret traverse: 21
Viewrange: 370-380
Hull armor: 120(140)/100/100
Turret: 120/120/80
Gun(s): 12,8cm L/50 or 15cm L/40
DPM: Not sure maybe 2000 DPM or a bit lower (1600-1700 for 15cm)
Penetration: 200-210/230/50 (170/230-250/80 for 15cm)
Damage: 490/490/630 (700/700/830)
Accuracy: 0.38-0.41 (0.42-0.46)
Aim time: 2.8-3.4 (3.2-3.4)
Depression: -8/+30

Tier 9: Mauschen

Yeah, yeah I know… It was rejected (I liked it though :/ ). However, WG said it wasn’t completely scrapped and the VK 45.02 B is a very controversial tank. Probably less than the Mauschen. It’s basically a mid design from the Mammut and Maus. It’s very similar to the Maus. However, it not rear turreted like it’s sucessor.

Hit points: 1900-2100
Weight: 150
Speed: 20/15
Engine: 900
Power-to-weight: 6
Hull traverse: 17
Turret traverse: 17-20
Viewrange: 380
Hull armor: 200/180/?
Turret armor: 240/200/?
Gun(s): 12,8cm L/55 or 15cm L/31
DPM: 2000 (1700)
Damage: 490/490/630 (750/750/950)
Penetration: 246/311/65 (210-230/250-290/85)
Accuracy: 0.38-0.41 (0.4-0.44)
Aim time: 3-3.2 (3-3.4
Depression: -8/+24

Maus II or Maus with 15cm (Not necessary for historicity)

There is no armor scheme I could find of the Maus II turret which looks a lot like the E 100’s turret. All I know is that it had similar or better protection (I’m sure WG can find some data about it. If not, I think a 15cm would great for the Maus). We don’t necessarily need to do this.  Arguably, it probably could use a buff. It’s historical as is.

Warning, picture heavy !

Hello everyone, I’m Erwin0859, and today I will present you an article translation coming from chars-francais.net, this time about the Laffly W 15 TCC. My goal is to post an article translation at least one time per week, sometimes maybe a bit more, depending of my available free time. But 1 per week should be a minimum, hopefully. 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.

Maybe forgotten because of the debacle, the Laffly W15 TCC mounted an armament which was very respectable for the 1940 battlefield. I’m talking about the 47mm model 1937 gun, also known as “ghost gun”, because there haven’t been many of them. And those who play the Somua S-35 in World of Tanks can tell how respectable this gun is 🙂

The Laffly tank destroyer has been created in an improvised way, under the pressure of May 1940’s events.

In order to make the production faster, the hull (initially there on the prototype) has been left and replaced by two armoured plates, protecting the driver. The gun’s shield has been extended on the sides.

70 vehicles have been made between May 24^th and June 17^th, 1940. Despite the excellent results, its late use sadly didn’t influence on the events.

14 anti-tank batteries of self-propelled 47mm have been equipped by the Artillery organization center of Nemours. Each battery had a platoon of tank destroyers including 5 Laffly W 15 TCC.

Armament : 47mm model 1937 anti-tank gun + 1 automatic rifle

Ammo capacity : 30 shells

Horizontal gun angles : 60°

Length : 5,40 m

Width : 1,90 m

Height : 1,80 m

Maximum speed : 48 km/h

Weight : 4,960 t

Crew : 3

Pictures of the prototype version :

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