Category: War Thunder

War Thunder – Q&A 13.07.2017

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It’s time for another round of Questions and Answers!

Ground Forces

Do you plan to introduce ammo containers or other features that decrease the chances of ammo load explosions?

We already have this implemented – e.g. American tanks with “wet” ammo rack  (they have ‘W” in their name) have a decreased chance of ammunition detonation in case of fire. If any tanks had any form of constructive protection of ammo – it is also taken into account.

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War Thunder – World War Closed Beta

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We are proud to announce the start of the long anticipated closed beta testing of the World War gaming mode. The first War Thunder squadrons invited to test the new gameplay this Tuesday, July 11th. We will be sending new invites for squadrons that have applied for World War CBT before a new testing sessions start. Stay tuned!

Squadrons are chosen randomly among those that have applied to join the World War CBT. Commanders will receive invites via e-mail in addition to a personal message on the official War Thunder forums.

War Thunder – Thunder News

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EDIT: Okay, so as you can see, the video was sent to the Gulag, and as requested, here’s some info.

The video was basically a rip-off of the WoWS series with Dasha Perova. They put in a Russian Instabunny, Anastasya Zelenova, to read week old news. And just like with WG videos, Gaijin gave us an emotionless, bland voiceover in English, instead of leaving her voice and adding subtitles. When it was still up, the ratio of likes to dislikes was about 1500:500.

EDIT 2: Here’s a Russian version.

Hungary’s Famous Fake Tank Destroyer

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Written by Károly “Karika” Németh of Tanks Encyclopedia

Tas rohamlöveg mockup by Á. Bíró
Tas rohamlöveg mockup by Á. Bíró.

Introduction

After the end of the Second World War, under the soon established communist regime in Hungary, it was unwise (and unrequested) to publicly talk about any involvement in the military developments of the previous, condemned era. Therefore, the designers of the Hungarian 44M. Tasheavy/medium tank also chose to remain silent and its history soon faded away.

Nobody bothered to research the history of the Hungarian tanks and armored fighting vehicles until the late 1970’s, the time when most of the primary sources, the key people involved in it had already passed away. This made it even harder for the new generation of historians to form a coherent story because most of the time they had to rely on the few remaining, sometimes contradictory written documents or on the memories of the people who only played a minor role in the stream of events.

Consequently, because of the lack of primary sources, some outdated books and articles falsely claim that a self-propelled gun on a Tas chassis would also have been designed in parallel with the 44M. Tas development.

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