Tag: World of Tanks

Lakeville's changes in Supertest

~ Sebastianul

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Redesign of the “Lakeville” map (translated by Vlad):
1. The “pocket” in the middle is now more in the center of the central path;
2. Bushes are cut down and the relief is changed. The city center is now able to shoot at, but from the middle part of the central path;
3. The arrangement of two house blocks is changed;
4. The church was moved; Ability to shoot from lower base (white line) was intentionally removed.
 
What do you think about these changes ? Keep in mind it’s from the supertest, so it may not be definitive.

TAP Special #4 : AMX-13 DCA canon de 40mm

~ Sebastianul

Hi again ! I’m back for another article translation from chars-francais.net, today’s about the AMX-13 DCA canon de 40mm. For the eventual new readers, these articles are aiming to highlight some vehicles which aren’t covered by World of Tanks (yet), so in other words, vehicles that not everyone is aware of.

Various studies were made as early as the 50’s in order to equip the French Army with self-propelled AA guns.
In 1956, the chassis of the AMX-13 and EBR were used to create prototypes with a turret hosting a Bofors 40mm L/70 gun.
With the SAMM S 980 turret studies being abandoned in 1957, as well as the 40mm L/70 gun’s production in 1958, the self-propelled project stopped there.
As a result, the first and only armoured French-manufactured self-propelled AA gun didn’t appear before 1966, still on an AMX-13 chassis, but with dual 30mm guns & SAMM S401 turret.

Physical specifications

  • Hull length : 4,88 m
  • Width : 2,51 m
  • Ground clearance : 0,37 m
  • Fuel tank’s capacity : 450 l

Mobility

  • Engine : SOFAM 8GxB
  • Maximum RPM : 3200 rotations/minute
  • Maximum power : 250 hp
  • Cooling system : water
  • Consumption : 50 l/h
  • Maximum speed : 60 km/h
  • Average speed : 45 km/h
  • Autonomy : 8 h or 400 km

Main armament

  • Gun : 40mm AA Mle 51 T1 (Bofors 40mm L/70)
  • Initial speed : 993 m/s
  • Rate of fire : 240 rounds/minute

Fire control

  • Radar : COTAM
  • Calculator : PHF 40
  • Gunsight : L879 binocular

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

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;

Urban camo in WoT PS4

~ erwin0859

Just like the desert camo can be used on sandy maps, the winter camo on snowy maps, and the summer camo on greeny maps, the urban camo would be used on… well, you guessed it, city maps.

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