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Tuesday, 29 October 2013
Monday, 28 October 2013
8.9 Garages
All Garage are bound with a holidy event (No idea on Nov 8th)
November 8
November 11 (1956 uprising stuff)
November 8
November 11 (1956 uprising stuff)
November 28 (Thanksgiving)
Novmeber 1 (Halloween)
Christmas - New Year
Source: Russian 8.9 Client's Files
Saturday, 19 October 2013
Saturday, 12 October 2013
KV-1S Armor change
They removed the hatche\machine-gun weakspots from the front, also lowered the toughness of the armor.
Source: http://world-of-ru.livejournal.com/2605048.html
OLD
NEW
Source: http://world-of-ru.livejournal.com/2605048.html
Tuesday, 8 October 2013
Brummbär and other tanks Spotted
Ladies and Gentlemens,
I just found in an article related to World Of Tanks E-Sports a very interesting picture showing the new game modes, along with Brummbär as Tier V SPG, also captured Panzer IV, Panther and G1L French medium. Enjoy!
Source: http://theaces.ru/statiy/wargaming/raznoe-wg/386-komandnyy-boy-polnyy-obzor.html
I just found in an article related to World Of Tanks E-Sports a very interesting picture showing the new game modes, along with Brummbär as Tier V SPG, also captured Panzer IV, Panther and G1L French medium. Enjoy!
Source: http://theaces.ru/statiy/wargaming/raznoe-wg/386-komandnyy-boy-polnyy-obzor.html
Monday, 7 October 2013
Saturday, 5 October 2013
Waffenträger Panzer IV
Developed
in 1942-1944
Characteristics:
Crew:
- Commander, Gunner, Driver, Radio Man, Loader (2x)
Weight:
- 23-25 t
Length (metres) :
- 8,1 (128mm K81)
Width (metres) :
- 3,1
Height (metres) :
- 2,5
Armor:
- 30/8/8 mm
Engine:
- Maybach HL 157 P
Speed:
- 45-50 km/h (17 km/h for the real version)
Radio:
- FuG 12
Armament:
- 15cm PaK L/29.5
- 12.8cm K44 L/55 (Velocity 920 m/s, 360°, 28 kg AP round)
- 12.8cm K44/2 L/61 (Not the same as Jagdtiger, somewhat better in performance, higher RoF could be reached)
- 15cm PaK L/38 (This is not historical)
In
the process of separating self-propelled artillery mount production from tank
manufacture, the development of socalled „Waffenträger” had been going on since
1942. The Waffenamt (Wa Prüf 4) bought firms that were not directly involved in
tank production into the process.
The
originally established military requirements called for, among other things:
- - A
fully-tracked chassis, independent of tank production, with a production engine
that allowed a marching speed of about 17 km/h.
- - Provisions
for dismounting the gun by means available to the troops. All equipment had to
be carried on the vehicle.
- - All-around
fire with 360-degree traverse, both on the vehicle and when removed.
- - The
gun was to be mobile on its own wheeled mount.
- - Shrapnel
protection for the crew, 8mm armor plate being considered sufficient.
- - Uniform
chassis on which a choice of several weapons could be carried.
On
this basis, several developmental studies were worked out, including, among others,
consideration of using chassis components of the Panzer IV and III/IV.
Wa
Prüf 4 had established the following designations for these vehicles:
„Einheits-Waffenträger, Grösse I” and „Einheits-Waffenträger, Grösse II”
(Grösse means size, Einheits means universal)
Suggestions
were made, involving Panzer IV or III/IV chassis components, for a „Mittleren
Waffenträger (Mittleren means medium) für 15 cm sFH 18 (L/29.5)” and a
„Mittleren Waffenträger für 12.8cm K 81 (L/55).”
The
first prototypes, presented by Krupp, Steyr and Rheinmetall, found only limited
approval, since they had turned out to be too complicated and too ponderous.
The industry thereupon suggested means of simplification, and Wa Prüf 4 stated
its readiness to drop some of its requirements. Despite all of this, no
statisfactory solution could be found.
On
February 4, 1944, on the occasion of a conference at Steyr-Daimler-Punch, a
representative of Wa Prüf 4 presented requirements for a Waffenträger which had
been changed again. Among other things, it was stated in them that the
development of these vehicles was not to amount to a stopgap measure, meaning
the placing of a weapon on an already existing chassis. The complete vehicle
was to be developed especially for this purpose.
The
Panzer IV and III/IV chassis were now dropped as the basis of this development,
since a lighter vehicle was preferred. It should be kept in mind that at this
point the Panzer IV was already regarded as a model that would not be produced
indefinitely, and that it was only a matter of time until its production would
be halted.
12,8cm K44 on wheels
By Ilosz
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