Your Guide to the M26 Pershing - US Tier 9 Medium

The Heavy Tank M26 Pershing was an American heavy tank used in World War II briefly and in the Korean War. It was named after General John Pershing, who led the American Expeditionary Force in Europe in World War I.

Development of the M26 during World War II was prolonged by a number of factors, the most important being opposition to the tank from Army Ground Forces (AGF). As a result, only the initial 20 M26 (T26E3) tanks deployed to Europe in January 1945 saw combat in World War II.^[1] The M26 and its improved derivative, the M46 Patton, both saw more combat in Korea. The M26 was underpowered and mechanically unreliable and so was withdrawn from Korea in 1951, in favor of the M46, which had a more powerful engine.^[2] The lineage of the M26 continued with the M47 Patton, and was reflected in the new designs of the later M48 Patton and M60 Combat Tank.

Source: wikipedia

The KV Tank: A Guide to...

The Kliment Voroshilov (KV) tanks were a series of Soviet heavy tanks, named after the Soviet defense commissar and politician Kliment Voroshilov. The KV series were known for their extremely heavy armour protection during the early war, especially during the first year of the invasion of the Soviet Union in World War II. Almost completely immune to the 7.5 cm KwK 37 and 3.7 cm KwK 36 guns mounted on the early Panzer III and Panzer IV tanks, until better guns were developed often the only way to defeat a KV was a point-blank shot to the rear. Prior to the invasion, about 500 of the over 22,000 tanks in Soviet service at the time were of the KV-1 type. When the KV-1 appeared, it outclassed the French Char B1,^[1] the only heavy tank used in the world at that time. Yet in the end it turned out that there was little sense in producing the expensive KV tanks, as the T-34 medium tank performed better (or at least equally) in all practical respects. Later in the war, the KV series have become a base of development of the excellent Iosif Stalin tanks.

Source: wikipedia

World of Medium Tanks - WoT Guide

Updated 20/05/2010 (v.0.6.4.0)

Today it is the turn of the mobile masterpiece, the Medium Tank, to have a look at.

World of Light Tanks - WoT Guide

Updated 20/05/2010 (v.0.6.4.0)

Having played World of Tanks extensively during closed beta testing and now after launch, I thought I would come along and start writing up a few guides, starting off with the bane of artillery, the Light Tank.

Small in-depth guide of the SPG's of World of Tanks.

SPG Guide by DarkBurrow (EU)

These are just things ive picked up while playing to optimize my own performance.

So, here you are in your artillery starting your first or you 1000th game, but still havent had the urge to find the best way to get reach your optimum performance? 

Review: World of Tanks

World of Tanks

Developer: Wargaming.net

Back in October I brought you an article, Tank You, World of Tanks :), which introduced you all to a new free-to-play MMO which was in Closed Beta Testing at the time. The game was released on April 12th and of course, I have given it a thoroughly good thrashing to bring you a review.

Revenge of the Titans: Technology Research Guide

It is pretty difficult to tell what certain researches do or lead to within Revenge of the Titans. Certain research topics provide some useful, often vital bonuses to your turrets and mining operations so hopefully this guide will help give you some hints and tips with your research needs.

Also feel free to check out my Revenge of the Titans review.

A full tech tree with symbols. Full credit goes to Melak Denieth from the Steam Forums

It is currently incomplete but I will be working on it as I progress through the game.

Review: Revenge of the Titans

Revenge of the Titans

Developer: Puppygames

Publisher: Shaven Puppy Ltd

They came out from outer space and without warning, unleashed an unprovoked worldwide assault upon the Earth. We developed defensive towers to defend ourselves from this threat we called The Titans, for no apparent reason! Oh wait, it's because you find out that they're coming from Titan!

Taking a look at what the new patch notes really mean

v.0.6.2.4 is coming and we have seen the patch notes. I am going to be taking a look at certain parts in closer detail and occasionally bringing together multiple points to rationalise how these suggestions will affect the game.

UPDATE: Light Tank Guide

Following the introduction of the v.0.6.1.5 update for World of Tanks and the changes made therein, I have updated my Light Tank Guide.

The guide can be found here. Please visit, read and enjoy.

General World of Tanks FAQ-type Guide

So I am doing this in rather the reverse to natural order but I felt I could do more good for the community by pushing out guides for the more established player base. Now it's the time for a newcomers guide and hopefully I will cover all of the basics required to find your way around World of Tanks.

Guide to Self Propeplled Guns aka Arty

We have so far trained in the use of Light, Medium and Heavy tanks and also improved our understanding of how to use the Tank Destroyers, now I hope to enlighten you to the ways of the Self Propellled Guns (SPG), also known as Artillery or Arty.

Daily Quest and Daily Event Guide

Sunshine13 of the Forsaken World Forums has allowed me the great pleasure of posting their guide on my blog. All credit goes to sunshine13 for this fantastic guide to most of the daily quests in the Forsaken World realm. All work below is that of sunshine13, not my own.

Daily Quest and Event Guide

Welcome to v.0.6.1.5 World of Tanks

The long awaited v.0.6.1.5 patch has arrived in World of Tanks and I know you are all dying to know the first impressions of how this patch is going down...

More Phase 1 closed beta Invites are set out!!

Direct from crabclaw, an Administrator on the Forsaken World Community Forums, additional phase 1 invites have been sent out!

Tank Destroyer Guide - World of Tanks

If you have been following my guides so far, you will have lived in a light tank, managed to handle the medium tank and hustled with the heavy... today you join the ranks of the class which makes everyone go "wtf just hit me? where is it? wtf I'm dead?", the Tank Destroyer.

Forsaken World: Bard Skill Overview, you say? Music to my ears!

The Bard... a Hybrid class without a place in the Forsaken World society to call home... Let's make them a force to be reckoned with and let's start with a guide that will suit any Bard up to level up 40, covering all of Phase 1 and Phase 2 of closed beta.

Forsaken World: MEDIC!!! Err I mean PRIEST!!!

This guide was compiled by one of my friends and a user of the Forsaken World forums, who also participates in Phase 1 of their closed beta testing. Their wish was for me to use my blog as a platform to present their guide.

World of Tanks - Heavy Tank Guide

So you have learned about Light Tanks and mastered the Medium Tanks, can you handle the Heavies?