World of Tanks T28 Action: Tier 8 Tank Destroyer

The T28 might be a slow and ponderous tank and the armour on the front of the beast may not be as impressive as you might assume when you read 254mm, but it is a very capable tank and enjoyable to play when you have reasonable support from your team or the enemy is just shellshocked by your presence.

World of Tanks: Medium Madness with the M26 Pershing!

This M26 Pershing is quite the dream to drive. Agile and packs a nice cannon to shred through various tanks. Using mobility and it's excellent view range to your advantage, you can get into and out of some sticky situations as well as deal a lot of hurt to the enemy team. Hope you enjoy this outing!

World of Tanks - The King Tiger in Action!

My very own King Tiger in action. Hopefully the recording quality is good enough, my first real recording with my new machine and I'm no good at editing! More videos to follow if this one gets a lot of thumbs up :)

Löving your Löwe - A Guide to the Lion

The Panzerkampfwagen VII Löwe (Lion) was a design for a Super Heavy Tank created by Krupp for the Nazi German government during World War II. The project never left the drawing board, and was dropped in late 1942 in favor of the Panzer VIII Maus.

The Löwe was designed in two variants:

• Leichter Löwe – crew of five, 1000-hp engine, weight of 76 tons, 100-mm frontal armor, rear-mounted turret, 105 mm L/70 high velocity gun and a coaxial machine gun, top speed 27 km/h.
• Schwerer Löwe – crew of five, 1000-hp engine, weight of 90 tons, 120-mm frontal armor, center-mounted turret, 105 mm L/70 high velocity gun and a coaxial machine gun, top speed 23 km/h.

When shown the designs, German Führer Adolf Hitler ordered the Leichter Löwe dropped and the Schwerer Löwe re-designed with a 150-mm main gun, 140-mm frontal armor, and a top speed of 30 km/h.

No prototype of either design was ever built. Some elements of the Schwerer Löwe design were used in the Tiger II, however, and that model proved to be expensive to produce and too large to fit across small bridges.

Source: wikipedia

Exclusive Interview! PlanetWoT - World of Tanks fanportal

Today I had the pleasure of speaking to JTS and Juha686, two brothers who play World of Tanks and they have created a World of Tanks fansite with a difference. They have created an IRC bot on the Quakenet IRC server (irc.Quakenet.org) which collects your post-battle information and produces some additional statistics and a highscore list which is ideal for bragging rights with friends...

Welcome to PlanetWoT.

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 Tanks v.6.6 Preliminary Patch Notes

In Development: Vol. 2

Preliminary patch notes of v.6.6 update planned for release after v.6.5:

• New map Fishing Bay (working title, subject to change)
• New map Siegfried Line (working title, subject to change)
• New German heavy tanks line: Pz.VI Tiger (P), VK 4502 (P) Ausf A, Е-75, Е-100.
• New US heavy tank М103, a substitution to Т34 as tier 9 US heavy tank.
• Soviet heavy tank IS-4 shift to tier 10 and introduction of Object 252 as new tier 9 Soviet heavy tank.  
• New US premium light tank M22 Locust.
• New Soviet premium light tank Т-127.

The introduction of German medium tank Е-50 in v.6.6 update is under consideration.


ETA -  July 2011.

Source: Overlord's Blog

World of Tanks v.6.5 Preliminary Patch Notes

In Development

Currently in development v.6.5 update. Preliminary patch notes:

• New map Redshire (working title, subject to change)
• New map Mannerheim Line (working title, subject to change)
• US tank destroyers line:  Т18, Т82, Т40, M10, M36, T25, T28, T95
• New tank M46 Patton, a substitution to M26 Pershing as tier 9 US medium tank. Changes to US medium tanks line according to the revised US tech tree
• Multiple bug fixes and improvements to v.6.4.

ETA -  end of June - July 2011.

 

Source:  Overlord's Blog

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.

World of Tanks: Epic Match Feeling

The picture alone doesn't do the match justice... but there are times when you feel like you have had an epic match.

This was one of mine.

World of Tanks Open Beta v.0.6.2.8 - v.0.6.3.8 patch notes

World of Tanks Open Beta v.0.6.2.8 - v.0.6.3.8 patch notes:

Due to be implemented: 1st March 2011

The T-54: Yet another OP Russian Tank?

After the patch we have noticed a few more T-54's, Pershings, GW Panthers and the new tanks filtering through into our fights and having played alongside/gone up against most of them, I have to say that they have added a bit more spice to the game...

v.0.6.2.5 + v.0.6.2.6 + v.0.6.2.7 patch notes

These are the patch notes from the World of Tanks Forums.

Ho-Ho-Ho Merry World of Tanks Christmas!

So apart from a certain number of us on the very first day, we have noticed a gift of 500 gold per day as opposed to the usual 150... well, Merry Christmas from the Developers there! We're getting 500 gold per day until the 2nd January to spend on Premium and other lovely stuffs

Update to my guides

As we are nearing v.0.6.2.4 I have started to update my guides, starting with my Tank Destroyer Guide.

I have played about 1,000 games (or more) since my last real update so hopefully I can bring something extra to the table and hopefully educate the playerbase that little bit more!

Check out my other World of Tanks previews and guides. 

Taking a look at what the new patch notes really mean Pt 3

To wrap up the patch notes review, I am taking a look at the changes to the US tanks. I apologise for the delay in posting these thoughts but I have had a few real life issues to tie up and sort out which has delayed this feature.