New French Tier 7 premium tank - 1945 FCM...
ZverMohnatyj
Aug 19 2012
Background.
The most recent issue of the RU Forum "fanzine" had, in its "from the developers" section, the following tidbit:
French Heavy 7 Premium - 1945 FCM 50t
[http://forum.worldof...6-журнал-ствол/; post #5; spoiler 1; towards the bottom]
After doing some digging, it turns out that chars-francais.net has a brief article on this machine as well as technical drawings and "paper" specs. The article can be found here:
http://www.chars-fra...sk=view&id=1506
While French isn't even my second language, I rigged up a translation for the RU forums, and figured I might as well spread the wealth and post one here as well. Footnote: everything was done "by hand", as is my habit (Google Translate can choke and die); I think I got most of the technical terms, but can't guarantee there won't be a couple of minor "misses"; my own comments are in [brackets] while (parentheses) are in the original text.
Let us begin. First, the text of the article itself - oh, and no, there is no information on when we will be seeing this in the game:
And now - translation of the chart with "paper specs" from that same article (again - I think I got most of the technical terms, but am not 100.1% certain; also, I've regrouped some data to make things more readable):
So, looks like an up-armoured AMX M4 1945 with a truly stupefying power/weight ratio. Kind of like a SuperPershing but at Tier 7. Or a "not-quite-Tiger-P".
Get your dubloons ready, kids...
P.S. No, there really is no information on when this tank will be in the game. I figure a couple of patches from now (8.2?).
The most recent issue of the RU Forum "fanzine" had, in its "from the developers" section, the following tidbit:
French Heavy 7 Premium - 1945 FCM 50t
[http://forum.worldof...6-журнал-ствол/; post #5; spoiler 1; towards the bottom]
After doing some digging, it turns out that chars-francais.net has a brief article on this machine as well as technical drawings and "paper" specs. The article can be found here:
http://www.chars-fra...sk=view&id=1506
While French isn't even my second language, I rigged up a translation for the RU forums, and figured I might as well spread the wealth and post one here as well. Footnote: everything was done "by hand", as is my habit (Google Translate can choke and die); I think I got most of the technical terms, but can't guarantee there won't be a couple of minor "misses"; my own comments are in [brackets] while (parentheses) are in the original text.
Let us begin. First, the text of the article itself - oh, and no, there is no information on when we will be seeing this in the game:
Spoiler
And now - translation of the chart with "paper specs" from that same article (again - I think I got most of the technical terms, but am not 100.1% certain; also, I've regrouped some data to make things more readable):
Spoiler
So, looks like an up-armoured AMX M4 1945 with a truly stupefying power/weight ratio. Kind of like a SuperPershing but at Tier 7. Or a "not-quite-Tiger-P".
Get your dubloons ready, kids...
P.S. No, there really is no information on when this tank will be in the game. I figure a couple of patches from now (8.2?).
bobobobobiy
Aug 19 2012
Can you post a picture or not? I don't trust google images, due to it being a drawing board tank.
EDIT: ninja'ed
EDIT2: Well, that's pretty fugly. It looks like it has the armor of an ARL.
Edited by bobobobobiy, Aug 19 2012 - 02:54.
EDIT: ninja'ed
EDIT2: Well, that's pretty fugly. It looks like it has the armor of an ARL.
Edited by bobobobobiy, Aug 19 2012 - 02:54.
Clockworkred
Aug 19 2012
A slow-as-crap Not-Tiger-P with a sloped front and shielded tracks? I'll admit i think it looks pretty nice from that picture. Wonder how it'll handle, besides "molasses."
Do we have any data on the gun, like will it be like the 90mm DCA on the ARL-44 or something else?
Edited by Clockworkred, Aug 19 2012 - 02:55.
Do we have any data on the gun, like will it be like the 90mm DCA on the ARL-44 or something else?
Edited by Clockworkred, Aug 19 2012 - 02:55.
Priory_of_Sion
Aug 19 2012
Clockworkred, on Aug 19 2012 - 02:55, said:
Do we have any data on the gun, like will it be like the 90mm DCA on the ARL-44 or something else?
Should be a 90mm similar to the DCA if not the same.
thetap
Aug 19 2012
Tier 7 Premium Heavy. Interesting!
I'm just glad they're adding a variety of Tiers to the Premium lineup instead of more Tier 8s.
I'm just glad they're adding a variety of Tiers to the Premium lineup instead of more Tier 8s.
Zergling
Aug 19 2012
How does a 54 ton tank with a 1000 HP engine end up with a 7.6 HP/ton ratio?
That should be 18.5 HP/ton ratio, which is high for a medium tank, let alone a heavy.
Front upper glacis is 50 degrees from vertical; if it is 120mm thick, that's about 164mm effective armor in WoT, which is very respectable for a tier 7 heavy.
The lower glacis looks to be fairly small, and is angled at 65 degrees from vertical, so that won't be much of a weakpoint.
For this tank to be balanced for tier 7, it'd have to have either very weak turret armor or a bad gun.
Edited by Zergling, Aug 19 2012 - 03:44.
That should be 18.5 HP/ton ratio, which is high for a medium tank, let alone a heavy.
Front upper glacis is 50 degrees from vertical; if it is 120mm thick, that's about 164mm effective armor in WoT, which is very respectable for a tier 7 heavy.
The lower glacis looks to be fairly small, and is angled at 65 degrees from vertical, so that won't be much of a weakpoint.
For this tank to be balanced for tier 7, it'd have to have either very weak turret armor or a bad gun.
Edited by Zergling, Aug 19 2012 - 03:44.
Tupinambis
Aug 20 2012
I'd love to buy this thing.... if and ONLY IF its gun depression isn't complete trash.
It doesn't need the 10 degrees that the M4 has, but holy crap I can not put up with less than 6 degrees.
The M4, before it got buffed, was literally unusable.
It doesn't need the 10 degrees that the M4 has, but holy crap I can not put up with less than 6 degrees.
The M4, before it got buffed, was literally unusable.
Meurtrier
Nov 21 2012
GonTo30, on Aug 20 2012 - 21:43, said:
Pretty cool, but I'm still weary of it.
