Wednesday 10 February 2016

Tank Men: The Story of the First Crews

Hello,

to celebrate the first tank attack in history The Tank Museum will be opening soon a new exhibition which focus on some of the pioneering tank soldiers, I know not all of you can visit the place but they have made a really interesting video (which I had the pleasure to preview last year) and uploaded its trailer on Youtube:


I emailed the museum straight ahead asking if they were going to release the whole video online for us because is such a good content to complement David Fletcher's Tank Chats and they answered that it will be available, in a sort of mini series.

This is what I wish Wargaming would do for EU and NA (like they do on RU) instead of just some poorly sourced/historical unacurate articles...

Armored Warfare: 0.13 Patch Update and WZ-1224 Preview

Hello,

first of all there is a little update on the 0.13 patch that brings the Third Dealer, it got delayed for next Monday, 15 of February.

Also, there is a new video, a little preview of the WZ-1224, a upcoming premium tier 5 MBT vehicle:



It looks like a cuter version of a Chally, I could say Kawai but its Chinese.

Main Features

  • Good frontal armor,
  • Good mobility
  • Excellent Firepower

If you want to see more detailed info hop into this link: https://aw.my.com/gb/news/general/vehicles-focus-wz-1224

Also once is available will make sure to take it for a spin and give a review of this (and other upcoming) vehicles.

Have you been naughty or nice?

Hello,

On the Russian server, Wargaming is rewarding the players who havent been naughty (didnt receive reports) by giving them Personal Reserves. Its known that WG gives Westerners, who have been away from the game for some time(*), premium tanks but would be lovely if they started rewarding us with these as well.


(*)See also, "Baby Come Back".

Top of the Tree Update

Hello,

Some of you emailed me asking what had happened to the "Top of the Tree", the EU tier 10 discount will be coming back on the first of March with a new format.

-Instead of a new discount each 2 weeks the European server will be doing only one per month;
-The community (only for those with registered account) will have the power to vote on which vehicle they want to be featured;

  • "The vehicles subject to voting in the polls will be restricted to 1 class per month. This means that, for example, in March you will be able to choose only from Tier X heavy tanks, then in April only tank destroyers or SPGs will be available, and later in May we will put just medium tanks up for a vote, and so forth.The vehicles subject to voting in the polls will be restricted to 1 class per month. This means that, for example, in March you will be able to choose only from Tier X heavy tanks, then in April only tank destroyers or SPGs will be available, and later in May we will put just medium tanks up for a vote, and so forth."

-Players who voted on the winning vehicle will be earning 2 special missions
  • Players who have voted for the vehicle that wins the poll and unlocked the vehicle after the poll has ended, will be given access to the special missions as well.
  • Players who have voted for the vehicle that wins the poll, but have unlocked the vehicle in the past already, or when the poll was still active, will not be eligible for access to the special missions. However, they will still be able to enjoy the discounts on the respective tech line, as well as the Crew XP bonus.
  • Players who have voted for a vehicle that does not win will be able to enjoy the bonuses on the tech tree that won. However, no missions will be unlocked for their accounts. Of course, they will be able to vote again in future polls as well.

Special Missions:

"Reward 1"

Reward
  •    x2 Crew XP*
Requirements
  •     Random Battles only
  •     Voted Tier X tank only
  •     50 times per account
  •     Must have voted for the tank that won in the poll
Conditions
  •     Win a battle
  •     Be in the top 10 players on your team by base experience earned (bonuses for the first victory, premium account, etc., will not be counted to determine the rankings)

BMP-2 Drills in Russia

Hello,

found this while doing a casual browsing around Russian pages, 2016 photos of BMP-2 drills from the Russian army that took place in the Mulino military training facility:

I like how they dont sit on their arses even when they have the weather keeping them safe from invasors, Ivan is smart to not underestimate global warming.