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dance210: Depends, some people like them. I generally don't like below tier V, but I enjoy the Matilda and my poor nerfed T-50  

dance210: Maybe. Would you want it to be like this one (tier X, but any tank type) or would you want to see it focus on one type (e.g. only tier X heavy tanks allowed)?   I don't know if it will be during the regular Saturday Throwdowns (those generally align with the weekend events/rentals or to newer players), but maybe I'll add a special high tier one every once in a while.  

dance210: The Throwdowns generally align with the weekend events/rentals, which have been focusing on lower tiers to engage newer players or those working up the tech trees. I'm not opposed to running high tiers, I would just need to see where they could fit in, either as part of the normal Saturday Throwdowns or a separate special tournament.

The_Chieftain:   Ugh. I don't think I can do that. I've an Army PT test coming up in two weeks, I've started running again. Officially, I have about 18:30 to do the two miles, which isn't so bad until one realises that it'll be at 5,000ft elevation, and I'm 41. I haven't been able to do my two miles in under 13 minutes since basic training, I'm now about 30lbs and 16 years increased. Some testing over the weekend on the flat at sea level had me clock in at about 17:50, which is highly unacceptable. Should be able to knock off at least 30 seconds in the next week and a bit, though. This happens every year, my body goes into a sort of shock and "Hey, wait, you mean you really want to run more than the distance to the bus stop? OK, we'll switch into that reserve running mode you don't ever use", and I knock the worst of the time off pretty quickly.  

The_Chieftain:   What bit do you want me to look at in my server viewer?  

The_Chieftain:   It is not unusually referred to as soccer in Ireland either, since this is football.     The biggest quirk is in the dribbling rules (There's an explanation a bit further in the video). I have no idea how they have the co-ordination to kick it into their hand at a full sprint.   There is a similar rule in Hurling, where, somehow, folks balance the ball on the end of their hurley (stick) while running at full tilt. Note, helmets are optional, so teeth are not always kept. The ball itself, called a sliothar, is basically a baseball.

GhostPrime: Porky's Pizza in San Leandro, Ca. hands down.  It's not a chain though, it's the only one. The do not use shredded cheese, only real sliced cheese.    As far as Pizza Chains go, I like Round table Pizza, and Mountain Mikes. Pappa Johns is only ok. 

dance210: It's time for the 1 v 1 Throwdown! This weekend, grab your favorite tier IV tank and head to the battlefield! Players will face off in an epic 1v1 clash on Mittengard for gold and glory!! You can use any tank type you wish to fight your way to victory! This week you have a choice when creating a team- you choose to play on US 1 (NA East server) OR US 2 (NA West server) using the dropdown menu.     Tournament page Registration   Joining a tournament and earning a prize is easier than ever! In the Throwdown, single-player teams are split into groups, with each group having no more than 10 teams. Facing all other teams in their group, the best tier IV tank commander will earn the 1st place prize - a cool 500 gold! If you're not at the top of the pack, don't worry, players will earn gold all the way to 7th place. Which tank type is the best? Join the Throwdown to find out!   Stop by, sign up and join the competition!   Tournament Information Team size: 1 Map: Mittengard Max tier allowed: 4 All tank types allowed   Looking for even more of a challenge? Check out our daily Stand-To tournaments - you can sign up as a complete team or sign up individually! If you sign up as a solo player you will be assigned to a team.       Run into a player that broke a rule? Send in a dispute immediately after the tournament ends and we will adjust the scores. Please not, you must include all of the requested information when you submit your dispute!   Disputes must adhere to the protocol detailed below or risk having the dispute dropped by tournament administration. Disputes must be submitted immediately after the round has concluded. Disputes must be emailed to tournaments@wargamingamerica.com The email subject: Tier IV 1v1 Throwdown Dispute   Disputes must include the following in the body of the email or risk having the dispute dropped by tournament administration: In-game name of the player submitting the dispute Name of the tournament (Tier IV 1v1 Throwdown) Your team’s name with a link to your team’s page created for you during registration Your opponent’s team name and a link to your opponent’s team page created during registration Reason for dispute: e.g. “I would like to report the team for using a tank that was not allowed, the StuG III.” An attached replay of the disputed battle(s)

Trevzor: Weekday Warfare 16 Group Stage Standings: Day 2 Bottom 10% of teams by rank (including ties) are eliminated after Round 3  *Note: Standings are not final until after all battles are finished Rank Team Name Games Played Points Earned Points Possible Win Ratio 1 leauge 13 37 39 0.949 2 A-Team 14 39 42 0.929 3 CUBE 13 36 39 0.923 3 No Name 13 36 39 0.923 3 Trolls Top Tankers 13 36 39 0.923 6 theUNDISBANDONED 12 33 36 0.917 7 -(O_O)- 13 34 39 0.872 7 A|T|V 13 34 39 0.872 7 Dynamic Gameplay 13 34 39 0.872 10 Alliance 13 33 39 0.846 10 -G6- 13 33 39 0.846 10 Weebs 13 33 39 0.846 13 Nevermore 14 34 42 0.810 14 Fail_Lords 12 29 36 0.806 15 NooBs 14 33 42 0.786 15 Te gusta el pan? 14 33 42 0.786 17 ÃŽngeri Fantoma 13 30 39 0.769 17 HUMO 13 30 39 0.769 19 Soup-A-Star 14 31 42 0.738 20 Los Soldados De Oro 13 28 39 0.718 20 Volga2529 13 28 39 0.718 22 TKOC_Scallywags 14 30 42 0.714 23 SENADOR BURGOS 12 25 36 0.694 24 IronCavalry of Steel 13 27 39 0.692 25 =VX9= 14 28 42 0.667 25 Iron Hands 14 28 42 0.667 25 Iron Mistfits 13 26 39 0.667 28 1 ATB 13 25 39 0.641 29 Hull Down 12 23 36 0.639 30 Bang Bang 13 24 39 0.615 30 HUSAR-WEHRMACHT 13 24 39 0.615 30 TheShitters 13 24 39 0.615 30 WWII 13 24 39 0.615 34 balas de goma 14 24 42 0.571 34 Bioknights 14 24 42 0.571 34 CBL Tuty 14 24 42 0.571 37 11th ACR, Battle GP 12 20 36 0.556 37 Gold cloaks 12 20 36 0.556 39 dance210 4 President 13 21 39 0.538 39 Kraz_UA-TD 13 21 39 0.538 39 Somos virgenes 13 21 39 0.538 42 Insane Asylum 12 19 36 0.528 43 Brigada A 14 22 42 0.524 44 A-L-B>M 12 18 36 0.500 44 K-BEC 14 21 42 0.500 46 Lossy's Boys 13 19 39 0.487 47 all44 14 20 42 0.476 48 _FTA1 13 18 39 0.462 49 TEXAS TRIO 14 18 42 0.429 50 Can Opener 13 16 39 0.410 50 Riders on the storm 13 16 39 0.410 52 -KLG- 14 17 42 0.405 53 Brew Crew 14 16 42 0.381 53 Rafiki's Raiders 14 16 42 0.381 55 Geox 12 13 36 0.361 56 G S H 14 15 42 0.357 57 TheIrishEnforcers 12 12 36 0.333 58 RNGH 101 14 13 42 0.310 59 Choperianos 13 12 39 0.308 59 S-D-C 13 12 39 0.308 61 Rappin At Ur Door 14 12 42 0.286 62 MissPoisonous 14 10 42 0.238 63 BrKV 12 8 36 0.222 64 =[A]=Armoured.X25 12 7 36 0.194 65 team commander 13 7 39 0.179 66 Duff 14 7 42 0.167 66 killer5740 14 7 42 0.167 66 TIGAS 14 7 42 0.167 69 Dead Tankers USA 13 6 39 0.154 69 URRPZLVL425-29 13 6 39 0.154 71 HangLooseR7 13 5 39 0.128 72 Soviet 14 5 42 0.119 73 Team_Win 12 4 36 0.111 74 Badboys 13 4 39 0.103 74 War_Commander_Videos 13 4 39 0.103 76 allo 13 3 39 0.077 77 AOBTC[Cig's Crew] 13 2 39 0.051 77 Manking 13 2 39 0.051 79 [APCR] SUPER TANKERS 13 1 39 0.026 79 OP Team 13 1 39 0.026 79 Speedy 13 1 39 0.026 82 1ATB 13 0 39 0.000 82 Winners 13 0 39 0.000

dance210:   Hi!   No, the team captain does not need to participate in the battles.   Your teammate received a technical defeat due to not meeting the minimum tier requirements. In order to go into battle, a team must bring at least 13 tier points, which requires a minimum of two players to participate.

Yoott:   The new TMS system will not allow a team into battle with less then 7. Yay for small miracles :-)  However it can't prevent total no shows so teams should report those to the dispute box so we can manually handle it.     

dance210: Skirmish XVI Group Stage Standings Top 10% of teams - 1000 gold + Free XP booster per day Top 20% of teams - 700 gold + Free XP booster per day Top 30% of teams - 500 gold + Free XP booster per day Top 40% of teams - 200 gold + Free XP booster per day Top 50% of teams - 100 gold + Free XP booster per day Top 65% of teams - Free XP booster per day *Note: Standings are not final until after battles Group Stage rounds are finished.    Round 1 + 2 Rank Team Points Earned Points Possible Win Ratio 1 DaNkGaM3r4231 42 42 1.000 2 КАК ХОТИТЕ 39 42 0.929 3 AGFR 37 42 0.881 3 Sixth Benis Republic 37 42 0.881 3 TeNaCiTy 37 42 0.881 6 A-Team 36 42 0.857 6 Chat Ban 36 42 0.857 6 HUMO 36 42 0.857 6 Windexâ„¢ 36 42 0.857 10 322nd SKULL & BONES 34 42 0.810 10 mok1 34 42 0.810 10 PACNW 34 42 0.810 10 what team 34 42 0.810 14 Chill Outed 33 42 0.786 14 Free Gold? Yes Plz 33 42 0.786 14 IFellOversToDeath 33 42 0.786 14 Kartoffeln Sind Uns 33 42 0.786 14 Speedy Gonzales 33 42 0.786 14 WhoCares 33 42 0.786 20 27PZ Regiment 32 42 0.762 20 Bing Bang Boum! 32 42 0.762 22 NOSkills 30 42 0.714 23 Consuela's Angels 29 42 0.690 23 RDDT6 29 42 0.690 25 BAKED A 28 42 0.667 25 en nombre de yo 28 42 0.667 25 Halibut Front 28 42 0.667 25 Totem 28 42 0.667 25 Xenoblade CL 28 42 0.667 30 [DIVI] Team R R 27 42 0.643 30 DEBB 27 42 0.643 30 Genius 27 42 0.643 30 H U M O 27 42 0.643 30 It's A Trainwreck 27 42 0.643 35 ...AVAAAAA!!!! 26 42 0.619 35 1776V 26 42 0.619 35 ADEE 26 42 0.619 38 BHK1 25 42 0.595 38 EX-BR 5x5 T4 25 42 0.595 38 -NT-...GO!GO!!GO!!!! 25 42 0.595 38 RR13 Don't Ensk Me 25 42 0.595 38 Team Psycho 25 42 0.595 38 Team Starr 25 42 0.595 44 Crimson Bassterds 24 42 0.571 44 MSD. 24 42 0.571 46 Minimal 5K Players 23 42 0.548 46 venganza 23 42 0.548 48 Brigada A 22 42 0.524 48 MOJO JOJO 22 42 0.524 48 Sturm city rollers 22 42 0.524 51 Baagii 21 42 0.500 51 Because 21 42 0.500 51 Coldsteel Katanas 21 42 0.500 51 Hungry Hungry 21 42 0.500 51 La banda de choclito 21 42 0.500 51 malelolu T2° :p 21 42 0.500 51 TankCaptain 21 42 0.500 51 TEARGAS 21 42 0.500 59 ! cbl 20 42 0.476 59 _G_S_H_ 20 42 0.476 59 Born Of Death 20 42 0.476 59 PIJILLAS 20 42 0.476 63 Unicorn Killer Elite 19 42 0.452 64 Beets 18 42 0.429 64 BHK2 18 42 0.429 64 dance210 4 President 18 42 0.429 64 ENA16 18 42 0.429 68 2MEF 16 42 0.381 68 4CVR 16 42 0.381 68 Bandits 16 42 0.381 68 ghos7 16 42 0.381 72 Aldo el Apache 15 42 0.357 73 -LSD- 14 42 0.333 73 PANZERWAFLE-AMERIKA 14 42 0.333 75 Love Tap 13 42 0.310 75 VolgaW4 13 42 0.310 77 freaks 12 42 0.286 77 Jayhawkers 12 42 0.286 77 Los+Peteretes 12 42 0.286 77 NELO 12 42 0.286 81 [ ESPECTRO ] 11 42 0.262 81 Beard 11 42 0.262 81 kainter 11 42 0.262 84 11th ACR, Battle GP 10 42 0.238 84 Cazuela De Cordero 10 42 0.238 86 area wolves 9 42 0.214 86 cd_qc 9 42 0.214 86 JUNO 9 42 0.214 86 TiT4TaT 9 42 0.214 90 fkxskirmish 8 42 0.190 91 I AM A LEGEND 7 42 0.167 91 Peces del Infierno 7 42 0.167 93 Fritz 6 42 0.143 94 Flag 3 42 0.071 94 killer5740 3 42 0.071 94 welcome 3 42 0.071 97 thunder_mc 2 42 0.048 97 URLVL?25.02.5 2 42 0.048 99 bukaki 1 42 0.024 99 E_B_C 1 42 0.024 99 NXXL 1 42 0.024 102 =[A]=Armoured.XVI25 0 42 0.000 102 Escorpiones Negros 0 42 0.000 102 TriggerHappyBunnies 0 42 0.000

Yoott:   This was literally copied out of the GF rule book for now this is as it stands, if as we progress any rules change then I will update the preseason rules to match          

The_Chieftain:   I stream every Tuesday at 4pm, and some other rare days. Feel free to come by and watch,

The_Chieftain: Always going to the same place takes a lot of the strategy out of it. It just becomes a reflex and aiming contest.   I am not a believer in going to any place just because 'normally' people go to it. Frankly, I consider using a heavy to duke it out with other heavies to be a waste of them. Use them to beat up the enemy mediums and allow a path for your own mediums to run riot, if you can. Sure, some heavies can't do that, but most of them can.

GhostPrime:   Ill PM you. 

The_Chieftain:   Yes, it did. An absolutely pristine runner. People kept bashing their heads on the cannon.    

Yoott: Tournament Page - Week 1 Registration - Week 1         Weekly Standings       The WGLNA Preseason is a weekly series providing new and returning teams an organized exhibition for the upcoming WGLNA Season I 2016 - 2017. Teams may only use WGLNA names if there are at least 6 members from last season's roster. WGLNA teams will be seeded separately from new teams.   League Notes & Rules   7/68 Format Battles will last 10 minutes max. There will be 3 minutes between battles within a round. All maps are dual cap attack/defense mode. There are two sides on each map - attacker and defender: Attacker wins if their team is able to 1) cap one enemy base or 2) kill all enemy tanks Defender wins if their team is able to 1) successfully defend both capture points from the attacker and survive for the full 10 minutes or 2) kill all enemy tanks. Tank Composition Teams may field up to 7 players with up to 68 tier poitns alloted for tank choices. Only two types of Team rosters are available for use in the preseason: Five tier X tanks + two tier IX tanks  Six tier X tanks + one tier VIII tank No other compositions allowed. The use of Zombies (or "the undead", "walkers", "biters&quot as players is strictly prohibited, players must have a pulse and be classified as "living" for this event. Players are not allowed to bring any reward tanks. These include, but are not limited to: Clan Wars reward tanks (M60, Object 907, etc.), Rampage reward tank (T-22SR), personal msision reward tanks (T-55A, T28 concept, etc.)   Mods The use of any mod is expressly prohibited in WGLNA. Standard "vanilla" client is required from all league participants.     Weekly Prizes The following prizes will be provided to each member of the respective team, including reserves, according to standings for that week: Top 10% 4,000 gold 100,000 credits Top 11 - 20% 3,000 gold 75,000 credits Top 21 - 30% 2,000 gold 50,000 credits Top 31 - 40% 1,500 gold 25,000 credits Top 41 - 50% 1,000 gold 25,000 credits     Basic Tournament Information Team Size: 7 combatants + 3 reserves Mode:  Dual Cap Attack/Defense Tier Point Maximum: 68 Tier Limits: Light: Tier 8  Medium: Tier 8 - 10 Heavy: Tier 8 - 10 TD: Tier 8 - 10 SPG: Tier 8 - 10 Players are not allowed to bring any reward tanks. These include, but are not limited to: Clan Wars reward tanks (M60, Object 907, etc.), Rampage reward tank (T-22SR), personal msision reward tanks (T-55A, T28 concept, etc.)       Schedule - all battles start at 5:30 pm PT (8:30 pm ET)   Week 1 (May 6 + May 7) Round 1: Ghost Town Round 2: Steppes   Week 2 (May 13 + May 14) Round 1: Himmelsdorf Round 2: Prokhorovka   Week 3 (May 20 + May 21) Round 1: Murovanka Round 2: Ruinberg   Week 4 (May 27 + May 28) Round 1: Prohorovka Round 2: Ghost Town   Week 5 (June 3rd + June 4th) Round 1: Steppes Round 2: Ruinberg   Week 6 (June 10th + June 11th) Round 1: Murovanka Round 2: Himmelsdorf   Week 7 (June 17th + June 18th) Round 1: Steppes Round 2: Prokhorovka   ** ALL Dates are subject to change and may be added or subtracted at the discretion of the WGLNA Admin Staff      

GhostPrime: I saw this tank yesterday. interesting tank indeed.

The_Chieftain: Not implying much except that those are the two videos which keep showing up that I've noticed on forums and my Facebook feed.

The_Chieftain:   This is the other famous one.

The_Chieftain: No, and why would I want to?

The_Chieftain:   Spent way too long last night working on the gun assembly. It's quite thoroughly detailed, though I really don't see the point. Unless you're going to have a full turret interior, why bother with just the gun? You're not going to leave the hatch open anyway. I spent the time partially out of curiousity, and partially to balance out the gun tube so that the gun would be less likely to depress itself when completed.

GhostPrime:   I hear you, we have discuss this as well. Look for the formula to be a bit different for the upcoming contests of this sort.

GhostPrime: Here are the Winners of last weeks contest!   PuppyMonkeyBabee The_Emperors_Hand Kalashnikoov Taskforcerl Gasai_Yuno   Congratulations! 

Trevzor: Weekday Warfare 16 Group Stage Standings: Day 1 Bottom 10% of teams by rank (including ties) are eliminated after Round 3  *Note: Standings are not final until after all battles are finished Rank Team Name Games Played Points Earned Points Possible Win Ratio 1 No Name 6 18 18 1.000 1 A|T|V 6 18 18 1.000 1 Te gusta el pan? 7 21 21 1.000 1 leauge 7 21 21 1.000 5 -(O_O)- 7 19 21 0.905 6 HUMO 6 16 18 0.889 7 NooBs 7 18 21 0.857 7 Trolls Top Tankers 7 18 21 0.857 7 A-Team 7 18 21 0.857 7 Dynamic Gameplay 7 18 21 0.857 7 -G6- 7 18 21 0.857 12 theUNDISBANDONED 6 15 18 0.833 12 HUSAR-WEHRMACHT 6 15 18 0.833 12 CUBE 6 15 18 0.833 12 SENADOR BURGOS 6 15 18 0.833 12 Alliance 6 15 18 0.833 17 1 ATB 7 17 21 0.810 18 -KLG- 7 16 21 0.762 18 Iron Mistfits 7 16 21 0.762 18 Nevermore 7 16 21 0.762 18 Soup-A-Star 7 16 21 0.762 22 Insane Asylum 6 13 18 0.722 23 Volga2529 7 15 21 0.714 23 TKOC_Scallywags 7 15 21 0.714 25 IronCavalry of Steel 6 12 18 0.667 25 ÃŽngeri Fantoma 6 12 18 0.667 25 Somos virgenes 6 12 18 0.667 25 Weebs 6 12 18 0.667 25 11th ACR, Battle GP 6 12 18 0.667 30 all44 7 13 21 0.619 30 Brigada A 7 13 21 0.619 30 =VX9= 7 13 21 0.619 30 Iron Hands 7 13 21 0.619 34 Fail_Lords 6 11 18 0.611 35 Bioknights 7 12 21 0.571 35 WWII 7 12 21 0.571 35 Bang Bang 7 12 21 0.571 35 _FTA1 7 12 21 0.571 39 Los Soldados De Oro 6 10 18 0.556 40 balas de goma 7 11 21 0.524 41 Gold cloaks 6 9 18 0.500 42 Can Opener 7 10 21 0.476 42 Brew Crew 7 10 21 0.476 44 Lossy's Boys 6 8 18 0.444 44 Hull Down 6 8 18 0.444 46 TEXAS TRIO 7 9 21 0.429 46 K-BEC 7 9 21 0.429 46 Kraz_UA-TD 7 9 21 0.429 49 BrKV 6 7 18 0.389 49 =[A]=Armoured.X25 6 7 18 0.389 49 Choperianos 6 7 18 0.389 52 CBL Tuty 7 8 21 0.381 53 dance210 4 President 6 6 18 0.333 53 TheShitters 6 6 18 0.333 53 Dead Tankers USA 6 6 18 0.333 53 team commander 7 7 21 0.333 53 A-L-B>M 6 6 18 0.333 58 Duff 7 6 21 0.286 58 Rafiki's Raiders 7 6 21 0.286 58 S-D-C 7 6 21 0.286 58 G S H 7 6 21 0.286 58 Rappin At Ur Door 7 6 21 0.286 63 Geox 6 4 18 0.222 64 killer5740 7 4 21 0.190 64 TIGAS 7 4 21 0.190 64 MissPoisonous 7 4 21 0.190 64 Riders on the storm 7 4 21 0.190 64 Soviet 7 4 21 0.190 64 RNGH 101 7 4 21 0.190 70 Team_Win 6 3 18 0.167 70 HangLooseR7 6 3 18 0.167 70 War_Commander_Videos 6 3 18 0.167 70 TheIrishEnforcers 6 3 18 0.167 74 AOBTC[Cig's Crew] 6 1 18 0.056 75 Badboys 7 1 21 0.048 75 Manking 7 1 21 0.048 77 1ATB 6 0 18 0.000 77 URRPZLVL425-29 6 0 18 0.000 77 Winners 6 0 18 0.000 77 [APCR] SUPER TANKERS 7 0 21 0.000 77 allo 7 0 21 0.000 77 OP Team 7 0 21 0.000 77 Speedy 7 0 21 0.000

dance210: Skirmish XVI Group Stage StandingsTop 10% of teams - 1000 gold + Free XP booster per day Top 20% of teams - 700 gold + Free XP booster per day Top 30% of teams - 500 gold + Free XP booster per day Top 40% of teams - 200 gold + Free XP booster per day Top 50% of teams - 100 gold + Free XP booster per day Top 65% of teams - Free XP booster per day*Note: Standings are not final until after battles Group Stage rounds are finished.  Round 1Rank Team Points Earned Points Possible Win Ratio 1 322nd SKULL & BONES 21 21 1.000 1 КАК ХОТИТЕ 21 21 1.000 1 DaNkGaM3r4231 21 21 1.000 4 Crimson Bassterds 19 21 0.905 4 AGFR 19 21 0.905 6 Speedy Gonzales 18 21 0.857 6 IFellOversToDeath 18 21 0.857 6 Chat Ban 18 21 0.857 6 PACNW 18 21 0.857 6 A-Team 18 21 0.857 6 TeNaCiTy 18 21 0.857 6 Halibut Front 18 21 0.857 6 Sixth Benis Republic 18 21 0.857 6 Consuela's Angels 18 21 0.857 15 what team 16 21 0.762 15 mok1 16 21 0.762 15 -NT-...GO!GO!!GO!!!! 16 21 0.762 15 BHK1 16 21 0.762 15 27PZ Regiment 16 21 0.762 15 en nombre de yo 16 21 0.762 21 Chill Outed 15 21 0.714 21 TEARGAS 15 21 0.714 21 WhoCares 15 21 0.714 21 HUMO 15 21 0.714 21 RR13 Don't Ensk Me 15 21 0.714 21 Free Gold? Yes Plz 15 21 0.714 21 Windexâ„¢ 15 21 0.714 21 H U M O 15 21 0.714 21 NOSkills 15 21 0.714 21 Team Starr 15 21 0.714 21 EX-BR 5x5 T4 15 21 0.714 21 BAKED A 15 21 0.714 21 Bing Bang Boum! 15 21 0.714 21 Kartoffeln Sind Uns 15 21 0.714 35 ...AVAAAAA!!!! 14 21 0.667 35 Minimal 5K Players 14 21 0.667 37 Love Tap 13 21 0.619 37 Brigada A 13 21 0.619 37 Born Of Death 13 21 0.619 37 Totem 13 21 0.619 37 Xenoblade CL 13 21 0.619 42 dance210 4 President 12 21 0.571 42 MSD. 12 21 0.571 42 NELO 12 21 0.571 42 Baagii 12 21 0.571 42 Hungry Hungry 12 21 0.571 42 TankCaptain 12 21 0.571 42 Because 12 21 0.571 42 Beets 12 21 0.571 42 ADEE 12 21 0.571 42 DEBB 12 21 0.571 42 BHK2 12 21 0.571 42 malelolu T2° 12 21 0.571 54 Unicorn Killer Elite 10 21 0.476 54 venganza 10 21 0.476 54 PIJILLAS 10 21 0.476 54 MOJO JOJO 10 21 0.476 54 Sturm city rollers 10 21 0.476 54 RDDT6 10 21 0.476 60 ghos7 9 21 0.429 60 La banda de choclito 9 21 0.429 60 cd_qc 9 21 0.429 60 area wolves 9 21 0.429 60 It's A Trainwreck 9 21 0.429 60 -LSD- 9 21 0.429 60 1776V 9 21 0.429 60 Aldo el Apache 9 21 0.429 60 Coldsteel Katanas 9 21 0.429 60 [DIVI] Team R R 9 21 0.429 60 kainter 9 21 0.429 60 4CVR 9 21 0.429 60 Genius 9 21 0.429 73 _G_S_H_ 7 21 0.333 73 ! cbl 7 21 0.333 75 Peces del Infierno 6 21 0.286 75 VolgaW4 6 21 0.286 75 Beard 6 21 0.286 75 2MEF 6 21 0.286 75 I AM A LEGEND 6 21 0.286 75 Team Psycho 6 21 0.286 81 [ ESPECTRO ] 4 21 0.190 81 11th ACR, Battle GP 4 21 0.190 81 Cazuela De Cordero 4 21 0.190 81 fkxskirmish 4 21 0.190 81 PANZERWAFLE-AMERIKA 4 21 0.190 86 Fritz 3 21 0.143 86 Jayhawkers 3 21 0.143 86 Los+Peteretes 3 21 0.143 86 freaks 3 21 0.143 86 TiT4TaT 3 21 0.143 91 ENA16 1 21 0.048 91 JUNO 1 21 0.048 91 Bandits 1 21 0.048 91 thunder_mc 1 21 0.048 91 URLVL?25.02.5 1 21 0.048 96 Flag 0 21 0.000 96 Escorpiones Negros 0 21 0.000 96 killer5740 0 21 0.000 96 welcome 0 21 0.000 96 E_B_C 0 21 0.000 96 bukaki 0 21 0.000 96 =[A]=Armoured.XVI25 0 21 0.000 96 NXXL 0 21 0.000 96 TriggerHappyBunnies 0 21 0.000

The_Chieftain: Hmm... For a late-model M4A1, it would have the steeper front slope. I've no idea where my M4A1 model is right now. I've never thought about it before, but I guess it's possible that there would be a 'kink'. Is there a different transmission housing for late-model vehicles? Could you put an early, more slanted housing on a late model vehicle?   I must look into this.

The_Chieftain: Well, the conventions we attend are usually in the same cities every year.   I mean, it's not as if we haven't had places like Mobile, Salt Lake City,, Charleston, Buffalo or Albuquerque in the past, but they also aren't places we commonly go to.

dance210:   Both pages say the exact same thing - you are allowed to bring up to tier 4 with no restrictions. They say it in different ways, but the end result is the same.   If, for example, you were only allowed to bring up to tier 3 mediums, then it would say that on the tournament page under "Other Restrictions" and on the forum post as "Medium: Tier 3." Again, the information would be in both places, simply represented differently.   If the information being presented differently is confusing, then I am more than happy to change the forum to the same terminology as the tournament page

GhostPrime: Hello tankers,   I should have the results of this contest tomorrow. I apologize for the delay. 

GhostPrime:    I see what you did there....

The_Chieftain:   As an aside, yesterday was the 100th anniversary of The Proclamation of Independence. (Basically the Irish version of the Declaration of Independence). The undersigned did not live to see the establishment of the Republic, they were put to the firing squad by the British shortly afterwards.  

The_Chieftain: Anzac Day is a day of solemn commemoration in Australia and New Zealand. The last time I touched upon this was two years ago, with a bit of background, and then an overview of one of the feats of arms of the Australian forces: The Defense of Tobruk.Those of you who have seen the miniseries The Pacific might remember an episode set in Melbourne. Australia's role wasn't just to send manpower and equipment to fight for the Crown. The country had a similar role in the South Pacific as the UK did in Europe: A bulwark to hold on the edge of the theater, a staging and training area for future operations, and a place for some R&R.Some time ago, Ken Estes sent me an article for the Hatch: the reminiscings of Marine officer Rollo Hall. Rollo's writings do not focus on Australia per se -- they are his view of the war as a whole and of the development of the Marine Corps tank force, but the amount of words he wrote about his time in Australia is indicative of just how important the country was to the prosecution of the war for the US, both in practical terms for combat training, as well as the morale effect of cameraderie with allies. This should give something of a holistic view of the general environment. So, I hand the keyboard over to the late Rowland Hall.A Marine Corps Pioneer TankerRowland L. Hall to Ken Estes, 2001[As part of his continuing research, Ken Estes asked Lt. Col. Rowland Hall (1916-2004) to discuss how things went for the 1st Tank Battalion, from its formation up to early 1944. One of our earliest USMC tankers, and our oldest living tank battalion commander in 2001, he was born on June 24 1916 in Grand Rapids, MI. He majored in Economics at Dartmouth College and lived out his last years in Northfield, IL. Rowl enlisted in the USMCR on April 18, 1938 at Hanover, NH (Dartmouth). He trained that summer and the next one in the Platoon Leaders Class at Quantico, where he took his commission in the USMCR on Feb. 6 1940. He was on active duty beginning Apr. 1 1940 for the 2nd Reserve Officers Course, Quantico. He then joined H/2/5, 1st Marine Brigade, FMF. Transferred to 1st Tank Co. at Quantico on Sept. 30 1940, he served with that pioneering tank unit and its successors at the 1st Tank Battalion until March 19 1944.CO, Co. B: Nov. 1 1942
CO, Co. C: Jan. 1 '42
Bn. S-3: 1 Feb. '43
Bn. Exec.: Nov. 1 '43-Feb. 14 '44.Hall rotated back to the States on Mar. 19 '44 and joined the Tank Training Bn. at Jacques Farm (later moved to Camp Pendleton) as Bn. Exec. and CO through March '45.He relieved Holly Evans in command of 3rd Tank Bn. on May 4 and ran it until Sept. 23 '45, supervising the change to the new M4A3s and preparing for the invasion of Japan. Rowland left active duty as Lt. Col., USMCR on Jan. 26 '46, resigning his reserve commission on Jan. 1 '50.]Early Days on the Atlantic CoastIn September 1941, while I was on detached duty, the skeleton elements of the 1st Marine Division's were reunited at a recently-activated facility near Jacksonville, NC known as Marine Barracks, New River (now Camp Lejeune). What was designated as Co. A, 1st Tank Bn. was actually just a single company commanded by Maj. Charles G. Meints, USMC which I had joined a year earlier as the 1st Tank Co. in Quantico. I was the Platoon Leader of its 1st Platoon.
Above: In September 1940, the 1st Tank Company operated its 10 Marmon-Herrington CTL-3A tankettes, one seen here on maneuvers with the LVT-1 Alligator. At the same time, it received its first deliveries of the M2A4 light tank, eventually equipping the successor Company A, 1st Tank Battalion. Below: Tank T-11 (the first M2A4 delivered to the USMC) practices unloading from a landing craft on a relatively calm day on the Atlantic beaches of New River Barracks. (USMC)The facility, then still under construction, was known as Tent Camp, located south of Jacksonville. While there were semi-permanent mess halls, heads and showers, and a few sort-of warehouse buildings, the officers and men were under canvas with wooden decks.
Officers of B Company 1st Tank Battalion, New River NC, November 1941: Company commander, 2nd. Lt. R.L. Hall, second from left, wearing the US prewar tanker helmet. Soon, Hall took command of C Company. (USMC)When I returned to the Company HQ, it was crawling with nearly a dozen new 2nd Lt.s, none of whom I knew. Maj. Meints told me that he had received orders to activate a Hdq. Co. and B Tank Co. He would become Bn. CO. Capt. Harvey Walseth, his Co. Exec. would take over A Co., and I, a 2nd Lt., would organize and command B Co. After the Major took a few people to staff Hdq. Co., Walseth and I would "chose up sides," each of us ending up with half of the original A Co. My Company Officers were all new: 2nd Lt.s, Leonard D. Reid, Edward G. Roff. and Warren N. Martin. My 1st Sgt. was H. F. Robinson, recently promoted in the 5th Marines. While not a tanker, he was my "strong right arm" when it came to putting together my new outfit. Early in October, my 18 new tanks began to arrive by rail right off the assembly line from American Car & Foundry's facility at Berwyck, PA. They were M-3s, an improved version of the M2A4s we had in A Co., a bit more armor, trailing idlers to accommodate the extra weight, and somewhat improved vision devices. They were powered with the same W-670 radial gas engines.
M3 light tanks newly issued to B Company, November 1941 (USMC)
Company 1st Sgt. H R Robinson of Company B 1st Tk Bn. in November 1941. (USMC)Our tank park and training area was a couple of miles south of Tent Camp. It appeared to have been a cotton farm. The rather dilapidated farm house was pressed into service for maintenance and security personnel. The sole remaining residents of the farm were dozens of rattlesnakes. It was a bit daunting to have them slithering around, but those that survived the tank treads soon moved out.I don't recall any particular activation ceremony for the battalion on Nov. 1, as we started driver training as rapidly as our new tanks were placed in service. At that time, it was the practice to split things up. That is to say, a tank company would be assigned to a regiment and its platoons to the infantry battalions.This was quite unsatisfactory, since the tank platoon leaders were brand-new in their jobs and the tanks themselves were poorly suited to infantry cooperation. We had no radios for tank-to-tank communication, nor did we have transmuted phones. The thing that bothered me most was that in my company of 18 tanks, only I and three of my NCOs had ever fired a single round of 37mm or machine gun from a tank! Mine was two rounds of 37mm and about 25 rounds from the coax machine gun, and that was a year earlier down at Gitmo. I do recall one bit of joint training when a college classmate who was with the Engineers and I successfully ferried one of my tanks across a narrow inlet on a rubber pontoon raft from his outfit.Barely five weeks after the activation of my company came a blur of events. First of all, Capt. Francis "Red" Cooper, USMC, recently returned from sea duty, joined the 1st Tank Bn. And as of Jan. 1 '42, 2nd Lt. Rowland L. Hall, USMCR was bumped out of his first command after exactly two months. But guess what -- on that date, that same 2nd Lt. USMCR was given the job of organizing and commanding Co. C, 1st Tank Bn.! I kept that one a lot longer.
Hall's new Company C received a mix of tanks, including this M3 flattop powered by the Guiberson radial diesel engine. The longer intake tube running from the intake filter canister to the engine compartment is virtually the only identification factor for the diesels, which only the USMC took overseas in light and medium tanks. Note the barely scratched-out army registry number on the hull side. (USMC)Some 60 years later, on Nov. 15 2001, I had the most unique experience of meeting the present CO of Co. B, 1st Tank Bn., his officers and men, and taking their salute. I am unable to recall a more emotional or nostalgic moment in all of my 85 years. They were such a fine body of Marines, trim and proud. We were perhaps not quite as trim, maybe a bit raggedy, certainly not as skilled, but we were proud and we were the very first of a long line!Reassembly from Guadalcanal to AustraliaIn early December, 1942, the Battalion looked something like this:Lt. Col. Charles G. "Griff" Meints commanded the battalion at Lower Hutt, Wellington, NZ along with Hdq. Co. under Master Gunner Theodore Sundhausen, D Co., Capt. Donald J. Robinson, and 1st Scout Co., under Capt. Thomas J. O'Mahoney. At Guadalcanal were Co. A, Maj. Harvey Walseth, and Co. B., Capt. Francis Cooper. At Noumea, New Caledonia was Co. C, Capt. R. L. Hall.By mid-month, all of the units were at Camp Cable, a few miles west of Brisbane, Australia. I believe it had been used earlier by the Army 32nd Division and had rudimentary facilities for Hdq. buildings, galleys, etc. As I recall, personnel lived in tents. Almost as soon as we arrived, it started to rain and seemed to never quit. The soil was such that it quickly became a quagmire and water ran everywhere. I recall one of my M-3 light tanks bogging down before it moved a couple of lengths.I don't think in my six years of active service I ever saw Marine units come so close to falling apart. It was like one big binge. One might excuse the people from A and B Cos., but certainly not the NZ contingent. My company had been an "orphan" for nine months and I, frankly, was looking forward to getting back to "family." Was I in for a surprise! Griff Meints couldn't have cared less. The only thing he seemed interested in was continuing the party that started back in July in Wellington. He promptly set up his command post at a beach resort and we rarely saw him.
Lt. Col. Charles G. Meints [r] leads MajGen William Rupertus, now commanding 1st Marine Division, past newly issued M5A1 light tanks. (USMC)Obviously, Camp Cable was not the place for a bunch of battle-weary malarial Marines. Early in January, 1943, the Division was loaded aboard the large, fast transport that had formerly been the SS America [USS West Point] of the United States Line, which made a mercifully quick trip to Melbourne where the climate was much more suitable than semi-tropic Brisbane. The Tank Bn., along with the Special Weapons Bn. and the 11th Marines, went to Ballarat, a nice little town of 40,000 (peacetime) about 40 miles west of Melbourne. We were billeted in Victoria Park on the west edge of town. An electric trolley line passed the main gate and went about two miles to the center of the town. The citizens took the Marines into their homes and hearts (and not infrequently into their bedrooms, since their mates were off fighting Rommel in the desert). In the evening it was a rare sight to see a Marine on the streets. They were all in the homes.For about a month, R&R was the order of the day but on a very orderly basis. Many of the 'canal veterans were rotated Stateside, including Wally Walseth, who went to HQMC. and never came out again [He took command of 4th Tk Bn. after Iwo, but it never went into action again --Ed.]. Red Cooper took over an Amtrac Bn.
M3 Scout Cars of the 1st Scout Company, 1st Marine Division offload at Camp New River. These M3s and the CTL-3A tankettes of former 1st Tank Company never went to combat with 1st Marine Division and the prewar notions of mechanized operations faded fast in the South Pacific. By 1943, all the T and SC numbers for tanks and scout cars had been replaced by uniform USMC registration numbers in the 6000 and 5000 ranges, respectively. (USMC)The Scout Co. was spun off to division control and dismounted, and D Co. was disbanded when the new T/O called for only three tank companies. Its former CO (and my sidekick from the 2nd ROC back in 1940) took over as CO of A Co., soon slated to get medium tanks. Wellington commando Ed Roff took over B Co., and Ed "Boomer" Fowler relieved me as CO of my beloved C Co. I became S-3. The S-2 was John Heath, a former gunnery sgt. from A Co. commissioned on Guadalcanal. While he and I were quite unalike in personality and background, we soon found we had common aims and motivation. We were both of the belief that there were lessons to be learned from Guadalcanal on how NOT to use tanks. Since Griff Meints, true to form, didn't seem to have any interest along these line, John and I had a field day and Griff seemed perfectly content to let us run things. Maybe it was more of a compliment than we realized.
Capt. Don Robinson, CO of A Company, tries out the newly delivered M4A1 medium, the only use of this model tank in the USMC. (USMC)I guess it was around March when we finally settled down to some serious training. Although we knew we were to get a company of M4A1 mediums and two companies of M5A1 lights, we went ahead with our training using the M3 lights. Replacement personnel began to arrive in large numbers, many from a strange place known as "Jacques Farm." Word had filtered down that we would be re-equipping with a company of M4A1 medium tanks and two of M5A1 lights. Somewhere around this time, D Co. was disbanded and the Scout Co. became Div. Troops, minus their White scout cars, which were surveyed. M-1 rifles were issued to replace the '03 Springfields and officers got M-1 carbines to replace their pistols. Everyone got checked out on their new weapons on an Aussie militia rifle range near Ballarat.
Snapshot of 1st Tank Bn. training on 8Jul43 at the Mornington Peninsula Maneuver area. The army-inspired white stars soon disappeared from USMC tanks. (USMC)John Heath and I spent quite a bit of time looking for a suitable site for tank gunnery firing, and finally found one down by the coast near Torquay about 40 miles south of Ballarat. We got in some good shooting and succeeded in setting off a grass fire that burned off several square miles of grazing land. Fortunately the locals knew how to deal with such things and were able to contain it. Reportedly, Uncle Sam had to pay a hefty sum for burnt fenceposts and the like.The Aussies had an armored force school at a place called Puckapunyal north of Melbourne. While most of their troops were in the Middle East, there remained a small group there with some M-3 mediums that had 75mm guns. We sent a group from A Co. up there to learn how to shoot them. The differences between the M-3 and the M4A1 tanks were so vast that the value of this training was minimal.As you know, the 1st Marine Division had been loaned to MacArthur for one more operation. In retrospect, I would say he got the short end of the stick. Part of the deal was that he would have to re-equip the Division and this involved everything from mess kits to tanks. This is why we got M4A1s instead of the M4A2s used by the Marine Corps. As I recall, it was May, 1943, when we got the new tanks. A civilian technical rep from Cadillac was most helpful in teaching our mechanics the ins and outs of the engines and the hydromatic transmissions on the M5A1s. For the life of me, I can't recall any similiar support from Pacific Car and Foundry, who built the M4A1s.The other units with us were the 11th Marines and the Special Weapons Bn. We messed with the latter and got to know them quite well. I particularly remember Ray Davis the CO, Jack Leonard his Exec., and Cleve Hundley MC-USN, his medical officer. They were a cut above the average and I enjoyed their company. An amusing side note on Cleve: My younger brother had been a Navy fighter pilot in WW-II. Shortly after the war he was badly injured in a private plane crash down on Martha's Vineyard. Raymond Spruance, a classmate of our uncle's at USNA '07, was in command at the Naval War College and arranged for a Navy hospital plane to pick up my brother and fly him to a Boston hospital. My father accompanied the flight and conversed with the three-striper Navy doctor in charge of the detail. It turned out to be Cleve!
M3A1 light tanks on parade, Ballarat. (USMC)I was attending the Aussie Armored Force school up at Pucka and missed the famous 4th of July 1943 parade there in Ballarat. As I heard, the 18 M4A1s with their steel tracks roared in column down the main street each executing a 90-degree right turn by the movie theater at the bottom of a small grade. It only took the first two or three to completely remove the thin layer of blacktop that served as pavement, and by the time #18 made its turn there were ruts four feet deep and a high wall of paving and gravel where each had made its pivot!From the moment we arrived in their country until we left, these people were simply wonderful to us. I believe that the population was barely 7,000,000 souls. They were fiercely loyal to the Crown, and at the same time they were the most independent individuals I have ever met. Their war went back to September, 1939, and they had suffered heavily in the Mediterranean, the Western Desert, and at Singapore. They could expect no help from England, so the US were their saviors and they made no bones about it. They took us into their homes and again, not infrequently into their beds. The one thing that bugged most of us was the attitude and behavior of their labor unions. At the ports we could not lay a hand on our specialized equipment, and as a result they ruined nearly half of our wheeled vehicles. They broached cargoes of badly needed supplies and when we made an issue of it, they struck the ports. The coal miners went on strike so that the railroads were reduced to burning green logs in their locomotive fireboxes. Outside Ballarat it was a common sight to see a train stopped partway up a grade while they built up another head of steam.The Cape Gloucester LandingsMeanwhile, it was time to get on with the war. MacArthur's people up in Brisbane were working on the plans for the New Britain operation. Some of our top young talent like Don Fuller, Bob Bowen, and Freddie Wiesman were assigned to the CINC' staff. A call came from 6th Army staff that they wanted a tank officer for a few days to consult on some details. Guess who went? Not Griff, the CO, not Reid Fawell, the Exec, but Rollo Hall, the Bn-3. The main thing I recall coming out of the conference was that I recommended that we not accept the offer for a newly arrived Army Tank Destroyer company of M-10s with long three-inch guns. With their light armor, open-top turrets, and no integral machine guns, I thought they would be out of their element in the jungle. My recommendation was accepted. In the operation our M4A1s were able to handle things OK.
M4A1 tanks of A Company 1st Tank Battalion unload at Cape Gloucester. The white stars have disappeared, with simple consecutive tactical vehicle numbers placed at each turret corner. (USMC)When the Battalion went back up north, I think everyone was ready to go. We had no sooner gotten to Goodenough Island when Reid Fawell made Lt. Col. and was sent stateside. Although junior to Robbie Robinson who had A Co., I was given the additional job as Bn. Exec.After major Japanese resistance in the Cape Gloucester area had dwindled, the Marines kept pressure on them by a series of aggressive patrols to the east to cut them off from their base at Rabaul. By early March 1944, they had reached Iboki Plantation some 60 miles east of Cape Gloucester, from whence they were to leapfrog to the Williamez Peninsula, another 60 miles. No naval support was available, so all we had was a bunch of Army LCMs and a few LCTs.
The going was tough for the M4A1s at Cape Gloucester, but tank support overmatched the Japanese defenders and enabled the seizure of the western end of New Britain Island. (USMC)I got talking to Bill Buse, who I knew from his command of the 1st Scout Company back in 1940-41, now Exec. of the 5th Marines. I was Exec. of the 1st Tank Bn., and for this operation was in command of a composite group of four M4A1 mediums and five M5A1 light tanks. What if we fired the 75mm gun from one of the former while in an LCM? I agreed to give it a try. I guess we had forgotten our high school physics since we were going to fire a 35-pound projectile from a gun mounted on a 35-ton tank!The only noticeable effect was like a big "thunk" transmitted up through the soles of our feet. The next morning during the landing, I think each tank got off only a couple of rounds on the beach before they were masked by the landing troops. I always wished we could have done more with this. I tried to work out something when I came back to the US and was CO at the Jacques' Farm tank school, but it fell on deaf ears.The other time was in the same operation and it involved only the light tanks. Since the trail across the peninsula to Talasea was too muddy we embarked five of them in LCMs and went out around it.
A prewar example of a diesel light tank in a landing craft off the coast of North Carolina. The old Bureau of Ships tank lighter had an even higher bow ramp and scuttles than the LCM-3 Higgins type craft used from 1942 onward. (USMC)[Ken's Note: This may well be the beginning of the official USMC requirement that Navy landing craft be capable of permitting the firing of tank armament. The USMC Armor Policy Board made this official in 1949 and the LCMs and LCUs built afterward all permitted this. The LCAC of today doesn't do this, maybe because we never again used this feature in combat! ]Indirect tank fire in the USMC also had its beginnings at Cape Gloucester. Griff Meints decreed soon after the landing that I would oversee tank operations to the east and Robbie [Donald J.] Robinson would take everything to the west. That meant mine went all the way to Rabaul and Robbie had about 10 miles to the Cape. Around the end of January, 1943 we sent three mediums down to Natamo Point to support a small operation there. Patrols were pushing eastward along the coast. Because of the many creeks and rivers that flowed into the Bismark Sea, the tanks had to go by LCMs.We were sitting out on the point watching a fairly large movement of troops in the East River/Natamo River area. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a spout of water go up in the bay about three qurrters of a mile east of the troop activity. In less than a minute there was another, about half the distance to the beach from the last one. It was obviously an artillery piece ranging on the troop site. The next thing I saw was a flash in the jungle near Alaido Point, three miles across the Bay. This round fell in the water just off the beach. Not taking my eyes from the area where I had seen the flash (I was on the deck of one of the tanks behind the turret), I yelled to the commander to man his gun and traverse left until I told him to stop and to load WP. I don't recall what I gave him in the way of elevation. The round he fired was good in deflection, but quite a bit short. (The range was well beyond the sight reticules of the gun.) I told the other two tanks to load HE and watch for the WP fall as we walked it up and into the jungle. I didn't notice how many more rounds the Japanese got off but we fired only two or three shots before the 155mm Long Toms back at Silimati Point opened up (they had a forward observer team up in the area). Later a patrol came across an abandoned Japanese 70mm howitzer in the area we had shelled.Detached From 1st Tank BattalionA few months later, when I was back at Jacques Farm tank school, I was discussing the incident with an artillery buddy and how much time the tanks and their 75mms just sat around. A battalion of mediums had roughly the same number of tubes as an artillery regiment. He gave me a manual that told about surveying in a battery and stuff like that. The tanks already had azimuth indicators and clinometers, and I located a firing table for the 75mm. With his help we were able to do all of the things the artillery people do. but we never got to do an indirect fire problem.Once out on Guam as CO of the 3rd Tank Bn., I got together with Col. Earnshaw, CO of the 12th Marines (Artillery), to enlist his support in teaching my people the art of indirect fire. He was lukewarm to the idea but agreed to send some of his people over to work with us. We finally did one shoot but the flat trajectory of the 75 was a handicap.It was July, 1945 when Division asked if I wanted new M4A3s with 105mm howitzers. The idea was intriguing. I liked the Ford engine, the horizontal volute suspension and 23" track, and the bigger gun. On the other hand I considered the lack of the power turret and stabilizer to be over-riding faults as well as the lack of time to re-train personnel in the new tanks and indirect fire so we turned down the offer. We were, first of all, a tank battalion.[Ken's Note: The first 105mm armed M4A3s indeed came without turret baskets and power traverse, and the CG FMFPAC recalled the first 68 of them, promising only powered and stabilized versions would reach the troops, as they did later in 1945]

GhostPrime: Hello tankers!  This is week is our monthly HEAVY tank focus. This week we would like to to get out on the battlefield and get the MOST base Experience you can while in a heavy Tank!  We will pick the top FIVE players who received the MOST base Experience during the time frame to win 1,000 Gold!    Start: 4/25/2016 End: 4/30/2016 @ 9:00am PT   Prizes: FIVE winners will receive 1,000 Gold
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Lert:  

Lert:   You overestimate them.

Lert:   If you can't pen things at tier 7 and 8 with 203mm pen, it's not the gun, it's you - and you average 378 dmg per match in the heavy tank with the largest hitpoint pool, most accurate gun and most pen at tier 7. VS tier 9 it becomes iffy yes, but even then 203mm pen with that accuracy is a lot better and more effective / useful than the russian 122 with 175mm pen and its 'accuracy'.   Learn to aim.

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Trevzor: Weekday Warfare 15 Final Standings Top 16 by rank  17th Place - Top 25% of teams Top 26% - 50% of teams Top 51% - 75% of teams Rank Team Name Games Played Points Earned Points Possible Win Ratio 1 A|T|D 34 99 102 0.971 2 No Name 33 92 99 0.929 3 Blue's bombing Squad 34 91 102 0.892 4 Almost Unicums 35 93 105 0.886 5 /CrOsSeUR dU QuEBeC/ 34 88 102 0.863 5 HUMO 34 88 102 0.863 7 -(O_O)- 34 87 102 0.853 7 -G6- 34 87 102 0.853 9 Los Soldados De Oro 34 85 102 0.833 10 Tested on Humans 34 83 102 0.814 11 Iron Mistfits 34 81 102 0.794 12 ÃŽngeri fantoma 33 78 99 0.788 12 Dragons_Own 33 78 99 0.788 14 DEBB³ 35 82 105 0.781 15 Nevermore 35 81 105 0.771 16 A-Team 33 76 99 0.768 17 Ex-Br 34 78 102 0.765 18 Unicorn Killer Elite 35 80 105 0.762 19 coffee to go 34 77 102 0.755 20 Speedy Gonzales 35 79 105 0.752 21 brasil 33 74 99 0.747 22 leauge 34 76 102 0.745 23 PnoyHuzler 35 78 105 0.743 24 -OP- 34 75 102 0.735 25 Gamers Ecuador o7 33 72 99 0.727 25 SNIPER SS 33 72 99 0.727 27 LEAP 34 72 102 0.706 28 Bla_Bla_Bla 35 73 105 0.695 28 Show up, get gold ? 35 73 105 0.695 30 .=VX9= 35 72 105 0.686 31 FUEGO 34 68 102 0.667 31 MoopioNdePomberoJyva 34 68 102 0.667 33 4TH Guards 35 69 105 0.657 33 MASH 35 69 105 0.657 35 ALL or Nothing 34 67 102 0.657 36 Crazy Cockroaches 34 66 102 0.647 37 ClanRa 35 67 105 0.638 38 -LOVE- 34 65 102 0.637 39 Gold? 35 66 105 0.629 40 MANCOS AL COMBATE 34 64 102 0.627 41 Trolls Top Tankers 35 65 105 0.619 42 Crazys with 0 IQ 34 63 102 0.618 43 .=VX9= Team Two 34 62 102 0.608 43 Quiero un hombre 34 62 102 0.608 45 IronFists 35 63 105 0.600 45 los km 35 63 105 0.600 47 Alpha 34 61 102 0.598 47 Marauders 34 61 102 0.598 49 All-In 35 61 105 0.581 49 Insane Asylum 35 61 105 0.581 51 G S H 34 59 102 0.578 52 Cool Kids 35 60 105 0.571 52 XClan 35 60 105 0.571 54 SCRAM 33 55 99 0.556 55 Tank Mayhem 34 56 102 0.549 56 Assyrian Tankers 33 52 99 0.525 57 Falcons 35 55 105 0.524 57 FSIXTEEN 35 55 105 0.524 59 C4BR4 35 54 105 0.514 60 ClownSchool 34 50 102 0.490 61 TEXAS TRIO 34 48 102 0.471 61 WNRB 34 48 102 0.471 61 Yiha 34 48 102 0.471 64 Diesel 35 49 105 0.467 65 Brazuka's [_BR_] 35 47 105 0.448 66 cbl tuty 34 44 102 0.431 67 Preciso de ouro 2 33 42 99 0.424 68 Killer Beavers 34 43 102 0.422 68 ONORE 34 43 102 0.422 68 renegados 34 43 102 0.422 71 Ratchets 35 44 105 0.419 72 [-BFM-] 33 39 99 0.394 73 GALO_RINHA 34 40 102 0.392 74 FKX Members 34 39 102 0.382 75 op xD 33 37 99 0.374 76 Rafiki's Raiders 34 38 102 0.373 77 _redd 33 36 99 0.364 78 ! cbl 35 38 105 0.362 79 Harm & Co. 34 36 102 0.353 80 .=[A]=Armoured.X18 34 35 102 0.343 81 Argument3w 35 36 105 0.343 82 los violines 35 34 105 0.324 83 Pokemon Bros 35 33 105 0.314 84 _Tracer_ 34 30 102 0.294 85 Kill or Die 33 29 99 0.293 86 HIWAY TO HELL 35 30 105 0.286 87 Sons of Ricky Bobby 35 29 105 0.276 88 E-S-A 35 28 105 0.267 89 AÇO TEMPERADO 35 27 105 0.257 90 Attack on Pearl Harb 34 25 102 0.245 91 WONKA 34 24 102 0.235 92 SALSA DE TOMATE TEAM 34 21 102 0.206 93 Rompe_Q,los 35 21 105 0.200 94 resident evil 34 20 102 0.196 95 dance210 4 President 33 18 99 0.182 96 ingeri goldului 35 19 105 0.181 97 Los PechaCaca 34 18 102 0.176 98 we_the_best 34 17 102 0.167 99 HERO 34 15 102 0.147 100 los destructores 34 14 102 0.137 101 !CBLchampion 34 13 102 0.127 101 distrugatorui 34 13 102 0.127 103 Scrubs in Tanks 33 12 99 0.121 104 m-o-r-t-e 35 11 105 0.105 105 kabra elite 34 10 102 0.098 106 aFOXlegustaelPEPITO 35 10 105 0.095

dance210: Tournament Page Registration Forum Discussion  This is a 6-on-6 brawl on Himmelsdorf, featuring tier V tanks!. Also, please be aware that there is no longer a weekend only portion to the Skirmish. If you're looking for something happening Friday - Sunday, check out Weekend Warrior III - weekend playoff tournament that follows the same rules as the Skirmish! If you are a player looking for a team, or a team looking for player(s), feel free to post here. It is encouraged to say what tank(s) you have or are looking for, to make it easier to find players and teams

The_Chieftain:     OK. I'll add it to my list of things to do in the morning. We have a sort of newish department in the NA office which internally reviews things, I'll swing by them. It seemed a bit excessive to me.

Lert: +1   This advice is valid for many heavy, rapid-fire TD's, not just Jiggety Tig 88.

Lert: Well, at least you bring up more valid concerns than just 'I don't like it' like so many 'remove map' threads. +1 for that.   That said, I've not had any of the crash issues. Are your drivers up to date? Is your registry clean? Did you unload any background programs that might conflict? Maybe if you post your DXDIAG someone wiser than me can help you troubleshoot the crashes.