Developers posts on forum

Hunter1911:
Let us call it like this:

OFC the Germans had weapons capable of destroying KV tanks. They DID not have tank mounted weapons capable of such action (during the early war period).

:)

TheKroo:
Let us call it like this:

OFC the Germans had weapons capable of destroying KV tanks. They DID not have tank mounted weapons capable of such action (during the early war period).

:)

Tanatoy: Merci pour cette suggestion, (qui devrait être placé dans la section "suggestions) Le dora étant un canon tracté sur rail, est de plus de 800 mm, euh...non ? Car un véhicule doit être chenillé, pour être dans World of Tanks.

Sujet fermé.

Brynd: You're right! Thanks to your report our web tank commander crew amended this  

Hunter1911:
That is correct. The discovery of its effectiveness made the Germans realize the gun's potential for tank and anti tank usage.
But we are still referring to the fact that German tank mounted guns of early war period were not able to penetrate the KV tanks.

The 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 was not mounted nor used on a tank prior to Tiger series.
Quite a lot of field guns were able to knock out a tank.

So most German vehicles of early war period were not able to reliably penetrate KV series tanks.

TheKroo:
That is correct. The discovery of its effectiveness made the Germans realize the gun's potential for tank and anti tank usage.
But we are still referring to the fact that German tank mounted guns of early war period were not able to penetrate the KV tanks.

The 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 was not mounted nor used on a tank prior to Tiger series.
Quite a lot of field guns were able to knock out a tank.

So most German vehicles of early war period were not able to reliably penetrate KV series tanks.

Tuccy: Můžete si přepnout na statistiky, které vám vyhovují lépe, třeba poškození nebo zkušenosti za bitvu :)

Gepard_PH: Nadesłanych prac jest sporo, jury ma duży roboty. Zwycięzców ogłosimy jeszcze w tym tygodniu.

Tuccy: V současnosti to tak je, protože ještě není dost výsledků z týmových bitev - na to, aby se to začalo řadit podle výsledků s nějakou vypovídající hodnotou je nejdřív potřeba pár bitev odehrát, podle odhadu toto období potrvá tak 2-3 týdny.

Tuccy: Podmínky jsou max. tier VIII/max 7 hráčů/max 42 bodů - všechny tři dohromady. Pokud někdo plní 42 bodů "šestkovými" tanky, tak zapomíná hned na tu první podmínku.

Tuccy: Proto jsou taky statistiky oddělené (mj.), stejně jako jsou proto jiné odměny (vítěz dostane více, poražený méně než v randomech).

Tuccy: S ohledem na nízký počet hráčů je tento mód nevhodný pro "kempící" TD a dělostřelce. Lehké tannky (na 8. úrovni jsou dva) se v něm uplatňují slušně, podívej se třeba na Uanubisovo řádění s WZ ;) naopak střední tanky se moc neuplatňují, nemají "speciality" - naproti tomu některé TD (v závislosti na situaci) mohou být dost platné.

SergeantBaba: Das Event endete heute um 14:30 Uhr :)

Brynd:
You're right. Thanks for helping out.  

Brynd:
We'll be sorting that out after the contest ends. It takes a while to extract and sort through the data but we'll be aiming to get it resolved and the gold awarded as swiftly as possible.

Brynd:
nekomatafuyu is right, we won't be announcing any winners till after the entire contest ends. This is simply due to the sheer effort of sifting through the data.

Brynd:
We're looking purely at the top XP gathered in any qualifying battle by any one person, not necessarily if they were top above other players in a battle. By qualifying I simply mean those stated in the rules.

Brynd: It's a global initiative, so we do feature EU stuff when there's been something recent for EU eSports. Keep your eyes out on our portal.  

Hunter1911:
That's 'cause I was not there :P

TheKroo:
That's 'cause I was not there :P

Tanatoy: Merci de régler les trolls entre clans entre vous, et non sur le forum, encore plus particulièrement en discussions générales. Si cela dépasse le cadre du troll pour virer aux insultes, merci de le reporter à l'équipe de support. Conformément aux règles, les noms ont été enlevés, et le sujet fermé. (Je reste disponible par MP).

Tanatoy: Et voilà, il n'y a que demander ! http://www.twitch.tv..._eu/b/476979717 Deux défaites (contre les PTS et les Kazna) et une victoire contre TESLA. Perdre contre les Kazna et les Pirates, boh...résultat logique je dirais.

Brynd: We are glad to have you join the team!  

Next time you pop over to see Ectar, I'm the slightly balding chap directly behind him (though I'll be away on holiday for a few days!)

Hunter1911: KV was produced from 1939–43. Please do note that 8.8cm gun was first used on a tank after 1942, i.e. after the appearance of Tiger series.
During the early stages of the war Germans were fielding Panzer series from Panzer I to IV and those tanks were heavily outmatched by KV's.
L/48 became the standard gun from June 1942.
OFC KV series were outmatched by Tiger and Panther series, but we are talking about initial war period.

Hunter1911: Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed it.

Hunter1911: Noted. Will do :)

TheKroo: KV was produced from 1939–43. Please do note that 8.8cm gun was first used on a tank after 1942, i.e. after the appearance of Tiger series.
During the early stages of the war Germans were fielding Panzer series from Panzer I to IV and those tanks were heavily outmatched by KV's.
L/48 became the standard gun from June 1942.
OFC KV series were outmatched by Tiger and Panther series, but we are talking about initial war period.

TheKroo: Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed it.

TheKroo: Noted. Will do :)

Decept1on: We should take the medal "Let's battle: Minsk" and kick ourselves from the map  

Decept1on: There was an issue with VP processing, it has now been fixed  

Tanatoy: Je tiens à te remercier pour ce message plein d'amour, et de respect. Avons-nous dit à un seul moment que la prochaine campagne se concentrera sur jusqu'au tier 5 pour la première phase ? Non.  
Et merci à Personne pour son explication.

SergeantBaba: Die Liste wurde nun weitergeleitet und Ihr solltet euer Gold binnen weniger Stunden erhalten  

Tuccy: jj, první změna hesla je za 300, pokud budeš chtít goldíků více, pak v našich malých soutěžích (stačí odebírat toto vlákno: http://forum.worldof...-czsk-komunity/

Brynd: Ooh, shiny!
What do you think of it?

Hunter1911: Quite an interesting read and very nice photos.
Thanks for sharing!

TheKroo: Quite an interesting read and very nice photos.
Thanks for sharing!

Tuccy: Systém funguje přesně, jak má - režim 7/42 sází bitvy pouze podle výsledků v 7/42, podle ničeho jiného. Je na vás, jak si uspořádáte tým a jak těch 42 bodů a 7 slotů využijete, ale prakticky "univerzální" řešení je 5 tanků 8. úrovně a dva tanky 1. úrovně - nicméně jde i experimentovat.

Opakuji, v tomto režimu se týmy řadí pouze podle výsledků v 7v7, ne podle úrovní vozidel atd.

SergeantBaba:
Der Wettbewerb wird leider nicht verlängert, man hatte eine Woche Zeit um eine kurze Geschichte auf die Beine zu stellen =)
Die Gewinner werden im laufe des Abends bekannt gegeben.
Mfg
Baba

Decept1on: Checking.

Tuccy: No teď už ne... Ale spoustu drobečků!  
Modernizace dárkového obchodu je konečně tu, jen aby bylo jasno, tanky z předobjednávky tam nejsou a nebudou - protože pod tou podmínkou byly na EU a NA serveru prodávány.

Brynd: Thanks for the info!

Hunter1911:

Hello tankies,
Welcome to our new "Know Your Steel" series of articles. The following articles are going to be dedicated to interesting info and trivia about the tanks we have in game.
A bit of side view on them. We will not go too technical or too deep and will try to provide a fun to read material.
Hope you will enjoy this first article.
KV-1
When he was joining the 70th Infantry Division on 14th November 1933, student Zinoviy Grigorevich Kolobanov (Russian: Зиновий Григорьевич Колобанов) did not even dream about having his name connected to one of the most famous tank skirmishes in the Great Patriotic War.
19th August 1941 was a grim day for Leningrad forces of USSR. German armoured forces were easily dispatching light soviet tanks of the BT series and the T20 family.
Commander of the German 8th Division’s vanguard had no reason to worry while his 20 vehicle group was approaching the crossroad at the edge of Krasnogvardeysk swamp. Shortly first tank was out. German vehicles stopped, believing it ran across a mine. 150 meters farther, gunner Starshiy Serzhant (Старший Cержа́нт) Andrey Usov (Андрей Михайлович Усов) was already taking aim at the group’s rear, 800m further to the west.
Few moments later, hit by a 76mm shot, tank at the rear of the group had caught fire and disabled the chance of a retreat. Astonished German tankers were trying to figure out who was shooting at them. Panicked they did not
noticed 5 hunkered down KV-1 tanks, belonging to the First Battalion’s Third Company under command of Starshiy Leytenant Kolobanov. Spotted late and well hunkered down, his KV-1 had continued firing until it had depleted his double battle compliment of APCR shells (total of 220) and only then had the second Soviet tank fired from its new position.
When the dust was down. Count of the skirmish was 43 destroyed German tanks. The crew of tank number 864 have counted astonishing 135 hits on their KV armour – neither of the hits penetrating their armour. They alone had managed to destroy 22 enemy tanks, two Self-propelled guns and two halftracks.


The story would have had another ending if a group of students who had visited Kirovsky Zavod did not get their homework of reworking the SKB-2 blueprint of a new heavy tank, which was supposed to replace a faulty designed T-35.At the very beginning they were forced with a series of technical difficulties, including unreliable transmission which was not meant for such weight. No one seriously believed in finding a viable solution in any reasonable time. Around that time Czech Š-II vehicles were under consideration for testing at Kubinka with the aim of copying the good solutions. Alongside the student project (SKM-2)a new idea had arisen with project leaders being J.I. Kotin (SKB bureau director) and I.M. Zaltzman (KTZ factory director). They were proposing a project of a single turreted heavy tank with reinforced armour.
The army had decided to test both of the prototypes on February 27th 1939 and so the development was launched. Kirovski Zavod got the green light for production of the prototypes. In midst of turbulent political events, it turned out it was easier to make a tank rather than name one. It was popular but very risky to name a tank by a politician. Kotin and Zaltzman had decided to go with the wind and name the tank by then People's Commissar for Defense of the Soviet Union: Kliment Voroshilov. Officially naming the tank KV-1.

KV-1 was first to receive a diesel engine (450 HP) mentioned later becoming a standard for most tanks. Its casted turret was equipped with 76mm gun firing shells of 612ms initial velocity able to penetrate a homogeneous steel plate 60mm of thickness at 500mm distance. Despite bad presentation in Moscow, the tank was granted approval for usage.

KV-1 had received its fiery christening during the Winter War. It had surpassed all competition which was sent to fight alongside it. Practice has shown that the 76mm gun was ineffective against concrete bunkers used by the Finnish. This led the military to develop a “small turret” with the 76mm gun and “big turret” with the 152mm howitzer in place. The larger turret tank was named KV-2 .
KV-1 had shown his true value during the German invasion of USSR. The Soviets had 508 KV-1 tanks on the front lines which were structured as heavy tank battalions. Less than 10% was lost in direct combat. Most knocked out tanks were the result of crew abandonment (lack of ammunition or fuel). Despite everything, crews liked their tanks as they offered great level of protection.

KV-1 proved to be virtually untouchable by any of German possessed tank mounted weapons of the initial war period. There are recorded cases of few isolated tanks holding the advancement of an entire German armoured group.
At the end the main advantage of KV-1- proved to be its greatest flaw: the weight of the tank was quite a limiting factor (bad USSR infrastructure, swamps, managing terrain).
Soviet forces soon realized this handicap and necessary modifications and changes were made. In an attempt to transfer all the T-34’s virtues, the military had taken attempts to make KV-1 lighter and more mobile. And KV-1S was born.
As you may know World of Tanks has a medal called “Kolobanov's Medal”

“Awarded to a player who stands alone against five or more enemy tanks or self-propelled guns and wins (this means that you can capture the enemy base by yourself when you are against five enemies and you will recieve the achievement.)
Colonel Zinoviy Kolobanov was a Soviet tank ace who destroyed 22 German tanks, 2 guns and 2 halftracks with his KV in battle on August 19, 1941.”

TheKroo:

Hello tankies,
Welcome to our new "Know Your Steel" series of articles. The following articles are going to be dedicated to interesting info and trivia about the tanks we have in game.
A bit of side view on them. We will not go too technical or too deep and will try to provide a fun to read material.
Hope you will enjoy this first article.
KV-1
When he was joining the 70th Infantry Division on 14th November 1933, student Zinoviy Grigorevich Kolobanov (Russian: Зиновий Григорьевич Колобанов) did not even dream about having his name connected to one of the most famous tank skirmishes in the Great Patriotic War.
19th August 1941 was a grim day for Leningrad forces of USSR. German armoured forces were easily dispatching light soviet tanks of the BT series and the T20 family.
Commander of the German 8th Division’s vanguard had no reason to worry while his 20 vehicle group was approaching the crossroad at the edge of Krasnogvardeysk swamp. Shortly first tank was out. German vehicles stopped, believing it ran across a mine. 150 meters farther, gunner Starshiy Serzhant (Старший Cержа́нт) Andrey Usov (Андрей Михайлович Усов) was already taking aim at the group’s rear, 800m further to the west.
Few moments later, hit by a 76mm shot, tank at the rear of the group had caught fire and disabled the chance of a retreat. Astonished German tankers were trying to figure out who was shooting at them. Panicked they did not
noticed 5 hunkered down KV-1 tanks, belonging to the First Battalion’s Third Company under command of Starshiy Leytenant Kolobanov. Spotted late and well hunkered down, his KV-1 had continued firing until it had depleted his double battle compliment of APCR shells (total of 220) and only then had the second Soviet tank fired from its new position.
When the dust was down. Count of the skirmish was 43 destroyed German tanks. The crew of tank number 864 have counted astonishing 135 hits on their KV armour – neither of the hits penetrating their armour. They alone had managed to destroy 22 enemy tanks, two Self-propelled guns and two halftracks.


The story would have had another ending if a group of students who had visited Kirovsky Zavod did not get their homework of reworking the SKB-2 blueprint of a new heavy tank, which was supposed to replace a faulty designed T-35.At the very beginning they were forced with a series of technical difficulties, including unreliable transmission which was not meant for such weight. No one seriously believed in finding a viable solution in any reasonable time. Around that time Czech Š-II vehicles were under consideration for testing at Kubinka with the aim of copying the good solutions. Alongside the student project (SKM-2)a new idea had arisen with project leaders being J.I. Kotin (SKB bureau director) and I.M. Zaltzman (KTZ factory director). They were proposing a project of a single turreted heavy tank with reinforced armour.
The army had decided to test both of the prototypes on February 27th 1939 and so the development was launched. Kirovski Zavod got the green light for production of the prototypes. In midst of turbulent political events, it turned out it was easier to make a tank rather than name one. It was popular but very risky to name a tank by a politician. Kotin and Zaltzman had decided to go with the wind and name the tank by then People's Commissar for Defense of the Soviet Union: Kliment Voroshilov. Officially naming the tank KV-1.

KV-1 was first to receive a diesel engine (450 HP) mentioned later becoming a standard for most tanks. Its casted turret was equipped with 76mm gun firing shells of 612ms initial velocity able to penetrate a homogeneous steel plate 60mm of thickness at 500mm distance. Despite bad presentation in Moscow, the tank was granted approval for usage.

KV-1 had received its fiery christening during the Winter War. It had surpassed all competition which was sent to fight alongside it. Practice has shown that the 76mm gun was ineffective against concrete bunkers used by the Finnish. This led the military to develop a “small turret” with the 76mm gun and “big turret” with the 152mm howitzer in place. The larger turret tank was named KV-2 .
KV-1 had shown his true value during the German invasion of USSR. The Soviets had 508 KV-1 tanks on the front lines which were structured as heavy tank battalions. Less than 10% was lost in direct combat. Most knocked out tanks were the result of crew abandonment (lack of ammunition or fuel). Despite everything, crews liked their tanks as they offered great level of protection.

KV-1 proved to be virtually untouchable by any of German possessed tank mounted weapons of the initial war period. There are recorded cases of few isolated tanks holding the advancement of an entire German armoured group.
At the end the main advantage of KV-1- proved to be its greatest flaw: the weight of the tank was quite a limiting factor (bad USSR infrastructure, swamps, managing terrain).
Soviet forces soon realized this handicap and necessary modifications and changes were made. In an attempt to transfer all the T-34’s virtues, the military had taken attempts to make KV-1 lighter and more mobile. And KV-1S was born.
As you may know World of Tanks has a medal called “Kolobanov's Medal”

“Awarded to a player who stands alone against five or more enemy tanks or self-propelled guns and wins (this means that you can capture the enemy base by yourself when you are against five enemies and you will recieve the achievement.)
Colonel Zinoviy Kolobanov was a Soviet tank ace who destroyed 22 German tanks, 2 guns and 2 halftracks with his KV in battle on August 19, 1941.”

OldFox: К сожалению, нет, и в этой теме дан ответ, почему: http://forum.worldof...40#entry6373945

IPaul72: Hello all
We found Lord_Demon roaming around an event in Paris so our staff here couldn't pass up a photo opportunity  

Kind Regards
IPaul72

Decept1on: I doubt 2 turns will make such a big difference in the total of VPs at the end of the stage
That said, you can put your feedback here:
http://forum.worldof...d-fps-feedback/
This feedback will be sent to the developers at the end of the campaign.

Decept1on: Tracert doesn't provide enough data.

Decept1on: That's because you forgot to add:
Ownership of Province within one turn = +42 * number of Clan's Provinces
I checked to top clans VPs and the calculations are correct.

Tuccy: Nedává to podle WG ratingu, ale podle výsledků v 7v7. Vzhledem k tomu, že tam všivchni začínali na nule, potrvá nějakou dobu než se to "roztřídí", protože teď jsou tam výsledky dost "podle plotu" - s narůstajícícm počtem týmů a bitev se to "usadí" a začne dávat spolehlivější výsledky.