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dance210: What information are you not able to find?  

dance210: Change character limit to 10, just for TastyPastry.... <3   And thanks! I'll try to get the Russian changed ASAP.

dance210:   On the tournament page, click "More About Tournament." That will expand and show all the missing information - including the prizes.

The_Chieftain: Oh, C_Menz, the WoWS guys said they would reach out to you. Did they?

The_Chieftain:   Fort Benning ran into a similar problem.   As for E-sports, I can't say I see the appeal myself. However, if the numbers are there of people who do see the appeal, it doesn't matter that I personally don't.

Content_WG: Aprenda como jogar aproveitando ao máximo este tanque médio singular!
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GhostPrime:   That depends on the first day you logged into the forums, and the game. 

Content_WG: Learn how to play this unique medium tank to its strengths!
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dance210:   Support ticket generally isn't super useful for tournament stuff. Your best bet would be to send an email to tournaments@wargamingamerica.com, as we all check that box.   For those who have emailed us and haven't heard back...Trevz just got back into the office today. He'll be working through stuff and getting answers as soon as possible!

GhostPrime:   Definitely a lot of exciting things happening in April! 

Content_WG: Abril é o mês do quinto aniversário de World of Tanks nas Américas! Confira como estaremos celebrando!
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Content_WG: April marks our 5th anniversary of World of Tanks in the Americas! See how we'll be celebrating inside.
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Trevzor: Check out the eSports Calendar for all of the different tournaments that are happening! Tournament Page Registration Basic Tournament Information for Weekday Warfare 13Please see tournament page for all information Team Size: 3 combatants + 1 reserves Map: Ruinberg Mode: Encounter Tier Point Limit: 9 Tier Limits: This represents the max tier allowed. ​ Light: Tier 3 Medium: Tier 3 Heavy: Tier 3 TD: Tier 3 SPG: Tier 3  ScheduleTournament Stage Date Time Group Stage Round 1 Monday, April 4 15:30 PT (18:30 ET) Group Stage Round 2 Tuesday, April 5 15:30 PT (18:30 ET) Group Stage Round 3 Wednesday, April 6 15:30 PT (18:30 ET) Group Stage Round 4 Thursday, April 7 15:30 PT (18:30 ET) Group Stage Round 5 Friday, April 8 15:30 PT (18:30 ET)

GhostPrime:   That issue is related to mods. You will need to remove them, or update them. If you remove the mods, and still have the issue, please file a ticket to support.

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GhostPrime:   Winners were posted on the 15th.

dance210:   Skirmish XIII hasn't started yet. If you are looking for this week's standings (Skirmish XII), you can find them here

dance210: Rank Team title Points Earned Points Possible Win Ratio 114 LITTLE_RASCALS 9 21 0.429 114 Kung Fu Fighting 9 21 0.429 114 Linconeta 9 21 0.429 114 Totem__ 9 21 0.429 114 For Non-Blondes 9 21 0.429 114 Hi friends :' 9 21 0.429 114 Puddy Pounders 9 21 0.429 114 Cold Steel 9 21 0.429 114 SMOKE 9 21 0.429 114 HERO 9 21 0.429 114 High Class Authism 9 21 0.429 114 CALANGOS DE FERRO SK 9 21 0.429 114 G-D-A 9 21 0.429 114 -BTU- 9 21 0.429 114 venganza 9 21 0.429 114 -PPA- 9 21 0.429 114 FUMÉE 9 21 0.429 114 Los Soldados De Oro 9 21 0.429 114 TRIAD#2 9 21 0.429 114 No pants, no problem 9 21 0.429 134 Volga7 8 21 0.381 135 Tanky McTankface 7 21 0.333 135 Mostly Harmless 7 21 0.333 135 IMBRA ALFA 7 21 0.333 135 Annie MayMays 7 21 0.333 135 IN-KA 7 21 0.333 135 Grau Stahl Heer 7 21 0.333 141 Que Sea Rock! 6 21 0.286 141 Minions 6 21 0.286 141 DUTYandFriends 6 21 0.286 141 Luger 6 21 0.286 141 ...AVAAAAA!!!! 6 21 0.286 141 Playroll 6 21 0.286 141 SS-QC 6 21 0.286 141 Forti Fools 6 21 0.286 141 TAIGA 6 21 0.286 141 HARMless 6 21 0.286 141 NOStalgia 6 21 0.286 141 DEBB 6 21 0.286 141 Killjoy Dragons 6 21 0.286 141 MAT2 6 21 0.286 141 April Fools 6 21 0.286 141 Los Intratables 6 21 0.286 141 Fluffy Bunny Patrol 6 21 0.286 141 BUSHMASTERS 6 21 0.286 141 PEPITAS AL ATAKE 6 21 0.286 141 TRIAD 6 21 0.286 141 URRS KREA 6 21 0.286 162 Los+Pts 4 21 0.190 162 Anger Issues 4 21 0.190 162 Ascention from Ash 4 21 0.190 162 ADEE 4 21 0.190 162 B_Y_B 4 21 0.190 162 RDTT2 4 21 0.190 162 losmanquinesx4 4 21 0.190 162 dance210 4 President 4 21 0.190 162 BWSO Team 1 4 21 0.190 162 X'd out 4 21 0.190 172 Asesinos Tier 7 3 21 0.143 172 Fuego 3 21 0.143 172 UMM Team 1 3 21 0.143 172 Sandstorm Avocados 3 21 0.143 172 FENA 3 21 0.143 172 Nevermore 3 21 0.143 172 SWolves1 3 21 0.143 172 ! cbl 3 21 0.143 172 Totem 3 21 0.143 172 Barnie's Raptors 3 21 0.143 172 27PZR 3 21 0.143 172 FTA1 3 21 0.143 172 Ghost Fleet 1 3 21 0.143 172 Kenji 3 21 0.143 172 !CBL 3 21 0.143 172 B_A-Elite 3 21 0.143 172 SMRAI 3 21 0.143 172 Cig's Crew 3 21 0.143 172 renegados28 3 21 0.143 172 Royal Barons 3 21 0.143 172 DeathBeforeDismount 3 21 0.143 172 Genius 3 21 0.143 194 barramundi's 2 21 0.095 195 YELLOW[13] 1 21 0.048 195 MOK2 1 21 0.048 197 Noobs United 0 21 0.000 197 area wolves 0 21 0.000 197 Crazy Cnuks 0 21 0.000 197 !!! EAGLE's !!! 0 21 0.000 197 A_U_S_C_H_W_I_T_Z 0 21 0.000 197 AOM1 0 21 0.000 197 EnterTeamNameHere 0 21 0.000 197 CD_QC 0 21 0.000 197 VictoryRus 0 21 0.000 197 4CVR 0 21 0.000 197 11th ACR, Battle Gro 0 21 0.000 197 1_A_D 0 21 0.000

dance210: Skirmish XII Group Stage StandingsTop 10% of teams - 1000 gold + Crew XP booster per day Top 20% of teams - 700 gold + Crew XP booster per day Top 30% of teams - 500 gold + Crew XP booster per day Top 40% of teams - 200 gold + Crew XP booster per day Top 50% of teams - 100 gold + Crew XP booster per day Top 65% of teams - Crew XP booster per day*Note: Standings are not final until after battles Group Stage rounds are finished.  Round 1Rank Team title Points Earned Points Possible Win Ratio 1 SIMPLISTIC 21 21 1.000 1 cuban tsundere lolis 21 21 1.000 1 POI~ 21 21 1.000 1 Incognito Mode 21 21 1.000 1 #Violins 21 21 1.000 1 Free Gold? Yes plz 21 21 1.000 1 HUMO 21 21 1.000 1 Tasty LaQuisha 21 21 1.000 9 Purple Pills 19 21 0.905 9 MAHOU MAHOU 19 21 0.905 9 Angry teddy-bears 19 21 0.905 9 Mythos 19 21 0.905 9 Windex 19 21 0.905 9 Carcajou 19 21 0.905 15 R-T-D 18 21 0.857 15 -WTF- 18 21 0.857 15 Whoa, hey guys 18 21 0.857 15 BEEERPOOL 18 21 0.857 15 Tenacity 18 21 0.857 15 oNe dErection 18 21 0.857 15 Gold 18 21 0.857 15 4KAD 18 21 0.857 15 Love Tap 18 21 0.857 15 4202 18 21 0.857 15 LosBronze 18 21 0.857 15 unpleasant sensation 18 21 0.857 15 >Cheese Fries 18 21 0.857 15 Space Monkeys 18 21 0.857 15 Halibut Front 18 21 0.857 15 theDISBANDONING 18 21 0.857 15 Rel_Alive 18 21 0.857 15 RR13 Rageshire 18 21 0.857 15 Unfair Plane 18 21 0.857 34 Golden Knights 17 21 0.810 35 Sp00ky's Boner Boys 16 21 0.762 35 SaVaGeZ 16 21 0.762 35 DaNkGaM3r4231 16 21 0.762 35 !✮✮[NOOOB]✮✮! 16 21 0.762 35 what team 16 21 0.762 35 UFTS Just Gaming 16 21 0.762 35 Area 51 - S4 16 21 0.762 35 Chilled Out 16 21 0.762 35 Copious Discharge 16 21 0.762 44 Boats 'n Hose 15 21 0.714 44 WeaponsGradeAdorable 15 21 0.714 44 Big guns 15 21 0.714 44 Vilin Memes 15 21 0.714 44 The Chain of Command 15 21 0.714 44 Weebs 15 21 0.714 44 Rando Tanka 15 21 0.714 44 The Baddy Bunch 15 21 0.714 44 It's A Trainwreck 15 21 0.714 44 Stormtrooper Team 15 21 0.714 44 Smeshariki 15 21 0.714 44 OLDENAIT 15 21 0.714 44 Poke Da Bear 15 21 0.714 44 Welfare Recipients 15 21 0.714 44 ++++++++++ 15 21 0.714 44 PENDING APPROVAL 15 21 0.714 44 Les restes de JaMbOn 15 21 0.714 44 NO ZUO NO DIE 15 21 0.714 44 Team Tomato 15 21 0.714 44 BrazilianGankingKrew 15 21 0.714 64 _lLama__ 14 21 0.667 64 RDDT6 14 21 0.667 64 W A R M A C H I N E 14 21 0.667 67 Bloodbath and Beyond 13 21 0.619 67 23BTL 13 21 0.619 67 ALTAI 13 21 0.619 67 Tickle Me Elmo 13 21 0.619 67 Kung Fu Panda 13 21 0.619 67 LesBleuets 13 21 0.619 67 Destroyers 13 21 0.619 67 TSwift Fan Club 13 21 0.619 67 Team Meta 13 21 0.619 67 Pirates 13 21 0.619 67 TIUNA 13 21 0.619 67 Hell Panzer Division 13 21 0.619 79 Guenille_sale 12 21 0.571 79 Netherland Aussies 12 21 0.571 79 The Real A Team 12 21 0.571 79 QSF+ 12 21 0.571 79 Ping 999 12 21 0.571 79 The Shrekoning 12 21 0.571 79 Space Monkeys # 12 21 0.571 79 Boyz-N-Da-Hood 12 21 0.571 79 Short 12 21 0.571 79 NEED TO TACO BOUT IT 12 21 0.571 79 Tilly 12 21 0.571 79 Damn Kevin 12 21 0.571 79 teddybear3000 12 21 0.571 79 Equipo Rocket 12 21 0.571 79 Nappis 12 21 0.571 79 ! ! ! snickers ! ! ! 12 21 0.571 79 D.U.T.Y.P.A.Q. 12 21 0.571 79 1776V 12 21 0.571 79 Zulemita Powa 12 21 0.571 79 Coldsteel Katanas 12 21 0.571 79 Sturm City Rollers 12 21 0.571 100 Fate's Chosen 11 21 0.524 101 Ravenous Renegades 10 21 0.476 101 UnderRated 10 21 0.476 101 TEARGAS 10 21 0.476 101 EnfantsNouvelleAube 10 21 0.476 101 Purple Cobras 10 21 0.476 101 Paki Powercut Squad 10 21 0.476 101 unknown 10 21 0.476 101 Tazmanian Devilz 10 21 0.476 101 SometimesLucky 10 21 0.476 101 Cualquier nombre 10 21 0.476 101 BHK1 10 21 0.476 101 ROUT 10 21 0.476 101 Bacon 10 21 0.476

The_Chieftain: Same kit, same manufacturer. Thanks for the link, I'll drop by.

dance210: Hi!   The tournament tool automatically calculates head-to-head against all teams that are tied for points. If you tell me what group you were in and what your team name is, I can explain make sure the program calculated the tied points correctly

The_Chieftain:   OK, so it starts. Here's the kit in question.   Lots of pieces, quality is OK-ish, but there is quite a bit of flash, and some pretty huge connections to the sprues, which can only cause trouble. Casting seams quite evident. Individual track links portend pain.

veganzombiez: Catch the action of HAVOK vs _FAM_ today, March 28, at 6 pm PT / 9 pm ET on www.twitch.tv/welcometoezgames!    

dance210:   Prizes were paid out yesterday. If you don't think you received yours, please email tournaments@wargamingamerica.com with the following information: Name of tournament (March Mapness) Your in-game name Your team name   We will be more than happy to look up the status of your prize.   Thanks!

Content_WG: Las viste durante todo el mes, ahora consigue esas ofertas de tres divertidos tanques Premium antes de que se vayan de la Tienda.
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dance210: Call to Arms - Absolutes - Tier X! Registration for Absolutes - Tier X!   Call to Arms - Champions - Tier VIII! Registration for Champions - Tier VIII!   *Please note: Clans can have a maximum of two teams in each Call to Arms tournament (clan can have 2 teams in Absolutes and two teams in Champions)   Prizes All prizes are paid out per group. Credits will be paid out to each player Gold will be paid out to the Clan treasury Combat reserve will ONLY be paid out if the clan has the building   Absolute Champion 1st place 24,000 gold to Clan treasury   15,000 Industrial Resource   4 Clan Credit Boosts   250,000 credits per player 12,000 gold to Clan treasury   8,000 Industrial Resource   4 Clan Credit Boosts   100,000 credits per player 2nd place 20,000 gold to Clan treasury   12,000 Industrial Resource   3 Clan Credit Boosts   250,000 credits per player 10,000 gold to Clan treasury   6,000 Industrial Resource   3 Credit Boosts   100,000 credits per player 3rd place 12,000 gold to Clan treasury   10,000 Industrial Resource   2 Clan Credit Boosts   250,000 credits per player 6,000 gold to Clan treasury   5,000 Industrial Resource   2 Credit Boosts   100,000 credits per player 4th place 2 Clan Credit Boosts   250,000 credits per player 2 Credit Boosts   100,000 credits per player     Tournament Information Team Size: 15 combatants + 5 reserves Players must be from the same clan, with the exception of legionnaires Up to 4 players may be from outside the clan and act as legionnaires. If more than 4 non-clan players are on the team, player(s) may be removed and/or the team denied. Map : Live Oaks Mode: Standard Absolutes Tier point maximum: 150 points Max tier allowed: 10 Champions Tier point maximum: 120 points Max tier allowed: 8   Schedule Tournament Stage Date Time Group Stage Round 1 Saturday, Apr. 2 15:30 PT (18:30 ET) Group Stage Round 2 Saturday, Apr. 2 15:43 PT (18:43 ET) Group Stage Round 3 Saturday, Apr. 2 15:56 PT (18:56 ET) Group Stage Round 4 Saturday, Apr. 2 16:09 PT (19:09 ET) Group Stage Round 5 Saturday, Apr. 2 16:22 PT (19:22 ET) Group Stage Round 6 Saturday, Apr. 2 16:35 PT (19:35 ET) Group Stage Round 7 Saturday, Apr. 2 16:48 PT (19:48 ET)

dance210: If a player sends in a valid dispute, then the match will be overturned and the player who brought the correct line-up will be credited with a win. There will be no extra matches played.  

dance210: Are you talking about each individual match or if you won a gold prize?   When you go to the tournament page and look at your group, it will tell you what your final rank is. As long as your rank is between 1 and 7, you will receive a prize!

dance210: You're only competing within your group. Your prize will be based on your rank within the group - if you came in 1st with 8 wins out of 9 battles, then you'll receive the first place prize  

dance210: Prizes can take up to a week; however I normally try to get them out by Tuesday or Wednesday at the latest.   Yep, we are definitely planning to do more!! Is there anything that you (or anyone else) would like to see from these 1v1 tournaments?

dance210: Hehe I'm already thinking about a 1v1, tier 6 artillery tournament!

dance210: Awesome contest mpank! Looking forward to seeing how it works out for y'all!!   Also, if I promise not to get win any prizes, can I join just to see how bad@tanks I am?? 

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dance210: Weekday Warfare 11 Group Stage Standings: Final Standings Top 16 by rank  17th Place - Top 25% of teams Top 26% - 50% of teams Top 51% - 75% of teams   Rank Team title Points Earned Points Possible Win Ratio 1 TrumpSaid3v3 101 105 0.962 2 Sp00ky's Bone Boys 94 99 0.949 3 Bono Marzo 96 102 0.941 4 └A┬V┘ 90 99 0.909 5 BL4DE 95 105 0.905 6 Team SWAG 89 99 0.899 7 LAST MINUTE but MEH 90 102 0.882 8 3v3 Again? 87 99 0.879 8 Ninja Tourtles 87 99 0.879 10 Awkward Turtles 92 105 0.876 10 Shrek's onion patch 92 105 0.876 12 !FOCUS!HALJON! 91 105 0.867 13 Rare Pepe 83 99 0.838 13 Steel 83 99 0.838 15 Platinum 82 99 0.828 16 POI~ 84 102 0.824 17 HonorTheMoumajimuri 82 102 0.804 18 Weeaboo Trash 83 105 0.790 19 Dynamic Gaming 80 102 0.784 20 EnVy 82 105 0.781 20 Gold 82 105 0.781 20 Greedy is good~ 82 105 0.781 23 bignoob wolf 79 102 0.775 24 FURY TACOS o_O 74 96 0.771 25 -OP- 75 99 0.758 26 NEGRO PIÑERA 77 102 0.755 27 SKT1 79 105 0.752 28 Volga2 76 102 0.745 29 Making Some Noise 73 99 0.737 29 Sea Unicorns 73 99 0.737 31 23BTL 72 99 0.727 32 tacos de canasta 74 102 0.725 33 _EVIL_MINIONS_ 71 99 0.717 34 !! EAGL's !! 74 105 0.705 35 Dream Team 67 96 0.698 36 232ND-A 71 102 0.696 37 _Fta1 66 96 0.688 37 Space Monkeys # 66 96 0.688 39 Genius 72 105 0.686 40 Pie Chaser 69 102 0.676 41 DEBB - [ON] - 62 93 0.667 41 Iron mistfits 70 105 0.667 41 Mucho Pasto 68 102 0.667 41 -WN8- 70 105 0.667 45 Pu55ie5 68 105 0.648 46 Rel_Alive 66 102 0.647 47 Noobies 65 102 0.637 48 Alucinogenos 64 102 0.627 49 TIUNA 62 99 0.626 50 LOS POLLOS REVENGE 63 102 0.618 50 Space Monkeys #2 63 102 0.618 52 RELAMPAGO BLINDADO 62 102 0.608 53 mytucks army 60 99 0.606 54 =VX9= 61 102 0.598 54 Nerv 61 102 0.598 54 超級朋友 61 102 0.598 57 -G6- 57 96 0.594 57 TacoMaster 57 96 0.594 59 UA-TD 62 105 0.590 60 Gold Rush 58 99 0.586 61 Bad FATE 60 105 0.571 62 DARKS 54 96 0.563 63 LINCE 59 105 0.562 64 Balas de Goma 55 99 0.556 65 NoDIGity 58 105 0.552 65 PLAYN 58 105 0.552 67 NIGHTCORE WORLD 57 105 0.543 68 Bacon 53 99 0.535 68 T_K_O 53 99 0.535 70 comando 54 102 0.529 70 PnoyHuzlers 54 102 0.529 72 TKOC 55 105 0.524 73 HUNTER 53 102 0.520 74 Cotab 51 99 0.515 75 CACA 52 102 0.510 75 IMBRA - ALPHA 52 102 0.510 75 TR_ST Better Gamers 52 102 0.510 78 HUSARES 50 99 0.505 79 COLAR 48 96 0.500 79 HonkyTonkx 51 102 0.500 79 -JLA- 51 102 0.500 82 Sudaka 49 99 0.495 83 Smooch.....X 50 102 0.490 84 IMBRA-DELTA 51 105 0.486 85 de Tier 6 a 8 48 99 0.485 86 Naylamp 44 93 0.473 87 IN-KA 46 99 0.465 88 TR_ST Gamers 43 93 0.462 89 NoisNessaPorra 47 102 0.461 89 URRS 2 47 102 0.461 91 Muerte a amablerey 46 102 0.451 92 i7 Inside 44 99 0.444 92 renegados1930 44 99 0.444 94 _1st_ 45 102 0.441 94 232ND-C 45 102 0.441 96 ALB DIVISION SHERMAN 42 96 0.438 97 Mandando Bala 43 99 0.434 98 ZED United 43 102 0.422 99 Anonymous Trio 40 102 0.392 99 BIA_R BULLS 40 102 0.392 99 Mancos Al Combate 40 102 0.392 102 Ghost Destoyers 41 105 0.390 102 zeus 41 105 0.390 104 Wolves of Valhala 37 99 0.374 105 Hunters 38 102 0.373 105 They_Say_Y0L0_Hax 38 102 0.373 107 Pearl Harbor 33 93 0.355 108 Ace's EoS Team 35 102 0.343 108 Rafiki's Raiders 35 102 0.343 110 Maki 34 102 0.333 111 Leviatanes 32 99 0.323 112 OMwM 32 102 0.314 113 =-HERO 29 102 0.284 113 NOVATOS 29 102 0.284 115 DeathDragons 27 96 0.281 116 9 line yolo 29 105 0.276 117 =[A]=Armoured.Ground 28 102 0.275 118 ESCUADRON MERCENARIO 24 99 0.242 118 Herbie 24 99 0.242 120 LCDQ 25 105 0.238 121 hellbells 23 99 0.232 122 Luubiani 24 105 0.229 123 CA8RA VEIO DE GUERRA 23 102 0.225 124 rainbow stalin 19 99 0.192 125 Noobs 20 105 0.190 126 Pato Manco 16 96 0.167 126 tu god the true god 17 102 0.167 128 Marmotas reloaded 15 93 0.161 129 LATINOAMERICANOS 16 102 0.157 130 2022 15 96 0.156 131 COAT 14 102 0.137 131 LosPanzeres 14 102 0.137 133 Equipo Rocket 13 105 0.124 133 Need more gold 13 105 0.124 135 #BOSS 12 99 0.121 136 RedLine 12 102 0.118 137 Freedom 11 102 0.108 137 GRUPO EZILON 11 102 0.108 137 REMIX 11 102 0.108 140 A-Team 10 96 0.104 141 RescueRangers 10 102 0.098 142 Latin 10 105 0.095 143 Z Team 9 99 0.091 144 LovelyNips 8 102 0.078 145 TheSherwoodNiners 7 99 0.071

GhostPrime: Please keep this thread on topic, and constructive. Otherwise, it may get closed down. Thanks!

dance210:   Arty and lights are restricted to tier IV; everything else is tier V. I made that more clear in the OP.   It's not a Skirmish that focuses on arty/lights as the only tanks you can use.

dance210: Tournament Page Registration Forum Discussion  This is a 5-on-5, tier 5 tournament with a very important special restriction: players are only allowed to bring up to tier IV lights and artillery! 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

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The_Chieftain:   This one. https://scontent-lax...691008330_o.jpg

The_Chieftain:   Did that link die?

The_Chieftain:   In this case, it was more a matter of sheer curiosity. I've been spending more time than I want to reading up on the tank, and, being in the US, I've generally been confined to the operator's manual, what's on public websites, an old article in AFV News (or some such) and a copy of Fallen Sentinel I grabbed when I was in Melbourne four years ago. (Christ, have I had it that long?). Was wondering if I had missed something obvious/important. That PDF seems to have been one of them.

The_Chieftain: Now that I look at it, I was right, it is a Type 22. Confirmation was easy once I enlarged the picture and read the name.

The_Chieftain: Thank you for the link. A surprising outburst.   I wonder what, exactly, he expected Challenger to do in Australia? He went at the request of the Asia office, and worked to Asia's schedule, which did not include time in the Archives. Plus, I was there twice, and similarly didn't do any researching. I could't even take my thickness gauge for the one tank we couldn't find elsewhere (sentinel) as I didn't check bags. My schedule last week was so compressed that i didn't even take a roll-aboard, just a laptop bag and a small backpack. Both Challenger and myself went as service providers for other departments in WG, not as researchers (There seems to be some confusion that research is actually in either of our job descriptions, it's not, neither of us were hired for that role. We do it as we can).   There are some other issues with his rant, but I'm not going to go into them here.    

The_Chieftain: People were saying that taking heavies up the hill in Himmelsdorf was pretty disturbing a few years ago as well. Now it's not unusual to the point of being expected. I've always been an advocate of the valley push in Lakeville or the field charge in Malinovka if sufficient strength of the team is willing to go for it. Concentration and aggression of the attack is more important than the location,   After thinking about the Yuri/Challenger thing a bit more, I'm not happy. It may be a Russian thing to air internal dirty laundry, and I do like Yuri as well, but doing so (and wearing such a T-shirt) is to my mind unprofessional. Even if directly asked for comment, I don't think Challenger would fire back, as that sort of thing is just 'not done' in both English and Irish thinking. At least, I believe so. Plus, regardless of what other museum staff may have to say about the man, I would observe that there's a difference between what they perceive of him, and reality. They may want to blame him for failures as the point of contact, even if he's had the rug pulled out from under him by others. Things he has told me do not strike me as being unlikely. Nothing particularly malicious by anyone, just different ways of doing things.

The_Chieftain: Fascinating, Bonesaw. Out of interest, what are your sources? I'm not familiar with Mr Mellor's work, incidentally.   I'm ahead of myself, but indeed the oval was visibly a hatch from the inside. It still has the unlocking mechanism. The cut-outs in the turret, however, have me baffled to this day.

The_Chieftain: I doubt it.