Developers posts on forum

MrVic: But the Waffen Wuv woo.... sorry long day at work and I got into a bottle of jack at dinner

MrVic: But the Waffen Wuv woo.... sorry long day at work and I got into a bottle of jack at dinner

MrVic: But the Waffen Wuv woo.... sorry long day at work and I got into a bottle of jack at dinner

MrVic: There thats much better

MrVic:

There thats much better  

MrVic:

There thats much better  

MrVic:

There thats much better  

MrVic: Kinda disheartened no new designs posted. hehe were all quiet now it seems

MrVic: Kinda disheartened no new designs posted. hehe were all quiet now it seems

MrVic: Kinda disheartened no new designs posted. hehe were all quiet now it seems

MrVic: Kinda disheartened no new designs posted. hehe were all quiet now it seems

Jeremy Taylor: At this development stage besides fast keys you’re able to make commands through chart and team speak channel. Later on we will introduce myriads of custom features and customizable key commands will probably be among them.

Jeremy Taylor: The information about what types of locations the players want to fight on is extremely interesting for us too.

Jeremy Taylor: World of Tanks has a very straightforward control system which assumes only keyboard and mouse using for the moment. In the battle you will use the mouse for targeting, shooting and moving the camera, and reporting the enemy location on the mini map. The standard WASD keyboard set is used to move your vehicle. The keyboard is also used to change the types of shells, use the battle chat, see the teams' structures and for some other important gameplay functions. There are also some fast keys used for making orders, order confirmation, support requesting, etc.
The control system and interface are developed to be functional and extremely easy at the same time to allow the players to focus totally on the warfare itself. We will be discussing the possibility of joystick implementing for playing World of Tanks after release.

Jeremy Taylor: This is absolutely not a simple "run and shoot" game. The game is based on team cooperation and the space for tactics is endless. Moreover, the World of Tanks locations that are thoroughly balanced contribute immensely to the multiple tactics implementing.

Jeremy Taylor: This is an auto-aiming feature that allows focusing and locking the turret on the aim and rotating the camera simultaneously. This feature is carried out by pressing the right mouse button. You don't "break my balls" by asking the questions . Feel free to ask more

Jeremy Taylor: World of Tanks embraces the history of tanks building of the 20's-50's. For that moment we have in our collection three nations that you will see in beta: USSR, Germany and USA. More tanks of these nations will be introduced after the release. Moreover, we are planning and we will include the fighting vehicles of the 20's - 50's from many other countries. For the moment WW2 tanks and core gameplay are what we are completely focused on. We will not include the modern tanks into the game (at least in the nearest future) as it would hurt the gameplay deeply. Still however, you will see the tanks in our game that didn't even stepped on the WW2 battlefields as existed only as prototypes.

Jeremy Taylor: Terrain effects have been already introduced into the game. Heavier tanks have advantages in moving through some kinds of obstacles. While haystacks, hedges, benches and etc. may be destroyed by all moving vehicles, some obstacles (such as very big trees) may be knocked down only by more powerful tanks. We have introduced the empiric rule for the tree diameter/tank weight ratio. For instance, the tank with total weight of 30 tons will be able to knock down the tree with 30sm in diameter.
Muddy areas naturally affect the tanks' mobility. The vehicles' characteristics including total weight, engine power, track width and speed influence the tank's mobility when crossing through such muddy areas. The weather effect that will be introduced later on will affect not only the vehicle's velocity and maneuverability but the whole gameplay itself due to the visibility range decrease.
All tanks' motion characteristics are developed regarding the corresponding characteristics of their real prototypes and realism/gameplay ratio needs.

Jeremy Taylor: Please stick to the initial topic or start the individual thread dedicated to World of Tanks servers’ functioning. We will try to provide answers to all your questions there.
Regards

MrVic: Kinda funny reading back through all the posts and then realizing I have gotten no drawing help requests kinda boggles my mind

MrVic: Kinda funny reading back through all the posts and then realizing I have gotten no drawing help requests kinda boggles my mind

MrVic: Kinda funny reading back through all the posts and then realizing I have gotten no drawing help requests kinda boggles my mind

MrVic: Kinda funny reading back through all the posts and then realizing I have gotten no drawing help requests kinda boggles my mind

MrVic: Yeah I just want to drive one and arbitrarily start tossing rounds. hehe accuracy will go kinda funny fast but thats half the fun.
Also doubling back on my math and designs to see if I should add a 2nd smaller engine to help power the systems and do away with the 2nd loader

MrVic:
Yeah I just want to drive one and arbitrarily start tossing rounds. hehe accuracy will go kinda funny fast but thats half the fun.
Also doubling back on my math and designs to see if I should add a 2nd smaller engine to help power the systems and do away with the 2nd loader

MrVic:
Yeah I just want to drive one and arbitrarily start tossing rounds. hehe accuracy will go kinda funny fast but thats half the fun.
Also doubling back on my math and designs to see if I should add a 2nd smaller engine to help power the systems and do away with the 2nd loader

MrVic:
Yeah I just want to drive one and arbitrarily start tossing rounds. hehe accuracy will go kinda funny fast but thats half the fun.
Also doubling back on my math and designs to see if I should add a 2nd smaller engine to help power the systems and do away with the 2nd loader

MrVic: Russian HT-75
Nicknamed “Volumes of Death”

Origins:
Zh. Kotin the designer of numerous Russian tanks was the mastermind behind the HT-75. With a number of previous
designs under his belt he was on a pretty well set path of design until a detour showed up on his desk mid 1938.
It was a design and shipment documents for a Hotchkiss designed many years before a automatic feed for a 75mm cannon.
The design was never fully tested and the concept design was sold to the Russians mid 1930’s. By the same token the
Frenchmen owned company Hotchkiss working out of the U.S. also bought/acquired the same design in the 1930’s The U.S.
worked on further developing it but the project stalled out as the working prototypes had many bugs and flaws. With
the size constraints and the mechanical flaws still evident and the clouds of war were stirring. The kinks to make it
reliable were not worked out until after the start of the war. After the start of the war the project was resumed again
to be used in B-25 bomber in place of the manual 75mm cannon for ground attack. By the time they hit production the
advent of rockets quickly filled the niche the cannon would fill for the Air Force. Some years later in 1960 the weapon
was employed in aircraft for the US Air Force. The Russians took the design and never gave up. By the onset of 1939 the
weapon system was working as intended but it still required a large amount of space. With a semi automatic cannon with
10-20 round ammo hoppers gave the gun the ability to quickly fire off shells as long as it was on a sufficiently stable
firing platform. The decision was made to incorporate it into a larger heavy assault tank. The State Defense council
had concerns on its ammo usage from the onset of the building of the prototypes. Luckily Russian theory that firepower
is the foremost overall else, prevailed into the HT-75. Built on a heavy chassis and with little anti-infantry defense
weapons, with enough room to support the cannon and manpower/space to operate and reload the cannons ammo hoppers was
finally achieved. Though the State Defense Councils worries were well founded as once in the field the ammo usage was
immense, due to crews direct “firing for effect”. In the end the raw amount of support fire power and destruction caused
to the German forces meant it was going to have a long and destructive tenure in the Russian army.
General Data
Formal Designation(s)......................HT-75
Manufacturer(s).................................Factory No.100 Kirovskiy Works in Leningrad (LKZ)
Production Quantity...........................6 (330 Ordered)
Production Period............................1940-?
Type..............................................Heavy Assault Tank
Length /hull (m)...............................8.14m
Width (m)........................................3.38m
Combat Weight (kg)..........................61000
Crew................................................6
Barrel Overhang (m)..........................0.2
Height (m)........................................3.3m
Radio Equipment................................71-TK-3
Armament
Primary Armament........................Ziz-75mm SemiAuto
Traverse (degrees).........................360° (Electric)
Elevation (degrees).........................-4° to +24.5°
Ammunition Carried.........................143
Secondary Armament....................... 2x 7.62mm DT MG
Ammunition Carried.........................2475-3087
Mobility
Engine Make & Model.........................V-2K
Type & Displacement..........................V12
Horsepower (max.)...........................600hp@2000rpm
Power/Weight Ratio...........................9.5 hp/tonne
Gearbox.......................................5 forward, 1 reverse
Fuel.................................................Diesel
Range on/off road (km).......................250 km
Mileage (litres/100km).......................240 l/100km
Fuel Capacity (litres)..........................600 l
Speed on/off road................................26 km/h
Track Width........................................65 cm
Track Ground Contact..........................419 cm
Ground Pressure.................................17.6 psi
Ground Clearance (m)..........................0.48
Turning Radius (m)...............................2.15
Gradient (degrees)................................22°
Vertical Obstacle (m)...........................0.78
Fording (m).........................................1
Trench Crossing (m)............................2.64
Armor..............Front...................Side.................Rear..............Top/Bottom
Upper Hull.....75mm@60°..........75mm@90°.....70mm@90°........40mm@0°
Lower Hull.....75mm@60°..........75mm@90°.....60mm@40°........40mm@0°
Turret............75mm@90°..........75mm@90°.....75mm@90°........40mm@0°
Mantle..........110mm@round.........NA.................NA....................NA
Designer Notes:
Well I was researching some other weapons in the 40mm department when I was met with road blocks. A friend of mine works for a air force museum , so I gave him a call out of desperation. As we got to chatting he brought up a weapon system I had never thought about that had its roots in the 1930's. I began to see if it was feasible and he checked records on his end. In the end it truly was usable! So the fun began...how do I use this thing. I finally understood why it was skipped past by the US early on. So I turned to the Russians and their concept of superior firepower. In the end its was great fun purely since it was such a surprise find lol. Granted its only a confirmed in tech of the period and concept/design. But its was great fun and working prototypes did exist in WW2 mainly the issue I had was trying to nail down when they were built. The designs tho were much older just never fully worked out. Best photo I could find of one now days. My link

MrVic: Russian HT-75

Nicknamed “Volumes of Death”



Origins:
      Zh. Kotin the designer of numerous Russian tanks was the mastermind behind the HT-75.  With a number of previous
designs under his belt he was on a pretty well set path of design until a detour showed up on his desk mid 1938.
It was a design and shipment documents for a Hotchkiss designed many years before a automatic feed for a 75mm cannon.
The design was never fully tested and the concept design was sold to the Russians mid 1930’s.  By the same token the
Frenchmen owned company Hotchkiss working out of the U.S. also bought/acquired the same design in the 1930’s  The U.S.
worked on further developing it but the project stalled out as the working prototypes had many bugs and flaws.  With
the size constraints and the mechanical flaws still evident and the clouds of war were stirring. The kinks to make it
reliable were not worked out until after the start of the war.  After the start of the war the project was resumed again
to be used in B-25 bomber in place of the manual 75mm cannon for ground attack.  By the time they hit production the
advent of rockets quickly filled the niche the cannon would fill for the Air Force. Some years later in 1960 the weapon
was employed in aircraft for the US Air Force.  The Russians took the design and never gave up. By the onset of 1939 the
weapon system was working as intended but it still required a large amount of space. With a semi automatic cannon with
10-20 round ammo hoppers gave the gun the ability to quickly fire off shells as long as it was on a sufficiently stable
firing platform.  The decision was made to incorporate it into a larger heavy assault tank.  The State Defense council
had concerns on its ammo usage from the onset of the building of the prototypes.  Luckily Russian  theory that firepower
is the foremost overall else, prevailed into the HT-75.  Built on a heavy chassis and with little anti-infantry defense
weapons, with enough room to support the cannon and manpower/space to operate and reload the cannons ammo hoppers was
finally achieved.  Though the State Defense Councils worries were well founded as once in the field the ammo usage was
immense, due to crews direct “firing for effect”. In the end the raw amount of support fire power and destruction caused
to the German forces meant it was going to have a long and destructive tenure in the Russian army.

General Data
Formal Designation(s)......................HT-75
Manufacturer(s).................................Factory No.100 Kirovskiy Works in Leningrad (LKZ)
Production Quantity...........................6 (330 Ordered)
Production Period............................1940-?
Type..............................................Heavy Assault Tank
Length /hull (m)...............................8.14m
Width (m)........................................3.38m
Combat Weight (kg)..........................61000
Crew................................................6
Barrel Overhang (m)..........................0.2
Height (m)........................................3.3m
Radio Equipment................................71-TK-3

Armament
Primary Armament........................Ziz-75mm SemiAuto
Traverse (degrees).........................360° (Electric)
Elevation (degrees).........................-4° to +24.5°
Ammunition Carried.........................143
Secondary Armament....................... 2x 7.62mm DT MG
Ammunition Carried.........................2475-3087

Mobility
Engine Make & Model.........................V-2K
Type & Displacement..........................V12
Horsepower (max.)...........................600hp@2000rpm
Power/Weight Ratio...........................9.5 hp/tonne
Gearbox.......................................5 forward, 1 reverse
Fuel.................................................Diesel
Range on/off road (km).......................250 km
Mileage (litres/100km).......................240 l/100km
Fuel Capacity (litres)..........................600 l
Speed on/off road................................26 km/h
Track Width........................................65 cm
Track Ground Contact..........................419 cm
Ground Pressure.................................17.6 psi
Ground Clearance (m)..........................0.48
Turning Radius (m)...............................2.15
Gradient (degrees)................................22°
Vertical Obstacle (m)...........................0.78
Fording (m).........................................1
Trench Crossing (m)............................2.64

Armor..............Front...................Side.................Rear..............Top/Bottom
Upper Hull.....75mm@60°..........75mm@90°.....70mm@90°........40mm@0°
Lower Hull.....75mm@60°..........75mm@90°.....60mm@40°........40mm@0°
Turret............75mm@90°..........75mm@90°.....75mm@90°........40mm@0°
Mantle..........110mm@round.........NA.................NA....................NA


Designer Notes:
Well I was researching some other weapons in the 40mm department when I was met with road blocks. A friend of mine works for a air force museum , so I gave him a call out of desperation. As we got to chatting he brought up a weapon system I had never thought about that had its roots in the 1930's. I began to see if it was feasible and he checked records on his end. In the end it truly was usable!  So the fun began...how do I use this thing. I finally understood why it was skipped past by the US early on. So I turned to the Russians and their concept of superior firepower. In the end its was great fun purely since it was such a surprise find lol.  Granted its only a confirmed in tech of the period and concept/design. But its was great fun and working prototypes did exist in WW2 mainly the issue I had was trying to nail down when they were built. The designs tho were much older just never fully worked out. Best photo I could find of one now days. My link

MrVic: Russian HT-75

Nicknamed “Volumes of Death”



Origins:
      Zh. Kotin the designer of numerous Russian tanks was the mastermind behind the HT-75.  With a number of previous
designs under his belt he was on a pretty well set path of design until a detour showed up on his desk mid 1938.
It was a design and shipment documents for a Hotchkiss designed many years before a automatic feed for a 75mm cannon.
The design was never fully tested and the concept design was sold to the Russians mid 1930’s.  By the same token the
Frenchmen owned company Hotchkiss working out of the U.S. also bought/acquired the same design in the 1930’s  The U.S.
worked on further developing it but the project stalled out as the working prototypes had many bugs and flaws.  With
the size constraints and the mechanical flaws still evident and the clouds of war were stirring. The kinks to make it
reliable were not worked out until after the start of the war.  After the start of the war the project was resumed again
to be used in B-25 bomber in place of the manual 75mm cannon for ground attack.  By the time they hit production the
advent of rockets quickly filled the niche the cannon would fill for the Air Force. Some years later in 1960 the weapon
was employed in aircraft for the US Air Force.  The Russians took the design and never gave up. By the onset of 1939 the
weapon system was working as intended but it still required a large amount of space. With a semi automatic cannon with
10-20 round ammo hoppers gave the gun the ability to quickly fire off shells as long as it was on a sufficiently stable
firing platform.  The decision was made to incorporate it into a larger heavy assault tank.  The State Defense council
had concerns on its ammo usage from the onset of the building of the prototypes.  Luckily Russian  theory that firepower
is the foremost overall else, prevailed into the HT-75.  Built on a heavy chassis and with little anti-infantry defense
weapons, with enough room to support the cannon and manpower/space to operate and reload the cannons ammo hoppers was
finally achieved.  Though the State Defense Councils worries were well founded as once in the field the ammo usage was
immense, due to crews direct “firing for effect”. In the end the raw amount of support fire power and destruction caused
to the German forces meant it was going to have a long and destructive tenure in the Russian army.

General Data
Formal Designation(s)......................HT-75
Manufacturer(s).................................Factory No.100 Kirovskiy Works in Leningrad (LKZ)
Production Quantity...........................6 (330 Ordered)
Production Period............................1940-?
Type..............................................Heavy Assault Tank
Length /hull (m)...............................8.14m
Width (m)........................................3.38m
Combat Weight (kg)..........................61000
Crew................................................6
Barrel Overhang (m)..........................0.2
Height (m)........................................3.3m
Radio Equipment................................71-TK-3

Armament
Primary Armament........................Ziz-75mm SemiAuto
Traverse (degrees).........................360° (Electric)
Elevation (degrees).........................-4° to +24.5°
Ammunition Carried.........................143
Secondary Armament....................... 2x 7.62mm DT MG
Ammunition Carried.........................2475-3087

Mobility
Engine Make & Model.........................V-2K
Type & Displacement..........................V12
Horsepower (max.)...........................600hp@2000rpm
Power/Weight Ratio...........................9.5 hp/tonne
Gearbox.......................................5 forward, 1 reverse
Fuel.................................................Diesel
Range on/off road (km).......................250 km
Mileage (litres/100km).......................240 l/100km
Fuel Capacity (litres)..........................600 l
Speed on/off road................................26 km/h
Track Width........................................65 cm
Track Ground Contact..........................419 cm
Ground Pressure.................................17.6 psi
Ground Clearance (m)..........................0.48
Turning Radius (m)...............................2.15
Gradient (degrees)................................22°
Vertical Obstacle (m)...........................0.78
Fording (m).........................................1
Trench Crossing (m)............................2.64

Armor..............Front...................Side.................Rear..............Top/Bottom
Upper Hull.....75mm@60°..........75mm@90°.....70mm@90°........40mm@0°
Lower Hull.....75mm@60°..........75mm@90°.....60mm@40°........40mm@0°
Turret............75mm@90°..........75mm@90°.....75mm@90°........40mm@0°
Mantle..........110mm@round.........NA.................NA....................NA


Designer Notes:
Well I was researching some other weapons in the 40mm department when I was met with road blocks. A friend of mine works for a air force museum , so I gave him a call out of desperation. As we got to chatting he brought up a weapon system I had never thought about that had its roots in the 1930's. I began to see if it was feasible and he checked records on his end. In the end it truly was usable!  So the fun began...how do I use this thing. I finally understood why it was skipped past by the US early on. So I turned to the Russians and their concept of superior firepower. In the end its was great fun purely since it was such a surprise find lol.  Granted its only a confirmed in tech of the period and concept/design. But its was great fun and working prototypes did exist in WW2 mainly the issue I had was trying to nail down when they were built. The designs tho were much older just never fully worked out. Best photo I could find of one now days. My link

MrVic: Russian HT-75

Nicknamed “Volumes of Death”



Origins:
      Zh. Kotin the designer of numerous Russian tanks was the mastermind behind the HT-75.  With a number of previous
designs under his belt he was on a pretty well set path of design until a detour showed up on his desk mid 1938.
It was a design and shipment documents for a Hotchkiss designed many years before a automatic feed for a 75mm cannon.
The design was never fully tested and the concept design was sold to the Russians mid 1930’s.  By the same token the
Frenchmen owned company Hotchkiss working out of the U.S. also bought/acquired the same design in the 1930’s  The U.S.
worked on further developing it but the project stalled out as the working prototypes had many bugs and flaws.  With
the size constraints and the mechanical flaws still evident and the clouds of war were stirring. The kinks to make it
reliable were not worked out until after the start of the war.  After the start of the war the project was resumed again
to be used in B-25 bomber in place of the manual 75mm cannon for ground attack.  By the time they hit production the
advent of rockets quickly filled the niche the cannon would fill for the Air Force. Some years later in 1960 the weapon
was employed in aircraft for the US Air Force.  The Russians took the design and never gave up. By the onset of 1939 the
weapon system was working as intended but it still required a large amount of space. With a semi automatic cannon with
10-20 round ammo hoppers gave the gun the ability to quickly fire off shells as long as it was on a sufficiently stable
firing platform.  The decision was made to incorporate it into a larger heavy assault tank.  The State Defense council
had concerns on its ammo usage from the onset of the building of the prototypes.  Luckily Russian  theory that firepower
is the foremost overall else, prevailed into the HT-75.  Built on a heavy chassis and with little anti-infantry defense
weapons, with enough room to support the cannon and manpower/space to operate and reload the cannons ammo hoppers was
finally achieved.  Though the State Defense Councils worries were well founded as once in the field the ammo usage was
immense, due to crews direct “firing for effect”. In the end the raw amount of support fire power and destruction caused
to the German forces meant it was going to have a long and destructive tenure in the Russian army.

General Data
Formal Designation(s)......................HT-75
Manufacturer(s).................................Factory No.100 Kirovskiy Works in Leningrad (LKZ)
Production Quantity...........................6 (330 Ordered)
Production Period............................1940-?
Type..............................................Heavy Assault Tank
Length /hull (m)...............................8.14m
Width (m)........................................3.38m
Combat Weight (kg)..........................61000
Crew................................................6
Barrel Overhang (m)..........................0.2
Height (m)........................................3.3m
Radio Equipment................................71-TK-3

Armament
Primary Armament........................Ziz-75mm SemiAuto
Traverse (degrees).........................360° (Electric)
Elevation (degrees).........................-4° to +24.5°
Ammunition Carried.........................143
Secondary Armament....................... 2x 7.62mm DT MG
Ammunition Carried.........................2475-3087

Mobility
Engine Make & Model.........................V-2K
Type & Displacement..........................V12
Horsepower (max.)...........................600hp@2000rpm
Power/Weight Ratio...........................9.5 hp/tonne
Gearbox.......................................5 forward, 1 reverse
Fuel.................................................Diesel
Range on/off road (km).......................250 km
Mileage (litres/100km).......................240 l/100km
Fuel Capacity (litres)..........................600 l
Speed on/off road................................26 km/h
Track Width........................................65 cm
Track Ground Contact..........................419 cm
Ground Pressure.................................17.6 psi
Ground Clearance (m)..........................0.48
Turning Radius (m)...............................2.15
Gradient (degrees)................................22°
Vertical Obstacle (m)...........................0.78
Fording (m).........................................1
Trench Crossing (m)............................2.64

Armor..............Front...................Side.................Rear..............Top/Bottom
Upper Hull.....75mm@60°..........75mm@90°.....70mm@90°........40mm@0°
Lower Hull.....75mm@60°..........75mm@90°.....60mm@40°........40mm@0°
Turret............75mm@90°..........75mm@90°.....75mm@90°........40mm@0°
Mantle..........110mm@round.........NA.................NA....................NA


Designer Notes:
Well I was researching some other weapons in the 40mm department when I was met with road blocks. A friend of mine works for a air force museum , so I gave him a call out of desperation. As we got to chatting he brought up a weapon system I had never thought about that had its roots in the 1930's. I began to see if it was feasible and he checked records on his end. In the end it truly was usable!  So the fun began...how do I use this thing. I finally understood why it was skipped past by the US early on. So I turned to the Russians and their concept of superior firepower. In the end its was great fun purely since it was such a surprise find lol.  Granted its only a confirmed in tech of the period and concept/design. But its was great fun and working prototypes did exist in WW2 mainly the issue I had was trying to nail down when they were built. The designs tho were much older just never fully worked out. Best photo I could find of one now days. My link

MrVic: It works out to 7.16 tons. think that works out about right for airborne operations much like the British used the Tetrarch
Nice post btw

MrVic:
It works out to 7.16 tons.  think that works out about right for airborne operations much like the British used the Tetrarch
Nice post btw

MrVic:
It works out to 7.16 tons.  think that works out about right for airborne operations much like the British used the Tetrarch
Nice post btw

MrVic:
It works out to 7.16 tons.  think that works out about right for airborne operations much like the British used the Tetrarch
Nice post btw

MrVic: US/UK RT-40
Nickname “Pappy’s Peashooter”

Origins
Henry “Pappy” Henderson was a US army grease monkey “retired” . He had served in WWI and with
the looming shadow of another war in Europe he traveled to Britain to lend a hand in beating
back the Germans should the need arise. “Pappy” sent a letter to the War Office requesting a
civilian posting to best help their needs. The war office placed him with the design assessment
division as maintenance personal for prototypes in testing and in construction. Pappy went along
is daily routine of oiling, fixing and doing his duties to maintain and repair captured equip
and newly built equip in the ordnance hangar until he overheard his supervisor arguing with a
“older chap” about the delays in a Recon tank development project they were supposed to review
in 3 days and no prototype had been delivered for a shakedown test. That night “Pappy” went back
into the hangar and went to work. He took a stripped down Tetrarch they had sitting in the back
lot and start his grand plan. By morning when the rest of the crew came into the hangar they
found “Pappy” finishing up some wields on his toy. When asked what he was doing his response was
“You wanted a recon tank? Well here ya go.” He had taken one of the recently duplicated
7.5cm Pak 40’s the ordnance division had in the hangar for testing and mounted it on a cut out
Tetrarch chassis. With the rest of the hangar crew still was staring blankly at his creation.
“Pappy” went on to explain his other features. The addition of a pedestal mounted a
M2 .50 cal for AA and anti personal defense. Some light armor improvements. The most
exciting part for “Pappy” was his “sneaky” improvements. He added a improved muffler/baffle
package to keep the engine noise to almost nothing. He even added a oil tank and a oiling system
to the track road wheels so when you were creeping about the tanks track links would have a
slow constant oiling and reducing interlink screeching present in all tracked vehicles. As
he wrapped up his speech the Supervisor was impressed enough to take this to the head office
as a possible alternative. When he returned the crew was pulling a new set of tracks onto
the tank with rubber bushing pushed between the linkage assemblies to reduce noise while on the
move even more. The supervisor asked if he was going to make any more changes because the Approval
board was going to review it tomorrow. “Pappy” Informed him he had only one more change
to make but needed the help of some experts. His plans were to redesign the muzzle of the gun
to sound more similar to the 2pdr and 25pdr the British were using. His idea was in a recon role
once a forward element was located if it was mobile the recon tank could setup in hiding and strike
a lead vehicle and flee quietly or reposition. This hopefully would cause the German convoy/column
to believe they were facing dug in AT positions setup in ambush ahead. For this to be convincing
the noise from the recon tanks and the sound of the gun could work against them pulling off this ruse.
Another added feature was a combination of the muffler and oiling system. The recon tank could run
the oiling feed to spray oil into the heated mufflers and produce a instant huge smoke screen covering
their escape and causing general confusion. The RT-40 was reviewed and accepted instantly, with plans
to be used to slow the Germans advancing towards France.
General Data
Formal Designation..........RT-40 (Recon Tank/Harasser)
Production Quantity........22 (100 Orderded)
Production Period............Nov. 1939-1941
Type.................................Light Recon
Length hull/overall.........(m)4.31
Width..............................(m)2.31
Combat Weight (kg)...........7000
Production Period............Nov. 1939-?
Crew..................................3
Barrel Overhang..............0.533m (1.75')
Height.............................(m)2.12
Radio Equipment..................No.18
Armament
Primary Armament..............7.5cm Pak 40
Traverse (degrees)............45L/45R
Ammunition Carried............45
Secondary Armament.............M2 .50 Cal
Ammunition Carried............2025
Engine Make & Model............Meadows, MAT
Type & Displacement..............H12
Horsepower (max.).............165hp@2700rpm
Power/Weight Ratio............66.5 hp/t
Gearbox ...................... forward, 2 reverse
Range on/off road (km)..........225
Mileage (liters/100km)..........91 on road
Fuel Capacity (liters)...........205
Speed on/off road...............64/45 km/h
Ground Pressure.................7.9 psi
Turning Radius (m)................26.5
Fording (m)...........................0.91
Trench Crossing (m)..................1.52
Armor
Front 10mm
Side 10mm
Rear 6mm
Top/Bottom 6mm
Designer Notes:
I started out wanting a light tank with the idea of forward recon elements combined with
a harasser role. The biggest complication is fooling enemy units it would ambush. The noise
created by any tracked vehicle be it the tracks screeching to the engine, muffler, exhaust giving
away your position. A enemy attacked by a recon tank such as this is aware its probably just a single unit.
But if you could convince them it was a dug in platoon ahead with AT weapons a convoy or armored column has
a huge obstacle to consider. usually involving pulling back and sending scouts ahead to assess the threat.
This takes a lot of time which grants huge delays to a rapidly advancing force. So the trick is striking unseen
and evading detection afterwards. The smoke screen was a last min addition that really can help in both roles to
great effect. The hard part was a fast quiet tank with a large enough AT gun to knock out a single enemy tank in
the first shot. I mean its not nearly as scary when the first shot bounces off your target at range, now is it?

MrVic: US/UK RT-40

Nickname “Pappy’s Peashooter”



Origins
Henry “Pappy” Henderson was a US army grease monkey “retired” . He had served in WWI and with
the looming shadow of another war in Europe he traveled to Britain to lend a hand in beating
back the Germans should the need arise.  “Pappy” sent a letter to the War Office requesting a
civilian posting to best help their needs.  The war office placed him with the design assessment
division as maintenance personal for prototypes in testing and in construction.  Pappy went along
is daily routine of oiling, fixing and doing his duties to maintain and repair captured equip
and newly built equip in the ordnance hangar until he overheard his supervisor arguing with a
“older chap” about the delays in a Recon tank development project they were supposed to review
in 3 days and no prototype had been delivered for a shakedown test.  That night “Pappy” went back
into the hangar and went to work.  He took a stripped down Tetrarch they had sitting in the back
lot and start his grand plan.  By morning when the rest of the crew came into the hangar they
found “Pappy” finishing up some wields on his toy.  When asked what he was doing his response was
“You wanted a recon tank? Well here ya go.”  He had taken one of the recently duplicated
7.5cm Pak 40’s the ordnance division had in the hangar for testing and mounted it on a cut out
Tetrarch chassis.  With the rest of the hangar crew still was staring blankly at his creation.
“Pappy” went on to explain his other features.  The addition of a pedestal mounted a
M2 .50 cal for AA and anti personal defense.  Some light armor improvements. The most
exciting part for “Pappy” was his “sneaky” improvements.   He added a improved muffler/baffle
package to keep the engine noise to almost nothing.  He even added a oil tank and a oiling system
to the track road wheels so when you were creeping about the tanks track links would have a
slow constant oiling and reducing interlink screeching present in all tracked vehicles.  As
he wrapped up his speech the Supervisor was impressed enough to take this to the head office
as a possible alternative.   When he returned the crew was pulling a new set of tracks onto
the tank with rubber bushing pushed between the linkage assemblies to reduce noise while on the
move even more.  The supervisor asked if he was going to make any more changes because the Approval
board was going to review it tomorrow.  “Pappy” Informed him he had only one more change  
to make but needed the help of some experts.  His plans were to redesign the muzzle of the gun
to sound more similar to the 2pdr and 25pdr the British were using.  His idea was in a recon role
once a forward element was located if it was mobile the recon tank could setup in hiding and strike
a lead vehicle and flee quietly or reposition.  This hopefully would cause the German convoy/column
to believe they were facing dug in AT positions setup in ambush ahead.  For this to be convincing
the noise from the recon tanks and the sound of the gun could work against them pulling off this ruse.
Another added feature was a combination of the muffler and oiling system.  The recon tank could run
the oiling feed to spray oil into the heated mufflers and produce a instant huge smoke screen covering
their escape and causing general confusion. The RT-40 was reviewed and accepted instantly, with plans
to be used to slow the Germans advancing towards France.


General Data
Formal Designation..........RT-40 (Recon Tank/Harasser)
Production Quantity........22 (100 Orderded)
Production Period............Nov. 1939-1941
Type.................................Light Recon
Length hull/overall.........(m)4.31
Width..............................(m)2.31
Combat Weight (kg)...........7000
Production Period............Nov. 1939-?
Crew..................................3
Barrel Overhang..............0.533m (1.75')
Height.............................(m)2.12
Radio Equipment..................No.18

Armament
Primary Armament..............7.5cm Pak 40
Traverse (degrees)............45L/45R
Ammunition Carried............45
Secondary Armament.............M2 .50 Cal
Ammunition Carried............2025
Engine Make & Model............Meadows, MAT
Type & Displacement..............H12
Horsepower (max.).............165hp@2700rpm
Power/Weight Ratio............66.5 hp/t
Gearbox ...................... forward, 2 reverse
Range on/off road (km)..........225
Mileage (liters/100km)..........91 on road
Fuel Capacity (liters)...........205
Speed on/off road...............64/45 km/h
Ground Pressure.................7.9 psi
Turning Radius (m)................26.5
Fording (m)...........................0.91
Trench Crossing (m)..................1.52

Armor
Front 10mm
Side 10mm
Rear 6mm
Top/Bottom 6mm

Designer Notes:
I started out wanting a light tank with the idea of forward recon elements combined with
a harasser role.  The biggest complication is fooling enemy units it would ambush.  The noise
created by any tracked vehicle be it the tracks screeching to the engine, muffler, exhaust giving
away your position. A enemy attacked by a recon tank such as this is aware its probably just a single unit.
But if you could convince them it was a dug in platoon ahead with AT weapons a convoy or armored column has
a huge obstacle to consider. usually involving pulling back and sending scouts ahead to assess the threat.
This takes a lot of time which grants huge delays to a rapidly advancing force. So the trick is striking unseen
and evading detection afterwards. The smoke screen was a last min addition that really can help in both roles to
great effect.  The hard part was a fast quiet tank with a large enough AT gun to knock out a single enemy tank in
the first shot. I mean its not nearly as scary when the first shot bounces off your target at range, now is it?

MrVic: US/UK RT-40

Nickname “Pappy’s Peashooter”



Origins
Henry “Pappy” Henderson was a US army grease monkey “retired” . He had served in WWI and with
the looming shadow of another war in Europe he traveled to Britain to lend a hand in beating
back the Germans should the need arise.  “Pappy” sent a letter to the War Office requesting a
civilian posting to best help their needs.  The war office placed him with the design assessment
division as maintenance personal for prototypes in testing and in construction.  Pappy went along
is daily routine of oiling, fixing and doing his duties to maintain and repair captured equip
and newly built equip in the ordnance hangar until he overheard his supervisor arguing with a
“older chap” about the delays in a Recon tank development project they were supposed to review
in 3 days and no prototype had been delivered for a shakedown test.  That night “Pappy” went back
into the hangar and went to work.  He took a stripped down Tetrarch they had sitting in the back
lot and start his grand plan.  By morning when the rest of the crew came into the hangar they
found “Pappy” finishing up some wields on his toy.  When asked what he was doing his response was
“You wanted a recon tank? Well here ya go.”  He had taken one of the recently duplicated
7.5cm Pak 40’s the ordnance division had in the hangar for testing and mounted it on a cut out
Tetrarch chassis.  With the rest of the hangar crew still was staring blankly at his creation.
“Pappy” went on to explain his other features.  The addition of a pedestal mounted a
M2 .50 cal for AA and anti personal defense.  Some light armor improvements. The most
exciting part for “Pappy” was his “sneaky” improvements.   He added a improved muffler/baffle
package to keep the engine noise to almost nothing.  He even added a oil tank and a oiling system
to the track road wheels so when you were creeping about the tanks track links would have a
slow constant oiling and reducing interlink screeching present in all tracked vehicles.  As
he wrapped up his speech the Supervisor was impressed enough to take this to the head office
as a possible alternative.   When he returned the crew was pulling a new set of tracks onto
the tank with rubber bushing pushed between the linkage assemblies to reduce noise while on the
move even more.  The supervisor asked if he was going to make any more changes because the Approval
board was going to review it tomorrow.  “Pappy” Informed him he had only one more change  
to make but needed the help of some experts.  His plans were to redesign the muzzle of the gun
to sound more similar to the 2pdr and 25pdr the British were using.  His idea was in a recon role
once a forward element was located if it was mobile the recon tank could setup in hiding and strike
a lead vehicle and flee quietly or reposition.  This hopefully would cause the German convoy/column
to believe they were facing dug in AT positions setup in ambush ahead.  For this to be convincing
the noise from the recon tanks and the sound of the gun could work against them pulling off this ruse.
Another added feature was a combination of the muffler and oiling system.  The recon tank could run
the oiling feed to spray oil into the heated mufflers and produce a instant huge smoke screen covering
their escape and causing general confusion. The RT-40 was reviewed and accepted instantly, with plans
to be used to slow the Germans advancing towards France.


General Data
Formal Designation..........RT-40 (Recon Tank/Harasser)
Production Quantity........22 (100 Orderded)
Production Period............Nov. 1939-1941
Type.................................Light Recon
Length hull/overall.........(m)4.31
Width..............................(m)2.31
Combat Weight (kg)...........7000
Production Period............Nov. 1939-?
Crew..................................3
Barrel Overhang..............0.533m (1.75')
Height.............................(m)2.12
Radio Equipment..................No.18

Armament
Primary Armament..............7.5cm Pak 40
Traverse (degrees)............45L/45R
Ammunition Carried............45
Secondary Armament.............M2 .50 Cal
Ammunition Carried............2025
Engine Make & Model............Meadows, MAT
Type & Displacement..............H12
Horsepower (max.).............165hp@2700rpm
Power/Weight Ratio............66.5 hp/t
Gearbox ...................... forward, 2 reverse
Range on/off road (km)..........225
Mileage (liters/100km)..........91 on road
Fuel Capacity (liters)...........205
Speed on/off road...............64/45 km/h
Ground Pressure.................7.9 psi
Turning Radius (m)................26.5
Fording (m)...........................0.91
Trench Crossing (m)..................1.52

Armor
Front 10mm
Side 10mm
Rear 6mm
Top/Bottom 6mm

Designer Notes:
I started out wanting a light tank with the idea of forward recon elements combined with
a harasser role.  The biggest complication is fooling enemy units it would ambush.  The noise
created by any tracked vehicle be it the tracks screeching to the engine, muffler, exhaust giving
away your position. A enemy attacked by a recon tank such as this is aware its probably just a single unit.
But if you could convince them it was a dug in platoon ahead with AT weapons a convoy or armored column has
a huge obstacle to consider. usually involving pulling back and sending scouts ahead to assess the threat.
This takes a lot of time which grants huge delays to a rapidly advancing force. So the trick is striking unseen
and evading detection afterwards. The smoke screen was a last min addition that really can help in both roles to
great effect.  The hard part was a fast quiet tank with a large enough AT gun to knock out a single enemy tank in
the first shot. I mean its not nearly as scary when the first shot bounces off your target at range, now is it?

MrVic: US/UK RT-40

Nickname “Pappy’s Peashooter”



Origins
Henry “Pappy” Henderson was a US army grease monkey “retired” . He had served in WWI and with
the looming shadow of another war in Europe he traveled to Britain to lend a hand in beating
back the Germans should the need arise.  “Pappy” sent a letter to the War Office requesting a
civilian posting to best help their needs.  The war office placed him with the design assessment
division as maintenance personal for prototypes in testing and in construction.  Pappy went along
is daily routine of oiling, fixing and doing his duties to maintain and repair captured equip
and newly built equip in the ordnance hangar until he overheard his supervisor arguing with a
“older chap” about the delays in a Recon tank development project they were supposed to review
in 3 days and no prototype had been delivered for a shakedown test.  That night “Pappy” went back
into the hangar and went to work.  He took a stripped down Tetrarch they had sitting in the back
lot and start his grand plan.  By morning when the rest of the crew came into the hangar they
found “Pappy” finishing up some wields on his toy.  When asked what he was doing his response was
“You wanted a recon tank? Well here ya go.”  He had taken one of the recently duplicated
7.5cm Pak 40’s the ordnance division had in the hangar for testing and mounted it on a cut out
Tetrarch chassis.  With the rest of the hangar crew still was staring blankly at his creation.
“Pappy” went on to explain his other features.  The addition of a pedestal mounted a
M2 .50 cal for AA and anti personal defense.  Some light armor improvements. The most
exciting part for “Pappy” was his “sneaky” improvements.   He added a improved muffler/baffle
package to keep the engine noise to almost nothing.  He even added a oil tank and a oiling system
to the track road wheels so when you were creeping about the tanks track links would have a
slow constant oiling and reducing interlink screeching present in all tracked vehicles.  As
he wrapped up his speech the Supervisor was impressed enough to take this to the head office
as a possible alternative.   When he returned the crew was pulling a new set of tracks onto
the tank with rubber bushing pushed between the linkage assemblies to reduce noise while on the
move even more.  The supervisor asked if he was going to make any more changes because the Approval
board was going to review it tomorrow.  “Pappy” Informed him he had only one more change  
to make but needed the help of some experts.  His plans were to redesign the muzzle of the gun
to sound more similar to the 2pdr and 25pdr the British were using.  His idea was in a recon role
once a forward element was located if it was mobile the recon tank could setup in hiding and strike
a lead vehicle and flee quietly or reposition.  This hopefully would cause the German convoy/column
to believe they were facing dug in AT positions setup in ambush ahead.  For this to be convincing
the noise from the recon tanks and the sound of the gun could work against them pulling off this ruse.
Another added feature was a combination of the muffler and oiling system.  The recon tank could run
the oiling feed to spray oil into the heated mufflers and produce a instant huge smoke screen covering
their escape and causing general confusion. The RT-40 was reviewed and accepted instantly, with plans
to be used to slow the Germans advancing towards France.


General Data
Formal Designation..........RT-40 (Recon Tank/Harasser)
Production Quantity........22 (100 Orderded)
Production Period............Nov. 1939-1941
Type.................................Light Recon
Length hull/overall.........(m)4.31
Width..............................(m)2.31
Combat Weight (kg)...........7000
Production Period............Nov. 1939-?
Crew..................................3
Barrel Overhang..............0.533m (1.75')
Height.............................(m)2.12
Radio Equipment..................No.18

Armament
Primary Armament..............7.5cm Pak 40
Traverse (degrees)............45L/45R
Ammunition Carried............45
Secondary Armament.............M2 .50 Cal
Ammunition Carried............2025
Engine Make & Model............Meadows, MAT
Type & Displacement..............H12
Horsepower (max.).............165hp@2700rpm
Power/Weight Ratio............66.5 hp/t
Gearbox ...................... forward, 2 reverse
Range on/off road (km)..........225
Mileage (liters/100km)..........91 on road
Fuel Capacity (liters)...........205
Speed on/off road...............64/45 km/h
Ground Pressure.................7.9 psi
Turning Radius (m)................26.5
Fording (m)...........................0.91
Trench Crossing (m)..................1.52

Armor
Front 10mm
Side 10mm
Rear 6mm
Top/Bottom 6mm

Designer Notes:
I started out wanting a light tank with the idea of forward recon elements combined with
a harasser role.  The biggest complication is fooling enemy units it would ambush.  The noise
created by any tracked vehicle be it the tracks screeching to the engine, muffler, exhaust giving
away your position. A enemy attacked by a recon tank such as this is aware its probably just a single unit.
But if you could convince them it was a dug in platoon ahead with AT weapons a convoy or armored column has
a huge obstacle to consider. usually involving pulling back and sending scouts ahead to assess the threat.
This takes a lot of time which grants huge delays to a rapidly advancing force. So the trick is striking unseen
and evading detection afterwards. The smoke screen was a last min addition that really can help in both roles to
great effect.  The hard part was a fast quiet tank with a large enough AT gun to knock out a single enemy tank in
the first shot. I mean its not nearly as scary when the first shot bounces off your target at range, now is it?

MrVic: Hey cut that talk out Breyd it makes me start twiching and needing to draw up something a bit over the top