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  1. Lord_James
    Why do most (if not all) indirect fire artillery still use rifled barrels?
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    I don’t think the point is to “turn the leopard into the Altay”, but instead to use the same equipment and similar armor on both, to bring both to a common standard. The closest vehicle I can think of that’s comparable would be the French Unic P107s that were modified by the Nazi’s to be like their own Sd.Kfz 251s.
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    Making them look similar/ the same would help with identification and recognition (hopefully less friendly fire), and might help with easing logistics or training between the vehicles.
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    What do you mean by “Nope”?
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    I’m almost completely convinced this is just an XM25 ripoff
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    It really does amaze me what you can do with the M113; It might just have more variants and spin-offs than the M4 Sherman, by now.
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    would this count? It’s not a mechanism, but it’s pretty pertinent to armored vehicles.
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    I don’t think the round has to be particularly big or powerful to be used against infantry and (unarmored) technicals. Though, maybe they’re hoping to dust off some old F2s or M621s, or ask the Germans for some Rh202s.
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    Doesn’t the new MK 30-2/Abm have airburst?
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    Any recent autocannon developments in France? I would hope it’s a newer weapon.
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    So, as I was looking around for music to fill the empty silence, and bored of the more mainstream songs (and radio), I found a site called the Extreme Music Library. Basically, they’re a publishing site, with lots of composers, singers, musicians, and the like, and supposedly backed with several established musicians and singers (you can look for yourself on their site). Lots of songs and talent, which is what I’ve brought here. I stumbled onto this while looking through recommended after I finished listening to my first album, which I might post later if the reception to this isn’t cold. I’m going to format this as: Track number: Name Youtube video Some lyrics, typically the chorus, in italics My thoughts With my favorite roughly 1/3rd of the album at the top, open, and arranged in order of my liking. The remaining songs will be in a spoiler together (this doesn’t mean they’re bad, they just weren’t my favorites). So, with that said, let me introduce the Epic Rock 2 album. The album as a whole is an 8.5/10 (to me), with some great sounds and a wide array of sub-genres, all packed up into one neat little package. Track 13: Hurricane And as you’re waiting, for the remedy On the horizon, all you can see Is a hurricane And you can’t get away It’s a hurricane You’ll remember the day You were blown away My favorite song in the album. Lots of strings and backing vocals like a choir make it sound orchestral and grand (having lived through several large hurricanes, it’s quite fitting). If you look this song up on youtube (Hurricane epic rock 2), there's another video with an interesting picture that you may want to hide from your significant other Track 9: Cold Light But the cold light of morning Brought her its warning Calling her home As she walked through the daylight Silent but inside Heavy like a stone My old favorite song from this album, and what turned my attention to this album in the first place. Dark and brooding, paced well, and lyrics that tell a story, set this one apart from most of the other tracks. Track 3: Everything New You, yeah you do You make everything new And far, though you are You’re stuck to my heart I’m stuck to your heart Like glue Great song to sit back and relax to. Voice reminds me of Alanis Morissette. It’s a love song, plain and simple, and I like it. Track 12: Tear it Down Just turn it up, and tear it down You can’t stop this, you can’t stop this now Break it up, and tear it down You can’t stop this, you can’t stop this now Short and sweet. Riffs are great, and the composers have 2 more songs in this album that are great (both fight for 5th place). Track 4: One Day … Show me, something, more Just for one day Let’s start again Don’t be afraid Darlin don’t break this heart again This track fights for 5th place with another song by the same 2 guys, with the winner being decided by my mood at the time (I’m in a good mood, and trying to relax, so this song wins). Another love song, with music that swells and flows nicely.
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    Hornbill?
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    Considering they seem to be 2 equally appealing options, they gotta do what they can to seem more appealing than the Lynx, even if the strategy is “we are cheaper than our competitors”.
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    Gaijin cannot into balance Gaijin Went Insane Again - 12x14 Inch Guns IJN Hyuga [War Thunder] - YouTube
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    Thanks for the drawings, but could you put some of them in a spoiler next time?
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    Quick update: the IJN received the Hyuga (Ise class battleship) this update, giving them the biggest and most guns of all the nations; 12x 14 inch guns. Would’ve though they would introduce the Kongos first, being battlecruisers like the recent Von der Tann and HMS Invincible.
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    @Toxn [Development] Class 3 - News - War Thunder
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    Images are broken for me. Anyone else have that problem?
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    Allow me to introduce one of the more interesting DDs that fought in WWII: Z-31 (Later D601 Marceau) Z-31 started life as the first ship of the 1936a (mob) type, and was unique in that she was the only ship in her (sub)class to not receive the 150mm twin turret on completion (Z-32 through 39 were completed with the twin), being closer to the previous 1936a type (Z-23 through 30). A 1936a type destroyer. Z-31 would have looked like this when commissioned by the kreigsmarine. Notice that the 20mm veirling on the rear deckhouse is missing, however. She was upgraded during the war, first replacing the super-firing single 20mm infront of the bridge with a 20mm flakveirling, sometime in late 1942 or 1943, and finally equipping her 150mm twin turret in March 1944. But this wouldn't last: on the night of January 27th, 1945, only 10 months after the refit, Z-31 and 2 of her sisters (Z-34 and Z-38) were intercepted by British cruisers HMS Mauritius (Crown Colony class) and HMS Diadem (improved Dido class), and it went about as well as expected. The forward turret on Z-31 had blown up, and was irreparable; with no replacement twin turret or even 150mm single turret, the turret cavity was plated over, and a single 10.5cm SK C/32 gun was mounted on top of the platform (unspecified if the mount was single or dual purpose). During this time, her anti-aircraft armament was also upgraded to 6 twin 37mm KM42 (custom kreigsmarine automatic AA gun) 4 of which were mounted between the bridge and A turret, 2 single 37mm M43 (army 37mm flak 43), a 20mm flakveirling on the aft deckhouse (per usual), and between 2 and 4 twin 20mm C/38s (sources vary). The wrecked forward turret, trained far to port. There is still an unfired round stuck in the damaged breach of the left gun! Notice the 20mm veirling in the top left. After her repair, she was again sent to the front lines, bombarding the approaching soviet army in late March, and towed the gutted hull of Gneisenau to be sunk outside Gotenhafen, to prevent the use of the port. In early April, she and the destroyer Z-34, as well as the cruisers Leipzig, Lutzow, and Prinz Eugen, left Gotenhafen, and were attacked by soviet aircraft, with Z-31 receiving 2 bombs hits. For the rest of the war, she was in and out of repair, being constantly harrassed by the soviet airforce. Marceau Marceau in 1951, painted in a similar style to late war USN DDs. After the war, Z-31 was interned by the British, who then handed her over to the French in February, 1946 (along with several other former German DDs), were she was christened Marceau. Between 1948 and 1950, she was modernized by again removing the A turret, and again mounted a single 150mm gun (as she did in 1942). Her AA was removed and changed to 8 single 40mm Bofors but she kept the 20mm veirling on the rear deckhouse until after 1951, for some reason. Marceau (now D601) was also equipped with radar from the US (maybe an SC or SR, the rectangular air search radars mounted on top of the foremasts on most US DDs). In this configuration, she served until 1954, where she was decommissioned, and in 1958, finally sent off to the scrap yards. Marceau in late 1950, just after her refit. Notice the shields for the 40mm guns, very similar to the shields on German 4cm flak 28s. Also notice the 20mm veirling still sitting on it's pedestal, unchanged since her commissioning in 1942.
  20. Lord_James
    Imported ammo also probably has higher quality control than anything Ukraine can produce right now, so I take this with a grain of salt.
  21. Lord_James
    I’ve started to notice a really heavy power creep in the “blue water” fleets; even ships that are 0.3 BR lower can be significantly outmatched when simply not top tier. Also, USN tree is the way to go, the Porter / Somers can spit out 4.5 tons of ammo every minute, while most nations can’t reach 3 tons with a max crew.
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    I had an idea like that: a game where you could modify WWII vehicles in a cross-out kind of way, and bring those in, like a Sherman with a KV-2 gun and other such nonsense. Of course, I can never do anything about it, because I am inept at such things, but I think it would be fun to chop and mod vehicles like that. Pz.2c is the most OP vehicle (per tier) in the game, absolutely crushes reserve and low BR tanks. Only thing that can make them run is the T-50 at top BR.
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    Bad teammates, bad level design, or bad vehicles?
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    They did just make that new 57mm for the BMP derivatsiya. I doubt it would fit in the current terminator turret, and the derivatsiya probably won’t fit on a T-72, but it’s the only auto cannon I know they have that’s more powerful than the 2A42 or 72 (unless the navy will give some of their old AK-230s, if it still exists in stock).
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