Author: Priory_of_Sion

For those who have been playing WoT for a while should recognize the name “T23”. The T23 was a tier 8 American Medium before the M46 and M48. Ever since the removal of the T23 there has been a lot of player support to reinstate the T23 as a higher tier American Premium.

There is a problem with that though, beyond the fact WG has no current plans for it. As you should know premium vehicles are usually kept exactly as they were/suppose to be in real life. The T23, as it was in real life, would be terrible as anything over tier 6.

The T23 was developed in 1943 and at the time was a perfectly fine tank. It was equipped with the M1A1 76 mm gun and had 500 gross horsepower. The first pilot T23 was fitted with a quickly produced cast turret, the next couple of pilots came with the same turret as the T20(stock turret in WoT), and the last pilots and the production series of T23 were equipped with a new turret(used in the later M4 Shermans).

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By EnsignExpendable

With the upcoming artillery nerf rebalancing coming, I thought it would be interesting to explore what artillery could do realistically. I have previously looked at how well HE works in real life, and it seems to work pretty well with even small calibers. Large calibers, like 152 mm, work even better.

Ferdinand after a direct hit from a B-4 203 mm howitzer.

The thing is, these tests only cover what happens on direct impacts, which, as any artillery player will tell you, are few and far between. Even the Object 261, heralded for its accuracy among the SPGs, has an accuracy of 0.42, which is pretty miserable for a tank, especially when shooting all the way across the map.
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原文地址：http://worldoftanks.ru/community/history/tanks/e-50

The E-series (Entwicklung-typen) program started in 1942, as a project to discover new solutions in the field of tank building. The head of the program was Heinrich Kniepkamp, a competent commander, and talented engineer. By the end of the war, he held 50 patents relating to tracked vehicles. It is worth mentioning that not a single company involved with the project has ever built tanks before. The German high command predicted that this will result in the most original approach to the problems at hand. Even though not a single E-series tank was mass produced, and most only got as far as blueprints and wooden mockups, one could say that this was a successful project. The E-series are considered the peak of German technological thought.

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