MISSION STATEMENT

This website is to serve as a catalog of historical information for various tanks, across various stages of development, created for use by the United States from Pre-WWII through to the 1970s. However, the primary purpose for this website is to illustrate a proposal for what an "endgame" could look like for the US tech tree in the game, World Of Tanks, and to show that there's still plenty of life left to breathed into this game.

My aim is to see as many tanks in the game about tanks as possible, and I hope to show that in a way that respects both the historicity of the tanks shown and the balance of the game overall. As such, I will not be going into great detail on individual statistics. Rather, I will only be showing the possible modules for each tank, changes that could be made to make it more historically authentic, a historical overview, and how the tank's playstyle may be represented in-game. I will also attempt to future-proof this by including alternate hulls, half-tracks, and wheeled vehicles.

This is certainly not perfect and everything is subject to change. This is still a work in progress, and updates are frequent if not daily. This is a fan project and a labor of love. Do enjoy.

Monday, August 14, 2017

CMC 1918




There is very little information available about these "Christie Motor Carriage" SPGs. In 1918, one vehicle was delivered to the Ordnance Department for testing. Like most Christie designs, this tank was a wheel-cum-track design, meaning it could either travel on its conventional flat-track design, or on the road wheels themselves which drove the tracks. 

The gun specified was an 8-Inch howitzer—probably a French BL Mk. VI. The odd-looking single road wheel worked in tandem with two other roadwheels to adjust track tension. All of the wheels could be jacked up so it could drive on just its front and rear roadwheels with the tracks removed. But only the center roadwheels were sprung, making steering without the tracks on very difficult. It was powered by a 6-cylinder 120 hp engine developed by Christie, which could push the vehicle to a maximum speed of 16 mph.

 Testing showed the vehicle had many faults and it was rejected. However, some of the design elements showed promise and Christie was encouraged to continue development on a new vehicle, which he would deliver later in 1919.


Don't be fooled by the appearance—his tank should be expected to play similarly to its low-tier brothers and not something like the FV304. The gun arc is average and the firing range is poor. It makes up for this by having a high-caliber and relatively fast-firing gun. Unlike the other tanks in the branch of Holt SPGs, this tank shouldn't be all that accurate. It's a small, derpy little thing.
Guns: BL 8-Inch Mk. VI

Engines: Christie 120 (120 hp)

Suspensions/Alternate Hulls, Total Weight (metric tons): Christie 1920 SPG (15.4)

Hull Armor (mm): ??/??/??

Top Speed: 26 km/h

Crew: 4 (Driver; Gunner; Loader; Commander/Radio/Loader)

See Also: CMC 1919, CMC 1920

Sources:
http://landships.info/landships/tank_articles.html?load=tank_articles/Christie_SPGs.html#
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