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.

Sunday, August 6, 2017

M-I-Y


Although none of the proposals from the first Questionmark conference were selected for development, the conference served a very useful purpose in exchanging ideas. To obtain alternate design concepts from the industry, a research and development program was initiated in April 1952. Under this program, contracts were awareded to the H. L. Yoh Company, Inc.. The company presented a report on June 1, 1953 outlining seven preliminary design concepts for a new medium tank. The tank concepts ranged from conventional to outlandish. All seven tanks used the AOSI-1195-5 engine and mounted the 105 mm T140 gun.

The first design proposed was a fairly conventional design. The turret ring was 89 inches in diameter and was estimated to weigh about 46 tons. The concept included several unique features, such as a machine gun in the turret side wall for use by the loader, a cable ammunition hoist to assist the loader, and a "track within a track" for emergency use, so the tank could briefly move itself out of danger in case the front road wheel or track was blown off. The suspension utilized horizontally mounted shock absorbers. A new hollow gun shield would allow the shield to function as spaced armor.

This tank should be a fairly conventional design. For a medium tank, it would have exceptional hull-down capabilities and above-average reload speed. This can be balanced out by having poor gun handling characteristics and overall maneuverability. While the "track within a track" concept would probably be impossible to implement, this can be mitigated by giving the tank strong track health.

 This tank could most likely be compared to the M60, but with worse gun handling in exchange for a better turret. Truthfully, this tank would behave more like a heavy tank than a medium tank. I think this tank would make for a fine reward vehicle.

Guns: 105 mm Gun T140

Engines: Continental AOSI-1195-5 (675 hp)

Turrets (Turret Armor (mm)): M-I-Y (??/??/??)

Suspensions/Alternate Hulls, Total Weight (metric tons): M-I-Y (41.73)

Hull Armor (mm): 127/??/??

Top Speed: 48 km/h

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

See Also: Chrysler M2T, M-IV-Y, M-VI-Y

Sources:
Hunnicutt, R. P. Abrams, 2015 
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  1. UnknownDecember 22, 2021 at 8:23 PM

    Actually, the track within track system was implemented.
    Even if both tracks is destroyed, the M-IV-Y can move with reduced speed.

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