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.

Saturday, August 5, 2017

M5 Light



In 1941, two Cadillac motors were installed in an M3 Light, earning the tank the designation M3E2. The front hull was also redesigned, creating the M3E3, as a sort of practice tank in preparation for the next series of light tanks, the M4 light tank. However, by early 1942 the new M4 Sherman had entered production. In order to avoid confusion, the new light tank was designated as M5. This tank was essentially a faster M3 Light with improved armor. Later, during the development of the M3A3 in 1942, a similar design was proposed for the M5. A new improved turret was developed and with some other minor improvements, the tank was designated M5A1.

                     
There really isn’t much to talk about here. All I’ve done is renamed a few things for the sake of clarity. Overall I’d say the M5 Light is pretty accurately represented already.

Guns: 37 mm Gun M6; 37 mm Gun T16 (autoloader)

Engines: Twin Cadillac, Series 42 (296 hp); Continental R-975-C1 (350 hp)

Turrets (Turret Armor (mm)): M5 (29/25/25); M5A1 (44/32/32)

Suspensions/Alternate Hulls, Total Weight (metric tons): M5 Light (14.96); M5A1 (15.74)

Hull Armor (mm): 29/25/25 (M5); 29/29/25 (M5A1)

Top Speed: 58 km/h

Crew: 5 (Driver; Gunner; Loader; Commander; Radio)



Parent: M3 Light
Children: M24 Chaffee

 Sources:
Hunnicutt, R. P. Stuart. 1992. 
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