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.

Friday, August 4, 2017

T2 Light



M2 Light mounting the Hispano-Suiza gun. Notice the suspension.

The T2 Light Tank debuted on April 23, 1934 at the Aberdeen Proving Ground alongside the T5 Combat Car. The suspension, a single pin track design similar to the British Vickers six-ton tank, proved to be inferior to the T5's volute spring suspension. The tank was sent back to its factory at Rock Island Arsenal, where the suspension for the T5 was adopted for the T2 design. The modified tank became the T2E1 and returned to Aberdeen for a second round of tests in late 1934.

 There isn’t much else to tell. This tank was then standardized as the M2A1 Light the following year. The tank could use a .50 Cal MG instead of the Hispano-Suiza, but I really don't think that's necessary. It's represented fairly well in-game already.

Guns: 20 mm Hispano-Suiza Birgikt Gun

Engines: Continental R-670-5 (265 hp)

Turrets (Turret Armor (mm)): T2 (16/16/16)

Suspensions/Alternate Hulls, Total Weight (metric tons): T2 LSS (6.8)

Hull Armor (mm): 16/13/6

Top Speed: 72 km/h

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

See Also: M2 Light

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