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.

Thursday, September 14, 2017

H-1


Wooden model of the H-1.


Parallel with the development of the T43 heavy tank, other studies were being conducted to consider various improvements and possibly a successor. To review these new concepts, the Questionmark conferences were created to stimulate greater interaction between tank designers and tank users. The first of these conferences was held in March 1952.

Among the many items presented at the conference, three heavy tank concepts were proposed. The first was the H-1, which utilized a four-man crew and included the driver in the turret. The armor on the front vehicle was 5 inches thick and angled at 60 degrees from the vertical, doubling the effective thickness. The tank was estimated to weigh about 50 tons.



One interesting feature of this design was the reversed slope on the front hull. The tank completely lacked an upper glacis. The H-1 was also armed with the 120 mm Gun T123E1, which was also mounted on the T43 and eventually standardized as the M58. The H-1 used a 108-inch turret ring, which forced the turret design to be more sloped, and in turn offered better protection.

There was also the H-2 concept, which was identical to the H-1 but was armed with the 155 mm Gun T7.

Hunnicutt does not describe the engine used, though. However, I think it's safe to assume it would be the AX-1100. This engine was used in concepts from both the L- and M- series of proposals, so it wouldn't be too far off to assume it'd be used here too.

Guns: 120 mm Gun T123E1

Engines: GMC AX-1100 (717 hp)

Turrets (Turret Armor (mm)): H-1 (??/??/??)

Suspensions/Alternate Hulls, Total Weight (metric tons): H-1 (45.36)

Hull Armor (mm): 127/??/??

Top Speed: ?? km/h

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




Parent: M-1/2
See Also: H-2

Sources:
Hunnicutt, R. P. Firepower, 2017. 

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