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.

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

M113 Fire Support Vehicle


The M113 series was an extremely popular carrier for self-propelled weapons. It provided the basic chassis for a wide variety of fire support vehicle, some of which could be classified as self-propelled artillery, tank destroyers, or light tanks, in both the United States and abroad. The M113 FSV is a combination of various modifications for the M113 featuring guns of less than 90 calibers.



In Australia, the turret from a Saladin armored car, armed with a 76 mm gun, was adapted to the M113A1. A similar installation used the British Scorpion turret with a later model of the same 76 mm gun.

As the guns used fire HE/HEAT/HESH and are rather derpy, this is a light tank that specializes in hit and run tactics. Think of it as a baby XM551. The tank becomes something more conventional however with the Tier IX option, and both serve as introductions to the mixed playstyle of the Tier X.



Guns: 76 mm Gun L5A1; 76 mm Gun L23A1

Engines: GM 6V53 (212 hp); GM 6V53T (285 hp)

Turrets (Turret Armor (mm)): M113 (Saladin) (32/32/16); M113 (Scorpion) (35/25/12)

Suspensions/Alternate Hulls, Total Weight (metric tons): M113A1 FSV1 (??); M113A1 FSV2 (??)

Hull Armor (mm): 38/44/38

Top Speed: 64 km/h

Crew: 3 (Driver; Gunner/Loader; Commander/Radio/Loader)

Parent: M113A2 IFV
Children: M113 90V

Sources:
Hunnicutt, R. P. Bradley, 2015. 
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