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, April 1, 2018

T13 Light


In January 1942, the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company submitted a vehicle of their own design to the Army for evaluation. Referred to as the V40 (or the Allis-Chalmers Scout Car), it was an extremely lightweight and mobile tractor which could be used as a reconnaissance vehicle. It could reach a speed of 40 mph and weighed just 5090 pounds, and could seat four people.

 After evaluation at Aberdeen, Ordnance studied the possibility of arming the light armored body. The crew was reduced to two and the vehicle was now surrounded by an armored casemate. Designated as the T13 light tank, the weight limit was increased to 6500 pounds and the maximum speed was reduced to 35 mph. A .50 caliber machine gun was also specified as an alternate weapon.

After further review, the requirement for a vehicle fitting the description of the T13 was no longer required, and the project was ultimately cancelled on 30 April 1942.

 In World Of Tanks, this tank is fairly unremarkable, only being unique because it's a turretless light tank. In order to compensate for the lack of a turret, it could easily be given some great gun handling or terrain resistance values.

Guns: .50 caliber MG HB M2; 20 mm Hispano-Suiza Birkigt Gun

Engines: Allis-Chalmers 50 (50 hp)

Suspensions/Alternate Hulls, Total Weight (metric tons): T13 E4577 (2.95); T13 E4575 (2.95)

Hull Armor (mm): ??/??/??

Top Speed: 56 km/h

Crew: 2 (Driver; Gunner/Commander/Radio/Loader)

Parent: T1 Cunningham
Children: M2A1 AT

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