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, May 19, 2018

CGC Scout


In Late 1977, Cadillac Cage introduced a lightweight 4x4 armored vehicle dubbed the Commando Scout. It was driven by a 155 horsepower V6 engine and could reach a maximum of 60 mph. Unlike other vehicles in the Commando family, the Scout was not amphibious. It was manned by a crew of three.

 With its powered turret, it could mount a wide variety of gun options. From various machineguns all the way up to a recoilless rifle and TOW missile. However, the vehicle wasn't adopted by the United States. But it was sold to several foreign countries, including Egypt and Indonesia.

In World Of Tanks, the CGC Scout is a very small and mobile vehicle. Its autocannons should deal minimal damage and have poor penetration, relying mostly on RNG to penetrate the sides of most tanks it will encounter. However, it also comes equipped with a more conventional recoilless rifle that fires HEAT/HEP/HE ammunition. Compared to other armored cars, this one has a rather lackluster power-to-weight ratio, and I'd image its off-road performance wouldn't be too great by comparison either.

Guns: 20 mm Oerlikon M139 (autocannon); 30 mm Oerlikon KCA (autocannon); 106 mm Rifle M40

 Engines: Cummins Diesel V6 (155 hp)

Turrets (Turret Armor (mm)): Commando Scout (10/7/7)

Suspensions/Alternate Hulls, Total Weight (metric tons): Commando Scout Early (6.8); Commando Scout Improved (6.8)

Hull Armor (mm): 7/7/7

Top Speed: 97 km/h

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



Parent: Baker 4x4
Children: T115

Sources:
Hunnicutt, R. P. Armored Car, 2002. 
https://www.forecastinternational.com/archive/disp_old_pdf.cfm?ARC_ID=1124
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