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, May 3, 2018

T71 CMCD


In May 1952, Ordnance outlined the characteristics for a new light tank intended to replace the M41 Bulldog. Initial requirements specified a weight limit of 20 tons and a 90 mm gun, but Ordnance soon revised their requirements for an 18-ton vehicle with a 76 mm gun.

General Motors' Cadillac Motor Car Division presented one of three competing designs. Their tank was fitted with a conventional turret and featured a crew of four. The vehicle's armor was essentially equivalent to the M41's. After review of the concept, along with other designs by DA and AAI, Cadillac was given permission to develop a full scale mock-up. Cadillac's design showed promise as it was the most conservative and practical design of the other three. However, the T71 was lagging behind AAI's model (the T92) and funds were rapidly depleting. The T71 would soon cease development in January 1956 before a pilot could be built.

 This tank is the Tier VII tank we have now, just turned into a premium. 


Guns: 76 mm Gun T185

Engines: Continental AOI-628-1 (340 hp)

Turrets (Turret Armor (mm)): T71 CMCD (25/22/22)

Suspensions/Alternate Hulls, Total Weight (metric tons): T71 CMCD (16.96)

Hull Armor (mm): 25/22/19

Top Speed: 56 km/h

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

See Also: T71 DA, T92 Light

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