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.

Friday, June 22, 2018

M47E2



The M47 Patton, despite its limited service with the United States, saw great success internationally. Spain acquired several hundred of these vehicles and upgraded them locally to the M47-M standard, referred to as the M47E. A further improvement to this design saw a new fire control system and a rearrangement of the ammo stowage. This vehicle was then standardized in the Spanish army as the M47E1.

The M47E2 was a further development of the design, replacing the 90 mm gun with the 105 mm Rhienmetall Rh-105 gun, which was essentially a German copy of the British L7. This version was also fitted with new passive night vision sights. 45 vehicles were converted to this standard. In 1993, all M47s were retired from service in the Spanish army.

It's worth noting that Spain really doesn't have any indigenous tank designs, outside of three or four low-tier candidates. As such, there's really no hope for them to have a full branch of tanks in World Of Tanks, and with the scrapping of the European tech tree there really isn't much to be done about the few tanks they have available. While those lower tiers might be assimilated into another tech tree, I think the M47E2 would be fine in the United States' tech tree (it's really a pan-American tree at this point). It's a reward tank besides, so there's room for a unique Spanish crew, emblems, and camouflage as well.



Guns: Rhientmetall 105-30

Engines: Continental AVDS-1790-2A (750 hp)

Turrets (Turret Armor (mm)): M47E2 (114/64/76)

Suspensions/Alternate Hulls, Total Weight (metric tons): M47E2 (46.81)

Hull Armor (mm): 102/76/51

Top Speed: 56 km/h

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



See Also: M47 Patton, M47-M

Sources:

http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/coldwar/US/M47_Patton.php

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