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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.

Monday, August 14, 2017

Holt Mark VII


The Holt Mk. VII was based off lessons learned from previous SPG experiments on the 2.5-ton tractor. In 1919, two vehicles were produced. They mounted the M1916 gun, as on the earlier models, and were powered by the same Cadillac engine.


The Mk. VII experimented with a new waterproofing system for the engine and electric motors. This allowed the vehicle to wade through 0.85 meters of water. The large outriggers were also replaced by smaller folding jacks. However, the waterproofing increased the vehicle's weight, limiting its speed and mobility. Holt would apply the lessons learned from this vehicle into their later designs.

 This SPG is essentially a stock version of the Tier II Holt 75, but made slower and bumped up a tier. In return it would see an increase to its rate of fire.

Guns: 75 mm Gun M1916

Engines: Cadillac V8 (70 hp)

Suspensions/Alternate Hulls, Total Weight (metric tons): Holt Mark VII (4.8)

Hull Armor (mm): ??/??/??

Top Speed: 16 km/h

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

See Also: Holt Mk. VI

Sources:
http://landships.info/landships/tank_articles.html?load=tank_articles/Holt_SPGs.html#
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