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, September 15, 2017

L-3/5

Drawing of the L-3 design.

Although the M41 Bulldog entered production in 1951, it did not completely fulfill the requirements for a light tank as specified by the Army Field Forces. It was thus regarded as an interm vehicle, while the Army sought designs for a more lightweight tank, that was both inexpensive and had a longer cruising range. In an effort to meet these new requirements, numerous light tank concepts were proposed at the first of what would be many Questionmark Conferences, where tank designers and tank users could meet to determine the future of armored vehicle development.
Wooden model of the L-5 design.

Detroit Arsenal submitted six design proposals for a new light tank concept. The third of these expanded the turret ring from the previous two designs to 85 inches and was powered by the AX-660 engine. The fifth design mounted the more powerful 105 mm Gun T140, but was otherwise identical. The two tanks were expected to weigh 22 tons and 26 tons, respectively.

 This vehicle I'm proposing, the L-3/5, is simply a combination of these two designs. 

Guns: 90 mm Gun T139; 105 mm Gun T140

Engines: Continental AO-536 (250 hp); GMC AX-660 (430 hp)

Turrets (Turret Armor (mm)): L-3 (25/25/25); L-5 (25/25/25)

Suspensions/Alternate Hulls, Total Weight (metric tons): L-3 (19.96); L-5 (23.59)

Hull Armor (mm): 25/25/13

Top Speed: ?? km/h

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


Parent: L-1/2
Children: L-6
See Also: L-4, L-7

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