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-4

Drawing of the L-3 design. The L-4 was visually identical.

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.

Detroit Arsenal submitted six design proposals for a new light tank concept. The fourth of these designs was identical to the third concept, except the frontal armor was doubled. This increased the vehicle's weight to 25 tons.

The L-4 is simply a better armored L-3/5, but with the stock gun. Now with 50 mm of armor, its front plate can potentially bounce any gun that's 150 calibers or less, thanks to the overmatch rules. The extreme angle of the front plate would allow for this more often than its peers.

Guns: 90 mm Gun T139

Engines: GMC AX-660 (430 hp)

Turrets (Turret Armor (mm)): L-4 (50/25/25)

Suspensions/Alternate Hulls, Total Weight (metric tons): L-4 (22.68)

Hull Armor (mm): 50/25/13

Top Speed: ?? km/h

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

See Also: L-3/5, L-7

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