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.

Sunday, September 24, 2017

TL-LMT


Despite the wide range of concepts presented at the first two Questionmark conferences, the majority of interest remained in a conventional tank that was both lighter and had improved performance than the M48. After the T42 was rejected for failing to meet these requirements, six new concepts were presented in November 1953 by Detroit Arsenal. Two of these were considered to be long-term projects which would require further development of newer components to produce.

 The two concepts were both armed with the 105 mm Gun T140E3 in a rigid equilateral mount inside a turret with a 90-inch diameter ring. They were also powered by an unspecified X-type engine (probably the AX-1100). The two concepts only significantly differed with the driver's position: the first had him in the hull while the second placed him in the turret. This created some differences in the ammunition layout and and height of the hull. The two designs were estimated to weigh 44 and 42.5 tons, respectively. Future ideas up for consideration included the use of an autoloader.

 The TL-LMT, as I'm proposing it, is this first design. It also has an optional autoloader for its gun. Like the TS-LMT before it, this design is missing specifications about its armor and top speed, so I've left them blank. But they should be assumed to be equivalent to the M48 Patton.
Guns: 105 mm Gun T140E3; 105 mm Gun T140 (autoloader)

Engines: GMC AX-1100 (717 hp)

Turrets (Turret Armor (mm)): TL-LMT-1 (??/??/??)

Suspensions/Alternate Hulls, Total Weight (metric tons): TL-LMT-1 (39.91)

Hull Armor (mm): ??/??/??

Top Speed: ?? km/h

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

Parent: TS-LMT

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