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.

Wednesday, May 2, 2018

TS-26


The limited range and excessive weight of the M41 Bulldog were considered to be its greatest shortcomings. Shortly after it entered production in 1951, there were already motions being made to replace it. During the third Questionmark Conference in June 1954, six light tank proposals were put forth that emphasized an increased range and reduced weight. In order to fulfill this, the armor protection of all six tanks was reduced to a thickness of 1/2 inch. The front plates were highly sloped, but the sides were vertical.

One of these was the TS-26. It featured a 105 mm recoilless rifle in an oscillating turret and could carry 40 rounds of ammunition. Compared to its contemporaries, it was very light weighing around 11 tons.

The TS-26 uses a recoilless rifle as its main gun, which should use a standard HEAT/HEP/HE shell loadout for such low-velocity rifled guns. The damage potential of the caliber should more than make up for the inherent downsides of the gun, including poor characteristics and shell velocity. And despite the oscillating turret, this gun does not feature an autoloader and instead has a conventional four-man crew layout.

Guns: 105 mm Rifle T189

Engines: Chrysler VT-350 (350 hp)

Turrets (Turret Armor (mm)): TS-26 (??/??/??)

Suspensions/Alternate Hulls, Total Weight (metric tons): TS-26 (9.98)

Hull Armor (mm): 13/13/13

Top Speed: ?? km/h

Crew: 4 (Driver; Gunner; Loader; Commander/Radio)
See Also: TS-10, TS-8/32

Sources:
Hunnicutt, R. P. Sheridan, 2015 
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  1. UnknownMay 3, 2018 at 2:32 PM

    Thanks for the info on those artillery tanks but just wondering can you do the TDs and SPGs that are similar to the M55/53 (like the T97 gmc T162 T147 tanks)next?

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