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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.

Wednesday, July 11, 2018

XM66 Type C


During the development of the M60A2, four different turret types were considered. The Type A turret would be constructed and then modified and produced as the Type B standard. The Type C turret was essentially a larger Sheridan-style turret. A mock-up of this turret would be built, but the design was never seriously considered.

The XM66 Type C is frankly kind of a bad tank. It's a fat Sheridan that isn't as fast, and while the hull armor is very much improved, it's not enough to make up for the lack in the mobility. I would personally like to see the turret armor be similar if not identical to the Sheridan's, just to give the tank some unique flavor. But it could see some improved gun handling and reload speed by comparison.



Guns: 152 mm Gun-Launcher XM81E6 (conventional)

Engines: Continental AVDS-1790-2A (750 hp)

Turrets (Turret Armor (mm)): XM66 Type C (38/15/15)

Suspensions/Alternate Hulls, Total Weight (metric tons): M60A1E1 (??)

Hull Armor (mm): 93/74/41 (M60A1E1)

Top Speed: 48 km/h

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

See Also: M60A2, M60E3

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