“The Main Thing about Tanks” WoT videos

September 11, 2015 by Leave a Comment

Here are a series of short videos from the World of Tanks official video channel explaining some basics on tank history and development.  These videos are in Russian, but English subtitles are available.

The main thing about the tanks. Weaponry

 
The main thing about the tanks. Engine

 
The main thing about the tanks. The Chassis.

 
The main thing about the tanks. Layout.

 
The main thing about the tanks. The Hull.

 
The main thing about tanks. The Turret.

 
(we omitted one video from this series since it did not have English subtitles. For those that wish to view it, it is available here.)

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WoT History Articles translated to English

May 2, 2015 by Leave a Comment

At the Russian language World of Tanks website, they frequently publish articles on the history of various tanks and vehicles written by their staff of researchers.  Fortunately for English language readers, the Archive Awareness blog regularly translates and posts these articles.  April saw a good number of these translated articles posted online.  Here are some links to the most recent ones.

World of Tanks History Section: SOMUA S35

World of Tanks History Section: Infantry’s Fangs (anti-tank rifles)

World of Tanks History Section: Tanks in the Far East

World of Tanks History Section: K2 Black Panther

World of Tanks History Section: PT-76

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Articles on Nicholas Moran, WoT’s “The Chieftain”

March 19, 2015 by Leave a Comment

2ebzecyMilitary Times has published two new articles about Wargamming’s North American tank researcher and “chief evangelist” Nicholas Moran, aka The Chieftain.  One article focuses on Moran’s role as an employee of Wargamming.  It also looks at “The Chieftain’s Hatch” section of the World of Tanks forum where Moran publishes articles based on his research.  Here is one of the more interesting excerpts from the article:

He sees part of his mission at Wargaming as helping dispel myths and misconceptions — perpetuated mostly by movies — about armored warfare during World War II.

Consider the M4 Sherman tank, he says, long disparaged as the scrappy, if inadequate, answer to the Nazis’ armored divisions. [Read more…]

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Evolution of Tanks video series with Dmitryi Puchkov

February 4, 2015 by Leave a Comment

World of Tanks has released a series of videos on their Russian server about the Evolution of tanks.  These feature a very serious looking host by the name of Dmitryi Puchkov and a good deal of nice tank museum footage in the background.  The videos are in Russian but there are English subtitles availabe (be sure to click the little “CC” button in the youtube viewer)

There are five episodes so far:

“Evolution of tanks 1” Tank Armor
“Evolution of tanks 2” – Armament
“Evolution of tanks 3” Suspension
“Evolution of tanks 4” Engine
“Evolution of tanks 5” Classes of Tanks

[Read more…]

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WoT’s Chieftain posts new article: Grenadiers Tank Destroyers

February 2, 2015 by Leave a Comment

chieftains hatchAt the North American forum for the World of Tanks video game, there is a section called “The Chieftain’s Hatch.”  This is the domain of Nicholas Moran, aka “The Chieftain”, military specialist and North American researcher for World of Tanks.  In the Chieftain’s Hatch section of the forum he regularly posts articles and videos.  The videos generally consist of the Chieftain narrating as he examines a museum tank.  The articles are based on documents he finds in his research digging through the Nation Archives.  It’s fair to say that his videos and articles are some of the best online material out there concerning historical tanks and armored vehicles.  We will be posting links to the Chieftain’s Hatch regularly.

The Chieftain’s newest article concerns a proposal to the Tank Destroyer board during WW2:  [Read more…]

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