Churchills of 34th Tank Brigade travel through the village of St Lenaarts. - IWM (A70 182-3)
Elements of the 31st Armoured and 44th Infantry Brigades participate in an operation designed to secure the ‘Scottish Corridor’s’ western flank. - IWM (A70 60-2)
Lovely, for more Churchills’ tanks to come.
I always hated that the British Pathé took, legally, ownership of most WW2 good and accessible archives.
I’ve got a couple more Churchill suggestions pending so hopefully they’ll be accepted soon.
Would be really cool if this was added, subpar armor is on of my main problems with churchill III and NA75 and this upgraded Mk III wold give it more options to play as actual heavy/breakthrough tank.
And since we have AVRE Petard in game which is basicaly III* with Petard mortar and special hatch on frontal hull to reload it, it would be really simple to just slightly alter its model into standard Churchill Mk III*.
A Churchill tank moves up towards the village of Tourville, in preparation for an attack on Hill 112, 16 July 1944. - IWM (B 7443)
Churchill tanks of 34th Tank Brigade form up before the assault on Le Havre, 10 September 1944. - IWM (BU 854)
A tank crew watching British aircraft flying overhead on their way to bomb the enemy lines preceding the armoured attack - IWM (BU 856)
Bottom one is famous and still survives to this day. It’s located at Musée des Blindés, Saumur, France. Definitely a Mk VI (all Mk VI’s had QF 75mm guns).
This one could be a premium due to the field modification giving more armour over the mantlet.
Oh I know it’s a Mk. VI but what I meant is that unfortunately not enough of the Mk. III behind is visible enough to see if it’s got the 6pdr or 75. Bad wording on my part.
I’ve got a pending suggestion for the Mk. VI as I think it’s unique enough to warrant addition and could share the turret asset with the Mk. V if that were added too which I’m hoping would be a bit of an incentive for the devs.
As part of my suggestion I’ve added the external mantlet as a possible researchable modification. Apparently it was an experiment to prevent the shadow created by the internal mantlet and to help against bullet splash. Certainly only seems to be found on VIs, though, I don’t know how ‘official’ of a mod it was.
Yeah I’m hoping that the relative ease with which the AVRE’s model could be repurposed would be an extra bit of incentive for adding this in.
In terms of gameplay, I agree completely. I’ve barely used the NA75 as it feels very underwhelming and I just don’t like it at that BR.
How on earth do you get games like that!? I had to use the concept 3, m44 and bosvark to even get a modicum of the result you got. Every time I play that Churchill (or any variant including the petard) It’s a immovable object with no force (or in the petards case, very miserable to aim force).
OPHE and angling my friend. Turn your hull and turret at like 30° or something and you’re immune to most russian guns and most German mains.
I might just have to give it another chance
British players as soon as they get APHE
This would be a very welcome addition, +1 from me!
Thanks!
I’ve still yet to give it another go but your argument is compelling.
The Squadron Leader briefs two other Commanders of his squadron. - IWM (B 7631)
Churchill tanks of 7th Royal Tank Regiment, 31st Tank Brigade, advance through a cornfield, 28 June 1944. - IWM (B 6114) Just visible in the background is a couple of Mk. IIIs.
Churchill tanks of 7th Royal Tank Regiment (31st Tank Brigade), with infantry and anti-tank guns of 15th Division at the edge of a cornfield during Operation Epsom, Normandy, 28 June 1944. - IWM (B 6117) On the left is a Mk. VI and to the right is a Mk. IV but just visible between the gun crew is the turret of a Mk. III.
A column of Churchill tanks of 107th Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, 34th Tank Brigade, move up to the front in Normandy, July 1944. - IWM (HU 104153) Up front is a Mk. VI but the two immediately behind it both appear to be Mk. IIIs.
Churchill tanks of 7th Royal Tank Regiment (31st Tank Brigade), supporting infantry during Operation Epsom, Normandy, 28 June 1944. - IWM (B 6116)
Churchill tanks of 9th Royal Tank Regiment (31st Tank Brigade), and infantry of 15th Division, move forward during Operation Epsom, Normandy, 26 June 1944. - IWM (B 5955)
