I don’t mind some of the paper vehicles, but I currently don’t trust Gaijin with them.
The addition of the F-16AJ has shown that for whatever reason (gameplay or otherwise) Gaijin strayed from the source material they were given to create a different variant of the vehicle altogether.
They used (in my opinion nonsensical) ideas of a fictional continuation of the project to justify their altering of the vehicle that have little to do with the historical design it was based on.
This then turned out to not be reportable, due to an apparent lack of sources, despite the only existing source being used.
So while I don’t mind faithful recreations of some of the unbuilt vehicles, I don’t think Gaijin is ready for them at this point unless they change the way they work on them.
This would make for an interesting event vehicle. The hull-mounted 47 mm cannon would be of dubious value, but the turreted 25 mm cannon may be useful actually. I’m personally a fan of paper tanks, as long as they are reasonable and take a backseat to prototype/historical designs
Honestly I don’t really see it as paper as it was ready for production and only interrupted by the factory being bombed. It’s much more feasible than other paper tanks like the Obj490B or Strv2000 which were basically engineer fantasies with no hope of being made reality.
Unsure if i agree since the 47mm would have enough stopping power to engage certain vehicles frontally such as the Stuarts, however against the Shermans and infantry it would only be useful for smoke and HE.
The Ke-Ni in the game has the prototype chassis and turret. So it should be renamed to “Ke-Ni Ko Prototype”
The model in WoT correctly shows the “Ke-Ni Ko Production”.
The chassis is in the game actually, as part of the So-Ki
So it should be an easy fix to have 1) A name change, and 2) the correct production model.
Additionally, the Ke-Ni Otsu, which originally competed against the Ke-Ni Ko, has a noticeably different suspension type. It would make for a good premium; I would replace the Ha-Go Commander with this. Here it is in WoT Blitz:
And the field of fire is said to be either 11 or 22 degree left and right. In the game is only 10 degree left and right.
The only sources i have for the gun depression of the Ho-Ni I is a image of the vehicle at Aberdeen Proving Ground and a a Photo Collection book stating the vertical guidance is -15 and 20 wtih direction field of fire is 11 degree left and right, although on japanese wiki it states 22 degree left and right, and 25 dregree of vertical angle.
Which should be enough for bug reporting the Ho-Ni 1.
Apparently all three Ho-Ni have -15 degree of gun depression included the Ho-Ni II and Ho-Ni III.
From what i read the Ho-Ni II also has high and low field of fire -15 and 25 degree, and 11 degree left and right.
Since we don’t have the Ho-Ni II yet so it won’t matter for now, but i also wanting to make a bug report for the Ho-Ni III at least for its gun depression. I have seen an image of this tank with its maximum gun depression before but now i could not find it.
A original blueprint like this in the background would also be incredily helpful if anyone know where to find one.
As shown in this diagram, it was a common design for interwar trucks to have fuel tanks under the seats.
The role of the boxes on the side steps on both sides that are misunderstood as fuel tanks in the game is a container for storing tracks for half-track conversion to run on snow and muddy terrain. What is a half-track conversion track? Fully tracked vehicles like tanks are costly, and half-tracks are also moderately costly, but by attaching detachable tracks to a 6-wheel truck, you can cheaply cope with paved roads and rough terrain. I don’t know how effective it is in the game, but it might be interesting if the player can choose whether to use tracks or rubber tires as an option.
Thats so odd that the turret design has been floating around out there for a while (i assume) but never got brought up on any one of these discussion threads.
Or i should say i have never personally seen it whilst perusing through them
