Bring back hull break for HESH or just have it work like HEAT, surely they can make it work…
GN yall, alarm goes of early next morning.
It really does feel like a practice shell at times
Then why add it in the first place?
If you go for something, go for it 100%
Btw i wanted to ask, there are any plans to overhaul ground economy?
what on earth does that mean
I mean, why even make war thunder
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Nah, people still pay enough for premium tanks. The naval situation got dire enough for Gaijin to consider making it a bit more bearable to get players into buying premium ships
It’s a right step in the direction, but it’s still really bad…
I would say, with the current changes, give every ship x2 the RP modifier.
Not SL, just RP.
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Which was a version Specifically ordered to fit Thai needs, wasn’t identical to the two prototypes and all 106 examples of it were ordered by Thailand.
I don’t think it’s fair to not accept this as a Thai variant, as even past the Thai order the two prototypes remained the only Cadillac Gage owned demonstrators of the base Stingray.
Even in export advertisements there were more options with the tank than just the one Thai configuration. Differing engine and speed ratings, FCS systems and an optional thermal sight were offered for example, so I wouldn’t call the Thai tanks “just the Stingray”
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@Smin1080p_WT With (some) WW1 vehicles now in the game could we potentially see something to mark Remembrance day like we have for VE day and D-Day? Perhaps a decal or even (coping here) a re-run of the WW1 event? It would seem a bit odd now that since we have some WW1 content to miss end of the war when again we have something for VE day.
But also are there any plans for introducing any more WW1 vehicles to the game? Although not popular with some it would be great to see an expansion back into that era and being such an important time (invention of tanks/military aircraft/start of modern tactics) and it would be strange to never see that in a game as comprehensive as War Thunder.
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Naaah, all they need to do is two fold A) Give HESH fragmentation a single internal ricochet (e.g. if you hit the front plate, the fragmentation bounces off the hull floor) and B) increase the damage of the central spall cone, currently it acts like a shower of small shrapnel, when really there should be 1 or 2 bigger chunks in the middle
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Yeah… had this the other day:
Gotta love it when HESH cant even damage a light tank
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Dunno, I think it deserves the HEAT treatment (letting overpressure happen even when actual penetration happens). More damage would be great, sure, but having it not overpressure because some spalling happened is just dumb.
The first prototype tank was the one sent out for trials to countries such as Thailand (1986) and Malaysia (1987), from what I understand the second prototype (completed in 1986) remained in the US.
Though from what I’ve seen the Stingray offered to replace the M551 was the M551 Stingray, not the Stingray light tank. Though I wouldn’t be surprised if that was offered too.
That being said, with two different engine and speed ratings, different FCS and sight options I don’t think it’s fair to call the variant Thailand decided to order the definitive production variant just because it ended up being the only one.
Instead for a US Stingray I think it should simply be one of the prototype tanks to make sure it’s one that makes historical sense.
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Sorry, no overpressure for you, you may only damage components today
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components? how generous of you
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That is for the first turret, but it seems from the second turret onwards the smoke launchers were moved to the same position as on the Thai tanks.
This early turret also had the MG mount placed closer to the center of the turret
The main differences of the prototype hulls are the LFP mounting points, rear mirrors and the missing attachment points for the gun mount. The first prototype hull also seems to have used a different flat drivers hatch design. Initially the drivers hatch was the standard design, the flat one seems to have been tested temporarily. I’ll look into it more.
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One of the two initial Stingray prototypes. It’s likely the first Stingray hull prototype, here seen with an unusual flat drivers hatch design. This photo might have been taken during trials in Thailand (note the camo is the same as the turret Thailand got to test with their M41A3) but that is unconfirmed.It can be identified as a prototype by the mirrors, mounting points on the LFP and the flat drivers hatch.
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It seems to be mounting the second stingray turret, which can be seen by the smoke launcher and machine gun positions being the same as the production models.
The same prototype during earlier testing. Here it is mounting a more standard drivers hatch design similar to that of the final tank.This tank can again be identified as a prototype by the mirrors and mounting points on the LFP.
The turret it is mounting seems to be the first completed turret, the same that was initially mounted to an M551 hull. This turret can be identified by the smoke launchers being mounted lower and further forward than any following turrets. While it’s not mounting a machine gun here and seems to be missing the mount for it before the commanders hatch, it actually has a gun mount positioned closer to the center of the turret which can be seen on images of it mounted to the M551 chassis.
Another difference is that the prototyles lack the attachment points for the gun mount, which are placed between the mounting points on the UFP on the Thai variant.
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