ordered but the turret was being assembled when it got bombed. I dont remember if the 75 was manufactured and delivered tho.
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I found an in-game situation pretty similar to that of the 44M Tas:
I think the closest comparable case is the Swedish Sav m/43 (1944) and Sav m/43 (1946). The Sav m/43 was designed with a new 105 mm howitzer, but this intended gun was not ready on time and was delayed for a while, so the first few Sav m/43s were given a temporary 75 mm replacement gun until the 105 mm howitzers were ready. Later when the 105 mm howitzers were ready, the old 75 mm guns were removed on the existing Sav m/43s and replaced with the new 105 mm howitzers. New Sav m/43s were also built, but with the new 105 mm howitzers already installed.
In War Thunder, the Sav m/43 was added in two separate forms. The 1944 version has the 75 mm temporary replacement gun, while the 1946 version has the intended new 105 mm howitzer. Other than their guns, these two ‘versions’ are identical.
This situation is almost the same as that of the 75 mm and 80 mm guns of the Tas:
- Both vehicles were designed with a new gun
- Both new guns were not ready on time
- Both vehicles were given older guns as temporary replacements
- Both vehicles would replace the older temporary guns with the new guns when ready
- Both vehicles would be further/mass produced with the new gun
Considering how the Sav m/43 75 mm and 105 mm situation is the same as the 44M Tas 75 mm and 80 mm situation, and how the Sav m/43 was added to War Thunder in both 75 mm temporary form and 105 mm intended form, I think it is safe to say that the 44M Tas should follow this precedent. Therefore, we can conclude that the Tas should be added in both 75 mm temporary form and 80 mm intended form.
The different gun versions of the Sav m/43 were named Sav m/43 (1944) and Sav m/43 (1946). This can’t be used with the 44M Tas. Instead, we could use “44M Tas (43.M)” and “44M Tas (29/44.M)”, or maybe “44M Tas (75)” and “44M Tas (80)”. We could also call the 80 mm Tas just the regular “44M Tas”, while we give the 75 mm Tas the longer name, such as “44M Tas (7.5 cm 43.M)”. All of these naming conventions are already used on various tanks in-game.
What should the 75 mm armed Tas be called?
- 44M Tas (75)
- 44M Tas (43.M)
- 44M Tas (7.5 cm 43.M)
- Something else
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What should the 80 mm armed Tas be called?
- 44M Tas (80)
- 44M Tas (29/44.M)
- 44M Tas
- 44M Tas (8 cm 29/44.M)
- Something else
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A rare beast that need to come to the game!
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Why just not 44M Tas (early) and (late)?
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nevermind. i thought the images were broken again
dad: panther, mom: t-34
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So I made a War Thunder Wiki page for the 44M Tas (75 mm), to show how much of the details and numbers we have to model it. To clarify, this is the 44M Tas armed with the 75 mm 43.M L/46 gun, as the prototype would have been armed upon completion. I made sure to use the most accurate data and numbers that I could:
If any more information is found or you think any of the numbers need changing, I can always update it.
Now that a whole WT Wiki page can be filled out for the 44M Tas (75 mm), I think we essentially have all that we need for it to get passed to the devs, and be modelled in the game. Considering several vehicles have already been modelled by the community which Gaijin then chose to add to the actual game, I think the 44M Tas is ready to join them! So if anyone can use these stats to model it in-game, or knows someone who could model it, that would be awesome.
(Also, I made an updated statcard for the 44M Tas (75 mm) to better show what form and with what stats it would likely be added with. The new statcard is in the spoiler below:)
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The 43M is L/43
The 43.M gun for the Tas was ordered in L/46 calibre.
Something doesn’t add up with the amount of armor and the mobility itself.
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This ungodly creation is why you shouldn’t let a lady panther and gentleman AMX 50 have too many drinks at the nightclub.
Yes I would like to see this affront to god in War Thunder
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The CodeofArc video has brought up this point as well, comparing to the Jumbo.
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Do you think the variant with the 80 mm cannon has any chance at being added as well? Maybe as a premium vehicle perhaps?
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Well the only known still existing part of the vehichle is the sight for the 8 cm gun, so who knows…probably not even gaijin themself. (Hopefully yet)
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Yeah… makes sense. Anyway, i just really hope one day this vehicle will be added in some form one day, would play it a lot honestly. The 200 mm turret front would be awesome for this. The lower front plate is either 100 mm or 120 mm as I see, the latter would be better of course… but meh both are fine, plus its a bit angled too.
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