Second Global campaign rules

http://worldoftanks.eu/en/news/cw/second-campaign-rules/



It seems its time to brighten up the CW scene again. The 2nd campaign will run in 3 stages and have both victory points for clans...and fame points for players.

Rewards seem pretty solid - top 10 000 players get the VK7201, top clans get a ton of gold
1st place - 1 000 000 (!)


This is a good change btw. As you should remember - in the previous Global Campaign, people who wanted an M60 could "migrate" to a strong clan and get one, even if they were noobs. Fame points will make that impossible - you will have to do your part. However, it is likely, that there will be "fame points" farming between neighbours - sending attacks and going for a beer while the gents pump up damage etc. We will wait and see what WG comes around with.

World of tanks 8.5 M60 Patton current stats and armour values.

Something makes me think the M60 is the least expected of the coming special Tier 10 tanks. Its quite similar to the M48 Patton - nothing new to see here except the IF searchlight on the turret.

I suppose that's not so bad actually - nobody will be disappointed - we just get another Patton tank with very similar behavior  A bit less hull armour, a bit more accurate gun with a tenth of a second faster aiming. All in all nothing new here, unlike the Magic Pancake Object 907 tank and the VK7201 K Fail Lowe. On the other hand the tank won't have any noticeable flaws like the above mentioned two - one being a rear turreted German heavy that got its armour nerfed already, and the other being a tier 10 medium tank that has only 220 penetration. 1 extra tier 10 is always good when Clan Wars come around. 

World of tanks 8.5 VK7201 K Faillowe current stats and armour schematic.

I said it in the previous post and it turns out true - the VK7201 Fail Lowe was not so fail as expected.

The front got its armour nerfed - The UFP and LFP lost 40mm and the turret and mantlet another 40mm each. Alas, that means the VK7201 won't be the tank to bring Armour back to the german tech tree. Right now its on the level of the Maus, which as we know - can barely survive the modern guns and prem shells flying around. Damn shame but such is life.

At least otherwise the new Lowe seems untouched - 2500 HP, and the modules have the same stats as before. Its unlikely it will get its armor back. At any rate its still going to be a semi decent (if outright ugly) tank for random games. Its just that the extra Armour would have made it good for CW too.

Some more light on the M60 Patton, VK7201 and the Object 907

Yesterday, the following was posted by EU forum's community manager - supercharge

quoting:

"Dear All,


Recently, we have heard many rumors about Tier X premium vehicles. It's quite interesting to read players analysis and find out more about possible parameters of these tanks.
I would, however, like to clarify a few things before it will go any further.

These vehicles are not premium tanks and therefore players will not able to purchase them from the in-game store or gift shop. Also, these vehicles cannot be researched and they won't be included in any branch or Tech Tree.

These tanks are made as a part of special high-level content, on which we are currently working. They will be comparable with other Tier X tanks of their types.
Unfortunately, we cannot share any more details. Please, wait for an official announcement. Thank you!

Special 'hello' to conspiracy theories fans!  

Kind regards,
Supercharge"

http://forum.worldoftanks.eu/index.php?/topic/226431-tier-x-tank-rumors/

This was followed by the leaked screenshots of the above mentioned tanks. I believe we can put some thought in the version that it is meant as high end rewards for contests and Clan Wars, something that was, let's be reasonable here, lacking in the Clan Wars. The gold earned is hardly sufficient and only a handful of mastodonts actually earn from it, the rest get scraps. This might put some more intrigue in it. Notice the bit saying - comparable to other tier X, that means those tanks won't be lacking in some department or another, like premium tanks. So - extra tier X tanks as rewards? What do you think? 

VK7201 SuperLowe - third time lucky

More information was leaked about the VK7201 yesterday - namely well... everything. 

We get the armor layout, the gun stats, the module stats, the vehicle stats like health top speed and so on. 

All I can say is...This may not be such a fail tank after all, if we don't count the horrible looks. The turret is very well protected - the front is 240mm + another 240mm gun shield that covers most of it. Even the neck is well defended from the 120mm thick spaced armor collar that gives a combined 280mm protection, angles not included. It seems the turret can hold its own even against premium shells. Only the commanders cupola is vulnerable(as usual).

Side armor is 160mm thick, not counting the tracks, so you can side scrape with it with ease.

The gun is the same as on the E-100, with the same statistics to boost. Gun depression is -7% which is quite nice.

Fun fact - top speed is impressive - listed as 43 kmph but the power to weight ratio is about 10 horsepowers per ton so don't get excited. Still, downhill ramming with a 120 ton tank at 40-50 kmph? Count me in folks! 

The real cheese now - frontal armor is 240mm, LFP - 240 mm. Basically that means that the VK7201 will be impervious frontally to tanks like the Maus and IS7. The LFP is slightly angled - 20-30% which means that even 260mm penetrating guns will have problems with it. And lets not forget the 160mm side armor which means you can always angle slightly and get 300mm LFP.

Its not all roses though. The engine deck is thin 70mm and 40mm which means that artillery will have a field day delivering fire and brimstone to your poor head. The lack of spaced armor and side skirts will surely help them in this. 

Still I'd say we get a very good defensive tank that will take away the role of the Maus as a brick. As if the Maus was any good at it nowadays....

Supertest leak VK7201 Lowe in HD

HD screenshots of the a number of tanks leaked from the supertest. Its nothing we don't know of already, they are just in HD. Anyway - here's one of the freshly dubbed FailLowe.

Now, what can we discern from the screenshot?

First one seems to be the classic Lowe Turm - same mantlet, minor cosmetic differences. Gun does look like the 150mm KWK. The Turm might be buffed a bit in terms of armor, can't know that yet. Its not a 100% copy paste though, the shape seems a bit different in HD.

Looking down, we can spot differences of more obvious maneer. The turret has an armored collar, similar to the one the Maus has infront of th engine grills. The difference, is that this collar protects the lower turret front and looks considerably thicker.- at least 100mm.  Looking up though, there are a number of bumps - hatches for the crew most likely that might be a penetrable target, same as the similar hatch on the E-100. Gun depression would probably be...depressing. With a rear mounted turret and a collar for it, I expect no more than 3-4% tops.

The frontal armor seems improved. The slope is increased, can't say how much and how thick it is. If it will be any good at tier 10, we can't say until we see the numbers. The beak seems to have an extra plate wielded on. Its probably about 250mm thick, similar to the FV215.

A noticeable lack of side skirts of any sort, means that arty will have a field day with it, and anyone with a decent gun will do damage to the flanks. Sidescrapping might not work as advertised despite the rear mounted turret.

Supertest leak the VK7201 Lowe tank

Recently an image was leaked from the World of tanks supertest, that showed a (supposedly) new german tier 10 Heavy tank - an upgunned, uparmored version of the VK7201 Lowe with a rear mounted turret.

Not much is known about it for the time being (well, nothing really) though the drawing below of a Lowe version seems to be one of the sources. So what do we know, or believe we know about this tank? Its all speculation drawn from the drawing, the screenshot and what we DO know about the existing ingame Lowe tank premium tank.

First of all, the gun does seem to be the 150mm KwK, taken straight from the E-100. Whether thats good or bad news remain to be seen. It will be quite hilarious if that gun can shoot faster in the cramped Lowe turret than in the huge E-100 house-for-a-cupola-because-we-want-it-huge. Doesn't mean that the Lowe turm is bad though. It keeps the trademark huge gun mantle which means the front will be quite bouncy even without increasing the armor of the tank to do the job. The rear placement of the turret though, leaves gun depression as a wild card. Old Lowe has -6 +17. This one might have a bit less depression because of it.

The frontal slope seems the same on both the new and the old Lowe - 55 degrees, which if the increased armor rumor is true, will give us at least adequate UFP. The image quality is poor so I'm not certain, but it seems the new Lowe lacks the traditional Lowe's frontal weakspot with the flat area of armor. Can't be certain though.


So where does that leave us?

We get a heavy tank with a rear mounted bouncy turret and a really big gun with (slow reload). Sidescraping and hull down tactics will likely be your best friend. Its unlikely the new Lowe will get more than 2500 hit points at best.