9.5 Update

WOW...  That's about all I can say.  This update is going to be great.  Not only will the game get a new map, it is also getting a whole new line of British tanks.   This is very impressive since the British tanks have not had anything new for over a year now.  Above all else, it is a new Tank Destroyer line that they are getting.  So, these will be my kind of tanks.  Especially to have another option that is very similar to the FV215b 183.  Oh, and do not forget about personal missions.  Missions that will be customized to each player based on the tanks they own.  That will be awesome.  I can't wait for this update to go live.

See the update here:

FV4505:

http://military-vehicle-photos.com.s3.amazonaws.com/4566.jpg

M4 Sherman

This weekend's events are revolved around the American medium tanks.  Although I am busy working on the S-51, I may need to see about getting myself a M4A3E2 Sherman to get in on the event.  I'm not a huge fan of the tank lines that they are on leading to the tier ten medium and heavy for the US.  However, there are a few tanks along the way that I wouldn't mind playing.  Also, popular movies and TV series have used the Sherman tanks recently.  Fury is an excellent example.  Unfortunately I have not yet seen Fury.  The Walking Dead uses a Sherman tank during the mid-season of Season 4 when the prison is assulted. 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/M4A3E2_Sherman_Jumbo_75mm_gun.jpg

Watch until the end for a good laugh!

On Track to the Object 261

For the past two weeks now, the on track event has been going on for the Object 261 which is a Soviet artillery.  I have been scrambling to try and get on track with this event because this SPG has a really great gun on it.  In order to get on track, I raced through the grind on the KV-2 which is a Heavy Tank.  Yes, this artillery partially comes as a successor to a heavy line.  Currently, I have the tier seven S-51.  I'm still 40,000 experience from getting out of the stock gun and it seems to be a very slow grind.  The S-51's gun arc is more like a shotgun pass in football compared with other artillery which have a higher arc such as the US and British artillery that I have played.  So, the S-51 has come as a challenge to me as I have not been used to the inaccuracy of the Soviet guns.  Most of the time when it misses, it seems to go long which is extremely odd since it seems to come down at such an acute angle.  I can literally imagine the shell just passing right over the tank each miss.  As the grind is slow, I do not expect to get anywhere near the tier 8 arty as I would need well over 100,000 experience beyond the top gun.  So, I will be figuring out how to improve my performance with this tank through the rest of the week. 

S-51:

 http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2010/322/8/9/s_51_by_zanng-d333a3h.jpg

Object 261:

http://worldoftanksxbox360edition.com/dcont/fb/image/obj261-2-branded_1.jpg