Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Wishlist => Topic started by: Belial on February 21, 2011, 02:52:24 PM
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We have lots of cool tanks now..we need just one more, the M-18
This tank will be very fun to drive and I think it will be used very often..it will for sure by me.
Pleaaassse :D :pray :O
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BAR? You there? An M18 thread has been alive for 5 minutes already, you still have not responded. :furious :neener:
+1 BTW
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he HAS been a bit slow lately
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If you want a TD then at least make it the M10 since it was there for quite some time prior to the M18
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The thing about the M18 is its firepower/speed combo would be unmatched. It would truly offer something in the GV realm that is currently not in AH.
Some other points about the M18 that does not get brought up:
It has no hull MG, so if the turret gets knocked out, then it is truly helpless. Its .50cal HMG on the pintle mount does have an abundant amount of ammo (supposedly 800 rounds).
The M18 and its M1A1 cannon (same as on the current M4A3 76mm tank), carry only 45 rounds of ammo, and most of that would be AP. If AH followed typical US Army TD unit doctrine, very few HE rounds were carried. In AH, the Sherman VC "Firefly", the game's only designated TD, is able to go full HE if the players chooses and that really shouldn't be, imo. With "only" 45 rounds, players will be calling for gv supplies rather quickly.
The M18 had at most 1 inch (25.4mm) worth of armor up front, otherwise it varied all the way down to 5mm. Even the M4A3 and T34/76 w standard AP would have an easy time destroying the M18 IF they connect.
With an open turret, the M18 would be rather bent-over and cheeks-spread exposed to enemy aircraft gun fire. Even the 100 or 250 lb bombs would be a menace. It would be easier to turret than the M8.
With all that being said, it would be MUCH easier (quicker implementation from idea to addition) for HTC to add in the M10 since the chassis is already present in the M4 (the M4A1 chassis is onlymarginally different than the M4A3), and only the gun (M7 3in) would need to be coded as we currently do not have it in AH.
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wow, 5th post already and still no BAR...
:bolt:
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I hope he is not that in it fighting other GVs. :bolt:
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What happened to Bar he should be here by now? +1 for the M-18!
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Turrets are for the weak
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2423/3702438566_9a3aa21790.jpg)
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Turrets are for the weak
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2423/3702438566_9a3aa21790.jpg)
I thought bombing GVs is for the weak?
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If you want a TD then at least make it the M10 since it was there for quite some time prior to the M18
:aok
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blah. so what? i was late to the pahty! :rofl
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Turrets are for the weak
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2423/3702438566_9a3aa21790.jpg)
Agreed.
(http://www.dday-overlord.com/img/chars/char_ferdinand_elephant.jpg)
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Agreed.
(http://www.dday-overlord.com/img/chars/char_ferdinand_elephant.jpg)
but breaking down is for the weak aswell so :
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2423/3702438566_9a3aa21790.jpg)
:D
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but breaking down is for the weak aswell so :
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2423/3702438566_9a3aa21790.jpg)
:D
I could say the same for you, so:
(http://forgottenhope.warumdarum.de/screenshotsfh2/news/101008/jagdpanther.jpg)
:neener:
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Well played :)
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I could say the same for you, so:
(http://forgottenhope.warumdarum.de/screenshotsfh2/news/101008/jagdpanther.jpg)
:neener:
:O
:angel: pweez
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:x YES!!
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I agree turrets are for noobs, but why even have to drive to the battle LIKE a noob.
use the real skillz!!!1!
(http://images.wikia.com/companyofheroes/en/images/b/be/Hummel-10.jpg)
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I agree turrets are for noobs, but why even have to drive to the battle LIKE a noob.
use the real skillz!!!1!
(http://images.wikia.com/companyofheroes/en/images/b/be/Hummel-10.jpg)
if you can hit a moving tank with a howitzer...you're in wot or ah...
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I agree turrets are for noobs, but why even have to drive to the battle LIKE a noob.
use the real skillz!!!1!
(http://images.wikia.com/companyofheroes/en/images/b/be/Hummel-10.jpg)
Thats a hummel...
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M8 is deadly in the right hands...imagine a m8 style gv with a big boom stick :D