The Amazing Bob Semple Tank

[BjornB]

One of the artists really wanted to see the "amazing" Bob Semple tank (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Semple_tank …) firing all its 6 guns at once..

(original post on podcat's twitter)

 

[Sleight of Hand]

Very nice.

Does the T-35 fire all of its turrets, too?

And will New Zealand also get the: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schofield_tank ?

 

[Poh]

Thats amazing.

 

[Gamer_1745]

It will be the terror for all those who invade New Zealand!

 

[Sleight of Hand]

@BjornB

Can you confirm that these new models will all be in TfV, and not separate DLC packs?

 

[Bafen]

Ah glorious tanks! Looking forward to the DLC hope you fix the german states in the east. Poznan looks horrible, Also add Kattowitz.

 

[Phalanxia]

Will the Australians get the Sentinel Tank?

 

[Zarathustra_the]

You know this tank failed right? No one wanted to get into it, was regarded as a joke Now the Soviets had one, called the N1, that was able to drive into german lines and steal 24 artillery pieces Not bad for a tractor-tank

 

[PotatoesOfDoom]

Will the Australians get the Sentinel Tank?

Probably yes, considering that one of the focuses for Australia in the new DLC is called "Sentinel Tank Project", as I recall.

 

[SteveStevenson]

needs more machine guns

 

[Orlunu]

needs more machine guns

Fixed hull MGs were such a great idea...

 

[nkibilko]

One of the artists really wanted to see the "amazing" Bob Semple tank (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Semple_tank …) firing all its 6 guns at once..

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(original post on podcat's twitter)

As cool and fun as that model is, the Bob Semple tank is one of those things that technically existed, but was basically useless. It was never produced in any significant quantity, and was literally never used a single time in a combat scenario. Then again, this IS alternate history.

i guess what else does NZ have to claim as their own design? Plus i assume it will be tier 1 light tank which will be obsolete after 2 years in game.

Oh well. Nothing game breaking, but it's kind of silly in my opinion.

But then again, the Italians also have that gem the L3... but then again, that was actually used in the war for some reason

 

[SteveStevenson]

As cool and fun as that model is, the Bob Semple tank is one of those things that technically existed, but was basically useless. It was never produced in any significant quantity, and was literally never used a single time in a combat scenario. Then again, this IS alternate history.

i guess what else does NZ have to claim as their own design? Plus i assume it will be tier 1 light tank which will be obsolete after 2 years in game.

Oh well. Nothing game breaking, but it's kind of silly in my opinion.

But then again, the Italians also have that gem the L3... but then again, that was actually used in the war for some reason

It's a candidate for a 1918 NZ tank
oops i need to read

 

[Zarathustra_the]

Um the Russians had the N1 and that was actually successful. A battalion of them stole 24 German Field Guns

 

[tommylotto]

But then again, the Italians also have that gem the L3... but then again, that was actually used in the war for some reason

The Italians weren't the only ones to use dinky tankettes.

But I agree with you, adding funky obscure tank designs is humorous, but that is something I'd wait to do AFTER I have worked out lend lease as well as mechanics for selling and buying military equipment. Lend lease seem to be getting improvements but still no word or an equipment marketplace.

 

[Orlunu]

But I agree with you, adding funky obscure tank designs is humorous, but that is something I'd wait to do AFTER I have worked out lend lease as well as mechanics for selling and buying military equipment.

Hopefully the art team aren't the ones in charge of sorting out the lend lease mechanics.

 

[Sleight of Hand]

@tommylotto

I don't disagree with you in terms of priority, but remember that you're talking about different departments and skill sets.

Just because Dev A is animating a 3D model of the Bob Semple tank does not mean that Dev B is no longer able to code improved Lend-Lease mechanics. It's very unlikely that they're going to be diverting resources from one another.

 

[tommylotto]

Hopefully the art team aren't the ones in charge of sorting out the lend lease mechanics.

I was not implying that it should be, but maybe one team is too big and the other team is too small...

 

[Orlunu]

I was not implying that it should be, but maybe one team is too big and the other team is too small...

The size of the teams will depend on the total number of people with each speciality they have and the demands of the different games. It's quite possible the other projects have just hit a low-demand time for art guys or a high-demand time for the mechanics guys (I'd guess at the former, or maybe both), and it'd be absurd to expect them to be hiring and firing on the basis of the balance of demand over the course of a month or two.

 

[Axe99]

Haha, a couple of divisions of those and Germany'll lay off expansion - no way it'd want to take on a few hundred Bob Semples firing in anger .

On the priority of developing things, I expect that the artists were tasked with coming up with models for Commonwealth nations to go along with TfV, and while the Bob Semple tank is a tad, err, 'quaint', it was actually built, and NZ doesn't exactly have a whole bunch of tanks to choose from, so seems reasonable enough in that context. Fingers crossed, we'll also see the Ram and the Sentinel pop up alongside them .