ASTRON Rex 105mm

[H4NI 138]

So, new american tier 8 medium tank hit the supertest server...

 

 

4.5 sec intraclip with 180 pen. I never understood the appeal of autoloaders with +3sec intraclip... Kinda beats the purpose of an autoloader.

 

 Basically you can trade 1 for 1 with 907s 

 

[lavawing 498]

Pretty much confirms that the dude on this channel is WG's NATO research man. An uncanny number of obscure paper projects featured there end up as tier 8 prems. 

[ZXrage 1,318]

4 hours ago, lavawing said:

Pretty much confirms that the dude on this channel is WG's NATO research man. An uncanny number of obscure paper projects featured there end up as tier 8 prems. 

I remember reading up on astron x while I read some hunnicutts, IIRC it was a light tank program? I just remember coming across it and thinking "WoT are never gonna do these tanks, too weird" and now I've been proven wrong

Edit: watched the video to remember and i was partially wrong, astron did have a LT program but was mostly a general project 

[SchnitzelTruck 3,600]

What a piece of shit

[hazzgar 730]

5 hours ago, SchnitzelTruck said:

What a piece of shit

WG are in their "release shit prems " period. They have it once a while. Remember Mauerbrecher, that digger patton and a few others?

[SchnitzelTruck 3,600]

5 hours ago, hazzgar said:

WG are in their "release shit prems " period. They have it once a while. Remember Mauerbrecher, that digger patton and a few others?

I see, business as usual then. Carry on

[hall0 1,095]

http://wotexpress.ru/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/JduqugtudZE.jpg

This thing is tiny. 

Make it a light and it would be something spezial. Shitty intraclip and long reload wouldn´t matter so much. Would still run it APCR only though. 

[Istanbultaye 21]

On 5/22/2021 at 9:51 PM, SchnitzelTruck said:

I see, business as usual then. Carry on

Do we really want them to be in the mode where every new premium is more OP than the last? I'm pretty fine with what they've been doing with prems lately, as they've been fairly balanced and unique. Frankly, most of them have still been better than most of the tech tree tanks.

[PlanetaryGenocide 676]

On 5/23/2021 at 2:05 AM, hall0 said:

http://wotexpress.ru/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/JduqugtudZE.jpg

This thing is tiny. 

Make it a light and it would be something spezial. Shitty intraclip and long reload wouldn´t matter so much. Would still run it APCR only though. 

As an avid fan of the T71 DA I whole-heartedly approve this messaging

Seriously, bump up the top speed by 10-15 kmh, engine power doubles, change literally nothing else, and it'd be fucking terrifying in the right hands

[hazzgar 730]

1 hour ago, PlanetaryGenocide said:

As an avid fan of the T71 DA I whole-heartedly approve this messaging

Seriously, bump up the top speed by 10-15 kmh, engine power doubles, change literally nothing else, and it'd be fucking terrifying in the right hands

That would be broken as balls if the camo was above bulldog levels. 

[PlanetaryGenocide 676]

I was thinking like, T49 levels of camo tbh

[hazzgar 730]

13 hours ago, PlanetaryGenocide said:

I was thinking like, T49 levels of camo tbh

So above Bulldog. Not amazing but still not worst in class. But yeah if you can relocate better than a bourasque but retain camo on the move jesus. 

[Expendable_Lad 752]

So in perhaps the luckiest draw I have ever gotten in the however many years I have played this, I lucked out and picked this up with the first few engineer keys I got from the event. It's solid - cross between a T71 and a Char Futur. Easy to over-turn it.

Gun is really punchy 190 base pen, 250 gold, accuracy stinks, but aimtime is solid. 30+ camo with vents and camo crew. Combination of turret armor, alpha, and autoloader makes it devastating and relevant in every game you play in. Not quite the bourr fun factor or level of power, but checks a lot of boxes. 

Best thing is when a bourr tries to gank you, bounces at least one shot on your mantlet and you just track and work him down from full. Fuck 48%ers who run 56% in their Bourrs.