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DevDiaries #35: PzKpfw III with it's family
A commander specializing in medium tanks is an excellent choice for those who appreciate the balance between maneuverability and firepower. Do you prefer a set of overall tools for all occasions instead a narrow focus on a particular aspect? Then the medium tank commander is what you need. When the enemy strikes you mounted on a powerful but slow Tiger - we'll take two PzKpfw IV’s and break through his flank. The speed of medium tanks allows you to choose a maneuverable fighting style, appearing from your hidden locations only to strike the enemy. You shall deliver a rather meaningful strike, because medium tank guns are usually sufficient to defeat most of the enemy's firing points. Choosing medium tanks you must fight aggressively and quickly. You should be especially active in the early and middle stages of the battle. That's your moment of glory, when you can inflict maximum damage to the enemy, pinning down the infantry, levelling the fortifications to the bitter pieces and helping teammates to break through the enemy's defenses. You should always be in the midst of battle!. Trying to shoot with heavy tanks or artillery through the entire map is a bad idea. But if you make proper use of your resources, the game will already be in your hands, when the enemy heavy tanks appear.
In the game, this handsome little one from the cover art is currently represented in two modifications: F and J. There are three more self-propelled guns based on PzKpfw III: StuG III ausf. B, StuG III ausf. G and StuH 42 ausf. G, but we will not talk about them now. Containing all the advantages and disadvantages of medium tanks, PzKpfw III has one additional excellence. This is the only medium tank available in the early game. And this means that even from the first minutes of the battle it is possible to hunt artillery tanks such as BT-7A, which are so fond of shooting from afar. And the rest of the light tanks don’t even need to be mentioned. In the heat of combat, supported by your comrades, PzKpfw III even in the early game can snatch one third of the map. https://youtu.be/p9PECvI4ao0 And then: strengthening, defending, pushing again. Repeat until victory. But we do not recommend to be impudent. After all, the enemy team may have a commander of the anti-tank regiment. Against these guys any tank is prone to become a steel coffin.
By the time of the invasion to the USSR PzKpfw III was the main battle tank of the Wehrmacht. On June 22, 1941, in divisions directed to the USSR, there were about 1000 machines of this type, which amassed around a 25 to 34% of the total number of tanks sent to the USSR.
At the end of the summer of 1940, 168 Panzerkampfwagen III tanks of F, G and H modifications were converted for underwater travel and were to be used for landing on the English coast. The depth of the dive was 15 m; Fresh air was supplied by a hose length of 18 m and a diameter of 20 cm. This miracle of engineering had the name Tauchpanzer III.
In addition to twelve modifications and an underwater tank based on the Panzerkampfwagen III, there were the Panzerbefehlswagen III commander's tank, the observation armored car of artillery, several German SPGs and three Soviet ones (SU-76i, SU-85i, SG-122) and, of course, the flamethrower tank Flammpanzer III Sd.Kfz. 141/3).
And what modifications of PzKpfw III do you want to see in Soldiers: Arena?
[ 2017-03-23 19:39:24 CET ] [ Original post ]
Hello friends. Today we will talk about medium tanks. Their role in Soldiers: Arena, their strengths, and review some usual ways of getting your ideas to the enemy with the example of the PzKpfw III’s family.
It’s good to be strong, but double as good to be fast.
A commander specializing in medium tanks is an excellent choice for those who appreciate the balance between maneuverability and firepower. Do you prefer a set of overall tools for all occasions instead a narrow focus on a particular aspect? Then the medium tank commander is what you need. When the enemy strikes you mounted on a powerful but slow Tiger - we'll take two PzKpfw IV’s and break through his flank. The speed of medium tanks allows you to choose a maneuverable fighting style, appearing from your hidden locations only to strike the enemy. You shall deliver a rather meaningful strike, because medium tank guns are usually sufficient to defeat most of the enemy's firing points. Choosing medium tanks you must fight aggressively and quickly. You should be especially active in the early and middle stages of the battle. That's your moment of glory, when you can inflict maximum damage to the enemy, pinning down the infantry, levelling the fortifications to the bitter pieces and helping teammates to break through the enemy's defenses. You should always be in the midst of battle!. Trying to shoot with heavy tanks or artillery through the entire map is a bad idea. But if you make proper use of your resources, the game will already be in your hands, when the enemy heavy tanks appear.
Your first medium tank
In the game, this handsome little one from the cover art is currently represented in two modifications: F and J. There are three more self-propelled guns based on PzKpfw III: StuG III ausf. B, StuG III ausf. G and StuH 42 ausf. G, but we will not talk about them now. Containing all the advantages and disadvantages of medium tanks, PzKpfw III has one additional excellence. This is the only medium tank available in the early game. And this means that even from the first minutes of the battle it is possible to hunt artillery tanks such as BT-7A, which are so fond of shooting from afar. And the rest of the light tanks don’t even need to be mentioned. In the heat of combat, supported by your comrades, PzKpfw III even in the early game can snatch one third of the map. https://youtu.be/p9PECvI4ao0 And then: strengthening, defending, pushing again. Repeat until victory. But we do not recommend to be impudent. After all, the enemy team may have a commander of the anti-tank regiment. Against these guys any tank is prone to become a steel coffin.
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By the time of the invasion to the USSR PzKpfw III was the main battle tank of the Wehrmacht. On June 22, 1941, in divisions directed to the USSR, there were about 1000 machines of this type, which amassed around a 25 to 34% of the total number of tanks sent to the USSR.
At the end of the summer of 1940, 168 Panzerkampfwagen III tanks of F, G and H modifications were converted for underwater travel and were to be used for landing on the English coast. The depth of the dive was 15 m; Fresh air was supplied by a hose length of 18 m and a diameter of 20 cm. This miracle of engineering had the name Tauchpanzer III.
In addition to twelve modifications and an underwater tank based on the Panzerkampfwagen III, there were the Panzerbefehlswagen III commander's tank, the observation armored car of artillery, several German SPGs and three Soviet ones (SU-76i, SU-85i, SG-122) and, of course, the flamethrower tank Flammpanzer III Sd.Kfz. 141/3).
And what modifications of PzKpfw III do you want to see in Soldiers: Arena?
[ 2017-03-23 19:39:24 CET ] [ Original post ]
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Soldiers: Arena will take you to the battlefields driven by the largest and bloodiest conflict of all time - World War II. This is the height of war, this is the time for real heroes.
Both new and already battle-proven multiplayer gamemodes to the original tactical gameplay are waiting for you. Interactive destructible environments and the ability to direct-control any combat unit. Steam support: matchmaking, workshop, steamcloud. Redesigned graphics, models and special effects. Conceptual new interface and convenient control, new battlefields and new opportunities.
Both new and already battle-proven multiplayer gamemodes to the original tactical gameplay are waiting for you. Interactive destructible environments and the ability to direct-control any combat unit. Steam support: matchmaking, workshop, steamcloud. Redesigned graphics, models and special effects. Conceptual new interface and convenient control, new battlefields and new opportunities.
Features:
- Revival of the “Men of War/Soldiers” game series. This multiplayer tactical RTS absorbed the best of the original series, favourite of players all over the world.
- Huge roster of units. Within a single game session, players will have access to a large number of unique units for every nation: tanks, vehicles, infantry and artillery of various types.
- The “Direct Control” mode. This mode provides the ability to play from the third person for any unit in the player’s army. The movement of the unit, firing the various guns, control of ammunition types, etc. all relying and directly controlled by player and thus the game conveys tactical action in it’s very essence.
- Destructible interactive environments. During the battle almost any object of the game can be destroyed or set on fire. Furthermore, all objects, including craters from explosions, may be used as cover.
- Atmosphere and realism. Even in large-scale game battles, it is necessary to take into account factors such as the supply of fuel and ammunition of each single unit. The precense of inventories for each unit limits the number and size of transported objects. Guns’ accuracy and penetration decreases with distance. Tired soldiers reduce the movement speed during long crossings. The influence of these and many other factors makes possible to reproduce the battles of World War II with a adequate degree of realism, most involving the player into the atmosphere of heated battles of the past.
- Modular realistic damage system. Any vehicle, regardless of its type, is composed of a set of modules that can be broken or destroyed. Types of ammunition, characteristics of guns, shooting distance, angle of armor, armor plate thickness and the threshold of material fatigue are taken into account, when calculating the piercing capability and damage caused to each of the component. Additionally, there are calculations of the probability of detonation of ammunition, engine fires, damage to wheels or tracks (which leads to immobilization of combat units). If a component is not destroyed, it can be repaired.
- Wide range of opportunities for infantry. Intelligence, combat, capture and repair of equipment, installation of anti-personnel and anti-tank obstacules of different types, construction of protective structures, health treatment, cover usage, ability to change through primary and secondary weapons, capture of buildings and territories.
- Great number of different types of weapons and ammunition. Pistols, submachine guns, machine guns, rifles and carbines, various types of grenades, dynamite, mines, knives and other items of equipment that are unique to each nation.
- Advanced Artificial Intelligence (Advanced AI). Infantry’s behaviour based on the feedback information from their own sensors (vision and acoustics), as well as allies’ signals. This allows the use of diversionary tactics, sending scouts into the enemy's rear, as well as to open the visibility with the help of special devices - observation towers, binoculars, telescopic tubes and sniper scopes. The morale of the infantry depends on the balance of forces on the battlefield - the soldiers may decide to advance or to withdraw from the fight.
- Conceptual new interface for convenient control.
- Enhanced game engine Gem2. Reworking of the game engine allows to provide a new level of graphics, the implementation of new and improvement already familiar to users game mechanics.
- OSX, Mac. Linux support.
- Full Steam support. Matchmaking, workshop, steamcloud, tradecards, achievments, steamstats, inventoryitems.
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- Processor: 2 GHz Intel Dual CoreMemory: 4 GB RAM
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- Storage: 5 GB available space
- OS: Ubuntu 15.04
- Processor: Intel Core i5-2.5GHzMemory: 8 GB RAM
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
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