Haswell

I love how this looks, but sadly I'll have to remove the ERA so I don't confuse myself, since the hitbox don't actually have the ERA elements.

I took the other elements and made my own mashup, hope you don't mind!

This looks amazing! But... it also hampers my ability to quickly aim at lower plates now that the dozer blades are visually covering the model.

I love it, but I'll need some time to get used to seeing it in the game.

It's the same leaves from one of the existing skins right? Since all the 99A share the same chassis files I'm guessing changing one of them gave the change to all of them.

Looks great!

Ugh, this mission is absolutely horrible. I'm not doing it, the rewards aren't even worth the effort.

In fact, I recommend everybody to simply boycott this mission to show this mission design went too far off the retarded end.

Also note that you do not get the complete camo, oh no. You get PARTS for the camo which you have to assemble before you can use the camo. So even less reason to bother with this mission.

https://aw.my.games/en/news/general/development-object-225

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Today, we’d like to tell you more about a reward vehicle that’s going to be available during an upcoming event – the Object 225 MBT!

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In Armored Warfare, the Object 225 will be a Tier 6 Premium Main Battle Tank.

Much like other Soviet MBTs of the time, this tank will have a low silhouette and will present a small target in addition to the advantage of having lower weight than its western counterparts. However, this will come at a price – the Object 225 doesn’t feature any ERA, NERA or APS, relying instead on its frontal composite armor. In other words, the protection level of this MBT will be somewhat lower than that of some other Tier 6 MBTs such as the T-80B in its ERA configuration.

 

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On the other hand, this MBT will offer solid acceleration, maximum speed and agility thanks to its 1000hp gas turbine engine. It will be possible to boost the mobility even further for a short time using an active ability. Of note is also the unique choice between two defensive measures – you’ll be able to pick between a smoke generator and a smoke grenade launcher.

 

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The firepower will consist of 130mm cannon firing solid APFSDS shells, very good HEAT shells, HE shells and powerful gun-launched ATGMs. Especially the final shell type will be able to defeat most armor encountered thanks to an upgrade in the form of a guidance module improving its control and resistance to APS. But if dealing as much damage as you can is your goal, the HEAT rounds should be your primary choice.

And, last but not least, the tank will feature (thanks to its advanced optics and small size) excellent viewrange and camouflage for its class.

 

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In summation, what we have here is a support MBT that will be the most effective at medium to long ranges due to the combination of average armor but good mobility and firepower. While not suited for being the tip of the spear (despite its class), it will excel in ambushes and in providing a steady flow of dealt damage. We hope that you will enjoy it and, as always:

Victory Day login event most likely. Must distract people from the clown show in Ukraine and the Russian military being trashed humiliatingly.

The 225 doesn't look terribly interesting, will probably be comparable to the Kpz70 in performance. I don't see it having high DPM given the general trend of high caliber/damage guns being paired with long reloads.

https://aw.my.games/en/about/perihelion/perihelion-update-8

https://aw.my.games/en/mission-revelations

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During the engagement, enemy troops are caught loading trucks with hardware previously identified as belonging to Perihelion and stored on the base. Luckily for the beleaguered Perihelion vanguard, they receive reinforcements in the form of additional vehicles arriving from the camp.

 

Time Frame:

Perihelion:

• Start: April 4, 16:00 CEST
• End: April 11, 22:59 CEST

SPAAG:

• Start: April 8, 16:00 CEST
• End: April 11, 22:59 CEST

Objectives:

You can choose between these two objectives:

• Win 22 Random Battle or Global Operations matches within the allotted time frame either using any of the following Perihelion vehicles: T-90MS, BMPT Mod.2017, T-90A, T-72B3, T-72B

Or:

• Win 30 matches in any mode within the allotted time frame either using any of the Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun vehicles listed below

Special Rules

Like the previous one, this mission consists of two alternative goals. You can complete it either in a heavy Perihelion vehicle (T-90MS, BMPT Mod.2017, T-90A, T-72B3 or T-72B) and you have the full duration at your disposal, or in a SPAAG vehicle of your choice (listed below), but you only have the weekend.

Each category can only be completed once. Therefore, to get the Gold reward, you have to complete both categories once (completing one category twice won’t do).

 

List of SPAAG Vehicles (Click to Open)

 

• 2S38 Derivatsiya
• Abrams AGDS
• AMX-13 DCA
• B1 Draco
• M48 GAU-8
• Stryker ADATS
• T249 Vigilante
• XM247 Sergeant York
• ZSU-23-4 Shilka

 

 

Rewards:

• 3 Platinum Loot Crates
• Norah Ferguson player avatar (or 330 Gold)

We’d like to remind you to keep in mind we’ll definitely be checking the winners for their battle activities (entering a battle, doing little damage and leaving will lead to a disqualification).

Don't think so, the news regarding the dev changes fit with the recent change in game direction, like the very slow update cycles and the Perihelion campaign being managed by SS.

Doesn't feel like April Fools to me, not that anybody are in the mood for that now anyways.

Probably something to do with baguettes.

https://aw.my.games/en/news/general/perihelion-story-update-0

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And now, the continuation:

• A few hours ago

“So, let me see if I get you right. You’re proposing to keep the black paint and then add... what now? Snake scales as a camouflage?”

“Yup, pretty much,” I grinned, before adding:

“Come on, it’s gonna look cool.”

Ferguson shook her head on the screen in front of me, equally amused and annoyed. She clearly wasn’t back in Chicago yet but the hotel room behind her looked fancy enough to be anywhere in the world where Murdoch mattered – maybe even Dubai? Why do I keep thinking of Dubai?

“No, Mister Thorpe. That’s not going to fly. I’ll... think of something.”

A short pause as she made a few quick notes.

“Right. To the other matter at hand. What do you and Miss Espinoza think of the vehicles provided to you? What do you believe would be the best course of action?”

I looked back at Espinoza standing behind me and she nodded quietly. We both weren’t exactly sure about our decisions but Jim seemed to agree and that was confirmation enough for us.

“We’ll take a couple of anti-aircraft systems. These things are really good against soft ground targets and who knows – some bad guy might have a gunship or two stashed for a rainy day. We’re going to need to figure things out though – this isn’t exactly low tech we’re talking about. It might take a while longer. But...”

I sighed. I was about to lie a bit... no, not lie. Exaggerate. Big difference there... or was it?

“...the rest of the troops are more or less ready and awaiting their orders. We’ve had some rough patches but we seem to have ironed the worst issues out. We’ll have a tank company and a few squads of mechanized infantry. I hope we’ll get something better than these rusty old BMPs, but unless you want us to take on the whole U.S. Army, it’s going to be enough.”

Ferguson stared at me in silence for a short while and then nodded.

“Very well. Keep me posted.”

With that, she broke connection.

“Told you that the snake pattern was a bad idea,” Espinoza patted me on the shoulder, visibly happier now that my amazing idea was so unceremoniously rejected. “Keep that shit on your private stuff, don’t force it on us. Anyway, dinner?”

I chuckled.

“Now, ma’am, are you taking me somewhere fancy?”

“Only the best MRE’s for you, sir!”

“Oh my,” I retorted. “What will people think?”

It was her turn to laugh.

“That everyone eats the same shit. Which is good. For morale, I mean,” she added.

 

***

 

• Now

For the first time since my fateful encounter with Murdoch, I dreamt that night. The past days had been too busy for me to do anything but sleep but somehow, a nightmare wormed its way into my exhausted mind.

It wasn’t the usual nightmare though. I was falling into a deep, dark void resonating with primal bass frequencies that created or shattered celestial bodies, the sound of dying stars permeating my very existence. Somehow, my mind, ablaze from the ordeal, mustered enough strength to make a single word out of the noise – a word I could neither recognize nor remember afterwards.

I was rescued from the experience by a firm tap on my shoulder but the first seconds of my awakening did let me know that the true nightmare might have only just begun.

It was still the middle of the night but the camp was abuzz with chaotic activity and an air of barely contained panic. Sharp cracks of small arms fire and the deeper thunder of ordnance explosions could be heard but I immediately realized they were at least a few miles away – few who have never fired a gun or heard artillery up close have any idea just how painfully loud it is. Regardless, this was bad news – about the worst kind of news actually because a full-fledged battle wasn’t something that typically took place in the USA, no matter how close to the border you got.

“What the fuck... what’s going on?”

It was Espinoza waking me up and it was the first time I’d see her truly worried. She waved someone off and shouted a few orders in Spanish before getting back to me.

“It started a few minutes ago. Landlines are cut, the comms are jammed, there’s no cell signal and even the satellite connection’s not working.”

I was about to ask how that was possible but she waved any questions off.

“We don’t know any more than that. Jim...”, she took a deep breath while pointing at the Native American man organizing a few troopers, “...thinks the U.S. base is under attack.”

I shook my head, still trying to clear my mind of the nightmare’s remnants and to wrap my head around the situation.

“Could it be an exercise?”

But I immediately understood just how vain that hope was.

“No. This is not a training area for ground troops. They wouldn’t cut off the comms for that either and they sure as hell wouldn’t start an artillery duel in the middle of the night without prior warning. We also heard a few louder explosions. We think that might have been some ammunition exploding. Not sure.”

The whole situation felt so surreal. I reached for a bottle of water and emptied it with a few quick gulps.

“We even talked about that, right? Attacking a military base, that’s suicide. For anyone, the Mexican army’s a mess, the cartels don’t have a lot of heavy duty firepower, hell, even the corporations...”

She nodded.

“Yeah. Like I said, we don’t know what’s going on. But...”

She suddenly looked up, her expression turning into a determined frown.

“We’re about to find out.”

I gasped at her.

“Are you crazy? We barely finished training, we have no vehicles refueled or armed and you want to drive into that shit?!”

“The Banger’s ready,” she cocked her had towards a rusty heap of metal nearby, “someone filled ‘er up in the evening, probably to take her for a spin.”

“What the hell’s a banger?” I responded, confused.

“That old rusty M113 we salvaged earlier. Cleaned her up, even got some ammo for that recoilless on top.”

Despite the circumstances, I couldn’t contain a chuckle at the absurdity of the name.

“Ah. That’s why she’s called “the Banger”, for the big boom.”

Suddenly, her face flushed a bit with what looked like embarrassment. I wouldn’t notice, were it not for all the generator-powered lamps lighting up all around the camps.

“Well, THAT...and there’s a stretcher inside. If you get my drift.”

“Oh.”

She stood up, pointing at two men standing nearby.

“Vasquez, Donner, take the Banger and drive ahead. Don’t go looking for trouble – turn back at the first sign of danger and report back to the camp.”

They both saluted and ran off. A while later, creaking, roaring and belching smoke, the ancient APC started to move and gradually picked up speed before disappearing behind the first bend of the dirt road leading from the camp, leaving only a cloud of dust behind.

 

***

 

Ten minutes have passed and the conflict seemed to be raging with unabated intensity. The entire camp was awake by that time, men and women scurrying collecting weapons, hastily strapping on bits of gear and getting ready in all sorts of ways.

Nearby, much to my disappointment, the fuelling of the fastest vehicles took precedence over the present MBTs as it took far shorter time to fill them up than our gas-guzzling monsters.

The scout crews set off first, the wheels of multiple army-loaned Jaguars carrying them to battle following the tracks of the still absent and now presumably ill-fated Banger.

The tanks came next, each taking good ten minutes to fully refuel. It wasn’t technically needed to top them off but you wouldn’t believe just how much juice fifty tons of steel consume in combat – better to be safe than sorry. Furthermore, who knows what could happen to our camp. It meant we’d be arriving piecemeal but under the circumstances, it was the best idea anyone had.

The first vehicles to depart after the scouts were my Black Mamba, Espinoza’s Nightsinger and O’Sullivan’s Faugh a Ballagh. Each of us nodded at our crews as we embarked, giving last orders to the rest and casting each other one final, worried glance. O’Sullivan seemed the most worried, muttering curses and shouting at the men near his somewhat obsolete tank.

But, as Chuck Yeager once famously said: “It’s the man, not the machine”, and old O’Sullivan, a grizzled veteran of the New Troubles, mode than made up for any deficiencies of older tech with experience and courage. I haven’t had much time to get to know him but many in the camp regarded him as a sort of grandfather – the yelling old coot type.

I climbed the BMPT and wiggled my way into the commander’s hatch.

Inside, I closed my eyes and allowed the noise of the outside world drift away. How quickly the world can change in a few minutes, I thought. Could this be why Murdoch sent us here, in the middle of nowhere – to prepare for such an eventuality? But if it was so, why wouldn’t he tell us? Going into battle without reliable intel was, at best, foolhardy, but mostly it was just plain stupid. And yet, here we were, not waiting for the scouts. Such and many other thoughts raced in my mind as I forced myself to focus on the present.

The radio, still abuzz with a deep and peculiar (and yet, strangely familiar) droning sound so unlike any jamming I’ve ever heard before, was still useless. We’ll have to do this oldschool, I realized.

Leaning out of the hatch, I waved at Espinoza and saw her silhouette, bathed in the glow of camp lights, returning the gesture. Time to go.

 

***

 

The base wasn’t far – thirty minutes by a car, at most – so we began to see signs of conflict almost immediately. There were several abandoned cars, their lights still piercing the darkness that surrounded them as everyone inside left the scene in a hurry. There wasn’t a soul in sight, an uncanny feeling even in the dead of night.

Some minutes later, we ran into one of our scouts, also abandoned in the middle of the road, its engine still running. Not sparing any time to investigate and with the sounds of battle drawing ever closer, all of us grew more anxious by the minute. Ramirez, the driver, started humming a wistful tune while I fiddled with the radio buttons, trying to catch something – anything, really.

That was a mistake but, in retrospect and knowing what I know now, things probably wouldn’t have been different if I hadn’t. Just as we were descending towards the final stretch of the journey and were already seeing some blazes on our thermal imager screens, several things happened in rapid succession. The droning sound got extremely loud.

Then it stopped and my entire universe was suddenly enveloped in silence almost as eerie as the sound, the kind that bores into your skull and takes over, the kind that can drive men insane.

Confused, I looked around. Everything felt like in slow motion, as if the world almost stood still in that very moment. And then came the chorus of voices, deep, metallic and scraping at the inner edges of my skull in unison with such primordial force that it shook the very core of my being. It was impassionate and ageless, as if the universe itself woke up to speak. Words appeared in my mind, their power enough to tear reality asunder.

“PAWNS OF THE EXILE APPEAR.”

Gasping for air, I tried to cover my ears but to no avail.

“TURN BACK. THE DECEIVER SHALL PAY AND SO SHALL HIS PROGENY. IT IS ORDAINED. TURN BACK.”

The voice grew ever weaker with the last two works repeated over and over until it became a mere whisper and then finally faded into nothingness.

“TURN... BACK... Turn...... back.......”

My head was spinning as if concussed from the experience. The crew appeared equally struck and the vehicle ground slowly to a halt as Ramirez tried to get things under control. Despite the proximity of the fighting, we all felt like we had to get outside. The other crews fared no better and we just stood there in silence for what felt like an eternity, shaking our heads and trying to filter the experience out. We all heard the same thing, apparently. In the end, Espinoza was the first to speak.

“Jesus... I... what WAS that thing?”

“I don’t know. Some kind of psyop maybe? A comms hijack? Never heard of anything as powerful though...”

She shook her head and waved me over away from the others who paid us little heed, still reeling from the experience.

“No, it was more than that. The thing... the person, whoever was it, it knew me. It knew my name.”

I stared at her blankly with a million questions on my mind but our little tête-à-tête was interrupted by another explosion in the vicinity, which finally woke us all up. One last strange look she gave me before suddenly turning into her usual self.

“Right. Back to the machines, it isn’t safe here. Look though...”

Below us, the base was burning. Pillars of smoke obscured the area with the intensity of clearly uncontrolled fires blinding both our eyes and the vehicles’ sensors. We could see shadows of men running, screaming and dying and what looked like several companies of armored vehicles of types we couldn’t readily identify pounding the perimeter, their guns spitting death at anything that moved outside their zone of interest where a host of invaders could be seen carrying boxes from the base towards one of the larger vehicles, their shadows superhumanly large against the backdrop of a burning army tank.

Curiously, the source of the looters seemed to be the very same bunker we saw Ferguson enter during our last visit back when the base wasn’t filled with bodies and smoldering wreckage. That’s where we’d start, I thought, as our three machines started barreling towards the warzone.

Context: duplicate battalion contract crates will be investigated:

Troll skin coming:

NEW DEVELOPMENT TEAMS (this is very important so I have the title in bold)

Bonus: My.games may be getting sold

https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5283356

Most probable guess: the game is being fucky, either the vehicles don't have the "heavy" tag or the game don't calculate weights properly.

23 hours ago, Yxlouvia said:

We had Autocannons as secondary gun now its time for atgms?

Nork and Chally 2 Influencer already have missiles, so this won't be terribly novel.

Assuming the leak is accurate and the next BP will be Chinese-themed, the 99B might end up as a tier 9 as to not compete with the ZTZ-20 at tier 10. But what would it do to stand out from the existing 99A/A2?

6 hours ago, tahax said:

we need link to that sources

The source is a semi-private chat group I presume, possibly China's equivalent to Discord based on the screenshots provided in the attachment.

One noteworthy point of interest is that the China server don't have the articles regarding the Namer and Arjun published, so it is highly plausible that CN players don't know about the Namer and Arjun yet.

Solution to the secret, and hopefully the first of many to come (click to open spoilers):

I hope the next secret will be more fun to work with. Like I said, the first clue is flat out awful and easily missed.

Some more "info" on the ZTZ-20, which exists only in fan art:

https://kknews.cc/news/2e4ole.html

https://www.military-today.com/apc/vn17.htm

VN17 looks fairly typical for an AFV, but almost the same as the CV90 or Hunter in capability I think.

99B and ZTZ-20 I found nothing on, probably fake.

Arjun and Namer are already confirmed to be the upcoming contract reward and new lootbox vehicle respectively, so they probably won't be part of the next BP.

https://aw.my.games/en/about/perihelion/perihelion-update-6

https://aw.my.games/en/about/perihelion/perihelion-update-7

https://aw.my.games/en/mission-wages-sin

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Arriving just in the nick of time, Samuel Thorpe and the few units he could muster on short notice find the American base under siege by an unknown enemy. Crimson-painted vehicles belonging to an unknown faction are ransacking the place, firing at everything not bearing its sigil of a baleful eye crossed by a sword. A battle is joined.

 

Time Frame:

AFV:

• Start: March 24, 17:00 CET
• End: March 31, 21:59 CET

MBT:

• Start: March 25, 17:00 CET
• End: March 28, 21:59 CET

Objectives:

You can choose between these two objectives:

• Win 18 Random Battle or Global Operations matches within the allotted time frame using a scout AFV (list below)

Or:

• Win 22 matches in any mode within the allotted time frame using any MBT

Special Rules

This mission consists of two alternative goals. You can complete it either in a scout AFV (listed below) and you have the full duration at your disposal or in an MBT (but you have to do it during the weekend).

Each category can only be completed once. Therefore, to get the Gold reward, you have to complete both categories once (completing one category twice won’t do).

 

List of Scout AFVs (Click to Open)

 

• LAV-150
• OT-65A
• BMP-1
• BMD-1
• BMP-1P
• BMD-1P
• BWP-1M Puma
• BMD-2
• BMP-2
• VBL TOW
• BMD-4
• FV 721
• BMP-3
• Sabre
• VBL
• BMP-3M
• BMD-2M
• VBR
• BM 2T Stalker
• Griffin 50mm
• CRAB
• K-153C Raybolt
• RST-V Shadow
• Sphinx

 

 

Rewards:

• 3 Platinum Loot Crates
• Gail Espinoza player avatar (or 330 Gold)
• MPF Light Tank for the player who completed the mission with the most battles

We’d like to remind you to keep in mind we’ll definitely be checking the winners for their battle activities (entering a battle, doing little damage and leaving will lead to a disqualification).

Also, the secret has been solved. More details will be published later.

I wasn't interested in the T-15K, but now I am.

RU patch notes have slightly more info: https://awru.my.games/news/7163.html

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General T-72B3: A bug with the turret shoulder strap of this vehicle has been fixed.

"Object 187": fixed a bug due to which the vehicle had no antenna.

This is mainly technical work, during which content has been added for future events. The promised Arjun contract will come later.

Fun fact: missiles have caliber sizes. Although most missiles are over 120mm in caliber (which can be used to complete the Caliber challenge of BPs), there are several missiles smaller than that threshold and won't count for the Caliber challenge.

Furthermore, module damage is heavily related to caliber size in the game (similar to WoT), therefore certain missiles are far more effective at destroying modules than others despite not being a stat listed in the game.

All the listed caliber sizes here are referenced from Google, or assumed correct from in-game statistics (ie. gun-launched missiles). Unknown sizes are marked with ???. Info not listed in-game but available on external sources are italicized.

List of missiles in the game:

• blue = AP/KEM
• green = HE/thermobaric
• orange = under 120mm

Any corrections are welcomed!

A list of article pages relevant to Perihelion, for EN and RU: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_4bpKESHlqtyclHyMWzbrf6qy76EpwIFeQubjfc1SWQ/edit?usp=sharing

Useful for secret hunting, assuming we know what to look for. The only hint we have so far is that something is was active on March 4, and that it's present on both EN and RU sites.

With penetration cum blast presumably.