World of Tanks - Boelter's Medal received

Boelter's Medal - Awarded for destroying seven or more enemy tanks and self-propelled guns with a tank or tank destroyer, or 10 or more vehicles with a self-propelled gun in one battle. The targets must be at least tier four enemy vehicles.
Hans Boelter was one of the most successful German tank aces of WWII. He participated in operations in the invasions of Poland, France, Greece and the Soviet Union, and the defense of France.

Received 25/09/2011 01:23 (UK, local time)

World of Tanks - Matilda first to hit 500 battles

The Matilda is the first tank that has reached the 500 battle mark! It has taken about 33 and a half hours to get to this stage, but this medium Tier 5 has provided me with a lot of XP and cash, no need to state that its crew is the most advanced in the fleet (currently 256%). The crew will be transferred to the T-54 when this medium arrives (hopefully before the end of the year).


The Matilda has killed 456 targets and the enemy number 1 spot is shared by the T-28 and M3. For the stat-fans a few more numbers:

Total XP - 222269
XP average - 444
max XP - 1522
Wins - 243 (48.6%)
Shots - 5321
Hits - 3528 (66.3%)
Spotted enemies - 587
Base capture points - 709
Base defense points - 324

If you have some gold, this is a great purchase to make some money and XP!

World of Tanks - Progress on Russian tree

With the TD-line completed (only the ISU-152 needs the 'Elite'-status), crunching has commenced on the medium and heavy part of the tree. The IS-3 has just been fully fitted (see photo) and the grind towards unlocking the IS-4 has started. With eliting the T-34-85 and the KV-3 we unlocked and bought the T-43, which apart from it's upgraded engine is ready to work towards the T-44. It's a 90k XP grind in a (in my opinion) useless tank. The only part of the Russian tree that is behind is the SPG line. The run is in hands of the little SU-5, if I am not mistaking the 3rd one in line, so a long, long way to go.
It is imperative that I get my hands on the IS-4 as soon as possible, as the Russian tree will be updated, and the IS-4 will be replaced by a newer version, as well as an extra tank (Object 252) with a free slot. For people that are interested in the new tree-changes, I can tell you the KV will be replaced by the KV-1 and when you researched the KV-2 turret on the KV, you also get a free KV-2. The KV-3 is going to move to Tier 7, and people that have one in their garage, will also get the new T-150 for free. Keep coming back for the latest news, or just turn to the WoT official website!

World of Tanks - Object 704 arrived in garage

After a few weeks of grinding, the Soviet top Tank Destroyer Object 704 has arrived in the garage. Immediately the BL-10 and other possible parts were fitted, and after more than 4.000.000 credits spent, the vehicle is battle ready.

As you can see in the picture, a skin has been installed (for local game enhancement). After playing 5 games with this monster, it already states number 2 on the list of average XP per battle. And that is playing with the TD as a newbie. I have high hopes this will be a great investment, and will take out the Maus and E100 on occasion. The crew is the same as the one on the ISU-152. After a retraining they are now active on the Object 704. Also the camo and the binoculars have been demounted from the 152 and fitted on the 704.The ISU-152 is now running with a 50% crew (newly recruited) and without any additional mounted equipment. But will be elited after about an additional 20000 xp (will blog when this is done)

Next grind: IS-4!

(edit.... just killed the first E100, Maus to follow soon)

World of Tanks - Detailed statistics

Most players will know their stats. You can find your stats on the World of Tanks website and even more detailed in-game, where you can see the main achievements of your tanks. But, did you know there is an even more detailed overview available? Well, there is. On this page you can see EVERYTHING (hits/damage/impact/what tanks killed you, which you killed etc etc) you have accomplished. What I really find handy are things like 'average xp per match', as it will tell you what to elite and use it for free XP after. Also it will tell you which tanks you are still missing in your 'kill all tanks'-achievement. And also you can put 2 tanks next to eachother to compare their stats.
The devs do give you all the insight of the game, and that is one of the things I really appreciate in World of Tanks. If you have any other stat-sources, do reply!

World of Tanks - Grinding for the Object-704

The title pretty much states the contents of this post. Other WoT-players that know me, can confirm I am a Soviet Tree player, specialized in Tank Destroyers. Grinding the Soviet tree is hard work (probably just as much as the other trees though) and although money (silver) is no problem, it is the XP's that are hard to get. I do grind with elited tanks like the KV-5, IS, SU-152, Matilda and others to convert their XP to free XP, so hopefully within a week I will be the proud owner of the fearsome Object-704. I am very much looking forward, as on statistics my current ISU-152, with a 100% crew (3 of them made that mark today) and its 152mm gun gives me more kills than ANY other TD I played with so far (the SU-100 is still record holder won games though). The problem I have with the ISU-152 is that it lacks armor and turret manouveribility, and apparently this should be much better with the 704.
I was having doubts if I would first grind the IS line (currently on IS3), but the gun of the top IS-7 is still nothing compared to the Object 704. In my opinion, when you play it right, the Object 704 is one of the most powerful tanks in WoT. So hopefully next week I can report my first kills of a Maus and E100!!