9.17 Update Notes

Game Features

Added two vehicle branches to the Swedish Tech Tree:

• Light tanks (tiers I-III), medium tanks (tiers IV-VII), heavy tanks (tiers VIII-X):
  • Strv fm/21
  • Strv m/38
  • Strv m/40L
  • Lago
  • Strv m/42
  • Strv 74
  • Leo
  • Emil I
  • Emil II
  • Kranvagn
• Tank destroyers (tiers II-X). Tiers VIII+ have a distinctive "siege mode" gameplay mechanic and can aim using hydraulic suspension:
  • Pvlvv fm/42
  • Ikv 72
  • Sav m/43
  • Ikv 103
  • Ikv 65 Alt II
  • Ikv 90 Typ B
  • UDES 03
  • Strv 103-0
  • Strv 103B

• Removed the Ranked Battles tab from the Missions window, since the mode is no longer available 
• Added the first-person view for Spectators in Training Rooms
• Increased the maximum number of participants (including Spectators) in Team Training and Special Battle to 20 players. The number of team members remains limited to 15 players
• Enabled award windows for completed missions (previously, award windows were enabled only for Personal Missions)
• Restored transition between related missions in the Missions window
• New feature to save compared vehicles between game sessions
• Fixed display error of the solid aiming circle
• Fixed accessing unplayable areas on Pilsen, Karelia, Serene Coast

Sound-related improvements: 

• New configuration presets for 5.1/7.1 surround systems that can be enabled in Settings
• Reworked the system of collision with indestructible objects and other vehicles
• Added a sound for auto-aim when locking onto a target
• New option that re-configures the Push-to-Talk button in the Sound tab (previously the button could be reconfigured only in the "Controls" tab)

Vehicles

The following vehicles have new HD-quality models: 

• SU-85I
• Conqueror Gun Carriage
• Pz.Sfl. IVc
• Pz.Sfl. IVb
• VK 28.01
• KV-2
• Sturer Emil
• Tetrarch
• SU-122-44
• B1
• SU-76I

Changed vehicle stats:

• FV4202:
  • Increased top speed from 35km/h to 40km/h
  • Increased vehicle profitability by 10%
• Panther mit 8,8 cm L/71:
  • Increased traverse speed of the Panther mit 8,8cm Kw.K. 43 L/71 from 38 to 40
  • Increased engine power of the Maybach HL 230 P30 engine from 600 h.p. to 700 h.p.
  • Changed the depression angle of the 8,8cm Kw.K. 43 L/71 gun from -5 to -8 degrees
• Löwe:
  • Increased armor thickness of the upper front glacis from 130 to 150mm.
  • Improved gun depression angle from -8 to -10
  • Increased engine power of the Maybach HL 230 engine from 800 h.p. to 1000 h.p.
  • Increased thickness of hull armor
• WZ-111:
  • Increased accuracy during movement for the WZ-111 model 2 suspension by 13%
  • Increased accuracy during hull traverse for the WZ-111 model 2 suspension by 13%
  • Decreased dispersion of the 122mm D-25TA gun from 0.46 m to 0.44m
  • Increased accuracy of the 122mm D-25TA gun during turret traverse by 14%
  • Improved aiming time of the 122mm D-25TA gun for the WZ-111 model 2 turret from 3.4 s to 3 s
  • Improved engine power of the NORINCO 12150L engine from 520 h.p. to 600 h.p.
  • Improved armor
• M4A1 Revalorisé:
  • Increased accuracy during movement for the M4A1 Revalorisé suspension by 11%
  • Increased accuracy during hull traverse for the M4A1 Revalorisé suspension by 11%
  • Decreased dispersion of the 105mm D1504 L/51 gun from 0.36m to 0.35m
  • Increased accuracy of the 105mm D1504 L/51 gun during turret traverse by 19%
  • Improved aiming time of the 105mm D1504 L/51 gun for the M4A1 Revalorisé turret from 2.8 s to 2.4 s
  • Improved engine power of the Continental R975 engine from 460 h.p. to 550 h.p.
  • Changed the type of the Continental R975 engine from diesel to gasoline
  • Improved gun depression angle from -7 to -10
• STA-2:
  • Increased top speed from 45km/h to 55km/h
  • Changed chance of fire for the Mitsubishi 12HM20WT engine from 0.15 to 0.12
  • Increased engine power of the Mitsubishi 12HM20WT engine from 500 h.p. to 570 h.p.
• T26E4 Super Pershing:
  • Increased penetration of the AP M77 armor-piercing shell for the 90mm Gun T15E1 gun from 170 to 192mm
• T34/ T34B:
  • Decreased dispersion of the 120mm Gun T53A1 gun during hull traverse from 0.32 to 0.28
  • Decreased dispersion of the 120mm Gun T53A1 gun during movement from 0.32 to 0.28
  • Decreased dispersion of the 120mm Gun T53A1 gun during turret traverse from 0.24 to 0.22
  • Improved aiming time of the 120mm Gun T53A1 gun from 3.4 s to 3.2 s
  • Increased the view range from 360 to 380m
• M46 Patton KR:
  • Increased thickness of the frontal turret armor
• 112:
  • Increased thickness of the lower sloped glacis plate in the side armor from 60 to 80mm
• AMX 50 120:
  • Increased depression/elevation angles for all guns from -6..+6 to -9..+11
• AMX 50B:
  • Increased depression/elevation angles for the 120mm SA46 gun from -8..+12 to -10..+12
• Krupp-Steyr Waffenträger:
  • Increased vehicle profitability by 15%
• VK 28.01:
  • Increased gun depression angle from -5 to -10
• IS-3A:
  • Decreased repairs cost by 40%

Maps

The following minimaps were redrawn:

• Karelia
• Pilsen
• Sand River
• Mountain Pass
• Tundra
• Windstorm
• Winter Himmelsdorf