Events - Click to expand
Ranked Battles returned with a new 3D Style for the Kampfpanzer 50 t, Tank Wars Round 7 flew by because all of the focus was on the Under the Hammer Auction and finally the Hidden Tiger Marathon Challenge for the Tier IX WZ-114 rounded the month off nicely.
Ranked Battles Season 2
From January 10, 2022, at 09:00 through January 24, 2022, at 09:00 UTC
114 SP2 as the primary reward and the Garmr 3D Style for the Kampfpanzer 50 t now available for 5,000 Bonds.
Tank Wars Round 7
From January 14 at 05:00 – January 24 at 05:00 UTC
Team T29 vs Team IS, with the key reward being the Gunsmith 2D Style
Under the Hammer
Day 1: Tier X Chinese Heavy, 113 Beijing Opera
Minimum Bid 18,700 Gold
Available: 4,500
The vehicle came with x4 unique crew with Brothers in Arms trained to 100% as a Zero-Perk
Day 2: Tier X Soviet Tank Destroyer, Object 268 version 5
Minimum Bid 155,000 Free XP
Available: 10,000
Day 3: Tier VIII American Medium, AMBT
Minimum Bid 9,900 Gold
Available: 30,000
Day 4: Tier X Chinese Heavy, WZ-111 Qilin
Minimum Bid 17,400 Gold
Available: 5,500
Day 5: Tier VIII Chinese Medium, Type 59 G
Minimum Bid 25,000 Gold
Available: 2,000
Hidden Tiger Marathon Challenge
January 28 at 08:00 through February 7 at 09:00 UTC
Tier IX WZ-114 Chinese Heavy Premium Vehicle
Striped Predator 2D Style
Tiger Claw 3D Style for WZ-114
Game Updates- Click to expand
Yoh Tanks arrived without a Common Test on January 26.
Tier VI Pawlack Tank
Tier VII M-II-Y
Tier VIII M-III-Y
Tier IX M-VI-Y
Tier X M-V-Y
Weekend Specials
Holiday Ops Missions wrapped up the end of Holiday Ops 2022 and were followed by Team Effort, Crew is Crucial and Lunar New Year Missions.
Holiday Ops Missions
Saturday Jan 1st & 8th, at 06.00 UTC through to Monday, at 06.00 UTC
Each mission rewards:
10,500 Shards and 1 Antiduplicator Charge
Random & Grand Battles Only, in Tiers IV – X
Team Effort Missions
From January 14 at 05:00 through January 17 at 05:00 UTC
| Mission | Objective | Reward | Restrictions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team Up | Play 3 battles, and Cause damage equal to or greater than your vehicle's HP |
1 Automatic Fire Extinguisher, and 1 Team Effort Token |
Random Battles, Tier IV - X, Be in a Platoon, and 3 times per day |
| Team Spirit | Play 3 battles, and Cause damage equal to or greater than your vehicle's HP |
1 Team Effort Token | Random Battles, Tier IV - X, Be in a Platoon with members of your clan, and Once per account |
| Team Effort | Earn 6 Team Effort Tokens | 5 Large First Aid Kits, and 5 Large Repair Kits |
Once per account |
Crew is Crucial Missions
From January 21 at 05:00 through January 24 at 05:00 UTC
50% off Barracks bunks, crew training/retraining, and skill resets, and 25% off specialization changes
| Mission | Objective | Reward | Restrictions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crew is Crucial #1 | Win a battle, and Finish in the top 10 by XP earned |
x2 Crew XP | Random Battles only, Tier IV-X only, and 10 times per day |
| Crew is Crucial #2 | Cause 5,000 HP of damage over any number of battles | 1 Large Repair Kit | Random Battles only, Tier IV-X only, and 2 times per day |
| Crew is Crucial #3 | Assist with causing 2,000 HP of damage from spotting over any number of battles | 1 Automatic Fire Extinguisher | |
| Crew is Crucial #4 | Earn 1,200 base XP over any number of battles | 1 Large First Aid Kit, and 1 Token |
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| Boost Your Crew | Log in, and Earn 5 Tokens |
x3 200% (1hr) Crew XP Reserves | Once per account |
Lunar New Year Missions
From January 24 at 05:00 through January 31 at 05:00 UTC
| Mission | Objective | Reward | Restrictions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of the Tiger | Win a battle, and Finish in the top 10 by XP earned |
x6 "Year of the Tiger" emblems, and x2 "Wealth and Prosperity" decals |
Random Battles and Grand Battles, Once per account, and Tier IV - X |
| Year of the Tiger - Challenge Mode | Collect 10 Tokens, and Log in |
x1 Lunar Tiger 2D Style | Once per account |
| Year of the Tiger - Heavy Tank Level I | Earn a combined 3,000 damage dealt and damage blocked in one battle | 1 Token | Random Battles, 3 times per day, and Tier IV - X Heavy Tanks |
| Year of the Tiger - Heavy Tank Level II | Earn a combined 5,000 damage dealt and damage blocked in one battle | ||
| Year of the Tiger - Heavy Tank Level III | Earn a combined 8,000 damage dealt and damage blocked in one battle | ||
| Year of the Tiger - Medium Tank Level I | Earn a combined 2,000 damage dealt and damage assisted by immobilizing in one battle | 1 Token | Random Battles, 3 times per day, and Tier IV - X Medium Tanks |
| Year of the Tiger - Medium Tank Level II | Earn a combined 4,000 damage dealt and damage assisted by immobilizing in one battle | ||
| Year of the Tiger - Medium Tank Level III | Earn a combined 6,000 damage dealt and damage assisted by immobilizing in one battle | ||
| Year of the Tiger - Light Tank Level I | Assist in dealing 2,000 damage in one battle by spotting and immobilizing | 1 Token | Random Battles, 3 times per day, and Tier IV - X Light Tanks |
| Year of the Tiger - Light Tank Level II | Assist in dealing 3,000 damage in one battle by spotting and immobilizing | ||
| Year of the Tiger - Light Tank Level III | Assist in dealing 5,000 damage in one battle by spotting and immobilizing | ||
| Year of the Tiger - Tank Destroyer Level I | Deal 2,000 damage in one battle | 1 Token | Random Battles, 3 times per day, and Tier IV - X Tank Destroyers |
| Year of the Tiger - Tank Destroyer Level II | Deal 3,000 damage in one battle | ||
| Year of the Tiger - Tank Destroyer Level III | Deal 5,000 damage in one battle |
Year of the Tiger emblem
Wealth and Prosperity decal
Lunar Tiger 2D Style
Top of the Tree - Click to expand
On January 5, the Object 268 Version 4 replaced the FV217 Badger and on January 20, the Pz.Kpfw. VII replaced the Leopard 1 as Top of the Tree.
Object 268 Version 4, Soviet Tank Destroyer, January 5 through February 5
Pz.Kpfw. VII, German Heavy, January 20 through February 20
Leaks & Speculation - Click to expand
Plenty leaked this month, including confirmation of the T95/FV4201 Chieftain being available in the upcoming Global Map Campaign, the Yoh Tanks and Hidden Tiger Marathon Challenge.
There was plenty of speculation about the Black Market 2022, and I look at possible reward vehicles for Battle Pass Season 7
Global Map Campaign & T95/FV4201 Chieftain
January 13th saw the announcement of the Global Map for the 2nd week of February. It leaked that the T95/FV4201 Chieftain would be available for the Chinese region and then a YouTube video was accidentally published confirming the EU/RU/NA/ASIA.
Read more about the Global Map…
Yoh Tanks
World of Tanks Instagram accidentally published a video on January 25 confirming the Yoh tanks would be added to the game in the January 26 patch.
Hidden Tiger Marathon
Another leak from Instagram saw the Hidden Tiger marathon announced a day or two too early.
Read more about the Marathon Challenge…
Black Market 2022
On January 17 the articles detailing the Black Market were deleted from all of the regional support sites. I speculated that this would be temporary and even joked about it being intentional so you would spend more on the Auction.
Well, I was kind of right – January 20 saw the pages return. So far no further news on the Black Market 2022.
Read more about the Black Market…
Battle Pass Season 7 Reward Vehicles
Battle Pass Season 7 will be arriving before we know it, so I took a look at some Tier IX vehicles which have been in the Supertest recently. Wargaming could well surprise us with new vehicles, but I think the most likely vehicles would be the Lorraine 50 t, Cobra and Object 590.
Read more about the Battle Pass Season 7 Reward Vehicle Possibilities…
Test Servers - Click to expand
Only one Supertest tank and two maps this month - the Object 259a, and Pacific and Palmanova Maps.
Object 259a
“The Object 259a has a characteristic feature typical of all IS-7 prototypes—a pike nose. Its frontal hull armour reaches 110 mm. The tank’s turret is streamlined, cast, with frontal armour of 260 mm. The vehicle has 1,450 hit points. Maximum speed—60 km/h, specific power—15 h.p./t, view range—380 m.
The tank is armed with a 122 mm gun with an average damage per shot of 420 hit points. The standard APCR shell penetrates 233 mm of armour, while the special HEAT shell penetrates 285 mm. The aiming time of the gun is 3.2 s, reload time is 15 s, and dispersion is 0.42 m.
The Object 259a is a frontline heavy tank. Thanks to its good armour and relatively good manoeuvrability, the vehicle can occupy advantageous positions and engage in successful positional combat.
Also, keep in mind that the gun’s accuracy won’t let you fire effectively from long range.”
- Dispersion during turret rotation – 0.12
- Gun dispersion during hull movement – 0.24
- Gun dispersion during hull traverse – 0.24
- Dispersion after shot – 4
- Shell Velocity – 1400/820/790
- Terrain Resistances – 1.3/1.7/2.5
Pacific Map
- A dangerous coastline with sparse cover—an extremely risky direction, but it can be used in the later stages of the battle.
- The airfield is a mostly flat surface that allows for firefights with enemies spotted by the most daring scouts in the early stage of the battle. There are positions for spotting the enemy.
- The mountainous gorge—a linear direction suitable for slow and heavily armoured vehicles.
- The castle ruins in the corner will be useful for fast vehicles that manage to get to them before the enemy.
Palmanova Map
1. Small blocks of houses create positions for tanking with the turret or hull—perfect for heavy vehicles.
2. Driving along the street to the central point is not safe for light and medium tanks, but it will provide an advantage in terms of control over most of the map.
3. The open park area allows manoeuvrable light tanks to provide primary spotting of enemy vehicles.
4. The main point of encounter of medium tanks is the Lavra. Using it will allow medium tanks to develop a swift attack on the rest of the map.
5. Areas for tank destroyers and lightly armoured vehicles. They allow for control of the centre and the flank of the
Twitch Drops - Click to expand
A quiet month for Twitch Drops, seeing two events for Tank Wars Points and Consumables from WoT 7.
Tank Wars
From January 21 at 12:00 through January 24 at 05:00 UTC on all participating Twitch channels with Drops enabled
WoT 7 Finals
January 29 and 30 at 15:00 UTC
Premium Store - Click to expand
Bond Shop Update
Available now
For 8,000 Bonds:
T-34-3, Tier VIII Chinese Medium
leKpz M 41 90 mm GF, Tier VIII German Light
Strv 81, Tier VIII Swedish Medium
For 5,000 Bonds:
Tiger 131, Tier VI German Heavy
2D Styles, 450 Bonds Each:
Rat Rod
Moon Viewing
Songkran
Boxing Kangaroo
Boxing Kangaroo 2D Style
Lunar New Year Sale
From January 24 at 05:00 through January 31 at 05:00 UTC
ISU 152K
Object 274a with Magnut 3D Style
Skorpion G
Alyosha Popovich 3D Style for Object 268
Dobrynya Nikitich 3D Style for Object 705A
Ilya Muromets 3D Style for ST-II
Wu Xing Element: Fire Camouflage
Wu Xing Element: Water Camouflage
Wu Xing Element: Earth Camouflage
Wu Xing Element: Wood Camouflage
Wu Xing Element: Metal Camouflage
Trade-In
January 26 at 05:00 through February 16 at 05:00 UTC
New Vehicles available for purchase:
50TP prototyp
Caernarvon Action X
Chrysler K
IS-2M
Škoda T 27
New vehicles available for trade-in:
Bofors Tornvagn
Caliban
Charlemagne
M-IV-Y
Škoda T 56
AltProto AMX 30
ASTRON Rex 105 mm
The full list of vehicles can be found in the official news article here:
Trade-In: Exchange Old for New and Save up to 5,600 Gold | Special Offers | World of Tanks (worldoftanks.eu)
Vehicle Sales
- E25 from January 10 through January 17,
- Cromwell B, IS-3A & TL-1 LPC “Offspring” from January 18 through January 25,
- Kampfanzer 07 RH with Brunnenpanzer 3D Style from January 20 through January 27, and
- FV1006 Senlac, T-44-100 and KV-2 (R) from January 21 through January 28.
In other news... - Click to expand
Thank you to everyone who sent me their replays for analysis. With over 66,000 replays I was able to publish my first stage of the analysis. I’m taking a break before part 2, to focus on my coursework, but am already thinking of how to structure the next stage of this analysis.
