Axis & Allies.org 2013 Support Drive

@wittmann:

Morning Marc. Can you remember the ones on your profile and tell me what they are please?

You have good telepathic (or is it precogniton?) abilities because that’s exactly what I was doing as you were writing your post.  I was looking back at the four annual funding campaign threads to find djensen’s official identification of the tanks he’s used as the badge icons.  They are:

2010: German Panther
2011: Russian T-34
2012: US Sherman
2013: Italian M15/42

By the way, in his funding post for 2011, djensen said that “For 2012, it will be the US Sherman. I think I only have one more silhouette after that so I’ll have to find somebody to design something for me for 2014+”.  That was two years ago, so I imagine he’s been able to get some more icons prepared during that time…but if they’re of any potential use to him, he’s welcome to use (directly or as a staring point for a customized design) the tank silhouettes that I created for my A&A spotter charts.  The two tank charts are in Reply #13 of this post:

http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=31982.0

The images are actual photos of A&A sculpts, photographed in high-contrast lighting and converted to black-and-white to make them look like flat silhouettes.  They would need to be flipped left-to-right to make them point in the same direction as the previous tank icons, but that’s easily done.

Thank you. It makes sense that the American one was.a Sherman, but I just could not see it!
I wondered if it was a light tank, like the M5.
I think the turrets all look a little wrong compared to the hulls.

@wittmann:

I think the turrets all look a little wrong compared to the hulls.Â

It also looks as if the Panther is based on the early-model sculpt, not the newer version with the long-barreled gun.

I presumed it was a Panther, but again the short barrelled gun did not seem right.
Thanks again for your help.
We will have to wait and see what 2014 brings!

A Japanese tank for 2014 ?  :-D

J. 8-)

Or a French one…

How about a Stuka?

As 2014 is the 100th Ann of WW1…  And we now have AA1914…  why not do the Mark I tank from the game?

Jeremy

yea good idea, a ww1 icon

2014 is the 70th anniversary of D-Day. Maybe a tank obstacle silhouette???

@FieldMarshalGames:

As 2014 is the 100th Ann of WW1…  And we now have AA1914…   why not do the Mark I tank from the game?

Excellent idea.  It’s in keeping with the established pattern of using tanks that have been represented by sculpts in official A&A games, and it would mark the centennial anniversary of the start of what’s been called the defining event of the 20th century.