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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
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The '''{{specs|name}}''' is a Rank {{specs|rank}} French tank destroyer {{Battle-rating|1}}. It was introduced in [[Update 1.75 "La Résistance"]]. As a rank III turreted tank destroyer, it performs very well in its role. It is the final iteration of the [[ARL-44]]. With a very good gun and appreciable armour, this tank is deemed to be a long-range sniper on the battlefield. Its only downside lies with its mobility: it is slower than most tanks at this BR.
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The '''{{specs|name}}''' (40 tons battle tank), also known as the '''{{specs|pseudonym}}''' (Lorraine is both a region of France and the company that made this tank), is a Rank {{specs|rank}} French medium tank {{Battle-rating|5}}. It was introduced in [[Update 1.75 "La Résistance"]]. Introducing tremendous firepower at its BR with its 100 mm SA46 L/58 gun on a highly mobile chassis. Unfortunately, it is plagued with poor armour, which encourages a battle role more similar to that of a light tank.
  
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The ARL-44 bears very distinctive characteristics, with a WWI-style track system (similar to the Churchill) which runs across the whole side of its chassis. This tank is a mix of different inspirations, mainly late war German tank technology such as the [[Panther D|Panther series]] or the [[Tiger II (H)|Tiger II]], from which it takes its sloped frontal armour and tall profile. As France was reviving from WW2, its engineers were hard at work to catch up with tank technology, the ARL-44 series was a training ground for them. This is why this tank has rather weird design choices, coming from both experience and experimentation. This final iteration of the series is comparable to the famous King Tiger (while being not as good).
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The Lorraine is one of the best representative of rank IV French medium tanks: it has good mobility, an oscillating turret (fitted with an autoloader), sloped armour in front and back, high hull, high gun placement, good gun depression, 4 crew member, a coaxial MAC 31 machinegun and large tracks. Specifically, the Lorraine distinguishes itself by having a pike nose, similar to that of an [[IS-3]], road wheels instead of metal ones '''and''' it is the first French vehicle to be able to consistently pierce '''more than 200 mm of armour'' at standard combat ranges and it can do it seven times a minute.
  
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Distance is your best ally as your armour has many big weak spots. Avoid showing sides and/or back to your enemies and you should be mostly fine. As armour on this tank has very large weak spots, it is better to keep as far as possible from the frontline, using its astonishing gun to knock down enemies.
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Even if its armour pattern is very efficient, with strong and well-designed angles, it is only at most 40 mm thick, meaning it will only bounce HMG fire. The best way to protect this tank is staying away from the action and taking down its foes as far as possible.
  
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The gun is clearly what this tank is all about: taking down anything from a good distance. Keep in mind that your reload rate is rather slow. Every penetrating shot carries a very large amount of shrapnels, hence, one shot kill are frequent even if this tanks only has solid shots.
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This "medium" tank actually behaves as a light one: high top speed and acceleration, good turning rate (neutral steering) and awesome hill climbing capacity. Use its mobility to follow light tanks into large flanking manoeuvres, providing them an extra punch for scouted targets. In a more "static" usage (i.e. once in good position), its good reverse speed should get it fast enough into cover and out of bad situations if required.
  
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Moving around is the greatest issue an ARL-44 will face: its track traction is very poor and won't allow to move as quickly as you would wish on most terrain. Since your mobility does not make you neither a good flanker nor brawler, keep behind friendly lines, breaking even the heaviest of your foes.
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This "medium" tank actually behaves as a light one: high top speed and acceleration, good turning rate (neutral steering) and awesome hill climbing capacity. Use its mobility to follow light tanks into large flanking manoeuvres, providing them an extra punch for scouted targets. In a more "static" usage (i.e. once in good position), its good reverse speed should get it fast enough into cover and out of bad situations if required.
  
 
== General info ==
 
== General info ==
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''If necessary use a visual template to indicate the most secure and weak zones of the armour.''-->
 
''If necessary use a visual template to indicate the most secure and weak zones of the armour.''-->
 
'''Armour type:'''
 
'''Armour type:'''
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* Cast homogeneous armour (Turret)
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* Rolled homogeneous armour (Casemate hull)
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* Rolled homogeneous armour (Hull)
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* Cast homogeneous armour (Gun mantlet, Driver's hatch)
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
|-
 
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! Armour !! Front (Slope angle) !! Sides !! Rear !! Roof
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! Armour !! Front !! Sides !! Rear !! Roof
 
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| Hull || 120 mm (48°) ''Front glacis'' <br> 75 mm (63°) ''Lower glacis'' <br> 100 mm (1-80°) ''Machine gun port'' || 50 + (25-50) + 50 mm || 20 mm (72°) ''Top'' <br> 35 mm (32°) ''Bottom'' || 20 mm
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| Hull || 40 mm (57-69°) ''Front glacis'' <br> 35 mm (59°) ''Lower glacis'' <br> 40 mm (69°) ''Driver's hatch'' || 30 mm (30°) ''Top'' <br> 30 mm ''Bottom'' || 25 mm (31°) || 20 mm <br> 8 mm ''Engine grille''
 
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| Turret || 110 mm (0-70°) ''Turret front'' <br> 100 mm (0-75°) ''Gun mantlet'' || 60 mm (13-14°) || 30 mm (8°) || 10 mm
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| Turret || 45 mm (52-64°) ''Turret front'' <br> 30 mm (20-53°) ''Turret base'' <br> 50 mm (9-83°) ''Barrel shroud'' || 30 mm (0-56°) ''Turret'' <br> 30 mm (0-28°) ''Turret base'' || 30 mm (1-29°) ''Turret bustle'' <br> 30 mm (6-22°) ''Pivot ball'' <br> 20 mm (72-89°) ''Turret underside''  || 20 mm
 
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|-
 
! Armour !! Sides !! Roof  
 
! Armour !! Sides !! Roof  
 
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| Cupola || 60 mm || 60 mm
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| Cupola || 30 mm || 20 mm
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|}
 
|}
 
'''Notes:'''
 
'''Notes:'''
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* Suspension wheel are 15 mm thick while tracks are 20 mm thick.
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* Suspension wheels are 20 mm thick while tracks are 30 mm thick.
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* 25 mm RHA plate separate the engine from the crew compartment.
 
  
 
=== Mobility ===
 
=== Mobility ===
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!colspan="1" | Max speed (km/h)
 
!colspan="1" | Max speed (km/h)
 
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|rowspan="2" | 50.0 || colspan="1" rowspan="2" | N/A || colspan="1" | 41 (AB)  
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|rowspan="2" | 39.7 || colspan="1" rowspan="2" | N/A || colspan="1" | 66 (AB)  
 
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|-
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|37 (RB/SB)
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|60 (RB/SB)
 
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!colspan="3" | Engine power (horsepower)
 
!colspan="3" | Engine power (horsepower)
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|-
 
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|''Arcade''
 
|''Arcade''
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|852
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|_,___
 
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|-
 
|''Realistic/Simulator''
 
|''Realistic/Simulator''
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|531
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|752
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|600
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|___
 
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!colspan="3" | Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton)
 
!colspan="3" | Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton)
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|''Arcade''
 
|''Arcade''
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|17.04
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|33.17
 
|__.__
 
|__.__
 
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|-
 
|''Realistic/Simulator''
 
|''Realistic/Simulator''
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|10.62
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|18.94
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|12.00
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=== Main armament ===
 
=== Main armament ===
 
<!--''Give the reader information about the characteristics of the main gun. Assess its effectiveness in a battle based on the reloading speed, ballistics and the power of shells. Do not forget about the flexibilty of the fire, that is how quickly the cannon can be aimed at the target, open fire on it and aim at another enemy. Add a link to the main article on the gun: <code><nowiki>{{main|Name of the weapon}}</nowiki></code>. Describe in general terms the ammunition available for the main gun. Give advice on how to use them and how to fill the ammunition storage.''-->
 
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{{main|SA45 (90 mm)}}
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{{main|SA47 (100 mm)}}
  
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
 
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! colspan="6" | [[SA47 (100 mm)|100 mm SA47 L/58]]
 
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! colspan="3" rowspan="1" style="width:5em" |Capacity
 
! colspan="3" rowspan="1" style="width:5em" |Capacity
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! rowspan="1" | Stabilizer
 
! rowspan="1" | Stabilizer
 
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| colspan="3" | 49 || -8°/+13° || ±180° || N/A
 
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! colspan="6" | Turret rotation speed (°/s)
 
! colspan="6" | Turret rotation speed (°/s)
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! style="width:4em" |Prior + Ace qualif.
 
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| ''Arcade'' || 17.9 || __.__ || __.__ || __.__ || __.__
 
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| ''Realistic'' || 8.9 || __.__ || __.__ || __.__ || __.__
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| ''Realistic'' || 17.9 || __.__ || __.__ || __.__ || __.__
 
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! colspan="4" | Reloading rate (seconds)
 
! colspan="4" | Reloading rate (seconds)
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! colspan="1" style="width:4em" |Prior + Ace qualif.
 
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| 10.00 || __.__ || __.__ || __.__
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| 38.0 || __.__ || __.__ || __.__
 
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! 2000m
 
! 2000m
 
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| 90 mm Obus de rupture || APC || 193 || 191 || 180 || 168 || 156 || 145
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| 100 mm Obus de rupture || APCBC || 229 || 226 || 216 || 201 || 189 || 179
 
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| 90 mm Obus explosif || HE || 13 || 13 || 13 || 13 || 13 || 13
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| 100 mm Obus explosif || HE || 18 || 18 || 18 || 18 || 18 || 18
 
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! 100%
 
! 100%
 
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| 90 mm Obus de rupture || APC || 1000 || 11 || N/A || N/A || N/A || ° || 48° || 63° || 71°
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| 100 mm Obus de rupture || APCBC || 1060 || 15 || N/A || N/A || N/A || ° || 48° || 63° || 71°
 
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| 90 mm Obus explosif || HE || 700 || 11 || 0.1 || 0.5 || 945 || +0° || 79° || 80° || 81°
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| 100 mm Obus explosif || HE || 1000 || 15 || 0.1 || 0.5 || 1,400 || +0° || 79° || 80° || 81°
 
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|-  
 
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===== [[Ammo racks|Ammo racks]] =====
 
===== [[Ammo racks|Ammo racks]] =====
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[[File:Ammoracks_{{PAGENAME}}.png|right|thumbnail|x250px|[[Ammo racks|Ammo racks]] on the ARL-44.]]
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[[File:Ammoracks {{PAGENAME}}.png|right|thumbnail|x250px|[[Ammo racks|Ammo racks]] of the Lorraine 40t]]
 
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! class="wikitable unsortable" |3rd<br />  rack empty
 
! class="wikitable unsortable" |3rd<br />  rack empty
 
! class="wikitable unsortable" |4th<br />  rack empty
 
! class="wikitable unsortable" |4th<br />  rack empty
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! class="wikitable unsortable" |5th<br />  rack empty
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! class="wikitable unsortable" |6th<br />  rack empty
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! class="wikitable unsortable" |7th<br />  rack empty
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! class="wikitable unsortable" |8th<br />  rack empty
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! class="wikitable unsortable" |9th<br />  rack empty
 
! class="wikitable unsortable" |Visual<br /> discrepancy
 
! class="wikitable unsortable" |Visual<br /> discrepancy
 
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|| '''43''' || 31&nbsp;''(+12)'' || 25&nbsp;''(+18)'' || 13&nbsp;''(+30)'' || 1&nbsp;''(+42)'' || style="text-align:left" | no  
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|| '''49''' || 46&nbsp;''(+3)'' || 41&nbsp;''(+8)'' || 35&nbsp;''(+14)'' || 29&nbsp;''(+20)'' || 24&nbsp;''(+25)'' || 19&nbsp;''(+30)'' || 14&nbsp;''(+35)'' || 7&nbsp;''(+42)'' || 1&nbsp;''(+48)'' || style="text-align:left" | no  
 
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Turret empty: 25&nbsp;''(+18)''
 
  
 
=== Machine guns ===
 
=== Machine guns ===
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! rowspan="1" | Horizontal <br> guidance
 
! rowspan="1" | Horizontal <br> guidance
 
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| colspan="4" | 5,000 (150) || 1,350 || N/A || N/A
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| colspan="4" | 4,800 (150) || 1,350 || N/A || N/A
 
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== Usage in the battles ==
 
== Usage in the battles ==
 
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This tank is a dedicated sniper, using it in any other role is a bad idea as its characteristics does not suits it for anything else. Hull-down positions are mostly ineffective as its turret armour is bad. At best, try to hide its LFP behind solid cover. Angling is not very necessary in most cases it is better to face its enemies head-on and concentrate on the firing. If caught in close-quarter combat, make sure to angle its turret ~30 to the left between shots (thus protecting your ammo racks with gun breech).
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Use it as a sniper tank. Don't engage close quarters combat: it will only result in a ~8000 SL pile of scrap. Even if spalling damage is very good, one-shots are a bit rare: in order to kill an enemy, immobilize it first, snipe the fire control group (gunner, gun breech, barrel,etc.) and then finish off the rest of the crew. In an average engagement you will need ~3-4 shots per enemy: the first shot misses, it is the ranging shot, the second hits (disables mobility) the third and fourth finish the job. If lucky, penetrating frontal shots can do enough spalling damage to kill the entire crew.
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At this BR, you are not the only good sniper on the battlefield, watch out for SPGs as they can take you out from a very good distance. Still, these are not your biggest fear, armoured SPGs and heavy tanks are.
 
  
 
=== Pros and cons ===
 
=== Pros and cons ===
 
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'''Pros:'''
 
'''Pros:'''
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* '''What a gun !'''
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* Very mobile
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:* Very good 90 mm gun with lots of penetration
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* Excellent penetration from the gun
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:* Average reload rate
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* High top speed
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:* Lots of shrapnels
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* Fast reverse speed
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:* Fast round: easy to aim at distances
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* Sloped frontal armour, similar pattern to that of an IS-3
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* An armour tailored for a sniper
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* Great conical fragmentation from the gun. Frontal penetrations/center of mass shots are deadly.  
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:* Has 120 mm of sloped armour on the glacis plate.
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* Very fast turret rotation speed, almost as fast as some SPAA.
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:* Better overall armour than the [[ARL-44 (ACL-1)]]
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* Excellent flanker
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:* Side armour is complex, negates occasional HEAT shells.
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* Powerful gun with fast reload rate
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:* Can be played a little like a heavy tank when facing weaker enemies.
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* 7 rounds autoloader allows engaging multiple threats before having to "long reload"
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* Mobility is alright as long as you don't push it
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* Good gun depression angle
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:* Good acceleration at low speeds
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* Neutral steering
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:* Good hull turning rate
 
 
'''Cons:'''
 
'''Cons:'''
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* Does not like getting shot at, especially up close
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* Thin frontal armour
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:* Large silhouette
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* Lack of explosive filler in the round
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:* Vulnerable side profile. Big and flat.
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* Conical fragmentation makes side shots less effective
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:* Wall of ammo behind the upper glacis plate, penetrating it can result in an ammo rack
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* Side armour is flat and thin
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:* There is a shell staying next to breach that won't go away untill all ammo is spent. Shells penetrating the turret and hitting the breach have high chance of blowing it up.
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* ''High'' repair costs (similar to that of MBTs)
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:* Turret armour is underwhelming at 100mm-110mm of flat armour. German 75mm can penetrate at range.
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* Filled with ammo
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:* Extremely thin roof armour (10 mm on the turret and 5 mm on the engine deck). Strafing planes are deadly.
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* Bad turret elevation angle
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:* Weak lower plate is only 50 mm, a major shot trap.
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* Thin top armour, vulnerable to strafing planes and artillery
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:* Weak gun mantlet is only 60 mm flat armour
 
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:* Turret back is only 20 mm thick, vulnerable to HMG fire.
 
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* Moving can be unpleasant
 
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:* Tracks have poor ground traction
 
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:* Hill climbing is hard
 
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:* Struggles reaching top speed
 
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* Others
 
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:* Struggles when uptiered in matches.
 
  
 
== History ==
 
== History ==
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== Media ==
 
== Media ==
 
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==References==
 
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<references />
 
  
 
== Read also ==
 
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* ''other literature.''
 
* ''other literature.''
  
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Revision as of 00:53, 28 January 2019

VTOL | Rank 5 USA
AV-8A Harrier Pack
Lorraine 40t
fr_lorraine_40t.png
Lorraine 40t
France flag.png France
V Rank
Battle rating:
AB RB SB
7.0 7.7 7.3
Class:
Research:95 000 Specs-Card-Exp.png
Purchase:270 000 Specs-Card-Lion.png
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Description

GarageImage Lorraine 40t.jpg


The Char de bataille de 40 tonnes (40 tons battle tank), also known as the Lorraine 40t (Lorraine is both a region of France and the company that made this tank), is a Rank V French medium tank with a battle rating of 7.0 (AB), 7.7 (RB), and 7.3 (SB). It was introduced in Update 1.75 "La Résistance". Introducing tremendous firepower at its BR with its 100 mm SA46 L/58 gun on a highly mobile chassis. Unfortunately, it is plagued with poor armour, which encourages a battle role more similar to that of a light tank.

The Lorraine is one of the best representative of rank IV French medium tanks: it has good mobility, an oscillating turret (fitted with an autoloader), sloped armour in front and back, high hull, high gun placement, good gun depression, 4 crew member, a coaxial MAC 31 machinegun and large tracks. Specifically, the Lorraine distinguishes itself by having a pike nose, similar to that of an IS-3, road wheels instead of metal ones and' it is the first French vehicle to be able to consistently pierce more than 200 mm of armour at standard combat ranges and it can do it seven times a minute.

Even if its armour pattern is very efficient, with strong and well-designed angles, it is only at most 40 mm thick, meaning it will only bounce HMG fire. The best way to protect this tank is staying away from the action and taking down its foes as far as possible.

This "medium" tank actually behaves as a light one: high top speed and acceleration, good turning rate (neutral steering) and awesome hill climbing capacity. Use its mobility to follow light tanks into large flanking manoeuvres, providing them an extra punch for scouted targets. In a more "static" usage (i.e. once in good position), its good reverse speed should get it fast enough into cover and out of bad situations if required.

This "medium" tank actually behaves as a light one: high top speed and acceleration, good turning rate (neutral steering) and awesome hill climbing capacity. Use its mobility to follow light tanks into large flanking manoeuvres, providing them an extra punch for scouted targets. In a more "static" usage (i.e. once in good position), its good reverse speed should get it fast enough into cover and out of bad situations if required.

General info

Survivability and armour

Armour type:

  • Rolled homogeneous armour (Casemate hull)
  • Cast homogeneous armour (Gun mantlet, Driver's hatch)
Armour Front Sides Rear Roof
Hull 40 mm (57-69°) Front glacis
35 mm (59°) Lower glacis
40 mm (69°) Driver's hatch 		30 mm (30°) Top
30 mm Bottom 		25 mm (31°) 20 mm
8 mm Engine grille
Turret 45 mm (52-64°) Turret front
30 mm (20-53°) Turret base
50 mm (9-83°) Barrel shroud 		30 mm (0-56°) Turret
30 mm (0-28°) Turret base 		30 mm (1-29°) Turret bustle
30 mm (6-22°) Pivot ball
20 mm (72-89°) Turret underside 		20 mm
Armour Sides Roof
Cupola 30 mm 20 mm

Notes:

  • Suspension wheels are 20 mm thick while tracks are 30 mm thick.

Mobility

Mobility characteristic
Weight (tons) Add-on Armour
weight (tons) 		Max speed (km/h)
39.7 N/A 66 (AB)
60 (RB/SB)
Engine power (horsepower)
Mode Stock Upgraded
Arcade 1,317 _,___
Realistic/Simulator 752 ___
Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton)
Mode Stock Upgraded
Arcade 33.17 __.__
Realistic/Simulator 18.94 __.__

Armaments

Main armament

Main article: SA47 (100 mm)
100 mm SA47 L/58
Capacity Vertical
guidance 		Horizontal
guidance 		Stabilizer
49 -8°/+13° ±180° N/A
Turret rotation speed (°/s)
Mode Stock Upgraded Prior + Full crew Prior + Expert qualif. Prior + Ace qualif.
Arcade 17.9 __.__ __.__ __.__ __.__
Realistic 17.9 __.__ __.__ __.__ __.__
Reloading rate (seconds)
Stock Prior + Full crew Prior + Expert qualif. Prior + Ace qualif.
38.0 __.__ __.__ __.__
Ammunition
Penetration statistics
Ammunition Type of
warhead 		Penetration in mm @ 90°
10m 100m 500m 1000m 1500m 2000m
100 mm Obus de rupture APCBC 229 226 216 201 189 179
100 mm Obus explosif HE 18 18 18 18 18 18
Shell details
Ammunition Type of
warhead 		Velocity
in m/s 		Projectile
Mass in kg 		Fuse delay

in m:

Fuse sensitivity

in mm:

Explosive Mass in g
(TNT equivalent): 		Normalization At 30°
from horizontal: 		Ricochet:
0% 50% 100%
100 mm Obus de rupture APCBC 1060 15 N/A N/A N/A ° 48° 63° 71°
100 mm Obus explosif HE 1000 15 0.1 0.5 1,400 +0° 79° 80° 81°
Ammo racks
Ammo racks of the Lorraine 40t
Full
ammo 		1st
rack empty 		2nd
rack empty 		3rd
rack empty 		4th
rack empty 		5th
rack empty 		6th
rack empty 		7th
rack empty 		8th
rack empty 		9th
rack empty 		Visual
discrepancy
49 46 (+3) 41 (+8) 35 (+14) 29 (+20) 24 (+25) 19 (+30) 14 (+35) 7 (+42) 1 (+48) no

Machine guns

Main article: MAC 31 (7.5 mm)
7.5 mm MAC 31
Coaxial mount
Capacity (Belt capacity) Fire rate
(shots/minute) 		Vertical
guidance 		Horizontal
guidance
4,800 (150) 1,350 N/A N/A

Usage in the battles

Use it as a sniper tank. Don't engage close quarters combat: it will only result in a ~8000 SL pile of scrap. Even if spalling damage is very good, one-shots are a bit rare: in order to kill an enemy, immobilize it first, snipe the fire control group (gunner, gun breech, barrel,etc.) and then finish off the rest of the crew. In an average engagement you will need ~3-4 shots per enemy: the first shot misses, it is the ranging shot, the second hits (disables mobility) the third and fourth finish the job. If lucky, penetrating frontal shots can do enough spalling damage to kill the entire crew.

Pros and cons

Pros:

  • Very mobile
  • Excellent penetration from the gun
  • High top speed
  • Fast reverse speed
  • Sloped frontal armour, similar pattern to that of an IS-3
  • Great conical fragmentation from the gun. Frontal penetrations/center of mass shots are deadly.
  • Very fast turret rotation speed, almost as fast as some SPAA.
  • Excellent flanker
  • Powerful gun with fast reload rate
  • 7 rounds autoloader allows engaging multiple threats before having to "long reload"
  • Good gun depression angle
  • Neutral steering

Cons:

  • Thin frontal armour
  • Lack of explosive filler in the round
  • Conical fragmentation makes side shots less effective
  • Side armour is flat and thin
  • High repair costs (similar to that of MBTs)
  • Filled with ammo
  • Bad turret elevation angle
  • Thin top armour, vulnerable to strafing planes and artillery

History

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France medium tanks
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AMX-50  AMX M4 · AMX-50 (TOA100) · AMX-50 (TO90/930)
AMX-30  AMX-30 · AMX-30 (1972) · AMX-30B2 · AMX-30B2 BRENUS · AMX-30 ACRA · AMX-30 Super
AMX-32/40  AMX-32 · AMX-32 (105) · AMX-40
Leclerc  Leclerc · Leclerc S2 · Leclerc SXXI · Leclerc AZUR
Other  D2 · S.35 · Lorraine 40t
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USA  ▄M4A1 · ▄M4A3 (105) · ▄M4A4 · ▄M26

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