MKPz M47 G
This page is about the German medium tank MKPz M47 G. For other versions, see M47 (Family). |
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Description
The mKPz M47 G is a premium rank V German medium tank with a battle rating of 7.3 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced as a premium pack in Update 1.71 "New E.R.A.". It was removed from the store after the 2019 Summer sales, was then made available briefly for purchase with Golden Eagles during the 2019 "German Unity Day" event, and was finally reintroduced as a premium vehicle purchasable in-game for Golden Eagles during the 7th Anniversary sale.
General info
Survivability and armour
Describe armour protection. Note the most well protected and key weak areas. Appreciate the layout of modules as well as the number and location of crew members. Is the level of armour protection sufficient, is the placement of modules helpful for survival in combat? If necessary use a visual template to indicate the most secure and weak zones of the armour.
Armour type:
Armour | Front (Slope angle) | Sides | Rear | Roof |
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Hull | ___ mm | ___ mm Top ___ mm Bottom |
___ mm | ___ - ___ mm |
Turret | ___ - ___ mm Turret front ___ mm Gun mantlet |
___ - ___ mm | ___ - ___ mm | ___ - ___ mm |
Cupola | ___ mm | ___ mm | ___ mm | ___ mm |
Notes:
Mobility
Game Mode | Max Speed (km/h) | Weight (tons) | Engine power (horsepower) | Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Forward | Reverse | Stock | Upgraded | Stock | Upgraded | ||
Arcade | 54 | 22 | 46.2 | 1,255 | 1,545 | 27.16 | 33.44 |
Realistic | 49 | 20 | 716 | 810 | 15.5 | 17.53 |
Modifications and economy
Armaments
Main armament
90 mm M36 | Turret rotation speed (°/s) | Reloading rate (seconds) | |||||||||||
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Mode | Capacity | Vertical | Horizontal | Stabilizer | Stock | Upgraded | Full | Expert | Aced | Stock | Full | Expert | Aced |
Arcade | 71 | -10°/+19° | ±180° | N/A | 34.3 | 47.4 | 57.6 | 63.7 | 67.8 | 9.75 | 8.63 | 7.95 | 7.50 |
Realistic | 21.4 | 25.2 | 30.6 | 33.8 | 36.0 |
Ammunition
Penetration statistics | |||||||
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Ammunition | Type of warhead |
Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm) | |||||
10 m | 100 m | 500 m | 1,000 m | 1,500 m | 2,000 m | ||
M318A1 shot | APBC | 193 | 190 | 177 | 162 | 148 | 136 |
M82 shot | APCBC | 185 | 182 | 169 | 155 | 142 | 130 |
M304 shot | APCR | 287 | 281 | 259 | 234 | 211 | 191 |
M332 shot | APCR | 321 | 316 | 292 | 265 | 240 | 218 |
M431 shell | HEATFS | 320 | 320 | 320 | 320 | 320 | 320 |
M71A1 shell | HE | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Shell details | ||||||||||||
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Ammunition | Type of warhead |
Velocity (m/s) |
Projectile mass (kg) |
Fuse delay (m) |
Fuse sensitivity (mm) |
Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g) |
Ricochet | |||||
0% | 50% | 100% | ||||||||||
M318A1 shot | APBC | 912 | 10.98 | - | - | - | 47° | 60° | 65° | |||
M82 shot | APCBC | 853 | 10.91 | 1.2 | 14 | 137.2 | 48° | 63° | 71° | |||
M304 shot | APCR | 1,021 | 7.62 | - | - | - | 66° | 70° | 72° | |||
M332 shot | APCR | 1,249 | 5.7 | - | - | - | 66° | 70° | 72° | |||
M431 shell | HEATFS | 1,216 | 5.8 | 0.05 | 0.1 | 712.64 | 65° | 72° | 77° | |||
M71A1 shell | HE | 732 | 10.55 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1,210 | 79° | 80° | 81° |
Smoke shell characteristics | ||||||
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Ammunition | Velocity (m/s) |
Projectile mass (kg) |
Screen radius (m) |
Screen deploy time (s) |
Screen hold time (s) |
Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g) |
M313 | 821 | 10.7 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 50 |
Ammo racks
Full ammo |
1st rack empty |
2nd rack empty |
3rd rack empty |
4th rack empty |
5th rack empty |
Visual discrepancy |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
71 | 42 (+29) | 12 (+59) | 10 (+61) | 7 (+64) | 1 (+70) | No |
Notes:
- As they are modeled by sets of 2, shells disappear from the rack only after you fire both shells in the set.
- Racks 3, 4 and 5 are first stage ammo racks. They total 11 shells and get filled first when loading up the tank.
- These racks are also emptied early: the rack depletion order at full capacity is: 3 - 4 - 5 - 1 - 2.
- When refilling from racks 1 and 2, the refill order of ready racks is 5 - 4 - 3.
Machine guns
12.7 mm M2HB | ||||
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Mount | Capacity (Belt) | Fire rate | Vertical | Horizontal |
Coaxial | 1,800 (200) | 575 | - | - |
Pintle | 1,600 (200) | 575 | -10°/+30° | ±180° |
Usage in battles
The MKPz M47 G tank is great for rushing the capture points in Realistic battles. Once there, fall back a little and find a good place for surveying the battlefield while looking for targets to snipe using your great HEAT rounds.
Pros and cons
Pros:
- Very good turret - most of shots will either bounce or non-pen it
- The hull can't be penetrated by most of the tanks it faces; only a few tanks with high calibre cannons can penetrate it
- Very good speed and turning ability
- Very good acceleration
- Decent reverse speed (-19 Km/h)
- Very fast turret rotation
- Very potent gun with access to a variety of shells to use in any situation
- Gun depression of -10° is usually sufficient
- Roof-mounted and coaxial 12.7 mm machine guns, useful against airplanes and lightly armoured vehicles
- Have access to smoke grenades
Cons:
- The hull machine gun port and the armour plates around it are weak spots
- LFP can't stop a lot of rounds at its BR
History
Development
The M47 Patton came about only a few years after its predecessor, the M46 Patton. The basis of this design was the M26 Pershing, which was deemed insufficiently mobile for its role as a medium tank. The M46 was mainly the M26 Pershing with a new engine, transmission, and a redesigned 90 mm gun. While a good solution for the lacking M26 Pershing design, it was only considered a stopgap solution while the experimental T42 medium tank was being developed. However, the Korean War put a stop in that development due to an urgent need of tanks, so the T42 project, which would produce a completely new tank design, was put on hold.
An interim decision was made to mount the turret from the T42 onto the hull of the M46 Patton, this modified tank was designated the M47 Patton and entered production in 1951. A common nickname for the tank was the Patton II, due to the same name as the M46 Patton, this was changed to Patton 47 a few weeks later. The M47 Patton featured most of the armament seen from the M26 Pershing and M46 Patton, with a 90 mm gun and a coaxial and hull-mounted .30 cal machine gun, and a .50 cal machine gun on top of the turret. The M47 Patton has the distinction of being the last American tank with the hull-mounted machine gun on the bow. The new turret required the hull to be redesigned with a larger turret ring and had a "needle-nose" design with the turret mantlet heavily sloped towards the cannon, the design's heavy sloping nature also helped improve protection. The turret also had a large protrusion at the back to act as storage. An M12 stereoscopic range finder was also mounted on a turret, which was difficult to use, but would appear in every American tank design from here on until the M1 Abrams design.
Though technically a medium tank by the army standards, a new standardization in US Army tank designation on November 9, 1950, had the entire system changed from the weight of the tank to the calibre of the vehicle's gun. Therefore in the 1950s, the "Medium Tank M47 Patton" name was changed to 90 mm Gun Tank M47 Patton. This designation would go on for future American tank designs. The M47 Patton began production in June 1951 before its standardization at the Detroit Tank Arsenal. Delays in the production schedule caused a long period of testing to occur until it was standardized in May 1952. Production ran until November 1953 with a total production number of more than 9,000 M47 Pattons between Detroit and Alco.
German usage
The rebuilding Bundeswehr of West Germany became one of the largest receivers of American M47 tanks, receiving up to 1,120 M47 tanks in the 1950s alongside M48s.[1] However, it was widely recognized in both America and Germany that the M47s quality was of an interim design, and so its replacement by more modern designs was sought out.[2] This was done by phasing them out with the deliveries of more M48 tanks,[1] as well as the production of the new Leopard I tanks in 1965.[3]
The phased out German M47 tanks was most notably given out to Turkey, making up a portion of the total 1,347 M47 tanks it received from both Germany and America. These M47s in Turkish service would be involved in the 1974 invasion of Cyprus in Operation Attila.[4]
Media
- Skins
- Videos
See also
- Other vehicles of similar configuration and role
External links
References
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Jerchel, Michael. Leopard 1 Main Battle Tank 1965-95. Osprey Publishing Ltd., 1995
- Zaloga, Steven J. The M47 and M48 Patton Tanks. Osprey Publishing Ltd., 1999
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