AGS

AGS

AGS

USA

VII Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
11.3	11.3	11.3

Class:

Light tank

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Description

The TCM AGS is a gift rank VII American light tank with a battle rating of 11.3 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced during Update "Winged Lions" as a reward for the 2021 Operation W.I.N.T.E.R. event.

General info

Survivability and armour

Smoke grenades

Creation of a smoke screen in front of the vehicle

Armourfront / side / back

Hull38 / 25 / 25

Turret25 / 25 / 25

Crew3 people

Visibility90 %

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
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

Speedforward / back

AB81 / 17 km/h

RB and SB73 / 16 km/h

Number of gears6 forward

2 back

Weight19.1 t

Engine power

AB1 145 hp

RB and SB600 hp

Power-to-weight ratio

AB59.9 hp/t

RB and SB31.4 hp/t

Game Mode	Max Speed (km/h)		Weight (tons)	Engine power (horsepower)		Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton)
	Forward	Reverse		Stock	Upgraded	Stock	Upgraded
Arcade	81	17	19.1	930	1,145	48.69	59.95
Realistic	73	16		531	600	27.8	31.41

Modifications and economy

Repair costBasic → Reference

AB3 579 → 5 991

RB3 415 → 5 716

SB4 548 → 7 613

Total cost of modifications212 600

352 000

Talisman cost2 800

Crew training200 000

Experts710 000

Aces2 100

Research Aces1 080 000

Reward for battleAB / RB / SB

140 / 170 / 220 %

232 / 232 / 232 %

Modifications

Mobility	Protection	Firepower
Tracks Research: 9 100 Cost: 14 000 350 Suspension Research: 8 500 Cost: 13 000 320 Brake System Research: 8 500 Cost: 13 000 320 Filters Research: 9 400 Cost: 15 000 360 Transmission Research: 12 000 Cost: 19 000 460 Engine Research: 12 000 Cost: 19 000 460	Improved Parts Research: 2 700 Cost: 14 000 350 Improved FPE Research: 2 600 Cost: 13 000 320 Crew Replenishment Research: 9 400 Cost: 15 000 360 Smoke grenade Research: 12 000 Cost: 19 000 460	Horizontal Drive Research: 9 100 Cost: 14 000 350 105mm_us_M416_Smoke_ammo_pack Research: 9 100 Cost: 14 000 350 105mm_usa_M774_APDS_FS_ammo_pack Research: 9 100 Cost: 14 000 350 Adjustment of Fire Research: 8 500 Cost: 13 000 320 Airstrike Research: 8 500 Cost: 13 000 320 105mm_usa_HESH_ammo_pack Research: 8 500 Cost: 13 000 320 Elevation Mechanism Research: 9 400 Cost: 15 000 360 Laser rangefinder Research: 9 400 Cost: 15 000 360 NVD Research: 9 400 Cost: 15 000 360 Scout UAV Research: 9 400 Cost: 15 000 360 Artillery Support Research: 12 000 Cost: 19 000 460 Improved optics Research: 12 000 Cost: 19 000 460 105mm_usa_M833_APDS_FS_ammo_pack Research: 12 000 Cost: 19 000 460

Armaments

Laser rangefinder

Reduces the error and increases the maximum measurable distance of the rangefinder

Night vision device

Improves visibility by enhancing natural light or active illumination.

Thermal imager

Allows to see thermal radiation in the infrared range day and night

Main armament

105 mm M68A1 cannon

Two-plane stabilizer

Reduces the swing of the gun in two planes while moving

Autoloader

Automatically feeds projectiles into the breech. The speed does not depend on the skills of the loader

Ammunition30 rounds

First-order8 rounds

Reload5.0 s

Vertical guidance-10° / 16°

105 mm M68A1					Turret rotation speed (°/s)					Reloading rate (seconds)
Mode	Capacity	Vertical	Horizontal	Stabilizer	Stock	Upgraded	Full	Expert	Aced	Stock	Full	Expert	Aced
Arcade	30	-10°/+16°	±180°	Two-plane	38.1	52.7	64.0	70.8	75.3	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Realistic					23.8	28.0	34.0	37.6	40.0

Ammunition

Penetration statistics
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
M456A2	HEATFS	400	400	400	400	400	400
M393A2	HESH	127	127	127	127	127	127
M774	APFSDS	372	370	365	358	351	343
M735	APFSDS	353	350	342	333	322	312

Shell details
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%
M456A2	HEATFS	1,174	10.5	0.05	0.1	1,270	65°	72°	77°
M393A2	HESH	732	11.2	0.1	4	4,310	73°	77°	80°
M774	APFSDS	1,509	3.4	N/A	N/A	N/A	78°	80°	81°
M735	APFSDS	1,501	3.7	N/A	N/A	N/A	76°	77°	80°

Smoke shell characteristics
Ammunition	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Screen radius (m)	Screen deploy time (s)	Screen hold time (s)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g)
M416	732	11.6	20	5	25	50

Ammo racks

Ammo racks of the AGS

Full ammo	1st rack empty	2nd rack empty	Visual discrepancy
30	9 (+21)	1 (+29)	No

Notes:

• Shells are modeled individually and disappear after having been shot or loaded.
• Rack 2 (autoloader magazine) is a first stage ammo rack. It totals 8 shells.
  • This rack gets filled first when loading up the tank and is also emptied first.
  • As the AGS is equipped with an autoloader, manual reloading of the gun is not possible.
  • Once the autoloader magazine has been depleted, you can't shoot until the loader has restocked the autoloader with at least one shell.
  • The restocking time is longer than the normal reload time of the gun. Take this into account when playing.
  • Simply not firing when the gun is loaded will move ammo from rack 1 into rack 2. Firing will interrupt the restocking of the ready rack.
  • The depletion order at full capacity is: 2 - 1.

Machine guns

7.62 mm M60D machine gun

Ammunition1 000 rounds

Belt capacity100 rounds

Reload8.0 s

Fire rate651 shots/min

7.62 mm M240 machine gun (coaxial)

Ammunition3 000 rounds

Belt capacity200 rounds

Reload8.0 s

Fire rate941 shots/min

7.62 mm M60D
Mount	Capacity (Belt)	Fire rate	Vertical	Horizontal
Pintle	1,000 (100)	651	-10°/+20°	-6°/+180°

7.62 mm M240
Mount	Capacity (Belt)	Fire rate	Vertical	Horizontal
Coaxial	3,000 (200)	941	N/A	N/A

Usage in battles

Use the AGS's excellent mobility to get to key points or flank the enemy and try to get into hull-down areas, when attacking enemies keep in mind that you don't have that much armour and your low crew count will get you easily knocked out by a single shot. If you prefer flanking, hit the enemy with a side shot and move around them; if they have a pintle-mounted MG or autocannon, use side scraping so you don't get penetrated. If you get spotted, you have smoke grenades at your disposal: use them and pull back to allied tanks. When you run out of ammo, the only option you have is to resupply at a captured point; but if all the points are taken by the enemy then you are out of luck.

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Unmanned turret grants a better survivability when hull-down
• Effective mobility
• Good gun
• Decent gun depression
• Laser rangefinder
• 5 second reload is faster than most competing tanks

Cons:

• Little to no armour, with frontal weak spots
• Low-calibre machine guns are of little use
• Limited gun elevation
• Its 1st generation thermal sights are vastly inferior to those of other encountered vehicles, such as the T-72AV (TURMS-T)
• Low zoom optics make some long-range engagements difficult, if not impossible
• Ammo rack is placed far into the back of the vehicle, being hit while on the move can prove accidentally fatal
• Gun only reloads from ready rack, if the ready rack is empty gun cannot reload until a shell is loaded into the ready rack, thus making extended engagements difficult

History

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Media

Skins

• Skins and camouflages for the AGS from live.warthunder.com.

See also

Other vehicles with unmanned turret

• M1128

External links

• [Devblog] Winter marathon vehicles: TCM AGS (USA)

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Sailor stars	USS Newport News
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Tanker stars	A.C.I · AGS
Sailor stars	IJN Hayanami · MPK Pr.201K
2020	Operation W.I.N.T.E.R.
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Tanker stars	E.B.R. (1954) · Class 3 (P)
Sailor stars	Type K-8 No.13 · USS Baltimore
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Sailor stars	PT-811 · Jaguar
2018	Festive Quest
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Tanker stars	SU-85A · T30
Christmas Lights	P-43A-1 · Comet I "Iron Duke IV"
2017	Festive Quest
Pilot christmas toys	P-40C · NC.900
Tanker christmas toys	AEC Mk II · Ersatz M10
Christmas Lights	Fw 189 A-1 · KV-2 (1940)
2016	Winter Holiday
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2015	War Thunder Fulfills Your Wishes!
Pilot reward	▂P-63C-5
Tanker reward	VK 45.01 (P)
2014	Holiday War Thunder Marathon!
Pilot reward	I-301
Tanker reward	M8A1 GMC