T-34-85 (S-53) (China)

␗Т-34-85 (S-53)

␗M4A1 (75) W

Т-34-85 Gai

␗Т-34-85 (S-53)

␗M4A1 (75) W

Т-34-85 Gai

China

IV Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
5.7	5.7	5.7

Class:

Medium tank

Research:54 000

Purchase:185 000

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Description

The ␗Т-34-85 (S-53) is a rank IV Chinese medium tank with a battle rating of 5.7 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update 1.91 "Night Vision".

General info

Survivability and armour

The armor on the T-34/85(S-53) is quite good when downtiert, but useless in Rank IV+Matches. The 45mm of RHA on the UFP have about 75-80mm of effective thickness.

Sometimes it bounce some shots, but at this BR you can't relie on that.

The armor on the turret is about 90mm, but due to the angeles it goes up to over 100mm on some points. This is still not enough in Rank-IV matches.

Armor values on the UFP.The turret front is armored with 90mm RHA. Take note that the drivers hatch is 75mm thick.

Mobility

Game Mode	Max Speed (km/h)		Weight (tons)		Engine power (horsepower)		Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton)
	Forward	Reverse	Stock	AoA	Stock	Upgraded	Stock	Upgraded
Arcade	62	10	32	0.2	775	954	24.22	29.63
Realistic	55	9			442	500	13.81	15.53

Armaments

Main armament

The T-34/85(S-53) is equipped with the fantastic ZiS-S-53 cannon, with penetrates about 145mm on close range with the stock BR465K round. This might not be enough to fight Tiger IIs frontaly, but it works perfectly with other tanks, which are less armored or you can engage them from the side.

The gun depression is like on many other soviet(based) vehicles quite poor, with only 5° there are no hulldown manouvers possible.

To the ammunition:

The stock round is the BR365K which has 148mm of penetration on close range. The APHE round has a very good oneshot-potential with 48g of A-IX-2(73,92g of TNT equivalent).

The second round, the BR365A ,,only" has about 135mm penetration on point blank. But instead of having 48g it has 164g TNT of explosives inside the shell. This increases the post-penetration effect dramaticly.

APCR is also aviable, but keep in mind that it hates sloped armor and it has very poor post-penetretion damage.

This BR365-P penetrates about 195mm of RHA on close range.

The HE-shell is called O-365K. With 660g of TNT inside it performs pretty good against trucks&halftrucks.

Distance(Metres)	0	100	500	1000	1500	2000	Ricochet angels/ 0%	50%	100%
BR365K	148	143	126	106	90	77	47°	60°	65°
BR365A	135	133	125	115	106	97	48°	63°	71°
BR365P	195	187	154	120	94	74	66°	70°	72°
O-365K	10	10	10	10	10	10	79°	80°	81°

Ammunition	Type of shell	TNT-Equivalent	Explosive mass
BR365K	APHE	73,92g	48g A-IX-2
BR365A	APCBC-HE	164gr	164g TNT
B365P	APCR	-------------	--------------
O-365K	HE-FRAG	660	660g TNT

Machine guns

This T-34/85 is equipped with the 7.62x54R DT MG, thats good enough to deal with AA trucks.

Take note that it looses fast penetration over distance.

Usage in battles

While the T-34-85 Gai is a fairly well-rounded tank, its poor armor and high speed mean that one should play it more like a light tank than a medium. The gun is very lethal but the penetration is not particularly good, so it is better to flank and go for side shots, which can instantly knock out all but the largest and most spacious opponents. During frontal engagements, Tiger Is should be shot in the flat portions of the hull (avoiding the driver's port), Panthers should be shot in the turret (in the less curved portion of the mantlet) or possibly in the lower glacis, and non-Jumbo Shermans can generally be shot anywhere. The Tiger II (P) is only vulnerable in a small portion of the turret cheeks and the Tiger II (H) is essentially frontally immune, so for these kinds of targets, circle around to get a good look at the hull sides and let the slope modifiers take care of the rest. Watch out for American tanks like the M4A3 (76) W and T25, as they have vertical stabilizers and can often shoot first if they are aware of you.

In AB, you should play this tank like any other T-34. Push because you have a pretty well-rounded tank and will generally be able to adapt to whatever situation that develops. The AB meta generally favors more heavily armed and armored tanks due to the presence of markers making flanking and ambushes more difficult, so play carefully and take advantage of your high mobility.

In RB, play this tank offensively yet carefully. Use your speed and keep up with your teammates, or alternatively play it like a light tank and go on long flanks. In RB, one will often encounter enemy flankers like the infamous M18 Hellcat or R3 T20 FA-HS; while the main gun is adequate for dispatching these soft targets, the heavy machine gun can also rip through them in a pinch, particularly from the sides. The machine gun can be especially helpful if one's tank is otherwise disabled due to a jammed turret ring, destroyed gun breech, etc. Diving aircraft expecting to strafe an innocuous T-34 can also be given a nasty surprise, though the DShK's small belt capacity makes this more difficult.

In SB, play this tank very cautiously because the optics aren't that good and most of the time you will face tanks from pretty far distances. Panthers generally have better optics than you so try to avoid encounters with Panthers or Tigers.

Modules

Tier	Mobility		Protection	Firepower
I	Tracks		Parts	Horizontal Drive	BR-365A
II	Suspension	Brake System	FPE	Adjustment of Fire
III	Filters		Crew Replenishment	Elevation Mechanism	BR-365P
IV	Transmission	Engine		Artillery Support

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Excellent gun with adequate penetration, destructive damage and good reload rate
• 56 km/h top speed and great manoeuvrability allows it to reposition easily
• 5-man crew increases survivalility
• Access to BR-365P APCR to effectively penetrate tough tanks up cloes (M4A3E2s, Tigers & Panthers)
• Has two types of AP for players to choose: BR-365K with higher pen but less TNT, and BR-365A with less pen but plenty of TNT
• Similar playstyle with the previous T-34s which is beginner-friendly
• Fast turret traverse to easily deal with targets from multiple directions
• Sloped hull and round frontal turret might bounce small caliber shells

Cons:

• Armour is extremely thin, providing very limited protection against common guns (American 76mm, British 17pdr, German 75mm & 88mm, etc)
• Crews are closely packed, a well-aimed shot tend to kill them all
• 5 degrees gun depression is below average
• Large turret profile makes it easier to get spotted & shot

Media

https://youtu.be/PQ2rWmYDmp8 This review is for the soviet T-34/85. Due to both tanks are identical it doesn't matter

See also

T-34-85

T-34-85 (D-5T)

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