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| − | + | The HSTV-L Is a very lightly armored vehicle. The HSTV-L Also has hull break, if any "Solid" Module were to get hit aka Gun Breach or Engine/Transmission the vehicle will be hull broken. Depending on where you get shot you might loose 1 crew member but you will still be alive. If you get shot within the left side of the vehicle from the front the chances of your ammo rack detonating greatly increases. Best case scenario for this vehicle is to not get hit in the first place. | |
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=== Mobility === | === Mobility === | ||
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| − | + | The HSTV-L has a very good HP to Weight ratio making the vehicle decently fast. The vehicle utilizes a 648HP Gas Turbine engine. The HSTV-L is very maneuverable due to the Gas Turbine engine and can get to flanking spots early in the game. | |
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| − | + | The HSTV-L has 2 M240 Machine guns. One is fixed to the gun mantlet and the other is mounted on the Commanders Cupola. These machine guns can be used to mark enemies for your allies and can also be used to shoot down some lighter aircraft, But be careful Shooting them will give away your location and can result in them strafing and destroying your vehicle. | |
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Revision as of 04:33, 3 September 2020
Contents
Description
The High Survivability Test Vehicle — Lightweight is a rank VII American light tank
with a battle rating of 11.7 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update "Starfighters".
General info
Survivability and armour
The HSTV-L Is a very lightly armored vehicle. The HSTV-L Also has hull break, if any "Solid" Module were to get hit aka Gun Breach or Engine/Transmission the vehicle will be hull broken. Depending on where you get shot you might loose 1 crew member but you will still be alive. If you get shot within the left side of the vehicle from the front the chances of your ammo rack detonating greatly increases. Best case scenario for this vehicle is to not get hit in the first place.
| Armour | Front (Slope angle) | Sides | Rear | Roof |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hull | 38 mm (80°) | 19 mm Top 38.1 mm Bottom |
25.4 mm | 5 - 19 mm |
| Turret | 25.4 mm Turret front 25.4 mm Gun mantlet |
25.4 mm | 25.4 mm | 25.4 mm |
| Cupola | 25.4 mm | 25.4 mm | 25.4 mm | 25.4 mm |
Notes:
Mobility
The HSTV-L has a very good HP to Weight ratio making the vehicle decently fast. The vehicle utilizes a 648HP Gas Turbine engine. The HSTV-L is very maneuverable due to the Gas Turbine engine and can get to flanking spots early in the game.
| Game Mode | Max Speed (km/h) | Weight (tons) | Engine power (horsepower) | Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | Reverse | Stock | Upgraded | Stock | Upgraded | ||
| Arcade | 93 | 28 | 20 | _,___ | 1,240 | __.__ | 62 |
| Realistic | 84 | 25 | _,___ | 650 | __.__ | 32.5 | |
Armaments
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 flexibility 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: {{main|Name of the weapon}}. 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.
| 75 mm XM274 | Turret rotation speed (°/s) | Reloading rate (seconds) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mode | Capacity | Vertical | Horizontal | Stabilizer | Stock | Upgraded | Full | Expert | Aced | Stock | Full | Expert | Aced |
| Arcade | 26 | -17°/+45° | ±180° | Two-plane | 54.3 | 75.1 | 91.2 | 100.9 | 107.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Realistic | 33.9 | 39.9 | 48.5 | 53.6 | 57.0 | ||||||||
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 | ||
| XM885 | APFSDS | 276 | 269 | 262 | 252 | 243 | 234 |
| 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% | |||||||
| XM885 | APFSDS | 1,463 | 3.05 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 78° | 80° | 81° |
Ammo racks
| Full ammo |
1st rack empty |
2nd rack empty |
3rd rack empty |
4th rack empty |
5th rack empty |
6th rack empty |
Visual discrepancy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | __ (+__) | __ (+__) | __ (+__) | __ (+__) | __ (+__) | __ (+__) | __ |
Machine guns
The HSTV-L has 2 M240 Machine guns. One is fixed to the gun mantlet and the other is mounted on the Commanders Cupola. These machine guns can be used to mark enemies for your allies and can also be used to shoot down some lighter aircraft, But be careful Shooting them will give away your location and can result in them strafing and destroying your vehicle.
| 7.62 mm M240 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount | Capacity (Belt) | Fire rate | Vertical | Horizontal |
| Coaxial | 1,600 (200) | 750 | N/A | N/A |
| Pintle | 1,600 (200) | 750 | __° | 190° |
Usage in battles
The HSTV-L is a light tank with a quick ready-rack reload, making it adept at dealing with multiple enemies in ambush situations. It can achieve a very good top speed thanks to its light weight and has a similarly good turning ability. With this mobility (which is on par with that of top MBTs), the HSTV-L can achieve desirable early-game positions and move quickly around the map when necessary.
Like most light tanks, this vehicle is lacking in the protection department. It has thin armour in all directions, which is not backup up by any spaced or composite protection, and is susceptible to hull-break. In some situations, the armour may be thin enough that kinetic rounds overpenetrate and pass straight through the vehicle without causing much damage. And, the highly-angled armour can sometimes bounce shots. In most cases though, the HSTV-L cannot be counted on to sustain heavy fire.
This tank is fairly unique in that it is equipped with an autoloader with a 6-round ready-rack. This means that the first 6 shots fired from the HSTV-L can come in very rapid succession--the reload time for these shells is a mere 1.5 seconds. After these first rounds, the ready-rack is empty and the reload rate increases dramatically. The player must take this into account when deciding which enemies to engage. The HSTV-L can pull off short bursts of high firepower, but needs time to replenish its ready-rack. The shell itself, an APFSDS round, is decent, but may have trouble penetrating the frontal armour of top MBTs. This combined with the vehicle's poor armour means that head-on attacks are rarely advisable.
The HSTV-L is better suited to firing at enemies without their noticing--from ambush positions, from the flanks, and from behind corners. The vehicle's great mobility will aid with this playstyle. Indeed, its mobility is what makes the HSTV-L great on urban maps. Furthermore, in ambush situations the tank is able to easily deal with multiple enemies thanks to its fast ready-rack reload. This tank has a 45 degree gun elevation and a 17 degree gun depression. This gun depression is extremely powerful, and makes the vehicle very effective at hill camping and at firing from behind ridgelines. A thermal sight in both gunner and commander/binocular views makes the HSTV-L a great scouting vehicle. It is recommended to use the vehicle's high mobility to aid in scouting enemies for teammates to locate and destroy.
Modules
| Tier | Mobility | Protection | Firepower | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | Tracks | Parts | Horizontal Drive | |||
| II | Suspension | Brake System | FPE | Adjustment of Fire | Airstrike | |
| III | Filters | Crew Replenishment | Elevation Mechanism | Laser rangefinder | Smoke grenade | |
| IV | Transmission | Engine | Artillery Support | Improved optics | NVD | |
Pros and cons
Pros:
- Good mobility, is on par with MBTs
- Powerful gun with one of the fastest reload times in the game of 1.5 seconds
- Due to its light armour, some kinetic rounds may over penetrate, leaving it untouched
- Excellent urban fighting vehicle as in up-tiers, side shots are much more effective
- Can bounce multiple shots due to extremely angled armour
- Internal 30 mm armour can help protect crew
- Thermal sight for both gunner and commander = Great scouting vehicle
- Up to 45° elevation and -17° depression.
Cons:
- As with all light vehicles, it is susceptible to the "Hull Break" mechanic
- Commander's cupola can be penetrated by heavy machine gun fire
- Limited ammo, at only 26 rounds
- Extremely poor ammo selection; can only fire APFSDS
- APFSDS round has problems penetrating frontal armour of later MBTs
- The APFSDS shell is designated as short-rod, causing minimum damage after penetration
- Very inaccurate gun makes long-range engagements very hard.
History
Describe the history of the creation and combat usage of the vehicle in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the vehicle and adding a block "/History" (example: https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Vehicle-name)/History) and add a link to it here using the main template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <ref></ref>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <references />. This section may also include the vehicle's dev blog entry (if applicable) and the in-game encyclopedia description (under === In-game description ===, also if applicable).
Media
- Skins
- Videos
See also
Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:
- reference to the series of the vehicles;
- links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.
External links
| USA light tanks | |
|---|---|
| LVT | LVT(A)(1) · ○LVT(A)(1) · LVT(A)(4) |
| M2 | M2A2 · M2A4 · M2A4 (1st Arm.Div.) |
| M3/M5 Stuart | M3 Stuart · M3A1 Stuart · M3A1 (USMC) · M5A1 · M5A1 TD · ▃Stuart VI (5th CAD) |
| M22 Locust | M22 |
| M24 Chaffee | M24 · M24 (TL) |
| M18 Hellcat | M18 GMC · M18 "Black Cat" · Super Hellcat |
| M41 Walker Bulldog | M41A1 |
| M551 Sheridan | M551 · M551(76) |
| M3 Bradley | M3 Bradley · M3A3 Bradley |
| Wheeled | M8 LAC · T18E2 · M1128 · M1128 Wolfpack |
| Other | M8A1 GMC · T92 · T114 · HSTV-L · CCVL · XM8 · XM800T · AGS |
