AMX-50 (TOA100)

AMX-50 (TOA100)

AMX M4

AMX-50 Surbaissé

AMX-50 (TOA100)

AMX M4

AMX-50 Surbaissé

France

V Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
7.0	7.7	7.0

Class:

Medium tank

Research:105 000

Purchase:300 000

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This page is about the medium tank AMX-50 (TOA100). For other uses, see AMX-50 (Family).

Description

The AMX Char Moyen de 50 tonnes (TOA100) is a Rank V French medium tank with a battle rating of 7.0 (AB/SB) and 7.7 (RB). It was introduced in Update 1.75 "La Résistance". If features the same armament (and turret) as the Lorraine 40t on a more robust chassis, similar to that of the AMX M4, in sum, it is a fusion of the former's firepower and the latter's mobility and protection. It is the logical next step to the French rank IV medium tech tree.

The lower part resembles that of a Panther's hull with its overlapping metal road wheels, its two large fans over the engine deck, its sloped front and back armour and its high profile. There are a few things that distinguishes it from its predecessor: there is not longer a "flat" portion between the LFP and UFP and the two fan casings have been removed. As for the turret, it is quite a classical post-war French design: an oscillating turret fitted with an auto-loader mechanism, a long gun and turret bulge and a thick turret ring.

General info

Survivability and armour

This tank's hull is very similar to that of the famous German medium tank, even in armour values. It is only slightly weak from the side, making angling quite ineffective. This armour should be able to deflect incoming shots from the weaker tanks it may encounter at its BR spread, notably the famous Russian 85mm D-5T. With its good slope, it can easily deflect APCR shots. The only thing wrong with this tank is its turret: it is very weak to incoming shots, with only 45mm sloped at 52°, it is a bit weaker than a T-34's hull. The only way to avoid being taken down too easily is to increase distance between the AMX-50 position and the enemy. Don't worry on that: the 100 mm gun is suited for that purpose.

Armour type:

• Rolled homogeneous armour (Hull, Turret roof)
• Cast homogeneous armour (Turret)

Armour	Front (Slope angle)	Sides	Rear	Roof
Hull	80 mm (55°) Front glacis 35 mm (61°) Lower glacis 60 mm (39°) Front cheeks	40 mm (24°) Top 40 mm Bottom	40 mm (0-30°) 30 mm (30°) Transmission hatch	20 mm
Turret	45 mm (39-56°) Turret front 30 mm (9-26°) Turret base 50 mm (7-82°) Barrel shroud	30 mm (0-55°) Turret 30 mm (0-25°) Turret base	30 mm (0-30°) Turret bustle 30 mm (6-22°) Pivot ball 20 mm (69-90°) Turret underside	20 mm
Armour	Sides	Roof
Cupola	30 mm	20 mm

Notes:

• Suspension wheels and tracks are 20 mm thick. Suspension wheels are interleaved and can double in some areas.
• Tracks 20 mm thick hang on the hull sides at the crew compartment area.
• Hull undersides above tracks are 20 mm thick.
• Belly armour is 20 mm thick.

Mobility

While not being a the fastest tank, it certainly is capable of many feats of agility. As mentioned in the AMX M4's article, this tank may be the slowest French rank IV tank, which is not a bad thing considering French tank's general dynamic game-play at this BR. "Don't put the tank in nasty front-line situations" is the best advice to follow with this tank. As it is, this 800+ HP engine should be able to carry the tank to any location in a good time.

Mobility characteristic
Weight (tons)	Add-on Armour weight (tons)	Max speed (km/h)
54.0	N/A	57 (AB)
		51 (RB/SB)
Engine power (horsepower)
Mode	Stock	Upgraded
Arcade	1,550	1,885
Realistic/Simulator	884	1,000
Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton)
Mode	Stock	Upgraded
Arcade	28.70	35.67
Realistic/Simulator	16.37	18.52

Armaments

Main armament

The SA47 L/58 is a very potent gun for a rank IV tank: it performs in a similar way to the Russian 100mm D-10T equipped on the T-54 series. While not having any -HE filler in their AP rounds, the French engineers somehow managed to optimize armour spalling on penetrating shots and muzzle velocity, making these shells very good at long-range engagements. This gun is also mounted with an auto-loader, which provides it with a solid 6.67 seconds reload time. Not happy yet ? It has good gun depression and a fast turret traverse, which enables this tank to react quickly to flankers and take solid hulled-down position, its high gun placement minimizes the tank's silhouette behind hills.

100 mm SA47 L/58
Capacity			Vertical guidance	Horizontal guidance	Stabilizer
50			-8°/+15°	±180°	N/A
Turret rotation speed (°/s)
Mode	Stock	Upgraded	Prior + Full crew	Prior + Expert qualif.	Prior + Ace qualif.
Arcade	28.56	39.53	47.00	51.48	56.47
Realistic	17.85	21.00	25.50	28.20	30.00
Reloading rate (seconds)
Stock	Prior + Full crew	Prior + Expert qualif.	Prior + Ace qualif.
4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0

Ammunition

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Penetration in mm @ 0° Angle of Attack
		10m	100m	500m	1000m	1500m	2000m
100 mm Obus de rupture	APCBC	297	293	280	264	248	234
100 mm Obus explosif	HE	22	22	21	20	20	20

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	1,060	15	N/A	N/A	N/A	°	48°	63°	71°
100 mm Obus explosif	HE	1,000	15	0.1	0.5	1,400	+0°	79°	80°	81°

Ammo racks

Ammo racks of the AMX-50 (TOA100).

This tank features an auto-loading system that removes the need for a crew member to reload the main gun, although a loader is present to restock the auto-loader. A large drum of seven rounds is found underneath the gun breach for rapid use. Once this drum is empty, rounds in the hull will need to be placed in the auto-loader rack before it can be used by the auto-loader, which takes about 14 seconds to perform for one round. Nine rounds are found in three racks near the bottom of the hull behind the driver and machine-gunner while the rest of the stowage is found in the side sponsons above the tracks, aside from a small rack of 5 rounds near the rear of the turret.

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
50	49 (+1)	44 (+6)	37 (+13)	30 (+20)	23 (+27)	16 (+34)	12 (+38)	7 (+43)	1 (+49)	no

• Ammo rack 9 is the auto-loader drum and takes priority in being filled at the beginning of the battle, then fills racks 8 through 1.
• If the auto-loader drum is empty, the main gun cannot fire until ammo is loaded into the auto-loader drum.
• Simply not firing when the main gun is loaded will load ammo from racks 1-8 into the ready rack, as long as there is ammo present in racks 1-8. Firing the main gun will interrupt the loading of the ready racks.

Machine guns

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 battles

This medium tank performs good in its role, being versatile enough to take many battlefield roles: flanker, sniper and ambusher. The only thing it is insufficient at is absorbing damaging shots: there are too many weak spots on this tank to take anything bigger than HMG to the front. Don't stay too close to the front line since the reverse speed will not allow the tank to escape sufficiently fast and flanking maneuvers will make the weak sides vulnerable.

Pros and cons

Pros:

• High penetration 100mm main gun with an auto-loader!
• Amazing conical spread from stock APCBC shells. They are free and frontal hits will be deadly.
• High top speed (57 kph)
• MAC 31 coaxial MG
• Fast turret rotation speed
• Sloped frontal armour can bounce some lower rank guns and APCR
• Very maneuverable
• Great flanker
• Higher velocity than the Russian 100mm D-10T gun, easier to aim at range.
• Has 5 crew members
• Wide tracks: able to cross all sorts of terrain with good speed.
• Overlapping wheels provide extra 20 mm to the hull's lower side.

Cons:

• Armour will not protect the tank from rank 4/5 guns
• No explosive filler in shells, one hit KOs from the side are rare.
• One choice of shell. No APHE, no HEAT, no APDS/FS.
• Less penetration than the Russian 100 mm APCBC, with less post penetration damage.
• Same turret as the Lorraine 40t: only 45mm thick
• Elevation angle is only 15°: it sometimes is a problem.
• Gun elevation speed is slow due to oscillating turret design.
• Large, Panther-like hull, hard to hide.
• Incapacitated loader will disable this tank from shooting its coaxial MG.
• Weak LFP

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