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The '''{{Specs|name}}''' (shortened as '''{{Specs|pseudonym}}''') is a gift Rank {{Specs|rank}} Italian medium tank {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced along with the rest of the Italian ground tree in [[Update 1.85 "Supersonic"]]. It has a 47 mm gun with a coaxial 8 mm machine gun and one pintle mounted 8 mm machine gun.
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The '''{{Specs|name}}''' (shortened as '''{{Specs|pseudonym}}''') is a gift Rank {{Specs|rank}} Italian medium tank {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced along with the rest of the Italian ground tree in [[Update 1.85 "Supersonic"]] and was given as a battle reward during italian ground forces testing.
  
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The M13/40 (II) is nearly identical to its other in-game variants. An average gun for its BR, it can penetrate the front of some of the tanks it will face. It has decent armour, strong enough to bounce some shells at certain angles. The worst aspect of the M13/40 (II) is its speed. Poor acceleration makes it hard to achieve its top speed of 32 km/h.
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The M13/40 (II) is nearly identical to its other in-game variants. Compared to [[M13/40 (I)]] it has 5 degrees worse gun depression, but it's reload rate now matches other rank 1 tanks, being 3.5 s after experting the crew. Compared to [[M13/40 (III)]] it just has worse gun depression with everything else being same.
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Visually, it can be distinguished from [[M13/40 (I)|mark I]] by it's default african camouflage and folded antenna on the right side (left in head-on), and by lack of chassis parts on top of it's left track (right if head-on). It can be distinguished from [[M13/40 (III)|mark III]] only by lack of the block on top of the middle of the turret.
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An average gun for its BR, it can penetrate the front of some of the tanks it will face and one-shot them. It has decent armour, strong enough to bounce shots at high angle. The worst aspect of the M13/40 (II), as with the rest of them is its speed. Poor acceleration makes it hard to achieve its top speed of 32 km/h, and with worse vertical angles it's even less worth it to go up hills.
  
 
== General info ==
 
== General info ==
 
=== Survivability and armour ===
 
=== Survivability and armour ===
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Armour is same as all M13/40 - Angle your tank to have 36 to 50 mm effective armour thickness and use it to block enemy shots. Destroy british tanks as soon as possible, as every single one of them can destroy your tank.
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However, the default camouflage is now the desert one, which means you will be at a disadvantage on non-desert maps at first in terms of stealth.
  
 
=== Mobility ===
 
=== Mobility ===
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Mobility is the same as M13/40 (I) - It is rather slow and is unable to scale hills well, 32 km/h being it's top speed, reachable only on flat land.
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!colspan="3" | Mobility characteristic
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! Weight (tons)
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!colspan="1" | Add-on Armor<br>weight (tons)
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!colspan="1" | Max speed (km/h)
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|rowspan="2" | 13.6 || colspan="1" rowspan="2" | N/A || colspan="1" | 35 (AB)
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|32 (RB/SB)
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!colspan="3" | Engine power (horsepower)
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|-
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!colspan="1" | Mode
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!Stock
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!Upgraded
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|-
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|''Arcade''
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|201
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|248
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|-
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|''Realistic/Simulator''
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|115
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|130
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|-
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!colspan="3" | Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton)
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|-
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!colspan="1" | Mode
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!Stock
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!Upgraded
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|-
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|''Arcade''
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|14.78
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|18.24
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|-
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|''Realistic/Simulator''
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|8.46
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|9.56
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|-
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|}
  
 
== Armaments ==
 
== Armaments ==
 
=== Main armament ===
 
=== Main armament ===
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Like other M13/40, It has a 47 mm gun with ammunition capable of destroying most of tanks in one shot, assuming they are in 200 m range. Upgraded ammunition improves performance against angled tanks and damage potential at long range.
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{{main|47/32 mod.35 (47 mm)}}
 
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! colspan="1" style="width:4em" |Prior + Ace qualif.
 
! colspan="1" style="width:4em" |Prior + Ace qualif.
 
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=== Machine guns ===
 
=== Machine guns ===
 
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Turret mounted machine gun can be used against open topped vehicles and against strafing planes. The pintle mounted MG is hard to use for anything, as it's completely fixed in place.
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{{main|Breda Mod. 38 (8 mm)}}
 
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== Usage in battles ==
 
== Usage in battles ==
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Like [[M13/40 (I)]] it can be used as a breakthrough tank, to push enemy defences and slowly, but surely destroy them, while driving at them at an angle. This role is reinforced by a fact, that this tank has better reload rate and doesn't have to suffer two counter shots for one, and can destroy all the tanks that pop out of cover with nearly no break.
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Just as with other models, you can also use flank route to go along with your team and to destroy every enemy tank that tries to flank your team.
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The important difference from other models is that your gun depression is somewhat worse, so scaling hills is even more risky and not worth it than before. Instead, focus on pushing enemy tanks, as your fire rate is 3.5 seconds, and your ammunition is good enough to destroy most tanks in one shot.
  
 
=== Pros and cons ===
 
=== Pros and cons ===
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'''Pros:'''
 
'''Pros:'''
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*Like all M13/40 tanks, has armour decent enough to break through enemy lines, when angled
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*Compared to mark I reload speed upgrade allows it to dominate over groups of enemy tanks, while they try to figure your armour out
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*Allows player to use full [[M13/40 (Disambiguation)|M13/40]] lineup, dismissing all the other italian rank 1 tanks, which is arguably best
  
 
'''Cons:'''
 
'''Cons:'''
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*Still struggles at fighting other heavily armoured tanks at 500 m range
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*Has worse gun depression than either of the default tank modifications
  
 
== History ==
 
== History ==

Revision as of 19:05, 30 May 2019

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M13/40 (II)
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M13/40 (II)
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Battle rating:
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This page is about the medium tank M13/40 (II). For other uses, see M13/40 (Family).

Description

GarageImage M13 40 (II).jpg


The Fiat-Ansaldo M13/40 II Serie (shortened as M13/40 (II)) is a gift Rank I Italian medium tank with a battle rating of 2.0 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced along with the rest of the Italian ground tree in Update 1.85 "Supersonic" and was given as a battle reward during italian ground forces testing.

The M13/40 (II) is nearly identical to its other in-game variants. Compared to M13/40 (I) it has 5 degrees worse gun depression, but it's reload rate now matches other rank 1 tanks, being 3.5 s after experting the crew. Compared to M13/40 (III) it just has worse gun depression with everything else being same.

Visually, it can be distinguished from mark I by it's default african camouflage and folded antenna on the right side (left in head-on), and by lack of chassis parts on top of it's left track (right if head-on). It can be distinguished from mark III only by lack of the block on top of the middle of the turret.

An average gun for its BR, it can penetrate the front of some of the tanks it will face and one-shot them. It has decent armour, strong enough to bounce shots at high angle. The worst aspect of the M13/40 (II), as with the rest of them is its speed. Poor acceleration makes it hard to achieve its top speed of 32 km/h, and with worse vertical angles it's even less worth it to go up hills.

General info

Survivability and armour

Armour is same as all M13/40 - Angle your tank to have 36 to 50 mm effective armour thickness and use it to block enemy shots. Destroy british tanks as soon as possible, as every single one of them can destroy your tank.

However, the default camouflage is now the desert one, which means you will be at a disadvantage on non-desert maps at first in terms of stealth.

Mobility

Mobility is the same as M13/40 (I) - It is rather slow and is unable to scale hills well, 32 km/h being it's top speed, reachable only on flat land.

Mobility characteristic
Weight (tons) Add-on Armor
weight (tons) 		Max speed (km/h)
13.6 N/A 35 (AB)
32 (RB/SB)
Engine power (horsepower)
Mode Stock Upgraded
Arcade 201 248
Realistic/Simulator 115 130
Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton)
Mode Stock Upgraded
Arcade 14.78 18.24
Realistic/Simulator 8.46 9.56

Armaments

Main armament

Like other M13/40, It has a 47 mm gun with ammunition capable of destroying most of tanks in one shot, assuming they are in 200 m range. Upgraded ammunition improves performance against angled tanks and damage potential at long range.

Main article: 47/32 mod.35 (47 mm)
47 mm 47/32 mod.35
Capacity Vertical
guidance 		Horizontal
guidance 		Stabilizer
87 -10°/+25° ±180° N/A
Turret rotation speed (°/s)
Mode Stock Upgraded Prior + Full crew Prior + Expert qualif. Prior + Ace qualif.
Arcade 13.33 __.__ __.__ __.__ __.__
Realistic 8.33 __.__ __.__ __.__ __.__
Reloading rate (seconds)
Stock Prior + Full crew Prior + Expert qualif. Prior + Ace qualif.
3.77 __.__ __.__ __.__
Ammunition
Penetration statistics
Ammunition Type of
warhead 		Penetration in mm @ 90°
10m 100m 500m 1000m 1500m 2000m
Granata Perforante mod.35 APHE 54 52 40 30 22 16
Granata Perforante mod.39 APBC 53 52 45 39 33 28
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%
Granata Perforante mod.35 APHE 630 1.5 1.2 15 30 ° 47° 60° 65°
Granata Perforante mod.39 APBC 630 1.4 1.2 15 30 ° 48° 63° 71°
Ammo racks
Full
ammo 		1st
rack empty 		2nd
rack empty 		3rd
rack empty 		4th
rack empty 		5th
rack empty 		6th
rack empty 		Visual
discrepancy
87 XX (X+)  (+)  (+)  (+)  (+)  (+) No

Machine guns

Turret mounted machine gun can be used against open topped vehicles and against strafing planes. The pintle mounted MG is hard to use for anything, as it's completely fixed in place.

Main article: Breda Mod. 38 (8 mm)
8 mm Breda Mod. 38
Coaxial mount
Capacity (Belt capacity) Fire rate
(shots/minute) 		Vertical
guidance 		Horizontal
guidance
1,524 (24) 600 N/A N/A
Pintle mount
Capacity (Belt capacity) Fire rate
(shots/minute) 		Vertical
guidance 		Horizontal
guidance
1,524 (24) 600 __° __°

Usage in battles

Like M13/40 (I) it can be used as a breakthrough tank, to push enemy defences and slowly, but surely destroy them, while driving at them at an angle. This role is reinforced by a fact, that this tank has better reload rate and doesn't have to suffer two counter shots for one, and can destroy all the tanks that pop out of cover with nearly no break.

Just as with other models, you can also use flank route to go along with your team and to destroy every enemy tank that tries to flank your team.

The important difference from other models is that your gun depression is somewhat worse, so scaling hills is even more risky and not worth it than before. Instead, focus on pushing enemy tanks, as your fire rate is 3.5 seconds, and your ammunition is good enough to destroy most tanks in one shot.

Pros and cons

Pros:

  • Like all M13/40 tanks, has armour decent enough to break through enemy lines, when angled
  • Compared to mark I reload speed upgrade allows it to dominate over groups of enemy tanks, while they try to figure your armour out
  • Allows player to use full M13/40 lineup, dismissing all the other italian rank 1 tanks, which is arguably best

Cons:

  • Still struggles at fighting other heavily armoured tanks at 500 m range
  • Has worse gun depression than either of the default tank modifications

History

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Media

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See also

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  • reference to the series of the vehicles;
  • links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.

External links

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Italy medium tanks
  Italy
M13/40  M13/40 (I) · M13/40 (II) · M13/40 (III)
M14/41  M14/41 · M14/41 (47/40)
M15/42  M15/42
M16/43  Celere Sahariano
P26/40  P40 · P40 "G.C. Leoncello"
OF-40  OF-40 · OF-40 Mk.2A · OF-40 (MTCA)
Ariete  Ariete (P) · Ariete · Ariete PSO · Ariete AMV
Germany  ▄Pz.III N · ▄Pz.IV G · ▄Leopard 1A5
Allied powers  ▄Sherman I Composito · Sherman Ic · ▄Sherman Vc · ▄Sherman V · M26 "D.C.Ariete" · M26A1 · M47 (105/55) · M60A1 "D.C.Ariete"
  Hungary
Turán  Turan I · Turan II · Turan III
Germany  ◔Leopard 2A4 · Leopard 2A7HU
USSR  ◔T-72M1

Italy premium ground vehicles
Light tanks  L6/40 (31 Rgt.) · Toldi IIA · AUBL/74 HVG · VRCC · Centauro RGO
Medium tanks  M13/40 (II) · Turan II · M14/41 (47/40) · Celere Sahariano · P40 "G.C. Leoncello" · ▄Sherman I Composito · ▄Pz.IV G
  M26 "D.C.Ariete" · M60A1 "D.C.Ariete" · OF-40 (MTCA)
Heavy tanks  Tigris
Tank destroyers  Breda 90/53 · M43 "G.C.Leoncello" · Zrinyi I

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