MKPz M47 G

mKPz M47 G

mKPz M47 G

Germany

V Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
7.3	7.3	7.3

Class:

PREMIUM

Medium tank

Purchase:8 200

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Description

The mKPz M47 G is a premium rank V German medium tank with a battle rating of 7.3 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update 1.71 "New E.R.A." as a purchasable pack, but was discontinued after the 2019 Summer sales. It was later reintroduced as an in-game premium purchasable for 8,200 .

General info

Survivability and armour

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.

Mobility

Game Mode	Max Speed (km/h)		Weight (tons)	Engine power (horsepower)		Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton)
	Forward	Reverse		Stock	Upgraded	Stock	Upgraded
Arcade	54	22	46.2	1,255	1,545	27.16	33.44
Realistic	49	20		716	810	15.5	17.53

Armaments

Main armament

90 mm M36					Turret rotation speed (°/s)					Reloading rate (seconds)
Mode	Capacity	Vertical	Horizontal	Stabilizer	Stock	Upgraded	Full	Expert	Aced	Stock	Full	Expert	Aced
Arcade	71	-5°/+19°	±180°	N/A	34.3	__.__	__.__	__.__	__.__	9.8	_.__	_.__	_.__
Realistic					21.4	__.__	__.__	__.__	__.__

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
M318A1 shot	APBC	193	190	177	162	148	136
M82 shot	APCBC	185	182	170	155	142	130
M304 shot	APCR	287	281	259	234	211	191
M332 shot	APCR	321	316	292	265	240	218
M431 shell	HEATFS	320	320	320	320	320	320
M71A1 shell	HE	13	13	13	13	13	13

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%
M318A1 shot	APBC	912	10.98	N/A	N/A	N/A	47°	60°	65°
M82 shot	APCBC	853	10.94	1.2	14.0	137.2	48°	63°	71°
M304 shot	APCR	1,021	7.62	N/A	N/A	N/A	66°	70°	72°
M332 shot	APCR	1,249	5.7	N/A	N/A	N/A	66°	70°	72°
M431 shell	HEATFS	1,216	5.8	N/A	0.1	712.6	65°	72°	77°
M71A1 shell	HE	732	10.55	0.1	0.5	925	79°	80°	81°

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)
M313	821	10.7	13	5	20	50

Ammo racks

Ammo racks of the MKPz M47 G

Full ammo	1st rack empty	2nd rack empty	3rd rack empty	4th rack empty	5th rack empty	Visual discrepancy
71	42 (+29)	12 (+59)	10 (+61)	7 (+64)	1 (+70)	No

Notes:

• As they are modeled by sets of 2, shells disappear from the rack only after you fire both shells in the set.
• Racks 3, 4 and 5 are first stage ammo racks. They total 11 shells and get filled first when loading up the tank.
• These racks are also emptied early: the rack depletion order at full capacity is: 3 - 4 - 5 - 1 - 2.
• When refilling from racks 1 and 2, the refill order of ready racks is 5 - 4 - 3.

Machine guns

12.7 mm M2HB
Mount	Capacity (Belt capacity)	Rate of fire (shots/minute)	Vertical guidance	Horizontal guidance
Coaxial	2,200 (200)	576	N/A	N/A
Pintle	1,000 (200)	576	-10°/+30°	±180°

Usage in battles

The MKPz M47 G tank is great for rushing the capture points in Realistic battles. Once there, fall back a little and find a good place for surveying the battlefield while looking for targets to snipe using your great HEAT rounds.

Modules

Tier	Mobility		Protection	Firepower
I	Tracks		Parts	M82 shot	Horizontal Drive	NVD
II	Suspension	Brake System	FPE	M304 shot	Adjustment of Fire	Smoke grenade
III	Filters		Crew Replenishment	M332 shot	Elevation Mechanism	Rangefinder
IV	Transmission	Engine		M431 shell	Artillery Support	M313

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Very good turret - most of shots will either bounce or non-pen it
• The hull can't be penetrated by most of the tanks it faces; only a few tanks with high calibre cannons can penetrate it
• Very fast turret rotation, even faster than some rank VII MBTs
• It has a very potent gun with access to a variety of shells to use in any situation
• Very good speed and turning ability
• It has 12.7 mm mounted machine gun which is very an effective AA gun
• Very good acceleration

Cons:

• The hull machine gun port and the armour plates around it are deadly weak spots
• Only -5° gun depression unlike most other American tanks
• It has very good armour, but tanks with more modern shells can penetrate it easily (though this problem is not specific to the M47)

History

Development

The M47 Patton came about only a few years after its predecessor, the M46 Patton. The basis of this design was the M26 Pershing, which was deemed insufficiently mobile for its role as a medium tank. The M46 was mainly the M26 Pershing with a new engine, transmission, and a redesigned 90 mm gun. While a good solution for the lacking M26 Pershing design, it was only considered a stopgap solution while the experimental T42 medium tank was being developed. However, the Korean War put a stop in that development due to an urgent need of tanks, so the T42 project, which would produce a completely new tank design, was put on hold.

An interim decision was made to mount the turret from the T42 onto the hull of the M46 Patton, this modified tank was designated the M47 Patton and entered production in 1951. A common nickname for the tank was the Patton II, due to the same name as the M46 Patton, this was changed to Patton 47 a few weeks later. The M47 Patton featured most of the armament seen from the M26 Pershing and M46 Patton, with a 90 mm gun and a coaxial and hull-mounted .30 cal machine gun, and a .50 cal machine gun on top of the turret. The M47 Patton has the distinction of being the last American tank with the hull-mounted machine gun on the bow. The new turret required the hull to be redesigned with a larger turret ring and had a "needle-nose" design with the turret mantlet heavily sloped towards the cannon, the design's heavy sloping nature also helped improve protection. The turret also had a large protrusion at the back to act as storage. An M12 stereoscopic range finder was also mounted on a turret, which was difficult to use, but would appear in every American tank design from here on until the M1 Abrams design.

Though technically a medium tank by the army standards, a new standardization in US Army tank designation on November 9, 1950, had the entire system changed from the weight of the tank to the calibre of the vehicle's gun. Therefore in the 1950s, the "Medium Tank M47 Patton" name was changed to 90 mm Gun Tank M47 Patton. This designation would go on for future American tank designs. The M47 Patton began production in June 1951 before its standardization at the Detroit Tank Arsenal. Delays in the production schedule caused a long period of testing to occur until it was standardized in May 1952. Production ran until November 1953 with a total production number of more than 9,000 M47 Pattons between Detroit and Alco.

German usage

The rebuilding Bundeswehr of West Germany became one of the largest receivers of American M47 tanks, receiving up to 1,120 M47 tanks in the 1950s alongside M48s. However, it was widely recognized in both America and Germany that the M47s quality was of an interim design, and so its replacement by more modern designs was sought out. This was done by phasing them out with the deliveries of more M48 tanks, as well as the production of the new Leopard I tanks in 1965.

The phased out German M47 tanks was most notably given out to Turkey, making up a portion of the total 1,347 M47 tanks it received from both Germany and America. These M47s in Turkish service would be involved in the 1974 invasion of Cyprus in Operation Attila.

Media

Skins

• Skins and camouflages for the MKPz M47 G from live.warthunder.com.

Videos

The Patton Family discusses the MKPz M47 G at 4:42 - War Thunder Official Channel

See also

Vehicles equipped with the same chassis

• M47
• M47 (105/55)

Other vehicles of similar configuration and role

• M46
• M46 "Tiger"

External links

References

Bibliography

• Jerchel, Michael. Leopard 1 Main Battle Tank 1965-95. Osprey Publishing Ltd., 1995
• Zaloga, Steven J. The M47 and M48 Patton Tanks. Osprey Publishing Ltd., 1999