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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
 
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The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a rank {{Specs|rank}} Soviet light tank {{Battle-rating}}.
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[[File:GarageImage_{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|420px|thumb|left]]
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The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a premium rank {{Specs|rank}} Soviet light tank {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update 1.47 "Big Guns"]]. A premium version of the T-50, being its prototype design, it shares it similarities, but actually is better due to much thicker armour all around. An unfortunate side effect results in a decrease in top overall speed due to weight of added armor.
  
 
== General info ==
 
== General info ==
 
=== Survivability and armour ===
 
=== Survivability and armour ===
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'''Armour type:'''
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* Rolled homogeneous armour
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{| class="wikitable"
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|-
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! Armour !! Front !! Sides !! Rear !! Roof
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|-
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| Hull || 55 mm (53-54°) ''Front glacis'' <br> 45 mm (53°) ''Cheeks'' <br> 45 mm (44°) ''Lower glacis'' || 45 mm (38-41°) ''Top'' <br> 45 mm ''Bottom'' || 30 mm (56°) ''Top'' <br> 30 mm (5-42°) ''Bottom''|| 15 mm
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|-
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| Turret || 45 mm (6-72°) ''Turret front'' <br> 40 mm (9-48°) ''Gun mantlet''|| 45 mm (24-27°) || 45 mm (24°) || 15 mm
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|}
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'''Notes'''
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* Suspension wheels and tracks are 15 mm thick in armour.
  
 
=== Mobility ===
 
=== Mobility ===
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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|-
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!colspan="3" | Mobility characteristic
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|-
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! Weight (tons)
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!colspan="1" | Add-on Armour<br>weight (tons)
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!colspan="1" | Max speed (km/h)
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|-
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|rowspan="2" | 18.3 || colspan="1" rowspan="2" | N/A || colspan="1" | 39 (AB)
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|-
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|35 (RB/SB)
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|-
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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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|465
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|572
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|-
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|''Realistic/Simulator''
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|265
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|300
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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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|25.41
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|31.26
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|-
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|''Realistic/Simulator''
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|14.48
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|16.39
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|-
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|}
  
 
== Armaments ==
 
== Armaments ==
 
=== Main armament ===
 
=== Main armament ===
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{{main|20-K (45 mm)}}
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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|-
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! colspan="6" | [[20-K (45 mm)|45 mm 20-K]]
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|-
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! colspan="3" rowspan="1" style="width:5em" |Capacity
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! rowspan="1" | Vertical <br> guidance
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! rowspan="1" | Horizontal <br> guidance
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! rowspan="1" | Stabilizer
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|-
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| colspan="3" | 150 || -8°/+25° || ±180° || N/A
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|-
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! colspan="6" | Turret rotation speed (°/s)
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|-
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! style="width:4em" |Mode
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! style="width:4em" |Stock
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! style="width:4em" |Upgraded
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! style="width:4em" |Prior + Full crew
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! style="width:4em" |Prior + Expert qualif.
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! style="width:4em" |Prior + Ace qualif.
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|-
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| ''Arcade'' || 7.62 || 10.54 || __.__ || __.__ || 15.06
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|-
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| ''Realistic'' || 4.76 || 5.6 || __.__ || __.__ || 8.00
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|-
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! colspan="4" | Reloading rate (seconds)
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|-
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! colspan="1" style="width:4em" |Stock
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! colspan="1" style="width:4em" |Prior + Full crew
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! colspan="1" style="width:4em" |Prior + Expert qualif.
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! colspan="1" style="width:4em" |Prior + Ace qualif.
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|-
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| 3.48 || __.__ || __.__ || 2.90
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|-
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|}
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===== Ammunition =====
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
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! colspan="8" | Penetration statistics
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|-
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! rowspan="2" data-sort-type="text" | Ammunition
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! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" | Type of <br /> warhead
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! colspan="6" | '''Penetration''' '''''in mm''''' '''@ 0° Angle of Attack'''
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|-
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! 10m
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! 100m
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! 500m
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! 1000m
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! 1500m
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! 2000m
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|-
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| BR-240 || APHEBC || 69 || 68 || 59 || 50 || 42 || 35
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|-
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| BR-240SP || AP || 73 || 71 || 62 || 52 || 44 || 37
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|-
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| BR-240P || APCR || 103 || 94 || 64 || 40 || 21 || 17
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|-
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|}
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
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! colspan="11" | Shell details
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|-
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! rowspan="2" data-sort-type="text" | Ammunition
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! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" | Type of <br /> warhead
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! rowspan="2" |Velocity <br /> in m/s
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! rowspan="2" |Projectile<br />Mass in kg
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! rowspan="2" | ''Fuse delay''
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''in m:''
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! rowspan="2" | ''Fuse sensitivity''
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''in mm:''
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! rowspan="2" | ''Explosive Mass in g<br /> (TNT equivalent):''
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! rowspan="2" | ''Normalization At 30° <br> from horizontal:''
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! colspan="3" | ''Ricochet:''
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|-
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! 0%
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! 50%
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! 100%
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|-
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| BR-240 || APHEBC || 760 || 1.43 || 1.2 || 15 || 29.26 || +4° || 48° || 63° || 71°
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|-
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| BR-240SP || AP || 757 || 1.43 || N/A || N/A || N/A || -1° || 47° || 60° || 65°
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|-
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| BR-240P || APCR || 985 || 0.85 || N/A || N/A || N/A || +1.5° || 66° || 70° || 72°
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|-
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|}
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===== [[Ammo racks|Ammo racks]] =====
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[[File:Ammoracks_{{PAGENAME}}.png|right|thumbnail|x250px|Ammo racks of the {{Specs|name}}.]]
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
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|-
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! class="wikitable unsortable" |Full<br /> ammo
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! class="wikitable unsortable" |1st<br />  rack empty
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! class="wikitable unsortable" |2nd<br />  rack empty
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! class="wikitable unsortable" |3rd<br />  rack empty
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! class="wikitable unsortable" |4th<br />  rack empty
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! class="wikitable unsortable" |5th<br />  rack empty
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! class="wikitable unsortable" |Visual<br /> discrepancy
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|-
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|| '''150''' || 121 ''(+29)''|| 91 ''(+59)'' || 61 ''(+89)'' || 31 ''(+119)'' || 1 ''(+149)''|| style="text-align:center" | Yes
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|-
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|}
  
 
=== Machine guns ===
 
=== Machine guns ===
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{{main|DT (7.62 mm)}}
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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|-
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! colspan="7" | [[DT (7.62 mm)|7.62 mm DT]]
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|-
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! colspan="7" | ''Coaxial mount''
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|-
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! colspan="4" rowspan="1" style="width:5em" |Capacity (Belt capacity)
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! rowspan="1" | Fire rate <br> (shots/minute)
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! rowspan="1" | Vertical <br> guidance
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! rowspan="1" | Horizontal <br> guidance
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|-
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| colspan="4" | 1,890 (63) || 600 || N/A || N/A
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|-
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|}
  
 
== Usage in battles ==
 
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=== Pros and cons ===
 
=== Pros and cons ===
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'''Pros:'''
 
'''Pros:'''
  
 
* Up-armored angled front plate giving good protection
 
* Up-armored angled front plate giving good protection
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* Serviceable cannon at it's BR
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* Serviceable cannon at its rank
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* Angled armor all around upper hull
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* Angled armour all around upper hull
 
* Decent mobility
 
* Decent mobility
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'''Cons:'''
 
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* Gun mantlet is a significant weakspot
 
* Gun mantlet is a significant weakspot
 
* Struggles in an up-tiered battle
 
* Struggles in an up-tiered battle
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* Cheeks on the corner of the frontal armor, which results in massive weakspots if you are not facing enemies
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* Cheeks on the corner of the frontal armour, which results in massive weakspots if you are not facing enemies
 
* Limited gun depression
 
* Limited gun depression
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* 4-man crew extremely tightly packed. A penetrating APHE can easily kill all 4
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* 4-man crew extremely tightly packed - a penetrating APHE can easily knock out all 4
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== History ==
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===Development===
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The Spanish Civil War gave the Soviets insight on the future of tank warfare, and the knowledge led to an attempt to upgrade or replace their tank forces that consisted mainly of the [[T-26 mod. 1939|T-26]] light tanks. The development started in 1939 to create a replacement with for the T-26 and [[BT-5 mod. 1933|BT]] light tanks.
  
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== History ==
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The project for the new tank began as the SP project, which is short for ''Soprovzhdeniya Pekhoty'', which means "Infantry Support". The project was headed by the OKMO tank design bureau at the S.M. Kirov Factory No. 185 in Leningrad under the individuals L. Troyanov and I. Bushnevov. Two prototypes, the '''T-126''' and the T-127 was built, and the T-126 was to be further developed into the finished design. The finished design would become the [[T-50]] light tank, which was an intricate light tank for the Soviets at the time. The tank featured sloping armour, torsion bar suspension, diesel engine, three-man turret, and a commander's cupola, all of which were advanced features at the time.
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===Production===
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The tank would eventually be produced in 1941 during the German invasion in Operation Barbarossa. Only 69 T-50s were made before production ended in January 1942, the design suffered from being expensive, unreliable, and over-engineered. Today, two T-50 survive in intact condition, one normal variant in the Kubinka Tank Museum, and an up-armoured variant in Finland at a museum in Parola.
  
 
=== In-game description ===
 
=== In-game description ===

Revision as of 14:29, 28 July 2019

Rank 7 USA
F-5C Pack
T-126
ussr_t_126sp.png
T-126
USSR flag.png USSR
II Rank
Battle rating:
AB RB SB
3.0 3.0 3.0
Class:
PREMIUM
Purchase:850 Specs-Card-Eagle.png
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Description

GarageImage T-126.jpg

The T-126(SP) is a premium rank II Soviet light tank with a battle rating of 3.0 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update 1.47 "Big Guns". A premium version of the T-50, being its prototype design, it shares it similarities, but actually is better due to much thicker armour all around. An unfortunate side effect results in a decrease in top overall speed due to weight of added armor.

General info

Survivability and armour

Armour type:

  • Rolled homogeneous armour
Armour Front Sides Rear Roof
Hull 55 mm (53-54°) Front glacis
45 mm (53°) Cheeks
45 mm (44°) Lower glacis 		45 mm (38-41°) Top
45 mm Bottom 		30 mm (56°) Top
30 mm (5-42°) Bottom		 15 mm
Turret 45 mm (6-72°) Turret front
40 mm (9-48°) Gun mantlet		 45 mm (24-27°) 45 mm (24°) 15 mm

Notes

  • Suspension wheels and tracks are 15 mm thick in armour.

Mobility

Mobility characteristic
Weight (tons) Add-on Armour
weight (tons) 		Max speed (km/h)
18.3 N/A 39 (AB)
35 (RB/SB)
Engine power (horsepower)
Mode Stock Upgraded
Arcade 465 572
Realistic/Simulator 265 300
Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton)
Mode Stock Upgraded
Arcade 25.41 31.26
Realistic/Simulator 14.48 16.39

Armaments

Main armament

Main article: 20-K (45 mm)
45 mm 20-K
Capacity Vertical
guidance 		Horizontal
guidance 		Stabilizer
150 -8°/+25° ±180° N/A
Turret rotation speed (°/s)
Mode Stock Upgraded Prior + Full crew Prior + Expert qualif. Prior + Ace qualif.
Arcade 7.62 10.54 __.__ __.__ 15.06
Realistic 4.76 5.6 __.__ __.__ 8.00
Reloading rate (seconds)
Stock Prior + Full crew Prior + Expert qualif. Prior + Ace qualif.
3.48 __.__ __.__ 2.90
Ammunition
Penetration statistics
Ammunition Type of
warhead 		Penetration in mm @ 0° Angle of Attack
10m 100m 500m 1000m 1500m 2000m
BR-240 APHEBC 69 68 59 50 42 35
BR-240SP AP 73 71 62 52 44 37
BR-240P APCR 103 94 64 40 21 17
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%
BR-240 APHEBC 760 1.43 1.2 15 29.26 +4° 48° 63° 71°
BR-240SP AP 757 1.43 N/A N/A N/A -1° 47° 60° 65°
BR-240P APCR 985 0.85 N/A N/A N/A +1.5° 66° 70° 72°
Ammo racks
Ammo racks of the T-126(SP).
Full
ammo 		1st
rack empty 		2nd
rack empty 		3rd
rack empty 		4th
rack empty 		5th
rack empty 		Visual
discrepancy
150 121 (+29) 91 (+59) 61 (+89) 31 (+119) 1 (+149) Yes

Machine guns

Main article: DT (7.62 mm)
7.62 mm DT
Coaxial mount
Capacity (Belt capacity) Fire rate
(shots/minute) 		Vertical
guidance 		Horizontal
guidance
1,890 (63) 600 N/A N/A

Usage in battles

Describe the tactics of playing in the vehicle, the features of using vehicles in the team and advice on tactics. Refrain from creating a "guide" - do not impose a single point of view but instead give the reader food for thought. Describe the most dangerous enemies and give recommendations on fighting them. If necessary, note the specifics of the game in different modes (AB, RB, SB).

Pros and cons

Pros:

  • Up-armored angled front plate giving good protection
  • Serviceable cannon at its rank
  • Angled armour all around upper hull
  • Decent mobility

Cons:

  • Slow turret rotation
  • Gun mantlet is a significant weakspot
  • Struggles in an up-tiered battle
  • Cheeks on the corner of the frontal armour, which results in massive weakspots if you are not facing enemies
  • Limited gun depression
  • 4-man crew extremely tightly packed - a penetrating APHE can easily knock out all 4

History

Development

The Spanish Civil War gave the Soviets insight on the future of tank warfare, and the knowledge led to an attempt to upgrade or replace their tank forces that consisted mainly of the T-26 light tanks. The development started in 1939 to create a replacement with for the T-26 and BT light tanks.

The project for the new tank began as the SP project, which is short for Soprovzhdeniya Pekhoty, which means "Infantry Support". The project was headed by the OKMO tank design bureau at the S.M. Kirov Factory No. 185 in Leningrad under the individuals L. Troyanov and I. Bushnevov. Two prototypes, the T-126 and the T-127 was built, and the T-126 was to be further developed into the finished design. The finished design would become the T-50 light tank, which was an intricate light tank for the Soviets at the time. The tank featured sloping armour, torsion bar suspension, diesel engine, three-man turret, and a commander's cupola, all of which were advanced features at the time.

Production

The tank would eventually be produced in 1941 during the German invasion in Operation Barbarossa. Only 69 T-50s were made before production ended in January 1942, the design suffered from being expensive, unreliable, and over-engineered. Today, two T-50 survive in intact condition, one normal variant in the Kubinka Tank Museum, and an up-armoured variant in Finland at a museum in Parola.

In-game description

The T-126 experimental light tank was built in the summer of 1940 at Leningrad Experimental Automobile Factory #185. The project was developed on the basis of combat experience in Spain with the goal of creating a tank suitable for the conditions of future wars. Only one model of the tank was ever built, and it was never used in combat.

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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  • topic on the official game forum;
  • encyclopedia page on the tank;
  • other literature.


USSR light tanks
T-26  T-26 · T-26 (1st Gv.T.Br.) · T-26-4 · T-26E
BT  BT-5 · RBT-5 · BT-7 · BT-7 TD · BT-7M · BT-7A (F-32)
T-50  T-126 · T-50
T-70  T-70 · T-80
PT-76  PT-76B · PT-76-57 · Object 906
BMP  BMP-1 · BMP-2 · BMP-2M · BMP-3
BMD  BMD-4
2S25  2S25 · 2S25M
Wheeled  BA-11 · BTR-80A
Other  T-60 · Object 685 · 2S38
China  ▂Type 62

USSR premium ground vehicles
Light tanks  BA-11 · RBT-5 · BT-7A (F-32) · T-26 (1st Gv.T.Br.) · T-26E · T-126 · PT-76-57 · 2S38
Medium tanks  T-34 (Prototype) · T-34 (1st Gv.T.Br.) · T-34E · T-34-57 (1943) · T-34-85E · T-34-100 · T-44-122 · TO-55 · T-55AM-1 · T-72AV (TURMS-T) · T-80UD · Т-80U-Е1
  ▂M3 Medium · ▂M4A2 · ▂T-III · ▂T-V · ▂МК-IX "Valentine"
Heavy tanks  SMK · T-35 · ▂MK-II "Matilda" · KV-1E · KV-2 (1940) · KV-2 (ZiS-6) · KV-122 · KV-220 · IS-2 "Revenge" · Object 248 · IS-6 · T-10A
Tank destroyers  BM-8-24 · BM-13N · BM-31-12
  SU-57 · SU-76D · SU-76M (5th Gv.Kav.Corps) · SU-85A · SU-100Y · SU-122P · Object 120
SPAA  ▂Phòng không T-34 · ZUT-37

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