TAM

TAM

DF105

JaPz.K A2

TAM

DF105

JaPz.K A2

Germany

VI Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
9.0	9.0	9.0

Class:

Light tank

Research:160 000

Purchase:450 000

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Description

The Tanque Argentino Mediano (shortened to TAM, English translated as: Argentine Medium Tank) is a rank VI German light tanks with a battle rating of 9.0 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update 1.81 "The Valkyries".

General info

Survivability and Armor

Welded steel, protection up to 20 mm.

In the game, the front defense is .50, side defense 7.62 (but no one except Germany is using 7.62, not most of the tanks have 12.7mm or more). Meaning any machine gun in the game can and will penetrate, eventually damaging the tank to the point of destruction.

Survivability: Most 0, can be killed by any chemical ammunition when hit anywhere even the track. Note that this tank has hullbreak.

So one hit is possibly the max this tank can take.

Mobility

Not bad with a max of 70 (Highway) km/h in both forward and reverse,

Average maneuverability on offroad flat terrain, but poor steering.

Armaments

Main armament

105MM FM K.4 Modelo1L CANNON （50 round）

Additional armament

82mm Grenade launcher X8 (smoke round)(Upgrade kit)

Machine guns

FN MAG 60-40 MG x2 （4000 round）

Usage in battles

Definition：Assassins, Scouts, Auxiliary Vehicles,

Firepower: 105MM cannons higher threat to light units.

Protection and survivability: No protection against any head-on conflicts.

Notable enemy:Any identical RB vehicle will cause devastating blows.

Combat style:Mark the enemy and call the friendly fire support.(This is very important, please remember)

Pros and cons

Pros:

The properties are more balanced,

With an average performance below 8.7.

Below 8.7 is a good Mobility.

Cons:

Without protection,

The artillery pitch angle is poor,

There is no anti-air capability,

The ammunition price is too high,

And it is impossible to aim backwards.

History

During the 1960s, Argentina was looking far and wide for offers to update their aging fleet of WW2-era tanks. After obtaining some vehicles, the U.S. refused to make further vehicle sales. This forced Argentina to shift their attention towards the European market, resulting in the purchase of a number of French AMX-13s and its variants.

In 1973 however, the Ministry of Defense drew up a set of requirements for a completely new combat vehicle that would be produced domestically and would to enter service by 1980. Despite knowing what they wanted, Argentinian engineers lacked the technical know-how in order to actually design and produce such a vehicle. Faced with this problem, the Argentinian government seeked a collaboration with a foreign company in order to design and build the vehicle they wanted. Eventually, a contracted was signed with the German Thyssen-Henschel company, a joint development effort soon ensued.

The TAM (Tanque Argentino Mediano, eng: Argentinian Medium Tank), as it would be designated, was based off the German Marder IFV and equipped with a modification of the British, the Royal Ordnance L7A3 cannon that was produced in Germany. The first two prototypes of the TAM were built in 1976 and 1977 respectively and underwent extensive testing over the course of two years.

After successfully passing testing, the TAM was put into mass production in 1979. The vehicles were armed with FMK.4 Modelo 1L cannons, which was a domestic licensed copy of the original German cannon. The government ordered 200 vehicles of the IFV variant. However, economic difficulties resulted in the order being only partially fulfilled, before production was restarted later on. Argentina was also very keen on exporting the TAM to other countries, but despite interest and some contracts being signed, the TAM was never widely exported for various reasons.

A total of around 280 TAMs were built and most of them still serve in the Argentinian army, albeit with upgraded equipment. The TAM was never deployed in any combat operations to this date.

- From Devblog

Media

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

• [Devblog] TAM - Replacing The Old Guard
• [Devblog] TAM and M247 Sergeant York