T-34-85 (Sweden)
This page is about the medium tank T-34-85 (Sweden). For other versions, see T-34 (Family). |
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Description
The ▄T-34-85 is a rank IV Swedish medium tank with a battle rating of 5.7 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update "Fire and Ice".
General info
Survivability and armour
Armour type:
Armour | Front (Slope angle) | Sides | Rear | Roof |
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Hull | 45 mm (60°) Front glacis 45 mm (60°) Lower glacis 75 mm (60°) Driver's hatch 65 mm (30°) Machine gun port |
45 mm (39-40°) Top 45 mm Bottom |
45 mm (47-49°) Top 45 mm (46°) Bottom |
20 mm |
Turret | 90 mm (1-69°) Turret front 90 + 40 mm (8-61°) Gun mantlet |
75 mm (19-22°) Front 2/3rd 52 mm (13-19°) Rear 1/3rd |
52 mm (9°) | 20 mm |
Cupola | 90 mm | 90 mm | 90 mm | 20 mm |
Notes:
Mobility
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Game Mode | Max Speed (km/h) | Weight (tons) | Engine power (horsepower) | Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton) | |||
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Forward | Reverse | Stock | Upgraded | Stock | Upgraded | ||
Arcade | 62 | 10 | 32.2 | _,___ | 954 | __.__ | 29.63 |
Realistic | 55 | 9 | _,___ | 500 | __.__ | 15.53 |
Modifications and economy
Armaments
Main armament
The T-34-85 is equipped with the fantastic ZiS-S-53 cannon, with penetrates about 145 mm on the close range with the stock BR-365K round. This might not be enough to fight Tiger IIs frontally, but it works perfectly with other tanks, which are less armoured or you can engage them from the side.
The gun depression is like on many other Soviet vehicles quite poor, with only 5° there are no hull-down manoeuvres possible.
85 mm ZIS-S-53 | Turret rotation speed (°/s) | Reloading rate (seconds) | |||||||||||
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Mode | Capacity | Vertical | Horizontal | Stabilizer | Stock | Upgraded | Full | Expert | Aced | Stock | Full | Expert | Aced |
Arcade | 60 | -5°/+22° | ±180° | N/A | 23.8 | 32.9 | 40.0 | 44.2 | 47.1 | 9.62 | 8.51 | 7.84 | 7.40 |
Realistic | 14.9 | 17.5 | 21.3 | 23.5 | 25.0 |
Ammunition
Penetration statistics | |||||||
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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 | ||
BR-365K | APHE | 148 | 143 | 126 | 106 | 90 | 77 |
BR-365A | APHEBC | 135 | 133 | 124 | 114 | 104 | 95 |
BR-365P | APCR | 195 | 187 | 154 | 122 | 96 | 76 |
O-365K | HE | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 |
Shell details | ||||||||||||
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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% | ||||||||||
BR-365K | APHE | 792 | 9.2 | 1.2 | 14 | 77 | 47° | 60° | 65° | |||
BR-365A | APHEBC | 792 | 9.2 | 1.2 | 14 | 164 | 48° | 63° | 71° | |||
BR-365P | APCR | 1,050 | 4.99 | - | - | - | 66° | 70° | 72° | |||
O-365K | HE | 785 | 9.54 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 741 | 79° | 80° | 81° |
Ammo racks
Full ammo |
1st rack empty |
2nd rack empty |
3rd rack empty |
4th rack empty |
5th rack empty |
6th rack empty |
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60 | 57 (+3) | 55 (+5) | 54 (+6) | 48 (+12) | 43 (+17) | 37 (+23) |
7th rack empty |
8th rack empty |
9th rack empty |
10th rack empty |
11th rack empty |
Visual discrepancy |
|
31 (+29) | 25 (+35) | 19 (+41) | 17 (+43) | 1 (+59) | No |
Notes:
- Shells are modeled individually and disappear after having been shot or loaded.
- Rack 11 is a first stage ammo rack. It totals 16 shells and gets filled first when loading up the tank.
- This rack is also emptied early: the rack depletion order at full capacity is: 11 - 1 - 2 - etc. until 10.
- If you pack 17 (+43) shells, it will keep the hull empty of ammo.
- Simply not firing when the gun is loaded will move ammo from racks 1 to 10 into rack 11. Firing will interrupt the restocking of the ready racks.
Machine guns
7.62 mm DT | ||||
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Mount | Capacity (Belt) | Fire rate | Vertical | Horizontal |
Coaxial | 1,890 (63) | 600 | N/A | N/A |
Usage in battles
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Pros and cons
Pros:
- Great mobility: 56 km/h max speed allows it to relocate itself easily
- Nice cannon with adequate penetration, awesome damage and good reload speed
- Has a wide range of shells to choose from: free BR-365K, destructive BR-365A, and piercing BR-365P
- Fast turret traverse, dealing with multiple targets is less dangerous
- Large fuel tanks next to the engine can protect it by absorbing some shells
- Sloped hull armour and gun mantlet might bounce some shells with luck
Cons:
- Armour was not upgraded from older T-34, severely lowering protection against powerful tanks like Panther D
- Closely packed crew of 5 tend to be taken out by a single shot
- -5° gun depression hinders its capacity in hilly terrains
- -7 km/h reverse speed is slow, can sometimes get the player killed
- Maximum 3.5x gunsight zoom is inferior to some tanks (eg. Tiger E, M36, Nashorn) in ranged engagement
- Enlarged turret makes it easier to get spotted & hit
History
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Media
- Skins
See also
- Other T-34-85 variants
External links
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Sweden medium tanks | |
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Strv m/42 | Lago I · Strv m/42 EH · Ikv 73 · Strv m/42 DT · Pvkv IV |
Centurion derivatives | Strv 81 · Strv 81 (RB 52) · Strv 101 · Strv 104 · Strv 105 |
Strv 103 | Strv 103-0 · Strv 103A · Strv 103С |
Strv 121/122 | Strv 121 · Christian II · Strv 122A · Strv 122B PLSS · Strv 122B+ |
Other | Sherman III/IV · T 80 U |
Finland | |
WWII | ▄T-28 · ▄T-34 · ▄Pz.IV · ▄T-34-85 |
Post War | ▄Comet I · ▄Charioteer Mk VII · ▄T-54 · ▄T-55M · ▄T-72M1 · ▄Leopard 2A4 · ▄Leopard 2A6 |
Norway | Leopard 1A5NO2 |