Lorraine 155 Mle.50

Lorraine 155 Mle.50

Lorraine 155 Mle.50

France

III Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
4.3	4.3	4.3

Class:

PREMIUM

Tank destroyer

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Description

The Lorraine automoteur de 155 mm modèle 1950 (shortened as Lorraine 155 Mle.50) is a gift rank III French tank destroyer with a battle rating of 4.3 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update 1.77 "Advancing Storm" during the 2018 World War Two Chronicles.

General info

Survivability and armour

The Lorraine 155 Mle.50 has very little armour (although some are sloped enough to deflect certain low-rank rounds), and can generally be penetrated by most guns of its rank. Even worse, however, the 'casemate' (if it can even be called that) has very little armour, and in some places can be shot through with machine guns. The commander (operating the 151) is completely open to the elements. Generally, you want to rely on good map placement and mobility, rather than armour.

Mobility

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Armaments

Main armament

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Additional armament

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Machine guns

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Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

Pros:

• Powerful 155mm gun.
• Pintle-mounted 20mm cannon.
• Decent mobility
• HE shell is very powerful, given that it hits in the right spot(s)

Cons:

• Thin armor.
• Long reload time; increases if the loader is taken out.
• If the commander is knocked out, so is the ability to use the 20mm cannon.
• No AP shells, only HE shells.
• Bad gun depression

History

Prototypes of the Lorraine 155 Mle.50 passed trials in 1950, but never reached production.

Media

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See also

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