FIAT 6614
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Description
The FIAT 6614 (M40A1) is a rank IV Italian light tank
with a battle rating of 6.7 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update 1.85 "Supersonic".
General info
Survivability and armour
This tank (if you can even call it that) has almost no armour like other vehicles in the Italian tree, and with that, very low survivability. Literally anything that hits a side shot will kill at least one crew member, while a frontal or rear shot will kill a minimum of 3 crew, taking you back to the hanger. In fact, I have played 272 battles with this vehicle and only twice has it survived more than one critical crew killing shot (I am counting these as ones that kill the driver/gunner and ignoring ones that kill the commander/loader).
The average effective thickness changes depending from where you are being shot from. At the front, it ranges from 15-20mm, although the front-facing window of the driver's hatch does only give 9mm of fresh Italian steel between an mg round and the driver. While a 7.62 mg will only penetrate at close range, a 12.7mm mg will only fail to penetrate that window at over a kilometre away. Considering the car's most valuable advantage is it's ability to get to good positions fast, a driver shot will ruin your match.
The side's obvious weak spots are the grills near the front that are only 5mm thick. Considering that the vehicle has a <=> shaped cross section if sliced from left to right, the upper plate of the slanted side offers 9mm of protection after the grill and 10-12mm around and in front of the grill. The lower side plate gives a whole new world of armour with a minimum thickness of 10mm everywhere, which means at least the mighty 7.62 mgs can't penetrate you there. The doors have the same thickness as the rest of the sides.
On the back, there's one slanted plate that is 8mm at the top which increases to 14 at the bottom. Again, like the sides, the door doesn't have a different thickness
Also, your gun is very easy to disable as it has a maximum effective thickness of 88mm, which all tanks at this BR will be able to penetrate and disable in one shot.
Mobility
The mobility is obviously very good. On a track like the ones on Sinai, you can easily reach 60 or 70 km/h., but on a grassy field, you only reach 45km/h, and driving on an actual road or going downhill will let you reach the 80's or 90's. In fact, I have often reached the max speed of 100 km/h on fulda. However, it is a wheeled car, so going through sand, snow or a small uphill will trickle away your speed. Also, since it's wheeled, it cannot deosn't have neutral steering, but it does have a small turning circle (diameter 3 tetrachs or 1.5 centurion mk 3's) and it can turn in this circle at 23 km/h
Anyway, to backpedal to reversing, it reaches -10 km/h after about 3 seconds and you will get to -20 by the fourth second
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:
- 106 mm HESH is enough to one-shot most enemy vehicles, aside from some heavy tanks
- 360-degree turret transverse
- Fast on road
- Small target, easy to hide
- Can swim
Cons:
- Very thin armour, 12.7 mm can penetrate it frontally
- Bad off-road speed
- Cupola blocks turret elevation when traversing the turret
History
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Media
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See also
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| M11/39 | M11/39 |
| Autoblindo | AB 41 · AB 43 |
| Fiat 6614/6616 | FIAT 6614 · AUBL/74 · AUBL/74 HVG |
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| Dardo | Dardo · VCC-80/60 · VCC-80/30 |
| Other | C13 T90 |
| USA | ▄M3A3 · ▄M24 · ▄M18 |
| Hungary | |
| WWII | Csaba · Toldi IIA |
| Post | ◔BTR-80A · KF41 |
