M11/39

M11/39

AB 41

AS 42/47

M11/39

AB 41

AS 42/47

Italy

I Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
1.0	1.0	1.0

Class:

Light tank

Research:2 900

Purchase:700

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Description

The Fiat-Ansaldo M11/39 is a rank I Italian medium tank with a battle rating of 1.0 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update 1.85 "Supersonic".

General info

Survivability and armour

This vehicle is what you would expect for an early war vehicle, the armour is easily penetrated, however, it can bounce some French shots. Usually, the enemy will attempt to shoot at the turret to disable the gun, but the gun is on the hull so you can maybe survive the first shot.

Mobility

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Armaments

Main armament

37 mm Vickers-Terni 37/40 mod.18
Capacity			Vertical guidance	Horizontal guidance	Stabilizer
84			-8°/+15°	±15°	N/A
Turret rotation speed (°/s)
Mode	Stock	Upgraded	Prior + Full crew	Prior + Expert qualif.	Prior + Ace qualif.
Arcade	13.3	__.__	__.__	__.__	__.__
Realistic	8.3	__.__	__.__	__.__	__.__
Reloading rate (seconds)
Stock	Prior + Full crew	Prior + Expert qualif.	Prior + Ace qualif.
4.03	__.__	__.__	3.1

Ammunition

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Penetration in mm @ 90°
		10m	100m	500m	1000m	1500m	2000m
Granata Perforante da 37	APHE	38	35	25	17	11	7

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%
Granata Perforante da 37	APHE	640	0.7	1.3	15	23	°	47°	60°	65°

Ammo racks

Full ammo	1st rack empty	2nd rack empty	3rd rack empty	Visual discrepancy
84	XX (+XX)	XX (+XX)	XX (+XX)	No

Machine guns

8 mm Breda Mod. 38
Commander's cupola mount (x2)
Capacity (Belt capacity)				Fire rate (shots/minute)	Vertical guidance	Horizontal guidance
720 (24)				600	__°	__°

Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

Pros:

• High power zoom of 8x-16.1x with the scope
• 2 machine guns available for use
• 39° per second machine gun turret traverse, makes for a fairly good anti-aircraft gun
• Decent gun against the expected opponents
• Low muzzle velocity makes for good aiming training

Cons:

• Armament penetration stats are overall inadequate
• 4.1 s reload time is a downgrade from the previous vehicle
• Slow muzzle velocity needs some time to get used to (especially realistic battles)
• Relatively underpowered engine compared to contemporaries

History

This pre-war design was intended to be the standard Italian medium tank, equipping medium tank battalions in the armoured divisions. However, the positioning of the medium-velocity 37mm main armament in a limited-traverse hull mounting was short-sighted and quickly lost favour. The tank had no radio. Only 100 were built before Italy moved on to the M13/40. Twenty-four served, in 4-tank platoons, with the Medium Special Tank Company (Compagnia Speciale Carri M) in the East African Armored Task Force in Italian East Africa until the Italians there were defeated in June 1941. Another 70 were deployed with the 1st and 2nd Medium Tank Battalions, which deployed to Libya in summer, 1940, and were all either destroyed or captured by British forces by early February 1941.

Media

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See also

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External links

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