75/34 M42

75/34 M42

75/32 M41

105/25 M43

75/34 M42

75/32 M41

105/25 M43

Italy

II Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
2.3	2.3	2.3

Class:

Tank destroyer

Research:5 600

Purchase:22 000

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This page is about the Italian tank destroyer 75/34 M42. For other usages, see M42 (Disambiguation).

Description

The Semovente 75/34 M42 is a rank II Italy tank destroyer with a battle rating of 2.3 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update 1.85 "Supersonic".

General info

Survivability and armour

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Mobility

Game Mode	Max Speed (km/h)		Weight (tons)	Engine power (horsepower)		Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton)
	Forward	Reverse		Stock	Upgraded	Stock	Upgraded
Arcade	42	4	13.3	263	353	19.77	26.54
Realistic	39	4		164	185	12.33	13.91

Armaments

Main armament

75 mm 75/34 mod.39
Capacity			Vertical guidance	Horizontal guidance	Stabilizer
45			-10°/+22°	±18°	N/A
Turret rotation speed (°/s)
Mode	Stock	Upgraded	Prior + Full crew	Prior + Expert qualif.	Prior + Ace qualif.
Arcade	12.3	__.__	__.__	__.__	__.__
Realistic	8.3	__.__	__.__	__.__	__.__
Reloading rate (seconds)
Stock	Prior + Full crew	Prior + Expert qualif.	Prior + Ace qualif.
8.45	__.__	__.__	6.5

Ammunition

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Penetration in mm @ 90°
		10m	100m	500m	1000m	1500m	2000m
Granata Perforante 75/32	APCBC	75	72	66	59	53	48
EPS M42	HEAT	100	100	100	100	100	100
Granata 75/32	HE	9	9	9	9	9	9

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 75/32	APCBC	624	6.2	1.3	15	270	°	48°	63°	71°
EPS M42	HEAT	552	5.3	0.0	0.1	656.64	+0°	62°	69°	73°
Granata 75/32	HE	552	6.4	0.4	0.1	600	+0°	79°	80°	81°

Ammo racks

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

Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

Pros:

• Decent 75 mm gun with a respectable reload rate
• Low profile = harder to spot
• Has access to HEAT rounds
• Decent top speed

Cons:

• Overall armour is not very good
• Is vulnerable to getting flanked due to being a casemate tank destroyer
• Thin top armour; can be vulnerable to strafing aircraft
• Acceleration leaves things to be desired

History

Intended to use the same gun as the P26 medium tank but on the M15/42 chassis, the 75/34 Semovente variant had not yet become operational when the Germans seized control of northern Italy. The Germans continued its manufacture, completing 116. Saw service along with the other Semovente variants in Italy and the Balkans.

Media

Skin and Camouflages for the 75/34 M42 in Warthunder Live.

See also

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• reference to the series of the vehicles;
• links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.

External links

• [Wikipedia] Semovente da 75/34