M4 (WT Mobile)

M4

M4

USA

II Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
3.7	3.7	3.7

Class:

Medium tank

Purchase:Bundle or Gift

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Description

The Medium Tank M4 Sherman is a gift rank II American medium tank with a battle rating of 3.7 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced during Update "La Royale" as a promotional reward for the release of War Thunder Mobile.

General info

Survivability and armour

Armourfront / side / back

Hull50 / 38 / 38

Turret76 / 50 / 50

Crew5 people

Visibility103 %

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Armour type:

Armour	Front (Slope angle)	Sides	Rear	Roof
Hull	___ mm	___ mm Top ___ mm Bottom	___ mm	___ - ___ mm
Turret	___ - ___ mm Turret front ___ mm Gun mantlet	___ - ___ mm	___ - ___ mm	___ - ___ mm
Cupola	___ mm	___ mm	___ mm	___ mm

Notes:

Mobility

Speedforward / back

AB43 / 6 km/h

RB and SB39 / 6 km/h

Number of gears5 forward

1 back

Weight30.6 t

Engine power

AB763 hp

RB and SB400 hp

Power-to-weight ratio

AB24.9 hp/t

RB and SB13.1 hp/t

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Game Mode	Max Speed (km/h)		Weight (tons)	Engine power (horsepower)		Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton)
	Forward	Reverse		Stock	Upgraded	Stock	Upgraded
Arcade	43	6	30.6	620	763	20.26	24.93
Realistic	39	6		354	400	11.57	13.07

Modifications and economy

Repair costBasic → Reference

AB716 → 921

RB823 → 1 059

SB1 047 → 1 347

Total cost of modifications13 860

19 850

Talisman cost860

Crew training9 200

Experts32 000

Aces270

Research Aces250 000

Reward for battleAB / RB / SB

40 / 70 / 80 %

130 / 130 / 130 %

Modifications

Mobility	Protection	Firepower
Tracks Research: 920 Cost: 1 300 115 Suspension Research: 620 Cost: 890 75 Brake System Research: 620 Cost: 890 75 Filters Research: 1 200 Cost: 1 700 150 Transmission Research: 1 100 Cost: 1 600 135 Engine Research: 1 100 Cost: 1 600 135	Improved Parts Research: 920 Cost: 1 300 115 Improved FPE Research: 620 Cost: 890 75 Crew Replenishment Research: 1 200 Cost: 1 700 150	Horizontal Drive Research: 920 Cost: 1 300 115 Adjustment of Fire Research: 620 Cost: 890 75 75mm_usa_APCBC_ammo_pack Research: 620 Cost: 890 75 Elevation Mechanism Research: 1 200 Cost: 1 700 150 Artillery Support Research: 1 100 Cost: 1 600 135 75mm_us_M89_Smoke_ammo_pack Research: 1 100 Cost: 1 600 135

Armaments

Main armament

75 mm M3 cannon

Vertical stabilizer

Reduces the swing of the gun in one plane while moving

Ammunition97 rounds

Reloadbasic crew → aces

6.5 → 5.0 s

Vertical guidance-10° / 25°

75 mm M3					Turret rotation speed (°/s)					Reloading rate (seconds)
Mode	Capacity	Vertical	Horizontal	Stabilizer	Stock	Upgraded	Full	Expert	Aced	Stock	Full	Expert	Aced
Arcade	97	-10°/+25°	±180°	Vertical	22.8	31.6	38.4	42.5	45.2	6.50	5.75	5.30	5.00
Realistic					14.3	16.8	20.4	22.6	24.0

Ammunition

Penetration statistics
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
M72 shot	AP	91	88	78	67	57	49
M48 shell	HE	10	10	10	10	10	10
M61 shot	APCBC	104	102	93	84	75	68

Shell details
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%
M72 shot	AP	619	6.3	-	-	-	47°	60°	65°
M48 shell	HE	463	6.3	0.2	0.1	666	79°	80°	81°
M61 shot	APCBC	618	6.79	1.2	14	63.7	48°	63°	71°

Smoke shell characteristics
Ammunition	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Screen radius (m)	Screen deploy time (s)	Screen hold time (s)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g)
M89	259	3	9	5	20	50

Ammo racks

Full ammo	1st rack empty	2nd rack empty	3rd rack empty	4th rack empty	5th rack empty	6th rack empty	Visual discrepancy
97	__ (+__)	__ (+__)	__ (+__)	__ (+__)	__ (+__)	__ (+__)	__

Machine guns

12.7 mm M2HB machine gun

Ammunition600 rounds

Belt capacity200 rounds

Reloadbasic crew → aces

10.4 → 8.0 s

Fire rate575 shots/min

Vertical guidance-10° / 25°

Horizontal guidance-60° / 60°

7.62 mm M1919A4 machine gun (coaxial)

Ammunition3 000 rounds

Belt capacity250 rounds

Reloadbasic crew → aces

10.4 → 8.0 s

Fire rate500 shots/min

12.7 mm M2HB
Mount	Capacity (Belt)	Fire rate	Vertical	Horizontal
Pintle	600 (200)	575	-10°/+25°	±60°

7.62 mm M1919A4
Mount	Capacity (Belt)	Fire rate	Vertical	Horizontal
Coaxial	3,000 (250)	500	-	-

Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

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Pros:

• Excellent gun depression of -10° plus the angled frontal turret allows it to utilise hills very well
• Great penetration and post-penetration damage when using M61 shells; can frontally penetrate and knock out most opponents like the Pz.IV F2, Chi-Nu and T-34 with a single shot
• Great turret traverse speed allows it to deal with multiple threats easily
• Capable armour when angled and at a distance
• Adequate top speed allows it to get to positions in time, or to do tactical manoeuvres like flanking
• Pintle-mounted HMG provides an anti-aircraft defence or anti-tank duty against tanks like Marder III
• Fitted with a vertical stabilizer, allowing more accurate fire on the move compared to other tanks, as well as better usage of shoot-n-scoot tactics

Cons:

• Large profile and weak side armour; flankers like the Sd.Kfz.234/2 can easily see and penetrate it
• Frontal armour is still inadequate, it will get frontally penetrated and knocked out with a single shot by tanks like Pz.IV F2/G, StuG III F/G or M10
• The best M61 shell struggles to penetrate heavy targets like KV-1 (ZiS-5), Churchill III or even the T-34 and M10 when angled
• Trajectory is curved and velocity is low due to its short barrel, thus distant/moving targets are hard to shoot at
• Hull traverse is quite slow, making it sluggish in a turn. Also the narrow tracks offer poor ground flotation, thus poor off-road capabilities. Can only reach its top speed on paved or hard surfaces
• Roof armour of 19.5 mm thick is vulnerable to aircraft strafing runs with AP rounds. For example the widely used M2 Browning

History

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