T92

T92

M41A1

XM800T

T92

M41A1

XM800T

USA

IV Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
6.7	7.0	7.0

Class:

Light tank

Research:71 000

Purchase:210 000

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Description

The 76 mm Gun Tank T92 is Rank IV American light tank with a battle rating of 6.7 (AB) and 7.0 (RB/SB). It was introduced in Update 1.53 "Firestorm". It's most unique feature is its cannon which is not fully housed inside the turret allowing for a very low profile and good gun depression. The 76 mm gun has been improved with a better ammo selection than the M41A1 Walker Bulldog.

General info

Survivability and armour

Armour type:

• Rolled homogeneous armour
• Cast homogeneous armour (Gun breech, Commander's cupola, Loader's cupola)

Armour	Front (Slope angle)	Sides	Rear	Roof
Hull	12.7 mm (17-76°) Front glacis 12.7 mm (3-48°) Lower glacis	19 mm (0-45°) Top 19 mm Bottom front & rear 25.4 mm Bottom center	25.4 mm (1°)	12.7 mm
Turret	31.75 mm (26-77°) Turret front 31.75 mm (1-31°) Gun breech	19 mm (0-60°)	19 mm (27-50°)	12.7 mm
Armour	Sides	Roof
Cupolas	28.575 mm	28.575 mm

Notes:

• Suspension wheels and tracks are 15 mm thick.
• The rear of the gun breech has a layer of 15 mm tracks on it.

Mobility

Mobility characteristic
Weight (tons)	Add-on Armor weight (tons)	Max speed (km/h)
16.9	N/A	63 (AB)
		57 (RB/SB)
Engine power (horsepower)
Mode	Stock	Upgraded
Arcade	527	649
Realistic/Simulator	301	340
Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton)
Mode	Stock	Upgraded
Arcade	31.18	38.40
Realistic/Simulator	17.81	20.12

Armaments

Main armament

76 mm T185E1
Capacity			Vertical guidance	Horizontal guidance	Stabilizer
60			-10°/+20°	±180°	N/A
Turret rotation speed (°/s)
Mode	Stock	Upgraded	Prior + Full crew	Prior + Expert qualif.	Prior + Ace qualif.
Arcade	22.85	31.62	38.40	__.__	45.18
Realistic	14.28	16.80	20.4	22.60	24.00
Reloading rate (seconds)
Stock	Prior + Full crew	Prior + Expert qualif.	Prior + Ace qualif.
6.50	5.75	5.30	5.00

Ammunition

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Penetration in mm @ 0° Angle of Attack
		10m	100m	500m	1000m	1500m	2000m
M319 Shot	APCR	208	207	187	170	144	123
M352 Shell	HE	12	12	12	12	12	21
M331A2 Shot	APDS	232	231	212	193	163	137
M496 Shell	HEATFS	254	254	254	254	254	254

Shell details
Ammunition	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%
M319 Shot	1,262	3.2	N/A	N/A	N/A	+1.5°	66°	70°	72°
M352 Shell	732	6.8	0.1	0.5	867.22	+0°	79°	80°	81°
M331A2 Shot	1,231	1.49	N/A	N/A	N/A	+1.5°	75°	78°	80°
M496 Shell	1,082	3.2	0.0	0.1	653.69	+0°	65°	72°	75°

Ammo racks

Ammo racks of the T92.

Full ammo	1st rack empty	2nd rack empty	3rd rack empty	4th rack empty	5th rack empty	Visual discrepancy
60	49 (+11)	37 (+23)	25 (+35)	13 (+47)	1 (+59)	Yes

Machine guns

12.7 mm M2HB
Commander cupola mount
Capacity (Belt capacity)				Fire rate (shots/minute)	Vertical guidance	Horizontal guidance
700 (200)				576	-5°/+60°	-10°/+160°

7.62 mm M37
Loader cupola mount
Capacity (Belt capacity)				Fire rate (shots/minute)	Vertical guidance	Horizontal guidance
5,000 (250)				500	-5°/+60°	-160°/+10°

Usage in battles

The T92, as a light tank, can perform as an adequate reconnaissance tank in the battlefield, using the low profile the weave through small cover that most larger tanks cannot exploit. The 76 mm cannon also allowed for a great ambush weapon with its great gun depression, with the 76 mm having access to a HEATFS and APDS rounds. Like most light tanks, however, with only around 40 mm of effective frontal armour, the T92 cannot take any abuse larger than a 12.7 mm machine gun round so any possible return fire should be avoided, even though the Hull Break mechanism does not affect the vehicle.

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Very low profile
• HEATFS shell that can penetrate 254 mm, effective even against later Rank V vehicles.
• Great mobility even when stock
• -10° gun depression + low profile makes it a great hull-down vehicle
• Machine guns mounted on separate turrets can allow independent aiming at separate targets w/o traversing the main gun
• Front-mounted engine can tank shots that would have otherwise been fatal

Cons:

• Virtually no armour
• Rear contains ammo and fuel, making it a good place to be ammo-racked or set on fire
• Stock APCR struggles against sloped armour commonly found on tanks of its battle rating
• Large turret ring forces the T92 to expose a significant portion of the tank when side scraping
• Can be destroyed with 0.50 cal machine gun at close range if not angled

History

Development

The M41 Walker Bulldog light tank, though a great performer in its task, suffers from a considerable weight that causes issues with air-transport and air-dropping of the tank to the battlefield. A development program was made to replace the Bulldog with a tank that is much lighter to allow it to be air-dropped into the battlefield. The prototype vehicle, designated the T92, was to be the replacement for the Bulldog. The first pilot model left the assembly line on 08 October 1954.

Design

The T92 was a very unique design in comparison to the M41A1 Walker Bulldog. The design had a very low profile turret, and the turret had two rotatable cupolas with machine guns for the crew to fire from. At about 18 tons, it was considerably lighter than the 23 ton M41A1 Walker Bulldog. The design used the same gun as the Bulldog as well, and the gun functioned on a semi-automatic loading system that allows for fast firing with the tank. The interior could hold 60 main gun rounds, with each firing ejecting the spent shell casing out of the tank to prevent cluttering of casings in the tank interior.

Armour on the tank is rather comparable to the M41A1 Walker Bulldog at about 0.5 inches on the front armour plate, though made out of lighter materials like aluminium for weight-saving. The vehicle is powered by a Continental V8 AOI-628-I engine that gives 340 horsepower. The engine was also moved towards the front of the vehicle rather than the rear for additional protection, making room for an escape hatch for the crew on the rear of the tank. The maximum speed recorded for the T92 was about 56 km/h (35 mph).

Cancellation

The T92 tank was good enough to be considered for mass production, which was planned for 1962, but this did not come to be. In 1957, during the test trials of the T92 with the second pilot model, the discovery of the Soviet PT-76 and its amphibious operation had Congress ask for the same thing in the light tank design. The T92 was unable to be adapted with the ability to perform amphibious operations, and thus the T92 was cancelled in 1958, being replaced by the M551 Sheridan that is capable of air-dropping an amphibious operation with a flotation screen.

In-game description

An experimental light tank that was meant to replace the M41, developed by Aircraft Armaments Incorporated. Weighing a little under 17 tons, it differed significantly from its competitors. Its 76mm cannon and the 7.62mm machine gun paired with it were installed not on a standard turret, but rather on a self-contained gun carriage displaced to the rear, which significantly reduced the tank’s height. The commander and gunner each got their “own” turret with a high-caliber machine gun. Two models were produced.

Media

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See also

Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:

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

External links

• [Devblog] T92 - with developer's answers