T95E1

T95E1

M103

XM803

T95E1

M103

XM803

USA

VI Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
8.3	8.3	8.3

Class:

Medium tank

Research:135 000

Purchase:380 000

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Description

The Medium Tank T95E1 is a rank VI USA medium tank with a battle rating of 8.3 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update 1.69 "Regia Aeronautica".

Presenting a 90 mm smoothbore cannon, it is currently the first tank in the American tree line that uses APFSDS ammunition.

General info

Survivability and armour

Armour type:'

• Cast homogeneous armour
• Rolled homogeneous armour (Front side hull, Lower rear hull, Hull roof)

Armour	Front (Slope angle)	Sides	Rear	Roof
Hull	95 mm (64-71°), 51 mm (67-86°) Front glacis 127 mm (43-45°) Lower glacis	32-101.6 mm	19 mm (18°) Top 25 mm (4-64°) Bottom	-
Turret	178 mm (6-78°) Turret front 178 mm (1-71°) Gun mantlet	76-178 mm (24-52°)	51 mm (4-39°)	51 mm Front 38 mm Rear
Armour	Front	Sides	Rear	Roof
Cupola	100 mm Cupola front 105 mm Gun mantlet	70 mm	50 mm	38 mm

Notes:

• Suspension wheels and tracks are 20 mm thick.
• Belly armour is 19 mm thick.

Mobility

Mobility characteristic
Weight (tons)	Add-on Armor weight (tons)	Max speed (km/h)
38.5	N/A	62 (AB)
		56 (RB/SB)
Engine power (horsepower)
Mode	Stock	Upgraded
Arcade	868	1068
Realistic/Simulator	495	560
Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton)
Mode	Stock	Upgraded
Arcade	22.54	27.74
Realistic/Simulator	12.86	14.55

Armaments

Main armament

90 mm T208E9
Capacity			Vertical guidance	Horizontal guidance	Stabilizer
50			-10°/+20°	±180°	N/A
Turret rotation speed (°/s)
Mode	Stock	Upgraded	Prior + Full crew	Prior + Expert qualif.	Prior + Ace qualif.
Arcade	34.27	47.44	57.60	63.69	67.76
Realistic	21.42	25.20	30.60	33.70	36.00
Reloading rate (seconds)
Stock	Prior + Full crew	Prior + Expert qualif.	Prior + Ace qualif.
11.05	9.78	__.__	8.50

Ammunition

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Penetration in mm @ 0° Angle of Attack
		10m	100m	500m	1000m	1500m	2000m
T320	APFSDS	300	297	279	260	244	239
T340E14H	HE	20	20	19	18	18	18

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%
T320	APFSDS	1570	3.6	N/A	N/A	N/A	+1.5°	76°	77°	78°
T340E14H	HE	1143	8.2	0.1	0.5	1,010	+0°	79°	80°	81°

Smoke characteristic
Ammunition	Velocity in m/s	Projectile Mass in kg	Screen radius in m	Screen time in s	Screen hold time in s:	Explosive Mass in g (TNT equivalent):
T339E14	1143	8.2	13	5	20	50

Ammo racks

Ammo racks for the T95E1.

Full ammo	1st rack empty	2nd rack empty	3rd rack empty	4th rack empty	Visual discrepancy
50	43 (+7)	29 (+21)	15 (+35)	1 (+49)	no

Turret empty: 29 (+21)

Machine guns

Offensive and anti-aircraft machine guns not only allow you to fight some aircraft but also are effective against lightly armoured vehicles. Evaluate machine guns and give recommendations on its use.

Usage in battles

The T95E1's playstyle consists of mostly setting up ambushes and/or on the frontlines. The APFSDS shell has more than enough power to destroy most tanks that it will face; however, on a uptier against T-64's and KPz-70's, you will need to play more cautiously, thus the ambushing tactics come into play. You must be extremely aware of what is around you and be quicker than your enemy on the gun because the lack of stabilizers will make your shot on the move very difficult.

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Stock APFSDS able to penetrate most enemies frontally
• Excellent post-penetration spalling from APFSDS
• Sloped front armour is impenetrable against all but the most well-aimed AP shots
• Very good stock horizontal turret traverse
• Good gun depression of -10°, allows for some hull-down tactics

Cons:

• Poor acceleration and low top speed cross-country
• Low reverse speed relative to other American medium tanks
• A prominent weak spot in the form of commander's cupola
• No ammunition choices other than APFSDS or HE
• No stabiliser - unable to accurately fire on the move
• Front armour vulnerable against sabot and HEAT rounds
• Limited accuracy of smoothbore cannon at long range
• Large ammo racks to the sides of driver, front hull penetration could lead to easy ammo detonation.

History

In the early 1950s, the US began looking for a replacement for the M48 series. In September 1954, the T95 was selected for development; construction of pilot models began in 1957. The T95E1 differed from the T95 in the inclusion of a recoil system mount and the omission of a two-plane stabilizer, and was completed in early 1958.

The T95 program was shut down in July 1960 when it became clear that both the engine power and smoothbore cannon's accuracy were unsatisfactory and would provide no significant improvements over the M48 already in service. However, further development of the turret design contributed significantly to the turret used later on the M60A1.

Media

Skins and camouflages for the T95E1 from live.warthunder.com.

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] T95E1: The Contender