Lorraine 37L
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Description
The Lorraine 37L is a rank I French tank destroyer
with a battle rating of 1.3 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update "New Power".
General info
Survivability and armour
Armour type:
- Rolled homogeneous armour (hull, gun shield)
- Cast homogeneous armour (transmission carter, gun mount base)
| Armour | Front (Slope angle) | Sides | Rear | Roof |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hull | 9 mm (32-33°) Upper plate 6 mm (74-75°) Upper Glacis 9 mm (cylindrical) Transmission carter |
6 mm (35°) Top - Engine compartment 6 mm Top - Gun platform 6 mm Bottom |
6 mm Gun platform 6 mm (19°) Lower glacis |
6 mm (13-14°) Driver compartment 4 mm Engine Compartment |
| Gun mount | 5 mm Gun mount base - Bottom 13 mm Gun mount base - Top 7 mm Gun Shield |
N/A | ||
Notes:
- Suspension wheels and bogies are 10 mm thick while tracks are 15 mm thick.
- The gun breech is 150 mm thick.
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 | 38 | 8 | 7.2 | 99 | 134 | 13.75 | 18.61 |
| Realistic | 35 | 7 | 62 | 70 | 8.61 | 9.72 | |
Armaments
Main armament
| 47 mm SA37 | Turret rotation speed (°/s) | Reloading rate (seconds) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mode | Capacity | Vertical | Horizontal | Stabilizer | Stock | Upgraded | Full | Expert | Aced | Stock | Full | Expert | Aced |
| Arcade | 22 | -13°/+16° | ±34° | N/A | 10.6 | 14.6 | __._ | __._ | 20.9 | 3.90 | _.__ | _.__ | 3.00 |
| Realistic | 7.1 | 8.4 | __._ | __._ | 12.0 | ||||||||
Ammunition
The armour-piercing capped round Mle 1936 has a high penetration power for the battle rating but lacks the post-penetration damage with the absence of an explosive filler. The lack of base tracer also makes it difficult to correct your targeting at long distance as you can't properly visualize the trajectory of your shell.
| 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 | ||
| Mle1936 | APC | 94 | 90 | 73 | 56 | 43 | 33 |
| 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% | |||||||
| Mle1936 | APC | 855 | 1.73 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 48° | 63° | 71° |
Ammo racks
| Full ammo |
1st rack empty |
Visual discrepancy |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 1 (+21) | No |
Notes:
- Shells are modeled individually and disappear after having been shot or loaded.
- It is recommended to go into battle with a full rack as the ammo capacity is already limited.
Usage in battles
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Modules
| Tier | Mobility | Protection | Firepower | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | Tracks | Parts | Horizontal Drive | |
| II | Suspension | Brake System | FPE | Adjustment of Fire |
| III | Filters | Crew Replenishment | Elevation Mechanism | |
| IV | Transmission | Engine | ||
Pros and cons
Pros:
- Very good penetration for a 47 mm at this rank
- Excellent post-penetration damage even without HE filler, much improved over the 47 mm SA35 common to other French tanks
- Fast firing cannon
- Very good gun depression and traverse arc
- The projectile does not have any tracer component in its rounds; enemy players cannot deduce your position from the round's trajectory
Cons:
- The side and rear of the vehicle have very little armour, leaving three of the four crew members with almost no protection from artillery and incoming fire
- Mid and long-range shots difficult to correct without any tracer component in the round to visually track the round's trajectory
History
Devblog
During the German invasion of France in mid 1940, the French army suffered heavy losses, especially when it came to its armoured vehicles. As a result, several urgent attempts were made to create improvised combat vehicles from resources available to French engineers in order to bolster the strength of the army, which faced a seemingly unstoppable invasion.
One of these projects was the conversion of the Lorraine 37L tractor into a tank destroyer by fitting it with a 47 mm SA37 anti-tank gun. The conversion took little time, with the prototype being ready in just a few weeks, however by the time construction was completed, France had already fallen. As a result, the prototype never saw combat action and was instead captured by German forces following the occupation.
Media
- Skins
- Images
- Lorraine 37L Devblog Images
- Videos
See also
- Other vehicles of similar configuration and role
External links
| France tank destroyers | |
|---|---|
| Lorraine 40t derivatives | CA Lorraine · Lorraine 155 Mle.50 |
| ATGM | MEPHISTO · AMX-10M |
| Other | AMR.35 ZT3 · Lorraine 37L · SAu 40 · ARL-44 · ELC bis · AMX-50 Foch · AuF1 |
| USA | ▄M10 GMC · ▄M36B2 |
