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Ground Vehicles
P40
II
Rank
AB
3.3
RB
3.3
SB
3.3
Battle rating
Italy
Game nation
Medium tank
Main role
14,000
RP
Research
32,000
SL
Purchase
Kingdom of Italy
Operator country
General information

During the war in Africa, the Italians found that their medium and light tanks had a lack of armour and insufficient firepower against the Allied tanks. At the beginning of 1940, they began work on a project for a heavy infantry support tank, which was to fight alongside the medium tanks. The project was initially designated as the P75 for its 75/18 mm cannon, which was later changed to a longer 75/32 gun and finally a 75/34 cannon with better anti-tank capabilities. The initial design derived from the contemporary M13/40 tank, but was later revised with sloped armour plate; eventually the vehicle that came out was the P26/40, a heavy tank by Italian army guidelines due to its weight of 26 tons, and the number 40 for the year of design. The vehicle would only see the battlefield in 1943, of which only 5 would be produced before the armistice and in turn would be captured by the Germans, who would produce a hundred more tanks, many of which were used as fixed emplacements without engine.

Introduced along with the initial Italian ground tree in Update 1.85 "Supersonic", the P40 proves to be a balanced vehicle between armament, armour, and mobility: between the APCBC and HEAT shells, it is able to penetrate almost every tank it will meet; the mobility is neither too good nor too bad; and the vehicle can take some damage without problems.


Camouflages:

Survivability and armour
Armour front / side / back
Hull 50 / 45 / 40 mm
Turret 50 / 45 / 45 mm
Visibility 88 %
Crew 4 persons
Support systems
Mobility
Max speed
Forward 4045 km/h
Backward 45 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio 12.711.224.219.7 hp/t
Engine power 330292630511 hp
Weight 26 t
Optics
Gunner
Commander
Driver
Optics zoom
1.9x–3.5x
Armaments
75 mm Ansaldo 75 L/34 cannon
Ammunition 63 rounds
Reload basic crew → aces
6.5 → 5 s
Vertical guidance -10 / 23°
Turret Rotation Speed basic crew → aces
Horizontal 9.88.318.413.31411.926.419 °/s
Vertical 2.82.29.86.343.2149 °/s

AmmunitionTypeArmor penetration (mm) at a distance:
10 m100 m500 m1000 m1500 m2000 m
APCBC797871645852
HEAT100100100100100100
HE10109999
8 mm Breda Mod. 38 machine gun (coaxial)
Ammunition 288 rounds
Belt capacity 24 rounds
Reload basic crew → aces
10.4 → 8 s
Fire rate 600 shots/min

BeltBelt fillingArmor penetration (mm) at a distance:
10 m100 m500 m1000 m1500 m2000 m
API-T/AP/I13127320
8 mm Breda Mod. 38 machine gun
Ammunition 288 rounds
Belt capacity 24 rounds
Reload basic crew → aces
10.4 → 8 s
Fire rate 600 shots/min
Vertical guidance -10 / 20°
Turret Rotation Speed basic crew → aces
Vertical 6350.4220.5141.19072315201.6 °/s

BeltBelt fillingArmor penetration (mm) at a distance:
10 m100 m500 m1000 m1500 m2000 m
API-T/AP/I13127320
Economy
Repair cost Basic → Reference
AB 830 → 1,123 SL
RB 954 → 1,291 SL
SB 1,186 → 1,605 SL
Crew training 9,200 SL
Experts 32,000 SL
Aces 270 GE
Research Aces 250,000 RP
Reward multiplier AB / RB / SB
50 / 80 / 90 % SL
130 % RP
Total cost of modifications 13,860 RP
20,200 SL
Talisman cost 860 GE

Research order:

Mobility
Protection
Firepower
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