...me_modes|arcade battles]]. Finally, despite the awkward position of the 75 mm in the hull, it benefits from a stabilization that would allow faster targe
...om'' || 38.1 mm (1-14°) ''Top'' <br> 38.1 mm (15-53°) ''Bottom'' || 12.7 mm
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...30°, the frontal armour plate proved powerful enough to withstand the 25 mm armour-piercing rounds.
...gun. However, by increasing the overall armour plate thickness to 20 to 30 mm, this tank's protection is significantly boosted. Despite this, it is never
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...nd the hull of the latest production Panzer IV J tanks were fitted with 20 mm spaced armour plates. Some older Panzer III variants also had it fitted in
...fire HEAT ammunition, such as the [[M4A3 (105)]] is easier because the 20 mm spaced armour limits the efficacy of the HEAT projectiles when attacked fro
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...wn as Schürzen were installed on the hull side to prevent the Soviet 14.5 mm anti-tank rifle from penetrating the Panzer III's side armour. More plates
...rank, the Panzer III M will suffer greatly, owing to the fact that the 50 mm KwK39 L/60 tank gun lacks the penetration required to engage enemies from a
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...d with the 88 mm Kampfwagenkanone (KwK) 36 tank gun, developed from the 88 mm Flugabwehrkanone (FlaK) 36 anti-aircraft gun. Henschel and Ferdinand Porsch
...2 L/70 on the [[Panther tank (Family)|Panthers]]. At longer ranges, the 88 mm KwK36 L/56 performed better in terms of penetration and accuracy. The Tiger
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...he Tiger E also introduces the more powerful APCR ammunition for the 88 mm KwK 36 gun, a shorter commander cupola and the pintle-mounted MG.
...rom the lacklustre 100 mm of flat homogeneous armour to an extreme 200-400 mm thick. The turret suffers from the same problem of flat armour but this is
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...oduction. The inadequate armour protection was the most apparent. While 50 mm thick frontal armour was planned for the Panzer IV E, it was not implemente
...nt. It was outfitted with the same short-barrelled 75 mm Kampfwagenkanone (KwK) 37 L/24 tank gun as the previous Panzer IV C, thus gameplay should be iden
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...al versions, B and C. Armed with a short-barrelled 75 mm Kampfwagenkanone (KwK) 37 L/24 howitzer-like tank gun, which was primarily designed to fire high-
...'Front glacis'' <br> 30 mm (14°) ''Lower glacis'' || 15 mm || 15 mm || 12 mm
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...ks were rearmed with the larger gun, which replaced the short-barrelled 75 mm KwK37 L/24 tank gun previously used for infantry support.
...enetration. Due to the increase in calibre from 50 mm on Panzer IIIs to 75 mm on Panzer IV F2, destruction of enemy vehicles is generally immediate upon
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...er plate is now 50 mm thick, side and rear armour have been increased by 5 mm. Plus, the front and side armour have additional armour plates installed on
...glacis'' <br> 50 mm (14°) ''Bottom glacis'' || 20 + 20 mm || 20 mm || 10 mm
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...Aside from its rearmament with the long-barrelled 75 mm Kampfwagenkanone (KwK) 40 L/43 tank gun, relatively few modifications were made to its overall de
...n, the thickness of the hull frontal armour was increased from 50 mm to 80 mm. Second, the previous Panzer IV F2 variant's ball-shaped muzzle brake was r
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...evelopment from the Panzer IV H variant. To conserve valuable steel, the 5 mm side skirts, known as Schürzen, were removed. The original single-speed el
...°) ''Lower glacis'' || 30 mm || 30 mm (4-15°) || 26 mm ''Front'' <br> 10 mm ''Rear and hatches''
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...un has a slightly longer barrel than the previous Panzer IV G variant's 75 mm KwK40 L/43 tank gun, which offered slightly better armour-penetrating capab
...a significant step forward from the Panzer IV G variant. The addition of 5 mm side skirts, known as Schürzen, is the most noteworthy difference. However
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...the German designers incorporated protective skirt armour constructed of 5 mm soft steel to protect against close-range penetration by Soviet anti-tank w
...|| 40 mm (40°) ''Top'' <br> 40 + 5 mm ''Lower'' || 40 mm (29-31°) || 16 mm
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...mber 1943, Rheinmetall designed a new turret with a narrow front plate 120 mm (4.72 in) thick. From a distance, the narrow turret presented a smaller tar
...' || 50 mm (30°) ''Top'' <br> 41.5 + 5 mm ''Lower'' || 40 mm (24°) || 25 mm
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...increases. Keep in mind that powerful kinetic shells like that of the 122 mm D-25 cannon and APDS shells from British and Swedish tanks will easily pene
...s'' || 40 mm (40°) ''Top'' <br> 40 + 5 mm ''Lower'' || 40 mm (29°) || 16 mm
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...'Front glacis'' <br> 25 mm (31°) ''Lower glacis'' || 16 mm || 16 mm || 12 mm
...m (10°)''Turret front'' <br> 25 mm ''Gun mantlet'' || 16 mm || 16 mm || 8 mm
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...at enemy fortifications and defence positions with its short-barrelled 75 mm Sturmkanone (StuK) 37 L/24 tank gun. In the game, the player can hide behin
...'Front glacis'' <br> 50 mm (23°) ''Lower glacis'' || 30 mm || 30 mm || 17 mm
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...irepower. The StuG III G, which is armed with a modified long-barrelled 75 mm Sturmkanone (StuK) 40 L/48 tank gun, has the same armour-penetrating power
...'' || 30 mm (4°) ''Front part'' <br> 16 mm ''Engine compartment'' <br> 30 mm (13°) ''Rear part''
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...nk}} German medium tank {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update 1.75 "La Résistance"]] as a reward for the [[wt:en/news/5224-special-festive-qu
...erformance-wise the Ersatz M10 has the standard Panther's high-power 75 mm KwK 42 gun with the armour layout of the [[Panther G|Ausf. G]], but the automot
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...armed with a 20 mm Kampfwagenkanone (KwK) 38 autocannon and a single 7.92 mm MG42 light machine gun capable of anti-aircraft and ground fire.
...' || 30 mm (16°) ''Front glacis'' <br> 10 mm ''Crew compartment'' <br> 15 mm (0-30°) ''Engine deck''
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...[KV-1E]]. It has extra armour plates welded to its hull and turret. The 76 mm F-32 gun is not the strongest, but it can still pack a punch with its well-
...+ 25 mm || 60 mm (13-89°) ''Top'' <br /> 70 mm (14-57°) ''Bottom'' || 30 mm
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...ving two guns - a 37 mm Kampfwagenkanone (KwK) 36 L/46.5 tank gun and a 75 mm KwK37 L/24 tank gun on a single turret. Players may struggle to engage enem
...(12°) ''Front'' <br> 13 mm ''Engine compartment'' <br> 13 mm (13°) + 13 mm (7°) ''Radiator vent''
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...the most glaring change is the gun. Modified to carry the [[KwK40 L48 (75 mm)|7.5 cm KwK40 L/48]] gun, this change offers the KV-1 a very noticeable imp
...ypes to choose from: APCBC, APCR, HEAT and HE. As is common with German 75 mm guns it features dependable accuracy and formidable muzzle velocity: from 9
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...(1941)|1941]] and [[T-34 (1942)|1942]]). With the same long-barrelled 76.2 mm F-34 tank gun and an extensive selection of ammunition, players will be gla
...°) ''Bottom'' || 40 mm (48°) ''Top'' <br> 40 mm (45°) ''Bottom'' || 16 mm
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The front hull armour is only 45 mm thick, even when sloped this is a pitiful amount of armour to fight with ag
...hing for the T-34-85 and they won't be afraid to plant a shell into the 45 mm hull armour.
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...menace at its battle rating. Though formidable, the Soviet upgraded the 85 mm gun to the improved ZiS-S-53 variant on the [[T-34-85]] model.
...will not penetrate the frontal part of the turret which sports around 130 mm armour. The number of crew in the turret is also retained, as the commander
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...ize the turret and the gun, as the T-44 is armed with the same ZiS-S-53 85 mm gun as the T-34-85, but there are no more further similarities between the
...cis'' || 75 mm || 45 mm (17°) ''Upper'' <br> 30 mm (70°) ''Lower'' || 30 mm
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...-54]] chassis and similar ammunition in a tank destroyer format with a 122 mm gun, the SU-122-54 presents an interesting vehicle for Rank V battles.
...engine deck and crew compartment rear, which are only able to withstand 37 mm at point blank. The connectors supporting widened hull are angled, and ther
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The feature of this tank is its 16 mm of spaced armour around its turret and sides, which in some occasions will
...+ 16 mm (50°) ''Top'' <br> 45 mm + 10 mm ''Bottom'' || 40 mm (47°) || 20 mm
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...wing this, the 57 mm (2.25 in) gun design was abandoned because the new 85 mm D-5 (3.35 in) tank gun was already in production, resulting in the [[T-34-8
...merous rounds to defeat an enemy tank due to the smaller calibre of the 57 mm ZiS-4M tank gun. The T-34-57 (1943) late experimental variant resembles the
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...|| 40 mm (40°) ''Top'' <br> 40 + 5 mm ''Lower'' || 40 mm (29-31°) || 16 mm
...7-80°) + 10 mm ''Gun mantlet''|| 45 mm (24-25°) || 45 mm (20-30°) || 16 mm
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...5 mm gun; note that with 2 crew members, it is the operational gun. The 37 mm gun is in a turret, mounted with a leftward offset. Its main notable differ
...wing you to aim directly from it (and not from the point of view of the 37 mm gun) and use the bullet drop indicator in [[:Category:Game_modes|arcade bat
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...quipped with high-velocity 75 mm SA50 L/57 tank guns. The high-velocity 75 mm SA50 L/57 tank gun was known as the M-50 in Israel; hence, the up-gunned Sh
...tanks]] during the German conquest of France inspired the high-velocity 75 mm SA50 L/57 tank gun. However, when compared to the [[M4A1 (FL10)|M4A1 (FL-10
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...L-44]] and the thickest armour pattern of all French ground forces with 80 mm sloped at ~55° in the frontal area.
...m (1°) ''Upper plate'' <br> 40 mm (29°) ''Lower glacis'' || 20 mm <br> 5 mm ''Radiator vents''
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...with the same main armament as on the AMX-13 and M-50: a high velocity 75 mm SA50 L/57 tank gun. This modification would serve as the prototype for simi
...ank gun was inspired by salvaged components of the 75 mm Kampfwagenkanone (KwK) 42 L/70 tank gun from damaged German [[Panzer V Panther (Family)|Panther m
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[[File:Weapon KwK42 (75 mm).png|thumb|right|x250px|The 75 mm KwK42 on the VK 3002 (M) gun mantlet.]]
The '''75 mm KwK42''' is the main cannon of the Panther tanks.
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...terms of performance in-game, it is very similar to the [[KwK42 (75 mm)|75 mm KwK42]] seen on the previous Panther versions.
...Schmalturm]]'', led to the Panther's main armament, the [[KwK42 (75 mm)|75 mm KwK42]], to be redesigned in order to fit in this new turret design.<ref na
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...L and Associated Equipment. Department of the Army May 1949 // TM 9-374 90-MM GUNS M3 AND M3A1 FOR COMBAT VEHICLES August 1950 // RAC Technical Situation
* The thickness of the frame material has been increased from 1 to 30 mm of structural steel for the following vehicles :
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* Fire rate of the 75 mm KwK42 cannon (Panther ausf D/A/G series) has been increased from 7.2 to 8.1
* Fire rate of the 84 mm QF 20pdr cannon (Charioteer Mk.VII) has been increased from 7.02 to 7.8 sho
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|[[PG99-35-2 (35 mm)|PG99-35-2]]
[[PG87 (25 mm)|PG87]]
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* [[75/18 M41]]
* [[75/32 M41]]
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...un could depress 8 degrees and elevate 20 degrees from horizontal. 79 x 75 mm rounds could be carried, and the tank was fitted with a Turmzielfernrohr 12
...covered by an armored door. Starting in August of 1943 an additional 7.62 mm machine gun was added to the commander's cupola, for use in the anti-aircra
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:''Hotline:'' how to use the machine guns above the recoilless 106 mm cannons on the [[M50]] without using the cannons themselves, what's better
:''Pages of History:'' [[Bofors (40 mm) (Family)|Bofors]], reference AA gun
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...le:Weapon KwK44 L-36-5 (75 mm).png|thumb|right|x250px|The KwK44 L/36.5 (75 mm) on the Maus gun mantlet.]]
.... This weapon has identical shell performances with the [[KwK37 (75 mm)|75 mm KwK37]] from the early Panzer IV tanks.
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...25.4 mm (1-26°) ''Upper part'' <br> 25.4 mm (21°) ''Lower part'' || 12.7 mm
...Gun mantlet'' || 31.75 mm <br> 15 mm ''Add-on tracks'' || 31.75 mm || 12.7 mm
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...by shells with explosives like the Soviet 45 mm AP or the German short 75 mm APHE. The transmission and the engine are all quite small and low, and the
...Top'' <br> 25.4 mm (1°) ''Middle'' <br> 25.4 mm (20°) ''Bottom'' || 12.7 mm
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* Belt composition of the 7.92 mm S-100 machine gun has been fixed(1944) ([https://forum.warthunder.ru/index.
* '''Swingfire''' - Armour-piercing has been changed from 500 to 535 mm.
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...25.4 mm (21°) ''Lower glacis'' || 25 mm (40°) ''Front glacis'' <br> 12.7 mm (16°) ''Centre and rear''
...|| 31.75 mm || 12.7 mm (16°) ''Front'' <br> 12.7 mm ''Centre'' <br> 12.7 mm (16°) ''Rear''
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...m'' || 24 mm (8°) ''Upper plate'' <br> 24 mm (32°) ''Lower glacis'' || 9 mm
...|| 38 mm || 20 mm ''Lower'' <br> 15 mm ''Upper'' || 20 mm ''Front'' <br> 9 mm ''Rear''
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...lacis'' <br> 44.4 mm (21°) ''Lower Glacis'' || 25.4 mm || 25.4 mm || 12.7 mm
| Turret || 38.1 mm || 25.4 mm || 25.4 mm || 12.7 mm
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...r, it can generally protect against most machine guns and some smaller (20 mm) cannons, but will usually not stand up against the main weapons of most en
...cis'' <br> 44.4 mm (5-43°) ''Lower Glacis'' || 25.4 mm || 25.4 mm || 12.7 mm
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...l go through its armour with ease. The rest of the vehicle is covered in 8 mm plates, which are barely enough to stop rifle-calibre bullets. At point bla
...|| ___ mm || ___ mm ''Top'' <br> ___ mm ''Bottom'' || ___ mm || ___ - ___ mm
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* M60 AMBT - The parameters and ammunition load of the 25 mm LW25 cannon have been clarified. The muzzle velocity has been changed from
* Tiger II (P), Tiger II (H), Tiger II (H) Sla.16, Tiger II (H) (10.5cm KwK) - The armour on the ball machine gun mount has been reworked and has been
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.... Now the tank's track should be "torn" by a single hit of the shell of 75 mm calibre and above.
* The material thickness of gun barrels for cannons of the calibre 40 mm and more has been increased:
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* Tiger II (H), Tiger II (H) Sla. 16, Tiger II (10.5 cm KwK) — gun mantlet and the turret front have been converted to the volumetric
...39 SP instead of previous 27, and for a 2,000 kg bomb - 111 SP instead of 75;
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** '''Tiger II (10.5 cm KwK)'''
** '''Tiger II (10.5 cm KwK)'''
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...repower and precision thanks to its long-barrelled 75 mm Kampfwagenkanone (KwK) 42 L/70 tank gun. However, since the turret is cranked by hand, the traver
...he driver and machine gunner being far from the turret, even the Soviet 85 mm APHE rounds will not usually knock it out from a turret penetration.
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| link = KwK40 L48 (75 mm)
;KwK 40 L/43
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[[GAZ-MM_(72-K)|GAZ-MM (72-K)]]<br>
[[Pz.Sp.Wg.P204(f)_KwK|Pz.Sp.Wg.P204(f) KwK]]<br>
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