T-34-85 (S-53) (China)

␗Т-34-85 (S-53)

␗M4A1 (75) W

Т-34-85 Gai

␗Т-34-85 (S-53)

␗M4A1 (75) W

Т-34-85 Gai

China

IV Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
5.7	5.7	5.7

Class:

Medium tank

Research:54 000

Purchase:185 000

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Description

The ␗Т-34-85 (S-53) is a rank IV Chinese medium tank with a battle rating of 5.7 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update 1.91 "Night Vision".

General info

Survivability and armour

The armor on the T-34/85(S-53) is quite good when downtiert, but useless in Rank IV+Matches. The 45mm of RHA on the UFP have about 75-80mm of effective thickness.

Sometimes it bounce some shots, but at this BR you can't relie on that.

The armor on the turret is about 90mm, but due to the angeles it goes up to over 100mm on some points. This is still not enough in Rank-IV matches.

Mobility

Game Mode	Max Speed (km/h)		Weight (tons)		Engine power (horsepower)		Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton)
	Forward	Reverse	Stock	AoA	Stock	Upgraded	Stock	Upgraded
Arcade	62	10	32	0.2	775	954	24.22	29.63
Realistic	55	9			442	500	13.81	15.53

Armaments

Main armament

The T-34/85(S-53) is equipped with the fantastic ZiS-S-53 cannon, with penetrates about 145mm on close range. This might not be enough to fight Tiger IIs frontaly, but it works perfectly with other tanks, which are less armored or you engage them from the side.

The post-penetration damage is fantastic, 95% of the time you oneshot the enemy tank after penetration

The gun depression is like on many other soviet(based) vehicles quite poor, with only 5°C there are no hulldown manouvers possible.

Machine guns

This T-34/85 is equipped with the 7.62x54R DT MG, thats good enough to deal with AA trucks.

Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

Pros:

• Excellent gun with adequate penetration, destructive damage and good reload rate
• 56 km/h top speed and great manoeuvrability allows it to reposition easily
• 5-man crew increases survivalility
• Access to BR-365P APCR to effectively penetrate tough tanks up cloes (M4A3E2s, Tigers & Panthers)
• Has two types of AP for players to choose: BR-365K with higher pen but less TNT, and BR-365A with less pen but plenty of TNT
• Similar playstyle with the previous T-34s which is beginner-friendly
• Fast turret traverse to easily deal with targets from multiple directions
• Sloped hull and round frontal turret might bounce small caliber shells

Cons:

• Armour is extremely thin, providing very limited protection against common guns (American 76mm, British 17pdr, German 75mm & 88mm, etc)
• Crews are closely packed, a well-aimed shot tend to kill them all
• 5 degrees gun depression is below average
• Large turret profile makes it easier to get spotted & shot

History

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China medium tanks
ZTZ59	Type 59 · ZTZ59A · ZTZ59D1
ZTZ69	Type 69 · Type 69-IIa · T-69 II G
ZTZ88/96	ZTZ88A · ZTZ88B
	ZTZ96 · ZTZ96A · ZTZ96A (P)
ZTZ99	ZTZ99-II · ZTZ99-III
ZTZ99A	ZTZ99A · WZ1001(E) LCT
Export series	MBT2000 · VT-4A1
ROC	CM11
Other	Т-34-85 Gai · Object 122MT "MC"
Japan	␗Chi-Ha · ␗Chi-Ha Kai
USA	␗M4A4 · ␗M4A4 (1st PTG) · ␗M4A1 (75) W · ␗M48A1 · ␗M60A3 TTS
USSR	␗T-34 (1943) · ␗Т-34-85 (S-53) · T-34-85 No.215 · Т-62 №545