T-34-85 (S-53) (China)
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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 with the stock BR465K round. This might not be enough to fight Tiger IIs frontaly, but it works perfectly with other tanks, which are less armored or you can engage them from the side.
The gun depression is like on many other soviet(based) vehicles quite poor, with only 5° there are no hulldown manouvers possible.
To the ammunition:
The stock round is the BR365K which has 148mm of penetration on close range. The APHE round has a very good oneshot-potential with 48g of A-IX-2(73,92g of TNT equivalent).
The second round, the BR365A ,,only" has about 135mm penetration on point blank. But instead of having 48g it has 164g TNT of explosives inside the shell. This increases the post-penetration effect dramaticly.
APCR is also aviable, but keep in mind that it hates sloped armor and it has very poor post-penetretion damage.
This BR365-P penetrates about 195mm of RHA on close range.
The HE-shell is called O-365K. With 660g of TNT inside it performs pretty good against trucks&halftrucks.
| Distance(Metres) | 0 | 100 | 500 | 1000 | 1500 | 2000 | Ricochet angels/ 0% | 50% | 100% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR365K | 148 | 143 | 126 | 106 | 90 | 77 | 47° | 60° | 65° |
| BR365A | 135 | 133 | 125 | 115 | 106 | 97 | 48° | 63° | 71° |
| BR365P | 195 | 187 | 154 | 120 | 94 | 74 | 66° | 70° | 72° |
| O-365K | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 79° | 80° | 81° |
| Ammunition | Type of shell | TNT-Equivalent | Explosive mass |
|---|---|---|---|
| BR365K | APHE | 73,92g | 48g A-IX-2 |
| BR365A | APCBC-HE | 164gr | 164g TNT |
| B365P | APCR | ------------- | -------------- |
| O-365K | HE-FRAG | 660 | 660g TNT |
Machine guns
This T-34/85 is equipped with the 7.62x54R DT MG, thats good enough to deal with AA trucks.
Take note that it looses fast penetration over distance.
Usage in battles
You are fast, but not the fastest. That means, with upgraded Engine&Transmission(and Filter) it is possible to rech the cap first if there are no light tanks.
On the road you easily outrun most other mediums. You are as fast as a Panther D, but off-road the T-34 has a advantage with 16hp/ton instead of 14hp/ton.
Keep in mind that 16hp/ton are good, but not perfect. Your acceleration is not the best of all medium tanks.
Still, the T-34/85 S-53 is more mobile than his counterparts, like the M4A3 or the Pz4s.
Try to don't get shot; your sloped armor might bounces a few shots but dont rely on that.
If possible, hide the hull and only show the turret towards your enemys.
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
Media
https://youtu.be/PQ2rWmYDmp8 This review is for the soviet T-34/85. Due to both tanks are identical it doesn't matter
See also
Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:
- topic on the official game forum;
- encyclopedia page on the tank;
- other literature.
| 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 |
