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   <div class="ttx-table-line"><span class="ttx-value">1,542 kg</span><span class="ttx-name">Mass</span></div>
 
   <div class="ttx-table-line"><span class="ttx-value">1,542 kg</span><span class="ttx-name">Mass</span></div>
 
   <div class="ttx-table-line"><span class="ttx-value">Fixed</span><span class="ttx-name">Ammunition</span></div>
 
   <div class="ttx-table-line"><span class="ttx-value">Fixed</span><span class="ttx-name">Ammunition</span></div>
  <div class="ttx-table-line"><span class="ttx-value">14.4 s</span><span class="ttx-name">Reloading Rate</span></div>
 
  <div class="ttx-table-line"><span class="ttx-value">AP/HE/APCBC: 975 m/s</span><span class="ttx-name">Muzzle Velocity</span></div>
 
  <div class="ttx-table-line"><span class="ttx-value">APCR: 1143 m/s</span><span class="ttx-name"></span></div>
 
 
   <div class="ttx-table-line ttx-table-head">Production History</div>
 
   <div class="ttx-table-line ttx-table-head">Production History</div>
 
   <div class="ttx-table-line"><span class="ttx-value">Experimental / Prototype</span><span class="ttx-name">Production Status</span></div>
 
   <div class="ttx-table-line"><span class="ttx-value">Experimental / Prototype</span><span class="ttx-name">Production Status</span></div>

Revision as of 23:08, 3 November 2019

T54
Information
Tank cannonType
USA USA flag.pngCountry of Origin
General Characteristics
90 mmDiameter
L/66.6Length (calibers)
5.94 mLength
1,542 kgMass
FixedAmmunition
Production History
Experimental / PrototypeProduction Status
1945Produced

Description

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Vehicles equipped with this weapon

General info

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Available shells

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
AP Shot AP 210 208 193 177 162 148
HE Shell HE 13 13 13 13 13 13
T41 APCBC 224 221 206 188 172 157
HVAP Shot APCR 335 330 304 274 248 223
Shell details
Ammunition Type of
warhead
Velocity
(m/s)
Projectile
Mass (kg)
Fuse delay
(m)
Fuse sensitivity
(mm)
Explosive Mass
(TNT equivalent) (g)
Normalisation at 30°
from horizontal
Ricochet
0% 50% 100%
AP Shot AP 975 10.9 N/A N/A N/A -1 47 60 65
HE Shell HE 975 10.6 0.4 0.5 925 +0 79 80 81
T41 APCBC 975 10.94 1.2 14 137.2 +4 48 63 71
HVAP Shot APCR 1143 7.6 N/A N/A N/A +1.5 66 70 72

Comparison with analogues

  • M3A1 (90 mm): The M3A1 and T54 share a lot of the same ammunition options, with the M3A1 having access to the M348 HEAT-FS shell as a benefit. But the T54 fires all of its shells at a much higher velocity, giving it more penetration, although it has a slower reload than the M3A1.
  • KwK 43 (88 mm): The T54 cannon has many similar characteristics to the Tiger II's main armament, with almost identical muzzle velocity for the APCBC ammunition. The T41 shell for the T54 has slightly less penetration than the PzGr 39/43, but the T41 does have slightly more explosive filler. The HVAP for the T54 is also markedly better than the PzGr 40/43.
  • BK 90 (90 mm): The BK 90 has access to more modern ammunition, such as HESH and HEAT-FS, which make it more versatile and it also reloads far faster than the T54. However, the BK 90 does lack any AP/APCBC round.
  • Ordnance QF 20-pounder Mk.I (84 mm): The 20pdr Mk.I has access to APDS ammunition as well as a two-plane stabilizer and does reload much faster, but it also does not have any shell with explosive filler such as the T41.
  • D-70 (85 mm): The D-70 cannon has a slightly faster reload and access to 3BK7 HEAT-FS as well as having slightly better penetration on BR-372 APCBC, but the BR-372 has far less explosive filler and no APCR ammunition.
  • D-10T (100 mm): The top APCBC round for the D-10T, the BR-412D, has slightly more penetration than the T41 but has a lower muzzle velocity and less explosive filler. the BR-412P APCR is also far worse than the HVAP Shot on the T54. The D-10T does reload a few seconds faster.
  • Type 61 (90 mm): The Type 61 is a near-exact copy of the M3A1, and so shares all of its advantages and disadvantages with it.
  • Type 62-85TS (85 mm): All of the ammunition available for the Type 62-85-TS has a lower velocity than the T54 as well as much lower penetration, although it does get access to the Type 1956 HEAT-FS.
  • SA45 (90 mm): The SA45 uses a rotating drum loading system, giving it a reload far faster than the T54, although the drum magazine has a limited number of shells and the ammunition available for the SA45 is slightly worse than the T54 and no explosive-filled rounds are present on the SA45.
  • Cockerill Mk.3 (90 mm): The Cockerill Mk.3 uses HEAT-FS and HESH ammunition but it is low velocity and there is no APCBC/APDS round available, although it does reload faster than the T54.

Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

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History

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Media

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See also

  • T15E1 (90 mm) / T15E2 (90 mm): The T54 cannon is a modification of the T15E1/2, using one-piece ammunition instead of two-piece and using shorter, stubbier rounds to facilitate faster reloading.

External links

  • Hunnicut, R.P. Pershing: A History of the Medium Tank T20 Series. Berkeley: Fiest Publications, 1971.


USA tank cannons
25 mm  LW25 · M242
37 mm  M3 · M5 · M6
57 mm  M1
75 mm  M2 · M2 Howitzer · M3 · M6 · M1897A4 · XM274
76 mm  M1 · M7 · M32 · T185E1
90 mm  M3 · M3A1 · M36 · M41 · M54 · T15E1 · T15E2 · T54 · T208E9
105 mm  M4 · M68 · M68A1 · M68A1E8 · T5E1 · T5E2 · T140E2 · T140E3 · XM35
106 mm  M40A1C
120 mm  M58 · M256 · T53
152 mm  M81 · M162 · XM150E5
155 mm  M185 · T7
165 mm  M135
  Foreign:
20 mm  Rh202 (Germany)
57 mm  6pdr OQF Mk.III (Britain) · ZIS-2 (USSR)
105 mm  Sharir (Israel)
120 mm  IMI MG251 (Israel)