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M8A1

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Battle Tier
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[Client Values; Actual values in
Specifically, the mismatch in crew values caused by commander's 10% crew skill bonus. Outside of a crew of 1 commander only, 100% crew is a fiction. The client values, given for 100% crew, will normally be taken into battle with 110% crew skill members aside from specific functions, causing their actual performance to deviate from the expected client value. These differences are taken into account in tooltip boxes.
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130,000  Credits Cost
38581 HP Hit Points
15/16.26.83/17.5 t Weight Limit
Crew
  1. Commander
  2. Gunner (Loader)
  3. Driver
  4. Radio Operator
Mobility
320350 hp Engine Power
58/20 km/h Speed Limit
3540 deg/s Traverse
21.3351.24 hp/t Power/Wt Ratio
YesYes Pivot
Armor
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Armament







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Shell Cost
175/110/110/110/175 HP Damage
38/92/101/157/38 mm Penetration



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16.22 r/m 

Standard Gun

Reload Times
Nominal: 3.7 s
50% Crew: 4.71 s
75% Crew: 4.14 s
100% Crew: 3.7 s
Rammer: 3.33 s
Vents: 3.62 s
Both: 3.25 s
Both and BiA: 3.19 s
Both and Max Crew %: 3.06 s

See Crew, Consumables, or Equipment for more information.



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14.29 r/m 

Standard Gun

Reload Times
Nominal: 4.2 s
50% Crew: 5.35 s
75% Crew: 4.7 s
100% Crew: 4.2 s
Rammer: 3.78 s
Vents: 4.1 s
Both: 3.69 s
Both and BiA: 3.62 s
Both and Max Crew %: 3.47 s

See Crew, Consumables, or Equipment for more information.
Rate of Fire






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2838.5

Standard Gun

Using Shell Type 1 (175 Damage):
With wholly penetrating hits

Theoretical Damage Per Minute
Nominal DPM: 2838.5
50% Crew: 2229.5
75% Crew: 2534
100% Crew: 2838.5
100% Crew
Vents: 2905
Rammer: 3153.5
Both: 3227
Both and BiA: 3290
Both and Max Crew %: 3431.75

Advantageous Damage Per Minute
First-shot DPM: 3013.5
50% Crew: 2404.5
75% Crew: 2709
100% Crew: 3013.5
100% Crew
Rammer: 3328.5
Vents: 3080
Both: 3402
Both and BiA: 3465
Both and Max Crew %: 3606.75

See here, here, or here for more information.

Standard Gun

Using Shell Type 2 (110 Damage):


Theoretical Damage Per Minute
Nominal DPM: 1784.2
50% Crew: 1401.4
75% Crew: 1592.8
100% Crew: 1784.2
100% Crew
Vents: 1826
Rammer: 1982.2
Both: 2028.4
Both and BiA: 2068
Both and Max Crew %: 2157.1

Advantageous Damage Per Minute
First-shot DPM: 1894.2
50% Crew: 1511.4
75% Crew: 1702.8
100% Crew: 1894.2
100% Crew
Rammer: 2092.2
Vents: 1936
Both: 2138.4
Both and BiA: 2178
Both and Max Crew %: 2267.1

See here, here, or here for more information.






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1571.9

Standard Gun

Using Shell Type 1 (110 Damage):


Theoretical Damage Per Minute
Nominal DPM: 1571.9
50% Crew: 1235.3
75% Crew: 1403.6
100% Crew: 1571.9
100% Crew
Vents: 1608.2
Rammer: 1746.8
Both: 1787.5
Both and BiA: 1821.6
Both and Max Crew %: 1899.7

Advantageous Damage Per Minute
First-shot DPM: 1681.9
50% Crew: 1345.3
75% Crew: 1513.6
100% Crew: 1681.9
100% Crew
Rammer: 1856.8
Vents: 1718.2
Both: 1897.5
Both and BiA: 1931.6
Both and Max Crew %: 2009.7

See here, here, or here for more information.

Standard Gun

Using Shell Type 2 (110 Damage):


Theoretical Damage Per Minute
Nominal DPM: 1571.9
50% Crew: 1235.3
75% Crew: 1403.6
100% Crew: 1571.9
100% Crew
Vents: 1608.2
Rammer: 1746.8
Both: 1787.5
Both and BiA: 1821.6
Both and Max Crew %: 1899.7

Advantageous Damage Per Minute
First-shot DPM: 1681.9
50% Crew: 1345.3
75% Crew: 1513.6
100% Crew: 1681.9
100% Crew
Rammer: 1856.8
Vents: 1718.2
Both: 1897.5
Both and BiA: 1931.6
Both and Max Crew %: 2009.7

See here, here, or here for more information.

Standard Gun

Using Shell Type 3 (175 Damage):
With wholly penetrating hits

Theoretical Damage Per Minute
Nominal DPM: 2500.75
50% Crew: 1965.25
75% Crew: 2233
100% Crew: 2500.75
100% Crew
Vents: 2558.5
Rammer: 2779
Both: 2843.75
Both and BiA: 2898
Both and Max Crew %: 3022.25

Advantageous Damage Per Minute
First-shot DPM: 2675.75
50% Crew: 2140.25
75% Crew: 2408
100% Crew: 2675.75
100% Crew
Rammer: 2954
Vents: 2733.5
Both: 3018.75
Both and BiA: 3073
Both and Max Crew %: 3197.25

See here, here, or here for more information.
Damage Per Minute


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0.53 m 

With 50% Crew: 0.657 m
With 75% Crew: 0.573 m
With 100% Crew: 0.508 m
With BiA: 0.497 m
With BiA and Vents: 0.486 m
Maximum possible: 0.466 m

For more details, see Crew


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0.43 m 

With 50% Crew: 0.533 m
With 75% Crew: 0.465 m
With 100% Crew: 0.412 m
With BiA: 0.403 m
With BiA and Vents: 0.394 m
Maximum possible: 0.378 m

For more details, see Crew
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1.9 s 

With 50% Crew: 2.354 s
With 75% Crew: 2.055 s
With 100% Crew: 1.822 s
With GLD: 1.656 s
With BiA: 1.782 s
With BiA and Vents: 1.743 s
With both and GLD: 1.584 s
Maximum possible: 1.519 s

For more details, see Crew or Equipment


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1.7 s 

With 50% Crew: 2.106 s
With 75% Crew: 1.839 s
With 100% Crew: 1.63 s
With GLD: 1.482 s
With BiA: 1.594 s
With BiA and Vents: 1.559 s
With both and GLD: 1.418 s
Maximum possible: 1.359 s

For more details, see Crew or Equipment
Aim time
1818 deg/s Gun Traverse Speed
360° Gun Arc
-10°/+25°-8°/+20° Elevation Arc
7080 rounds Ammo Capacity
General
2020 % Chance of Fire






320 m 

With 50% Crew: 251.4 m
With 75% Crew: 285.7 m
With 100% Crew: 320 m
With Recon and Situational Awareness: 336.2 m
With Coated Optics: 352 m
With Binocular Telescope: 400 m
Maximum possible: 458.1 m

For more details, see Skills or Equipment






320 m 

With 50% Crew: 251.4 m
With 75% Crew: 285.7 m
With 100% Crew: 320 m
With Recon and Situational Awareness: 336.2 m
With Coated Optics: 352 m
With Binocular Telescope: 400 m
Maximum possible: 458.1 m

For more details, see Skills or Equipment
View Range


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325 m 

With 50% Crew: 262.4 m
With 75% Crew: 300.5 m
With 100% Crew: 339 m
With 100% Signal Boost: 390 m
When affected by 100% Relaying: 357.5 m
Maximum possible: 487.9 m

For more details, see Skills or Equipment


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750 m 

With 50% Crew: 605.4 m
With 75% Crew: 693.4 m
With 100% Crew: 782.2 m
With 100% Signal Boost: 900 m
When affected by 100% Relaying: 825 m
Maximum possible: 1125.9 m

For more details, see Skills or Equipment
Signal Range
Values are Stock - click for Top


IV

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130000

The M8A1 is an American tier 4 tank destroyer.

Developed in 1941 through 1942 on the basis of the M5 Stuart light tank. This SPG is an example of the successful use of an outdated chassis. The vehicle was equipped with a 75 mm short-barrel howitzer; however, attempts were made to fit a 75 mm tank gun into a modernized turret.

The M8A1 is very mobile, and when combined with its good DPM absolves the con of low armor. Once the crew reaches 100% in Concealment the M8A1 is difficult to detect. It's meant for support. A forward or close combat position, unless fully and well thought out, will result in a quick return to the garage. Although the 3-inch AT Gun M7 is a better money maker than the 57mm, the latter is superior in battle performance due to its greater penetration and higher DPM.

The M8A1 leads to the M10 Wolverine, and the M41 HMC.

Modules / Available Equipment and Consumables

Modules

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Guns

Tier Gun Penetration
(mm)
Damage
(HP)
Rate of fire
(rounds/minute)
Dispersion
(m/100m)
Aiming time
(s)
Weight
(kg)
Price
(Credits)

V 57 mm Gun M1 110/180/29 75/75/95 24 0.39 1.7 400 33000
V 3-inch AT Gun M7 101/157/38 110/110/175 14.29 0.43 1.7 1450 33500
III 75 mm AT Howitzer M3 38/92 175/110 16.22 0.53 1.9 138 5400
IV 75 mm AT Gun M3 92/127/38 110/110/175 14.29 0.43 1.7 1437 30000

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Engines

Tier Engine Engine Power
(hp)
Chance of Fire on Impact
(%)
Weight
(kg)
Price
(Credits)

IV Twin Cadillac, Series 42 320 20 530 10350
IV Continental R-975-C1 350 20 500 10500

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Suspensions

Tier Suspension Load Limit
(т)
Traverse Speed
(gr/sec)
Rmin Weight
(kg)
Price
(Credits)

III VVS T16 16.2 35 0 3000 1850
IV T36 E6 17.5 40 0 3000 5850

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Radios

Tier Radio Signal Range
(m)
Weight
(kg)
Price
(Credits)

IV SCR 510 325 80 1980
VI SCR 610 420 100 24600
X SCR 619 750 80 54000

Compatible Equipment

Low Noise Exhaust System Class 3 Camouflage Net Class 3 Coated Optics Class 3 Experimental Optics Wear-Resistant Gun Laying Drive Enhanced Gun Laying Drive Class 3 Improved Hardening Class 3 Additional Grousers Class 3 Binocular Telescope Class 3 Turbocharger Class 3 

Compatible Consumables

Automatic Fire Extinguisher Natural Cover Optical Calibration Case of Cola Aim Tuning Experienced Firefighters 100-octane Gasoline 105-octane Gasoline Manual Fire Extinguisher Large First Aid Kit Large Repair Kit Duty Comes First Shell Organizer Focus on Target Increased Focus Small First Aid Kit Small Repair Kit Gearbox Intricacy Steady Hand Combat Course 


Player Opinion

Pros and Cons

Pros:

- Fully traversable turret

- Good mobility

- Good view range

- Good signal range

- Good penetration

- Good DPM (57mm) or alpha (other guns)

- Makes for a painless stock grind since most modules carry over from its predecessor


Cons:

- The turret upgrade only gives 20 more hit points, nothing else

- Limited equipment options

- Oddball crew layout

- Open-topped turret makes it vulnerable to arty and HE shells

- Weak armor; only protects against small-caliber machine guns (e.g.: Pz. I C)

- Relatively low hull traverse speed

- Low turret traverse speed

- Lacks the acceleration and view range to be an active scout but good enough for passive scouting


Performance

This little tank actually has quite a bit going for it. A turret, speed, small profile, and excellent guns. The 57mm is a good all rounder, making up for its slightly low alpha with a very high rate of fire. The long 3-inch gun is also a good choice as well as its much greater alpha allows a more shoot-and-scoot play style suited to it. Both choices are entirely viable depending on the preferred play style.

Speed, and a turret give this tank added flexibility, compared to similar tiered tank destroyers. Additionally, it can be quite difficult to spot, especially if you have the Concealment skill and/or a camouflage net. The M8A1 belongs in a supporting role, whittling down opponents who don't know any better, or those that simply can't see you.

Unfortunately the M8A1's equipment options are rather limited: Improved Ventilation, Improved Rotation Mechanism, Gun Rammer, Improved Aiming, Vertical Stabilizer, Spall Liner, Modified Configuration, and Improved Radio Set are all unavailable. Fortunately that leaves a few genuinely useful equipment options.

Another bad point is the crew layout -- Commander, Gunner (Loader), Driver, Radio Operator -- which doesn't match any premium American tank destroyer, but the Super Hellcat and T30 FL can accommodate all four crew members, with the only mismatch being on Loader skills.

This tank is considered by many as a "pocket Hellcat" and looks and plays similarly to its Tier VI counterpart. Additionally, due to the high skill requirement (no giant guns or armor to speak of, while being very fast and stealthy) the M8A1 doesn't have the same reputation that a Hetzer does but is arguably a better tank destroyer, able to compete in any battle it is placed in.


Early Research

- The Continental R-975-C1 engine and the 57mm Gun M1 carry over from the T56 GMC and can be installed immediately

- Research the upgraded suspension first

- Next research the SCR 610 radio

- Go from there


Suggested Equipment


Binocular Telescope Camouflage Net Low-Noise Exhaust System


Gallery

Historical Info

The 75 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M8, sometimes known as the M8 Scott, was a self-propelled howitzer vehicle of the United States developed during the Second World War.

Development

It was developed on the chassis of the then-new Light Tank M5 (Stuart VI). The test vehicle had the standard M5 turret removed, and replaced with an open-topped turret, this vehicle was designated the T17E1 HMC. Armament consisted of a new open-topped turret armed with a 75 mm M2 howitzer, later an 75 mm M3 howitzer, which were reworks of the M1A1 pack howitzer. It carried 46 rounds of 75 mm ammunition; types of ammunition carried were Smoke M89 and H.E. (High Explosive) M48. It featured no coaxial or hull mounted Browning M1919A4 .30-06 machine guns as featured on standard Light Tank M5s. The only other armament was Browning M2HB .50-caliber machine gun for local area, and anti-aircraft defense; 400 rounds of .50-caliber were stowed onboard for the M2HB.

Production

The T17E1 HMC was ordered into production as the 75 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M8 in April 1942. Production ran from September 1942, to January 1944. A total of 1,778 vehicles were produced.

Combat Service

The M8 saw action in the Italian Campaign, the Western Front, and in the Pacific Theater of Operations during the war. It was used by the French Union and State of Vietnam during the First Indochina War. It was largely replaced by the adaption of the M4 Sherman to use the 105 mm howitzer.

Variants

  • 75 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M8

Based on the Light Tank M5 chassis.

  • 75 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M8A1
Based on the Light Tank M5A1 chassis. Some rearmed with the M3 75 mm gun.


Historical Gallery

Historical Accuracy Errata

The following are consensus errors or inconsistencies which have been identified with the configuration of the vehicle in question and conflict with information available on the public record. The causes for these divergences in the game are normally not disclosed and may be rooted in game balance.

Actually a self-propelled gun, not a tank destroyer.
  • Actual gun elevation is -20°/+40°. In World of Tanks, however, it is only -10°/+25° (-8°/+20° when upgraded).
  • One of its historical armaments, the 75 mm M2 howitzer, is missing.
  • Neither the 57mm Gun M1 nor 3-inch AT Gun M7 were developed for the M8A1.


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