T71 DA
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1,400,000 Cost |
840168 HP Hit Points |
17.91/189.01/20 t Weight Limit |
- Commander (Radio Operator, Loader)
- Gunner (Loader)
- Driver
350420 hp Engine Power |
64/23 km/h Speed Limit |
5456 deg/s Traverse |
19.5446.61 hp/t Power/Wt Ratio |
YesYes Pivot |
// mm Hull Armor |
22.2/22.2/22.222.2/22.2/22.2 mm Turret Armor |
AP/APCR/HE
APCR/HEAT/HE Shells |
96/2800/68
270/5600/250 Shell Cost |
115/115/185150/150/185 HP Damage |
130/177/38145/210/38 mm Penetration |
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16.36 r/m Magazine-fed Gun ▲
12 Rate of Fire Magazine-fed Gun |
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Magazine-fed Gun
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Magazine-fed Gun
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1192.55 Magazine-fed Gun ▲
Magazine-fed Gun
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Magazine-fed Gun
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1459.5 Damage Per Minute Magazine-fed Gun |
m ▲
0.4 m With 50% Crew: 0.496 m ▲
0.39 Accuracy With 50% Crew: 0.483 m |
s 2.1 s 2.1 Aim time |
4242 deg/s Turret Traverse |
360° Gun Arc |
-7°/+20°-7°/+20° Elevation Arc |
6060 rounds Ammo Capacity |
2020 % Chance of Fire |
m 390 m 390 View Range |
m 410 m 745 Signal Range |
VII
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The T71 DA is an American tier 7 light tank.
Experimental airborne light tank with an oscillating turret and automatic loading. Developed by Detroit Arsenal from 1952 through 1953 as a replacement for M41. The armament was deemed ineffective, and the development was stopped after one wooden prototype had been built.
The T71 DA marks the end of its American light line.
Modules / Available Equipment and Consumables
Modules
Tier | Engine | Engine Power (hp) |
Chance of Fire on Impact (%) |
Weight (kg) |
Price ()
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VI | Continental AOI-628-1 | 350 | 20 | 498 | 14000 | |
VII | Continental AOI-628-2 | 420 | 20 | 498 | 34000 |
Tier | Suspension | Load Limit (т) |
Traverse Speed (gr/sec) |
Rmin | Weight (kg) |
Price ()
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VI | T71 DA | 18 | 54 | 0 | 4500 | 15000 | |
VII | T71 DA improved | 20 | 56 | 0 | 4500 | 18000 |
Compatible Equipment
Compatible Consumables
Player Opinion
Pros and Cons
Pros:
- High auto-loader burst damage
- High top speed
- Fast traverse
- Excellent view range
- Great acceleration
Cons:
- Engine block is a large target; often gets its engine damaged, knocked out, or even catch on fire
- Unusually large tracks which often get destroyed
- Due to the large tracks and engine block, you will often get both a knocked out track and a destroyed engine with a single sh
- Magazine reload is relatively long
- Subpar accuracy
Performance
In-game, it possess similar properties to the French AMX series of light tanks. The pacing between shots is 2 seconds on both guns in a 6-round revolver magazine. It has good dynamics, but care should be taken to avoid being hit in the hull, as the engine is especially weak when stock and is destroyed easily. Apart from that, the gun is decent for its tier, especially on a light tank that can out flank an enemy heavy, or destroy an SPG in just 6-10 seconds, as it has a potential burst damage of 900 within 12 seconds. As with the French tanks, a valid strategy is to find a distracted enemy, flank them, and unload as many of your rounds into their weak areas as you can and escaping before the enemy can turn around to shoot at you. Another great thing with its autoloader is that it can finish off multiple critically injured enemies and zip out before the enemy can properly retaliate or defend themselves. Because of its great turning and top speed it can also circle tanks with slow-turning turrets, leaving them entirely defenseless. This should only be attempted on isolated tanks, however.
Its great view range and good agility lets perform a scouting role. However getting tracked in the open is guaranteed death, so a repair kit or a high repair skill might be required to prevent death in those cases.
Early Research
- The top cannon is 500kg lighter than the stock one; by researching this, you save on tracks for a while and can mount some equipment.
- The upgraded engine gives you an additional 60 horse power and more than double amount of hitpoints.
- The Tier X radio almost doubles the signal range, boosting it from 410 to 745 metres.
- The tracks are not required to mount anything, but give better terrain passability and better track traverse.
- The only noticeable weakness is the slow traverse of its turret, and it gets knocked out quite easily, as you will find in the following tanks.
Suggested Equipment
Gallery
Historical Info
Little is known on this unusual US tank because the T71 never actually made it out of the factory and onto the battlefields. It suffered the fate of many interesting vehicles that were thought up in the post-war era, when the US tank manufacturing industry was very rich in ideas but became increasingly poor in funding. Armed with the experience gained from the industry’s previous rapid expansion, the US engineers were looking to improve their entire line-up of light, medium and heavy tanks, and try out new and sometimes experimental designs on them. When some of those experiments didn’t turn out quite as everybody had hoped for, projects were quickly dropped, as in the case of the T71 that only existed in mock-up form and never actually saw the light of day.
The few available records say that its development began in the early 50s when the US Ordnance Committee ordered a new light tank with very specific characteristics, aimed at replacing the T41E1 –which itself had already been the improved successor of an upgrade of the experimental light tank T37. Being the third generation of an experimental vehicle, the T71 was meant to continue the same bold nature by sporting a heavy 90mm calibre gun on a 20 ton light weight structure. Manufacturers such as the Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant put forward their plans featuring an oscillating turret that would be able to handle the recoil of the cannon. This was a rather unusual technology that was only used in a couple of tanks worldwide. As the tank was meant to be carried airborne, its ultimate weight had to be reduced even further, which limited possible armament to a 76mm gun, but in turn enabled the use of an auto-loader.
The designers had bet on quantity over quality, giving the tank an impressive firing rate (before the unavoidable drum reload of course) and an ammo rack capable of carrying up to 60 shells of different types. Light-weight and equipped with a decent AOI-628 engine in the rear hull for agile quickness, the engineers thought they had created a nimble scout and artillery support tank. However, they had forgotten an important aspect: the armour. Due to the imposed weight restrictions, the tank was covered in “paper-thin” 25 mm armour which failed to impress the Ordnance Committee. Ultimately its performance just did not live up to the necessities of changing warfare of its time. The project was scrapped in 1953 with nothing but a wooden model to show for it.