T69
T69
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2,403,000 Cost |
1350270 HP Hit Points |
33.9/34.5417.2/36.56 t Weight Limit |
- Commander (Radio Operator)
- Gunner
- Driver
- Loader
460550 hp Engine Power |
51.5/20 km/h Speed Limit |
3842 deg/s Traverse |
13.5731.98 hp/t Power/Wt Ratio |
YesYes Pivot |
// mm Hull Armor |
152.4/114.3/63.5152.4/114.3/63.5 mm Turret Armor |
APCR/HEAT/HE
AP/HEAT/HE Shells |
270/5600/250
255/4000/255 Shell Cost |
150/150/185240/240/320 HP Damage |
175/210/38181/250/45 mm Penetration |
r/m ▲
12.89 r/m Magazine-fed Gun ▲
7.27 Rate of Fire Magazine-fed Gun |
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Magazine-fed Gun
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Magazine-fed Gun
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1429.5 Magazine-fed Gun ▲
Magazine-fed Gun
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Magazine-fed Gun
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1797.6 Damage Per Minute Magazine-fed Gun |
m ▲
0.38 m With 50% Crew: 0.471 m ▲
0.38 Accuracy With 50% Crew: 0.471 m |
s 2.3 s 2.9 Aim time |
3838 deg/s Turret Traverse |
360° Gun Arc |
-9°/+14°-9°/+14° Elevation Arc |
6040 rounds Ammo Capacity |
2020 % Chance of Fire |
m 400 m 400 View Range |
m 420 m 750 Signal Range |
VIII
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The T69 is an American tier 8 medium tank.
A prototype with an oscillating turret and an automatic loading system developed at the beginning of 1955 and based on the T42 experimental medium tank. The vehicle underwent trials from June 1955 through April 1956. The vehicle never entered mass production or saw service.
The T69 medium tank is similar to the French AMX 13 90. Although it is a bit slower, it has more armor and more firepower. This increases the chances of players bouncing rounds off of it, allowing some players to take on tier 9 mediums in this tank. However, it only holds 4 rounds in a magazine, meaning you have to pick your fights.
The T69 leads to the T54E1.
Modules / Available Equipment and Consumables
Modules
Tier | Suspension | Load Limit (т) |
Traverse Speed (gr/sec) |
Rmin | Weight (kg) |
Price ()
| |
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VII | T84E1 | 34.54 | 38 | 0 | 8000 | 16300 | |
VIII | T95 | 36.56 | 42 | 0 | 8000 | 33000 |
Compatible Equipment
Compatible Consumables
Player Opinion
Pros and Cons
Pros:
- Autoloader with a ~2 sec reload between rounds for both the 76mm & the 90mm
- Higher armor thickness (combined with slope) than some of the other autoloader tanks
- Better gun stats with the 90 mm gun (Penetration, aiming time, weight, and rate of fire) than the tier 8 AMX 13 90
- Excellent view range
- Top radio has good range and is shared with many American heavy tanks
Cons:
- Larger profile than most other mediums, making it an easy target
- Armor doesn't stand up well to most guns tier 8 and above, but is good enough for surprise bounces, especially when enemy is
- Slower speed than some of the other medium and light tanks of the same tier
- Rather low standard AP round penetration at 173 mm of average penetration with the upgraded 90 mm gun
- Only 4 rounds in the top gun magazine vs the AMX 13 90's 6.
Performance
Play from the rear, always in support, and always with support. Use your excellent view range to your advantage. You are an excellent finisher.
As mentioned above, the autoloader reloads quite quickly between rounds - about 2 seconds - so with a full magazine you can fire repetitiously. The magazine holds 5 rounds on the 76mm, but only 4 rounds on the 90mm. The 76mm's magazine will reload in roughly 18 seconds - depending on your crew skills, equipment, and consumables, of course. The 90mm takes longer to reload - naturally - at around 24 seconds. To a player wanting a change of pace, one can try the 76mm gun even if they already have the 90mm gun. With the perk Dead Eye and the fact you're shooting more bullets you will find engines and modules will constantly feel the pain, and scouts be much easier to dispatch. Naturally, Vertical Stabilizer and Gun Laying drive are even more effective in this scenario.
Gun elevation is quite poor, but the depression is surprisingly good, which, when coupled with the high overall height of this tank, it can be used hull down in the right terrain.
Early Research
Quite a lot of the upgrades are unique only to this tank - so select them with caution, as it is a fair grind to the T54E1. That said, the stock gun is sufficient, as it has the same DPM and penetration values as the top gun, just lower alpha (more RoF from it though). The priority to research is the engines; it turns you from a slow support tank to a medium with great firepower.
Suggested Equipment
Gallery
Historical Info
T69 was a US Medium tank developed in the period from 1953 to 1955. U.S. in the late '40s and early '50s was very interested in developments on the French tanks with oscillating tower. And so, it was not long as the Americans got hold of the 2nd experienced French AMX-13 tank. But even after a U.S. study pursued a series of setbacks for the creation of such tanks and then they turned to the French experience. The United States has achieved its greatest development in the creation of medium tanks with oscillating tower and the first of them was armed with a 90mm gun, T69, use the chassis experienced tank T42.
The French tanks automatic loader was introduced into the feed gap of the tower, which means that you need to recharge to be outside of the tank. In combat conditions, it meant the conclusion equipment from the combat zone to recharge, which means literally a single application of a tank in combat. U.S. went ahead and fixed this huge flaw placing the autoloader ammo drum under the gun of the tank, allowing relatively quick recharge tools without leaving the safety of the tanks hull.
Tanks main armament, T175 90 mm gun was essentially a version of the TJ39 900 mm gun installed on M36 Jackson and M26 Pershing, but with some assembly changes applied to solve the problem with the imposition of rollback. The autoloader could accommodate up to eight (8) conical shells, and could feed the gun at the rate of around 18 rounds per minute. After the shot, the cartridge was automatically ejected through a designated hatch on the turret. The layout of the tank - a classic. The crew consisted of 3 people. The loader was placed on the left side of the cast turret and was responsible for refilling the drum once empty while the gunner was located right in front of the tower, improving the comfort of using periscope sight. The engine power of 500 horses allowed max speed of 51 km\h. Suspension was built around individual torsion bar with hydraulic shock absorbers.
From 1955 to 1956, the tank was tested at the Aberdeen Proving Ground. The result was disappointing and revealed serious problems and failures of the automatic loader. Unfortunately, problem of stabilizing the rocking mechanism of the tower was never solved, and it eventually led to cancellation of the projects. Experience gained on T69 was used on all other experimental designs with oscillating turret.
Historical Gallery