Panzer 58 Mutz
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Panzer 58 Mutz
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[Client Values; Actual values in
7,800  Cost |
| 1350270 HP Hit Points |
| 35.1/4020.45/40 t Weight Limit |
- Commander (Radio Operator)
- Gunner
- Driver
- Loader
| 600600 hp Engine Power |
| 50/20 km/h Speed Limit |
| 4545 deg/s Traverse |
| 17.0929.34 hp/t Power/Wt Ratio |
| YesYes Pivot |
| // mm Hull Armor |
| 120/65/40120/65/40 mm Turret Armor |
AP/APCR/HE
AP/APCR/HE Shells |
300/4400/255
300/4400/255 Shell Cost |
| 250/250/330250/250/330 HP Damage |
| 212/259/90212/259/90 mm Penetration |
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7.5 r/m ▲
7.5 r/m Standard Gun ▲ Rate of Fire Standard Gun |
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1875 ▲
Standard Gun
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Standard Gun
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1875 Standard Gun ▲
Standard Gun
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Standard Gun
▲ Damage Per Minute Standard Gun |
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0.34 m ▲
0.34 m With 50% Crew: 0.421 m ▲ Accuracy With 50% Crew: 0.421 m |
| 2.3 s 2.3 s Aim time |
| 3636 deg/s Turret Traverse |
| 360° Gun Arc |
| -10°/+25°-10°/+25° Elevation Arc |
| 4848 rounds Ammo Capacity |
| 1212 % Chance of Fire |
| 390 m 390 m View Range |
| 570 m 570 m Signal Range |
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The Panzer 58 Mutz is a German tier 8 premium medium tank.
Developed in 1953 in Switzerland, the first prototype of this tank featured a 90 mm gun. A second prototype with a British 20-pounder gun was built later. In the end, a series of 10 vehicles, featuring 105 mm guns, were produced and remained in service until 1964. After this, the vehicles were used as a basis for the Panzer 61. The only Panzer 58 that survives today features a 20-pounder gun and is currently located in the tank museum in Thun, Bern.
Modules / Available Equipment and Consumables
Modules
Guns
| Tier | Gun | Penetration (mm) |
Damage (HP) |
Rate of fire (rounds/minute) |
Dispersion (m/100m) |
Aiming time (s) |
Weight (kg) |
Price (  )
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIII | 9 cm Kanone | 212/259/90 | 250/250/330 | 7.5 | 0.34 | 2.3 | 1650 | 118000 |
Engines
| Tier | Engine | Engine Power (hp) |
Chance of Fire on Impact (%) |
Weight (kg) |
Price ( )
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIII | MB 837 Ea 600 | 600 | 12 | 1400 | 52500 |
Suspensions
| Tier | Suspension | Load Limit (т) |
Traverse Speed (gr/sec) |
Rmin | Weight (kg) |
Price ( )
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIII | Panzer 58 Mutz | 40 | 45 | 0 | 8000 | 30000 |
Radios
| Tier | Radio | Signal Range (m) |
Weight (kg) |
Price ( )
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIII | Kdo. Funkstation SE 407 | 570 | 123 | 25000 |
Compatible Equipment
Compatible Consumables
Player Opinion
Pros and Cons
Pros:
- Good accuracy and high shell velocity, excellent for sniping
- Very good penetration with all its shell types, HE included
- Great gun depression (-10 degrees)
- Decent overall mobility
Cons:
- Low DPM
- Poor on-the-move gun handling
- Frontal fuel tanks, gets set on fire often
- Armor is overall poor, expect nothing but a few lucky ricochets
- Average camouflage for a sniper tank
Performance
The Panzer 58 Mutz is a Swiss tank (though placed in the German tech-tree) that plays very similar to other Tier VIII support mediums like the Indien-Panzer or the Centurion Mk. I. Using what is essentially the Indien-Panzer's 9cm gun, the Panzer 58 Mutz should be played as such; picking off targets from long range, using terrain as cover, and giving fire support where it is needed. The accurate and high-penetrating 9cm gun can hold its own even in Tier X matches, but a careful balance of AP and APCR ammo is needed as the Mutz can only carry 48 rounds. The Mutz is fairly mobile for a medium tank, but close-range brawls are far from recommended; the armor on this tank cannot take sustained amounts of punishment. Flanking heavier opponents is a viable tactic so long as backup is at hand.
There are some aspects to the Mutz that need specific attention. The turret, while rounded, offers a large profile and is poorly-armored. The gun-mantlet is small and unreliable for bouncing shots, while the hull is horribly lacking in armor. The highly sloped front of the tank does get a surprising number of ricochets. Beware of artillery and tanks with large-calibre guns. They are liable to take out huge chunks of your HP with HE rounds, if not kill you outright with one shot. These problems are offset by the Mutz's mobility and gun-depression. As with other support mediums, expose yourself only when needed and find cover as a matter of habit. The 9cm gun rewards players who know how to keep this tank alive and firing in any match it may see.
Early Research
Premium tank, none required.
External Reviews and Opinions
Gallery
Historical Info
It's no secret that Swiss armament companies (largely Oerlikon and Solothurn) worked closely with the Germans before WWII. After the war, this cooperation resumed. In 1953, several German and Swiss companies began developing a tank for India under the guidance of Porsche KG, named, naturally, Indien-Panzer. After a year, the project was finished, but it was too complicated for Indian factories. For instance, the Indien-Panzer used many cast parts.
As a result, the Indians preferred to buy British Centurions, and solutions of the "unnecessary" Indien-Panzer migrated into the Leopard 1 and AMX 30. Another side effect of the Indien-Panzer program was the Swiss KW.30 tank.
The majority of the tank's development was done by the central design bureau at Thun. The 30 ton tank was going to be armed with the domestic 9 cm Kanone 48 and Mercedes-Benz engine. The KW.30 prototype was finished in 1957, two years later than its planned production. Soon after, the hero of this article was built, the Panzer 58 Mutz.
American Style
The tank series was named after the second prototype, which had a different gun than the first. Instead of the 90 mm gun, the tank had a British 20-pdr (84 mm), produced in Switzerland under the index 8.4 cm Panzerkanone 58. The auxiliary armament was improved, replacing the coaxial machinegun with a 20 mm Oerlikon autocannon. The suspension grew by one road wheel. This tank can currently be seen in the Thun tank museum.
The project was, in a word, strange. It would appear that the design is based on one of the most experienced tank building schools in Europe, the German one, but a closer look reveals similarities to the American M47 Patton II. In turn, that tank was a slight improvement of the Pershing, which evolved from the T20 medium tank that the Americans started developing in late 1942.
The cast hull and turret, torsion bar suspension, rear drive wheel and front idler, engine compartment roof composed of several pieces, all of these details are indicative of an American influence. To be fair, the Swiss did not just blindly copy them, and each one was somehow improved or changed, so the Panzer 58 Mutz was an independent project, and a good one at that.
After trials, the Swiss accepted the Panzer 58 and ordered 10 pre-production vehicles. The gun changed again, now to a licensed version of the British 105 mm L7. Engineers improved these ten tanks, and this gave birth to the first mass produced Swiss tank, the Panzer 61. Only 160 were built, but for a small and neutral Switzerland, this is quite a few.
Historical Gallery
Historical Accuracy Errata
The in-game Panzer 58 Mutz is an unhistorical hybrid - it has the hull and turret of the second prototype, while having the 90 mm gun of the first prototype.
- The side hull and turret armor of the Panzer 58 were thicker in real life compared to in-game.
- Historical OQF 20-pdr gun is missing. This was the actual main armament of the second prototype.
- 105 mm Royal Ordnance L7 gun is also missing, though this was the main armament of the production version.
