P.43 ter

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P.43 ter

Italy | Medium Tank | Tier VII

Battle Tier

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1,440,000   Cost

1000300 HP Hit Points

34.78/3618.41/39 t Weight Limit

Crew

1. Commander (Radio Operator)
2. Gunner
3. Driver
4. Loader

Mobility

460700 hp Engine Power

55/20 km/h Speed Limit

4244 deg/s Traverse

13.2338.02 hp/t Power/Wt Ratio

NoNo Pivot

Armor

// mm Hull Armor

80/50/50100/50/50 mm Turret Armor

Armament

{{#ifeq:ARMOR_PIERCING_CR|ARMOR_PIERCING|| {{#ifeq:HIGH_EXPLOSIVE|ARMOR_PIERCING|| AP/APCR/HE {{#ifeq:ARMOR_PIERCING_CR|ARMOR_PIERCING|| {{#ifeq:HIGH_EXPLOSIVE|ARMOR_PIERCING|| AP/APCR/HE Shells

435/4400/305 435/4400/305 Shell Cost

240/240/320240/240/320 HP Damage

140/180/45165/195/45 mm Penetration

| |}} | |}} 8 r/m  ▲ Standard Gun Reload Times Nominal: 7.5 s 50% Crew: 9.29 s 75% Crew: 8.11 s 100% Crew: 7.19 s Rammer: 6.47 s Vents: 7.03 s Both: 6.33 s Both and BiA: 6.19 s Both and Max Crew %: 5.93 s See Crew, Consumables, or Equipment for more information. | |}} | |}} 7.5 r/m  ▲ Standard Gun Reload Times Nominal: 8 s 50% Crew: 9.91 s 75% Crew: 8.65 s 100% Crew: 7.67 s Rammer: 6.9 s Vents: 7.5 s Both: 6.75 s Both and BiA: 6.6 s Both and Max Crew %: 6.33 s See Crew, Consumables, or Equipment for more information. Rate of Fire

| |}} | |}} 1920 ▲ Standard Gun Using Shell Type 1 (240 Damage): Theoretical Damage Per Minute Nominal DPM: 1920 50% Crew: 1550.4 75% Crew: 1776 100% Crew: 2001.6 100% Crew Vents: 2047.2 Rammer: 2224.8 Both: 2275.2 Both and BiA: 2325.6 Both and Max Crew %: 2424 Advantageous Damage Per Minute First-shot DPM: 2160 50% Crew: 1790.4 75% Crew: 2016 100% Crew: 2241.6 100% Crew Rammer: 2464.8 Vents: 2287.2 Both: 2515.2 Both and BiA: 2565.6 Both and Max Crew %: 2664 See here, here, or here for more information. ▼ Standard Gun Using Shell Type 2 (240 Damage): Theoretical Damage Per Minute Nominal DPM: 1920 50% Crew: 1550.4 75% Crew: 1776 100% Crew: 2001.6 100% Crew Vents: 2047.2 Rammer: 2224.8 Both: 2275.2 Both and BiA: 2325.6 Both and Max Crew %: 2424 Advantageous Damage Per Minute First-shot DPM: 2160 50% Crew: 1790.4 75% Crew: 2016 100% Crew: 2241.6 100% Crew Rammer: 2464.8 Vents: 2287.2 Both: 2515.2 Both and BiA: 2565.6 Both and Max Crew %: 2664 See here, here, or here for more information. ▲ Standard Gun Using Shell Type 3 (320 Damage): With wholly penetrating hits Theoretical Damage Per Minute Nominal DPM: 2560 50% Crew: 2067.2 75% Crew: 2368 100% Crew: 2668.8 100% Crew Vents: 2729.6 Rammer: 2966.4 Both: 3033.6 Both and BiA: 3100.8 Both and Max Crew %: 3232 Advantageous Damage Per Minute First-shot DPM: 2880 50% Crew: 2387.2 75% Crew: 2688 100% Crew: 2988.8 100% Crew Rammer: 3286.4 Vents: 3049.6 Both: 3353.6 Both and BiA: 3420.8 Both and Max Crew %: 3552 See here, here, or here for more information. | |}} | |}} 1800 ▲ Standard Gun Using Shell Type 1 (240 Damage): Theoretical Damage Per Minute Nominal DPM: 1800 50% Crew: 1452 75% Crew: 1663.2 100% Crew: 1876.8 100% Crew Vents: 1920 Rammer: 2085.6 Both: 2131.2 Both and BiA: 2179.2 Both and Max Crew %: 2272.8 Advantageous Damage Per Minute First-shot DPM: 2040 50% Crew: 1692 75% Crew: 1903.2 100% Crew: 2116.8 100% Crew Rammer: 2325.6 Vents: 2160 Both: 2371.2 Both and BiA: 2419.2 Both and Max Crew %: 2512.8 See here, here, or here for more information. ▼ Standard Gun Using Shell Type 2 (240 Damage): Theoretical Damage Per Minute Nominal DPM: 1800 50% Crew: 1452 75% Crew: 1663.2 100% Crew: 1876.8 100% Crew Vents: 1920 Rammer: 2085.6 Both: 2131.2 Both and BiA: 2179.2 Both and Max Crew %: 2272.8 Advantageous Damage Per Minute First-shot DPM: 2040 50% Crew: 1692 75% Crew: 1903.2 100% Crew: 2116.8 100% Crew Rammer: 2325.6 Vents: 2160 Both: 2371.2 Both and BiA: 2419.2 Both and Max Crew %: 2512.8 See here, here, or here for more information. ▲ Standard Gun Using Shell Type 3 (320 Damage): With wholly penetrating hits Theoretical Damage Per Minute Nominal DPM: 2400 50% Crew: 1936 75% Crew: 2217.6 100% Crew: 2502.4 100% Crew Vents: 2560 Rammer: 2780.8 Both: 2841.6 Both and BiA: 2905.6 Both and Max Crew %: 3030.4 Advantageous Damage Per Minute First-shot DPM: 2720 50% Crew: 2256 75% Crew: 2537.6 100% Crew: 2822.4 100% Crew Rammer: 3100.8 Vents: 2880 Both: 3161.6 Both and BiA: 3225.6 Both and Max Crew %: 3350.4 See here, here, or here for more information. Damage Per Minute

| |}} 0.4 m  ▲ With 50% Crew: 0.496 m With 75% Crew: 0.433 m With 100% Crew: 0.384 m With BiA: 0.375 m With BiA and Vents: 0.367 m Maximum possible: 0.352 m For more details, see Crew | |}} 0.4 m  ▲ With 50% Crew: 0.496 m With 75% Crew: 0.433 m With 100% Crew: 0.384 m With BiA: 0.375 m With BiA and Vents: 0.367 m Maximum possible: 0.352 m For more details, see Crew Accuracy

| |}} 2.4 s  ▲ With 50% Crew: 2.973 s With 75% Crew: 2.596 s With 100% Crew: 2.301 s With GLD: 2.092 s With BiA: 2.25 s With BiA and Vents: 2.202 s With both and GLD: 2.001 s Maximum possible: 1.918 s For more details, see Crew or Equipment | |}} 2.4 s  ▲ With 50% Crew: 2.973 s With 75% Crew: 2.596 s With 100% Crew: 2.301 s With GLD: 2.092 s With BiA: 2.25 s With BiA and Vents: 2.202 s With both and GLD: 2.001 s Maximum possible: 1.918 s For more details, see Crew or Equipment Aim time

4042 deg/s Turret Traverse

360° Gun Arc

-7°/+20°-7°/+20° Elevation Arc

4848 rounds Ammo Capacity

General

1515 % Chance of Fire

360 m  ▲ With 50% Crew: 282.8 m With 75% Crew: 321.5 m With 100% Crew: 360 m With Recon and Situational Awareness: 378.2 m With Coated Optics: 396 m With Binocular Telescope: 450 m Maximum possible: 515.4 m For more details, see Skills or Equipment 380 m  ▲ With 50% Crew: 298.6 m With 75% Crew: 339.3 m With 100% Crew: 380 m With Recon and Situational Awareness: 399.2 m With Coated Optics: 418 m With Binocular Telescope: 475 m Maximum possible: 544 m For more details, see Skills or Equipment View Range

| |}} 415 m  ▲ With 50% Crew: 326.1 m With 75% Crew: 370.6 m With 100% Crew: 415 m With 100% Signal Boost: 498 m When affected by 100% Relaying: 456.5 m Maximum possible: 597.2 m For more details, see Skills or Equipment | |}} 710 m  ▲ With 50% Crew: 557.8 m With 75% Crew: 634 m With 100% Crew: 710 m With 100% Signal Boost: 852 m When affected by 100% Relaying: 781 m Maximum possible: 1021.6 m For more details, see Skills or Equipment Signal Range

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P.43 bis

P.43 ter

P.44 Pantera

VII

1440000

The P.43 ter is an Italian tier 7 medium tank.

The P.43 ter is an Italian project for a medium tank developed in the mid-1940s. The work was discontinued at the blueprints stage.

The P.43 ter leads to the P.44 Pantera.

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 ()
VI	Cannone da 90/42	140/180/45	240/240/320	8	0.4	2.4		1200	61000
VII	Cannone da 90/53	165/195/45	240/240/320	7.5	0.4	2.4		1300	78000

Engines

Tier	Engine	Engine Power (hp)	Chance of Fire on Impact (%)		Weight (kg)	Price ()
VI	SPA 343	460	15		1700	25400
VI	V-2-34 modificato	520	15		900	29500
VII	SPA 344	700	15		1700	38000

Suspensions

Tier	Suspension	Load Limit (т)	Traverse Speed (gr/sec)	Rmin		Weight (kg)	Price ()
VI	P.43 ter (molle interconnesse)	36	42	B/2		9000	11900
VII	P.43 ter v.s. (molle interconnesse)	39	44	B/2		9000	21300

Radios

Tier	Radio	Signal Range (m)		Weight (kg)	Price ()
VI	R.F. 2 C.A.	415		35	8200
VIII	R.F. 3 M. 2	525		136	23400
IX	R.F. 4 M.	710		160	43700

Compatible Equipment

                     

Compatible Consumables

                      

Player Opinion

Pros and Cons

Pros:

• Good alpha for its tier, combined with good DPM
• Decent gun depression (7 degrees)
• With proper angling, armor is capable of bouncing shots from tiers VII and below
• Excellent power/weight ratio with last engine; accelerates decent, climbs quite well

Cons:

• APCR has low penetration for the decent 165mm AP pen
• Rather low shell velocity even with APCR (50 m/s increase)
• Bad dispersion with long aim time
• Not very agile
• Armor won't hold against anything above tier VII

Performance

It is similar to the P.43 bis but with some improvements. Like before the gun has a rather bad shell velocity, dispersion and aim time - somewhat like an antithesis to the T20 and its 90mm.

The armor is at this point unreliable - it is mostly the same as the tank before it, so it can stop HE shells but not much else. However, unlike the bis the ter has much improved mobility - for this reason flanking is now a viable option. When combined with the still high alpha and decent penetration, the P.43 ter becomes an improvement over the bis.

Early Research

• If you elited previous tank, you should already have 2nd engine and 2nd radio; mount them right away
• The 3rd engine provides *HUGE* boost to mobility, so it is a good idea to research it, even before the top gun because it only provides a penetration boost and some shell velocity but the engine makes the tank much more playable
• Research tracks next, followed by turret and 2nd gun
• You can however, opt to shorten the grind, and skip the 3rd engine - you get it for free on P.44 Pantera

Suggested Equipment

   

External Reviews and Opinions

Gallery

Historical Info

Known as the P.35/43 or a second iteration/Panther reduction of the P.43 bis (the latter because it was a lighter, sleeker tank using large amounts of design inspiration from the existing Panther), this version featured further upgrades to the bis design. In particular, the P.43 ter (to use the in-game name) featured a 470/480 horsepower engine derived from captured T-34 V-2-34 engines, and would also upgrade the gun from its chopped-down 42 calibers to the 53 of its anti-aircraft parent, improving its field performance.

The armor was also planned to be further improved up to a 100mm thickness, which would have required a completely new suspension system. All of Italy's prior suspension systems had been based on the Vickers Mk. E/Vickers 6-ton design, which was now 15 years old and hitting the limits of what reinforcing or track widening could do to keep it from collapsing under new tank weights. If a replacement was designed by the time the Italian surrender ended the P.43 bis program, no records of it survive; however, it is possible that the Italians would have used a variant on the torsion bar suspension already designed for the now-cancelled M16/43 Celere Sahariano fast medium tank.

As a variant of the P.43 bis, the P.43 ter faced the same fate; the program was rudely halted by the Italian surrender, and would not be resumed due to any country that could build it already having their own tank designs, and tank engineering having leapfrogged the design by the time Italy was again in a position to build tanks of its own.

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Historical Gallery

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  Schematics for the P.43 bis. The P.43 ter would feature few visual changes to the overall design, largely a new suspension system and a longer gun.

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  Wooden model of the P.43 bis, and the closest any version of the tank ever got to being built in steel. One surviving model exists today in one of Rome's military museums.

Sources and External Links

External Links

• "Heavy Tanks, Italian Style" blog post by Yuri Pashalok on Tank Archives, discussing the heavy side of the Italian tank program. [1]

Italy

Medium Tanks

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