A-44
A-44
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1,380,000  Cost |
| 1000300 HP Hit Points |
| 36.42/3720.67/41 t Weight Limit |
- Commander
- Gunner
- Driver
- Radio Operator
- Loader
| 500640 hp Engine Power |
| 59/20 km/h Speed Limit |
| 4244 deg/s Traverse |
| 13.7330.96 hp/t Power/Wt Ratio |
| NoNo Pivot |
| // mm Hull Armor |
| 75/75/7590/90/90 mm Turret Armor |
AP/APCR/HE
AP/APCR/HE Shells |
56/2400/56
270/4400/280 Shell Cost |
| 110/110/156300/300/360 HP Damage |
| 86/102/38167/219/54 mm Penetration |
|
18.18 r/m ▲
5.71 r/m Standard Gun ▲ Rate of Fire Standard Gun |
|
1999.8 ▲
Standard Gun
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Standard Gun
▲
1713 Standard Gun ▲
Standard Gun
▼
Standard Gun
▲ Damage Per Minute Standard Gun |
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0.46 m ▲
0.45 m With 50% Crew: 0.57 m ▲ Accuracy With 50% Crew: 0.557 m |
| 1.9 s 3.4 s Aim time |
| 4038 deg/s Turret Traverse |
| 360° Gun Arc |
| -5°/+25°-3°/+15° Elevation Arc |
| 19060 rounds Ammo Capacity |
| 1515 % Chance of Fire |
| 360 m 370 m View Range |
| 325 m 525 m Signal Range |
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The A-44 is a Soviet tier 7 medium tank.
The project was developed at Factory No. 183 by engineer I.S. Ber in April 1941. The vehicle was to be manufactured in three versions with different armor, armament, combat weight, and speed characteristics. The creation of the prototype was scheduled for the beginning of 1942. However, the project was discontinued due to the outbreak of the war and evacuation.
This medium tank features a turret on the back of the tank. This makes it OK at side scraping with the top gun (which is the top gun from the T-150). The front upper plate on the tank, when angled can reliably bounce many of the guns it will encounter just don't count on it when you're facing tanks equipped with tier 10 guns. One feature that most people like about this tank is that it shares the highest alpha out of all the tier 7 mediums (300) with the Leo.
The A-44 leads to the Object 416.
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 (  )
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IV | 76 mm F-34 | 86/102/38 | 110/110/156 | 18.18 | 0.46 | 1.9 | 1155 | 30550 | |
| V | 57 mm ZiS-4 | 112/189/29 | 85/85/95 | 26.09 | 0.34 | 1.9 | 740 | 41480 | |
| V | 76 mm S-54 | 125/156/39 | 115/110/165 | 18.18 | 0.41 | 1.9 | 1390 | 40130 | |
| VII | 107 mm ZiS-6 | 167/219/54 | 300/300/360 | 5.71 | 0.45 | 3.4 | 2400 | 68290 |
Engines
| Tier | Engine | Engine Power (hp) |
Chance of Fire on Impact (%) |
Weight (kg) |
Price ( )
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VI | V-2-34 | 500 | 15 | 750 | 27860 | |
| VI | V-5 | 640 | 15 | 750 | 27860 |
Suspensions
| Tier | Suspension | Load Limit (т) |
Traverse Speed (gr/sec) |
Rmin | Weight (kg) |
Price ( )
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VI | A-44 | 37 | 42 | B/2 | 12000 | 12700 | |
| VII | A-44 enhanced | 41 | 44 | B/2 | 12000 | 17700 |
Radios
| Tier | Radio | Signal Range (m) |
Weight (kg) |
Price ( )
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IV | 9R | 325 | 80 | 1980 | |
| VIII | 9RM | 525 | 100 | 24240 |
Compatible Equipment
Compatible Consumables
Player Opinion
Pros and Cons
Pros:
- High top speed and acceleration, terrain resistance makes up for lower pw/wt ratio
- Good maneuverability
- Powerful top gun for a medium tank, with high alpha damage and good penetration
- Rear mounted turret allows for some sidescraping
- Good at ramming lighter tanks
Cons:
- Impossible to fight in a close combat with the 107mm at -3 gun dep., you can often just shoot at the turret!
- Slow aimtime and poor accuracy, struggles at sniping
- Very bad gun depression for a non-SPG vehicle
- Frontal hull armor is 150mm only on small areas, most of it is 75mm
- Abysmal engine durability, in best case scenario, every second hit destroys the engine completely.
Performance
Quite dissimilar to its predecessor, the A-44 boasts a very powerful main gun with acceptable DPM. It also loses some of its top speed and acceleration in exchange for improved armor and still great turning. The hull can bounce shots that most of the other tier 7 mediums would be incapable of doing.
Drivers would be advised to play in a TD style in early stage when WITHOUT the 107mm ZiS-6, since with the 76mm S-54's rather low pen and alpha at current tier's, making 1-2 shot drive by would had been the most likely outcome before you got tracked and wrecked - especially when the unusual mounts will make flanking maneuvers fairly awkward for players who have never operated similar tanks, such as the SU76, Su-85B, or even the Later German Heavy TD's and Prototype's. Least to say, this tank, although an medium and "mobile", the aim time and the on the move accuracy of the 76mm and 107mm gun does not approve your flanking decisions most of the time.
Alternatively, if players aer determined that he/she still wants to try out the flanking potential, going "Cromwell" mode maybe the option - load the 76mm S-54 for a more preferable RoF in flank maneuvers. The 107mm gun might do the job better for finishing off critically wounded tanks and more reliable penetration, again the RoF and accuracy greatly demands flankers to think twice to adopt the gun for such tactics. However, doing this could prove difficult as the rear mounted turret and extremely poor gun depression make knife fights awkward.
With the ZiS-6 107mm mounted, this tank becomes excellent at sidescraping due to its excellent main gun, wide tracks, and rear-mounted turret. However, getting the angle of your tank right to do this is tricky. Angle too much and the enemy will be able to pierce your side hull. Angle too little and your front hull is exposed with little angling. This strategy is better used in a defense manner. If the enemy knows what to do, they will rush your tank, forcing you to either give them your side hull (which is loaded with ammo racks) or to withdraw.
Avoiding hilly terrain and CQC in this tank is very important. Your gun is too unwieldy with the abysmal aim time and gun depression in addition to the rear-mounted turret to attempt either. Before making a move, you should plan ahead to make sure that you won't be getting yourself into an even worse position than the one you were just in. This tank works best on flat terrain with some hard cover where you can mitigate the weaknesses of this tank. Also, sniping is futile in practice with this tank. Your aim time and accuracy make hitting your targets based more on luck and less on your ability to aim.
Early Research
- When starting off, the radio, V-5 Engine and 76mm S-54 should be ready to go and mounted immediately.
- The good news is that all the guns and top radio carry over from the T-34 and A-43,and if you previously played T-150 or KV-2, you might already have the 107mm ZiS-6 unlocked too, and you can save the tracks for last with equipment.
- If, unfortunately you have not played the USSR heavies before, then the next priority would be the 107mm ZIS-6, for a much wanted huge increase in alpha damage.
- Engines are already researched from the T-150, KV-2 and KV-3, and of course the predecessor A-43. Players should have already got this unlocked and there are just no excuses not to have it unlocked earlier.
- Mount the turret for a HP, armor, & view range buff.
- Finally, mount the tracks
Suggested Equipment
Gallery
Historical Info
The basic idea that led to the development of the A-44 was: if you equip your heavy tanks with the same armament as your medium tanks (or rather, with the guns taken from the medium tanks), they lose their combat worth. Consequently, if you manage to equip a very light tank with a very powerful gun, it becomes a rather cheap to produce, but very dangerous enemy (the same line of thinking actually led to the German development of light tank destroyers, which proved to be rather effective). And so the idea was born to equip the A-43 suspension (that could withstand bigger loads than the T-34 one) with a sleek hull and the 107mm F-42 gun, or with the 57mm ZiS-4.
The 57mm was probably the most suitable gun, because it was basically a re-worked 76,2mm F-32, with longer barrel and a different breech. The F-42 gun, developed by F.Petrov’s bureau, was probably more suited for heavy tanks, it was big and had a long recoil, but even so, according to Morozov’s calculation, the weight of the vehicle wouldn’t be over 34 tons (the armor was counted on to be cca 45mm). Results of firing tests of captured German guns were also taken into account and in March 1941, after seeing Morozov’s tank idea, it was decided to develop such a vehicle under the designation of A-44 (sometimes T-44, but do not confuse this tank with the ingame tier 8 T-44, they are not related).
The technical documents for this tank mentioned two variants: a “faster” and a “slower” one. Both variants were to weight around 35 tons, with the “faster” having 75mm and 65mm frontal and side armor, while the “slower” had up to 120mm frontal armor and 100mm armor on the sides. The projected speed was to be somewhere between 50-55km/h. Three guns were considered: the 57mm ZiS-4, 76,2mm F-34 and 107mm F-42. In the end, it was decided to implement only the 57mm one.
In order to archieve all this, the vehicle had to be designed unconventionally – with the turret in the back. In the frontal part of the vehicle, there was the transmission and steering mechanism, the engine was in the middle and the crew as in the back. The suspension was (just like with the A-43) solved by implementing torsion bars, the vehicle had 7 roadwheels, 4 idlers and the frontal wheel was propelled by the engine.
