T14
T14
USA | Medium Tank | Tier V |
Cost | 1,500 |
---|---|
Health | 690 |
Weight/Load Limit | 47.76/49.8t |
Engine Power | 720hp |
Speed Limit | 34km/h |
Traverse Speed | 20deg/s |
Hull Armor | 51/50/50mm |
Turret Armor | 101/101/101mm |
Damage | 83-138HP |
Penetration | 69-115mm |
Rate of Fire | 18.02r/m |
Accuracy | 0.40m |
Aim time | 1.8s |
Turret Traverse | 30deg/s |
Gun Traverse Arc | gunTraverseArc |
Gun Vertical Limits | gunVerticalLimits |
Ammo Capacity | ammo |
Chance of Fire | 20% |
View Range | 380m |
Signal Range | 650m |
Parent | none |
Child | none |
The T14 is an American tier 5 premium heavy tank which can only be purchased with gold. Classified as a heavy tank, the T14 is actually a stock, up-armored M4 Sherman. It was part of a failed joint project between the United States and the United Kingdom. While it is the weakest heavy tank for its tier, it is quite capable of making short work of any medium tank equal or below its tier. It has good maneuverability for a heavy tank. When dropped into high-tier matches, it is recommended to pick off lower tier tanks or support your team's heavy tanks.
Modules
Historical Info
The Assault Tank T14 was a joint project between the United States and the United Kingdom. The T14 tank was supposed to be a design that was to be shared by both countries to give an infantry tank for British use.
The pilot model was not produced by 1944, by which time the British Churchill tank had been in service for two years and was greatly improved over it's initial model. The T14 project never came to fruition. US efforts of working on a similarly well-armored tank with a higher speed for use other than as infantry support led to the T20 tank.
Design and development
In 1941, the head of the United States Ordnance Department traveled to Britain to discuss designing a well-armed and armored combat vehicle, one that was stronger than the British Tank, Infantry, Mk IV (A22) "Churchill", then under production.
The tank design would have a 6 pdr or a US 75 mm gun sharing many parts with the M4 Sherman, but with armor twice as thick as that of the M4 at 100 mm thick.[1]
The British initially ordered 8,500 in 1942. Testing of the pilot model, which was completed in 1944, showed the vehicle to be much too heavy for practical use. By this time, the British Army was already using the Churchill and further production of the T14 was halted. Only 2 were built; one tested in the US and the other sent to Britain.[2] The example sent to Britain survives in the Bovington tank museum.[2]
- Steven J. Zaloga, Tony Bryan, Jim Laurier M26/M46 Pershing Tank 1943-53 p6
- a b Forty, George (1995). World War Two Tanks. Osprey. pp. 133–139. ISBN 1855325322.
Bibliography
- David Fletcher The Uiversal Tank: British Armour in the Second World War
External links
Light Tanks | T1 Cunningham • M2 Light Tank • T1E6 • T2 Light Tank • T7 Combat Car • M22 Locust • M3 Stuart • MTLS-1G14 • M5 Stuart • M24 Chaffee • T21 • T71 |
Medium Tanks | T2 Medium Tank • M2 Medium Tank • M3 Lee • M4 Sherman • M4A2E4 Sherman • M7 • Ram II • M4A3E2 Sherman Jumbo • M4A3E8 Sherman • T20 • M26 Pershing • T23 • T26E4 Super Pershing • T69 • M46 Patton • T54E1 • M48A1 Patton • M60 |
Heavy Tanks | T1 Heavy Tank • T14 • M6 • T29 • M6A2E1 • T32 • T34 • M103 • T57 Heavy Tank • T110E5 |
Tank Destroyers | T18 • T82 • M8A1 • T40 • M10 Wolverine • T49 • M18 Hellcat • M36 Jackson • T25 AT • T25/2 • T28 • T28 Prototype • T30 • T95 • T110E3 • T110E4 |
Self-Propelled Guns | T57 • M7 Priest • M37 • M41 • M44 • M12 • M40/M43 • M53/M55 • T92
|