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T40
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[Client Values; Actual values in
125,000 Cost |
38076 HP Hit Points |
20.31/22.58.87/24 t Weight Limit |
- Commander (Radio Operator)
- Gunner
- Driver
- Loader
- Loader
400440 hp Engine Power |
38/14 km/h Speed Limit |
3032 deg/s Traverse |
19.6949.61 hp/t Power/Wt Ratio |
YesYes Pivot |
// mm Hull Armor |
HE/HEAT
AP/APCR/HE Shells |
56/2800
96/2800/68 Shell Cost |
175/110/115/115/185 HP Damage |
38/92/128/177/38 mm Penetration |
r/m ▲
16.22 r/m Standard Gun ▲
15.38 Rate of Fire Standard Gun |
▲
Standard Gun ▼
2838.5 Standard Gun
▲
Standard Gun
▼
Standard Gun
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1768.7 Damage Per Minute Standard Gun |
m ▲
0.53 m With 50% Crew: 0.657 m ▲
0.41 Accuracy With 50% Crew: 0.508 m |
s 1.7 s 2 Aim time |
4444 deg/s Gun Traverse Speed |
57° Gun Arc |
-2°/+25°-10°/+30° Elevation Arc |
195100 rounds Ammo Capacity |
2020 % Chance of Fire |
m 300 m 300 View Range |
m 265 m 615 Signal Range |
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The T40 is an American tier 4 tank destroyer.
Experimental tank destroyer developed on the basis of the M3 tank in the spring of 1942. The vehicle never entered mass production, nor saw service.
Once you get past the first two tier 4 guns its role is determined by your choice of cannon. With the 105 mm AT Howitzer M3 it acts as a mini-artillery gun, albeit with no overhead view of the map. Its slow projectile speed is made up for by the heavy amount of damage it causes. With the 57 mm Gun M1 L/50 cannon it can be used as a sniping anti-tank machine gun. The 76 mm AT Gun M1A1 cannon is the great balance between the powerful SPG-like 105 mm howitzer and the anti-tank machine gun 57 mm.
The T40 marks the end of its American tank destroyer line.
Modules / Available Equipment and Consumables
Modules
Tier | Engine | Engine Power (hp) |
Chance of Fire on Impact (%) |
Weight (kg) |
Price ()
| |
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IV | Wright R-975EC2 | 400 | 20 | 515 | 11600 | |
V | Chrysler A57 | 440 | 20 | 570 | 13900 |
Tier | Suspension | Load Limit (т) |
Traverse Speed (gr/sec) |
Rmin | Weight (kg) |
Price ()
| |
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III | T40T41 | 22.5 | 30 | 0 | 6200 | 1850 | |
IV | T40T48 | 24 | 32 | 0 | 6200 | 4500 |
Tier | Radio | Signal Range (m) |
Weight (kg) |
Price ()
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
IV | SCR 210 | 325 | 80 | 1980 | |
IX | SCR 506 | 615 | 110 | 33600 | |
II | SCR 200 | 265 | 40 | 0 |
Compatible Equipment
Compatible Consumables
Player Opinion
Pros and Cons
Pros:
- Above average hit points
- Above average engine power
- Above average armour
- Above average damage
- Above average aim time, gun arc, and elevation arc
Cons:
- Below average top speed and traverse speed
- Below average penetration and rate of fire
- Below average accuracy
- Below average signal range
Suggested Equipment
Gallery
Historical Info
T24 Gun motor carriage
The U.S. Army expressed a need for a vehicle capable of stopping and destroying enemy tanks. The new vehicle, dubbed the "Tank Destroyer", would have the same armor protection and general mobility of a standard tank, but would be heavily armed with enough punch to decimate enemy armored formations. Up until 1941, the only vehicles available were modified trucks and half-tracks, which lacked greatly in the mobility, firepower and armor departments.
During the summer of 1941, Baldwin Locomotive Works began development of a vehicle to fill the need for a true tank destroyer. They began with the chassis of an M3 Lee medium tank, added a modified superstructure with an open, hexagonally-shaped top, and armed the vehicle with the M1918 3-inch gun. The Ordnance Department accepted the vehicle for testing at Aberdeen at the end of the summer, designating it the T24 gun motor carriage. However, the extremely high silhouette of the vehicle was thought to detract from its ability to stalk its prey, and gun was found to be lacking in range and accuracy. The T24 was returned to Baldwin for adjustments.
T40/M9 America's First Tank Destroyer
What Baldwin later returned to the Army was basically a somewhat improved T24. Indeed, it was the T24 pilot vehicle, simply modified with a slightly lower superstructure and some minor improvements to the weapon and related systems. The vehicle was accepted for testing at Aberdeen once more, this time under the designation of T40. The Ordnance Department was still far from impressed, but a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, and the subsequent entry of the United States into the war prompted the vehicle's adoption as the Army's first standardized full-track tank destroyer. It was christened the 3-inch Gun Motor Carriage, M9, and a production contract was awarded for 1,000 examples.
However, as the vehicle was not truly up the Army's standards, the contract was cancelled only four months later, in April 1942. The M9 had simply proven too slow, and furthermore, its 3-inch main armament was not available in sufficient quantity. As the vehicle had a basis on the M3 Lee medium tank, the silhouette was also above the minimum for a vehicle intended as an ambush predator. The Tank Destroyer Board finally abandoned the project at the end of the summer of 1942, officially due to the insufficient mobility and speed of the vehicle.
Historical Gallery