AMX 50 Foch
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AMX 50 Foch
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3,670,000 Cost |
1550310 HP Hit Points |
50.2/59.5615.88/62.56 t Weight Limit |
- Commander (Radio Operator)
- Gunner
- Driver
- Loader
8501000 hp Engine Power |
50/13 km/h Speed Limit |
2628 deg/s Traverse |
16.9362.97 hp/t Power/Wt Ratio |
YesYes Pivot |
// mm Hull Armor |
AP/APCR/HE
AP/APCR/HE Shells |
1060/4800/900
1060/4800/900 Shell Cost |
400/400/515400/400/515 HP Damage |
257/325/65257/325/65 mm Penetration |
r/m ▲
5.83 r/m Magazine-fed Gun ▲
5.83 Rate of Fire Magazine-fed Gun |
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Magazine-fed Gun
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Magazine-fed Gun
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2616 Magazine-fed Gun ▲
Magazine-fed Gun
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Magazine-fed Gun
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2616 Damage Per Minute Magazine-fed Gun |
m ▲
0.35 m With 50% Crew: 0.434 m ▲
0.35 Accuracy With 50% Crew: 0.434 m |
s 2.5 s 2.5 Aim time |
2626 deg/s Gun Traverse Speed |
20° Gun Arc |
-6°/+18°-6°/+18° Elevation Arc |
6868 rounds Ammo Capacity |
2015 % Chance of Fire |
m 380 m 380 View Range |
m 400 m 750 Signal Range |
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The AMX 50 Foch is a French tier 9 tank destroyer.
From the late 1940s to the early 1950s, France was developing heavy tank destroyers. This project was developed under the influence of German tank destroyers of WWII. The vehicle featured a 120-mm gun. At least one prototype was built, which took part in the military parade in Paris on July 14, 1950. Never saw mass production.
The AMX 50 Foch leads to the AMX 50 Foch B.
Modules / Available Equipment and Consumables
Modules
Tier | Gun | Penetration (mm) |
Damage (HP) |
Rate of fire (rounds/minute) |
Dispersion (m/100m) |
Aiming time (s) |
Weight (kg) |
Price ()
| |
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X | 120 mm AC SA46 | 257/325/65 | 400/400/515 | 5.83 | 0.35 | 2.5 | 3580 | 339000 |
Tier | Engine | Engine Power (hp) |
Chance of Fire on Impact (%) |
Weight (kg) |
Price ()
| |
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IX | Maybach HL 295 | 850 | 20 | 750 | 78000 | |
IX | Saurer | 1000 | 15 | 750 | 99800 |
Tier | Suspension | Load Limit (т) |
Traverse Speed (gr/sec) |
Rmin | Weight (kg) |
Price ()
| |
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VIII | AMX 50 Foch | 59.56 | 26 | 0 | 11000 | 27650 | |
IX | AMX 50 Foch bis | 62.56 | 28 | 0 | 11000 | 64000 |
Compatible Equipment
Compatible Consumables
Player Opinion
Pros and Cons
Pros:
- Strong frontal armor
- High damage per minute
- Same gun from the AMX AC Mle. 1948 but with better reload and aiming in time
- Great accuracy
- Very agile
Cons:
- Very low rear and side armor
- Average damage per shell
- Noticeable weakspot on upper tank
- If SPG's hit side/rear armour they can do full damage
Early Research
- Nothing much to research except for the upgrade suspension and upgrade engine.
- Stock suspension can handle a lot of weight, therefore engine > track.
Gallery
Historical Info
The M 4 closely resembled the German King Tiger in general form, though the turret was to be made of welded sections; but to limit the weight to a desired thirty metric tonnes the proportions were rather smaller and the armour had a maximum of just thirty millimetres. Like the later German tanks of the war it had, in this case eight, overlapping road wheels. Part of the project was to study whether a modern torsion bar suspension should be used or the height lowered by ten centimetres through a fitting of leaf or coil springs.
Two prototypes of the M 4 were ordered. The Army soon indicated that a protection level of thirty millimetres was unacceptably low. In response armour was increased. To save weight it was decided to install a novel oscillating turret, designed by FAMH. Nevertheless, when the first prototype, now named the AMX 50 after its intended weight class, was delivered in 1949, it weighed 53.7 metric tonnes. In the winter of 1950 instead of the 90 mm, a 100 mm gun was fitted, designed by the Arsenal de Tarbes. The second prototype with a slightly different turret, but also with a 100 mm gun, was ready soon after. The prototypes had a length, with gun, of 10.43, a width of 3.40 and a height of 3.41 metres. It was intended to fit a 1200 hp engine to attain a speed much superior to all existing medium tank types. The Maybach HL 295 (a redesigned German gas engine in 1945 captured at Friedrichshafen by Engineer-General Joseph Molinié) and a Saurer diesel engine were tested. Both failed to deliver the required output and maximum speed was in fact no higher than 51 km/h. The prototypes were tested between 1950 and 1952.
Based on the M 4 chassis in 1950, AMX presented a prototype of a heavy tank destroyer in the form of a 120 mm self-propelled gun, the Canon Automoteur AMX 50 Foch, named after Marshal Ferdinand Foch. It was intended to give long range fire support to the medium/heavy AMX 50 100 mm model. The design had a lot of similarities with German Jagdpanther tank destroyer. It had a long bareled 120 mm gun with a muzzle break attached to a well sloped and heavily armored flat profile vehicle. Remotely controlled anti-aircraft machinegun was placed on the right side of the roof, while commander’s cupola with the range finder was pushed to the left.
Unlike previous post war concepts like the Mle. 1948, several AMX 50 TDs were built, the first in 1950. Field tests were promising, and army started to prepare to adopt AMX 50 Foch in small numbers. When AMX engineers managed to install a 120 mm gun into an oscillating turret of the AMX 50 120 tank, Foch immediately become obsolete and all further development and production were stopped.
Historical Gallery