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?|The T49 is considered a very fun and overall good tank to play. Its best features are its guns, particularly the 76mm M1A1 along with its superior speed and acceleration. Stock, it is very weak and has low engine power, but once fully upgraded, it is a force to be reckoned with. It can maintain its 61 kph top speed quite easily over all terrain, and though the turret traverse is incredibly slow the tank excels at flanking and exposing weak sides and rear. Its gun can penetrate almost any armor it comes across when hitting weak spots and by the time they've been hit you'll most likely be long gone, and in higher tiers it can even be used as a heavily armed scout. Like most turreted TDs its armor is sloped but incredibly thin, so don't expect to bounce hardly anything. In fact if you try to use the classic stationary Tank Destroyer sniper, you'll probably be destroyed without mercy. However, you most likely won't be hit if you use this tank's superior speed and maneuverability to its best. +
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?*Great speed and acceleration +
?*Excellent guns for its tier +
?*Can maintain top speed constantly+
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?*Almost useless armor+
?*Extremely slow turret traverse+
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?The T49 is very similar to its parent tank the M8A1 in many ways. It maintains similar speed and agility characteristics and in fact improving slightly on overall agility, while at the same time gaining some firepower; and while slow, the turret traverse is still faster than that of the M8A1. +
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?In terms of gun selection, sticking with the 57mm until the 76mm M1A1 is availiable is seriously worth considering, as the 75 has a tendency to lack penetration, additionally the 57mm's rate of fire more than copensates for it's lack of alpha damage. The top tier gun for the T49, the 76mm M1A1 excells in nearly all area's in terms of damage, rate of fire and penetration over the 75mm, making it even superior to the handy 57mm previously utilized on the M8A1 and the T49 as well.+
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?If you've played through the American medium tree at all you'll find that about 25-50% of the modules carry over, including the Engine, and the 75mm.+
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?The T49 once fully upgraded can almost be played in a manner similar to that of a scout or flanker. You're fragile(very important to remember this), you have excellent firepower for your tier, and you retain the ability to sneak up on the enemy. Play the T49 as a 2nd line tank and you will succede. Don't lead a push, your armor can't take the hits, simply follow the main push and clean up the stragglers.+
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?image:T49a.png{{!}}Front right+
?image:T49b.png{{!}}Front left+
?image:T49c.png{{!}}Rear left+
?image:T49d.png{{!}}Rear right+
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?The manufacture of two pilot models of the T49 tank was initiated in the spring of 1952. They are now being subjected to engineering tests, which are scheduled for completion in the near future. However, in the summer of 1953 Army Field Forces indicated that they were no longer interested in this tank, their reason being that the low-pressure guns developed for its main armament could not guarantee an 88% probability of first-round hit. Because of this withdrawal of user interest, it is possible that work on the T49 will not be continued beyond engineering testing and that the tank itself will not be put into production. The T49 Gun Motor Carriage was a variant of the M18 Hellcat.+
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?== Design ==+
?On April 18, 1942, it was agreed to construct two prototypes that would be identified as the T49 Gun Motor Carriage. It was to be mobile, weigh around 12 tons, have a crew of five, reach a speed of 50 mph, armor was to be 7/8" on the turret, and 3/8" all around on the hull.+
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?The first prototype was tested and as a result the Tank Destroyer Command and the Ordnance Department wanted the second prototype to have a 75 mm M3 gun. This became the T67 Gun Motor Carriage. It was to have its armor increased to 1" in front. The side armor was reduced and the top and bottom was increased.+
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?The prototypes had helical coil suspensions. Two Buick 320 cubic inch gasoline engines produced a total of 330 HP.+
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?In late 1942, after the testing of a prototype at the Aberdeen Proving Ground, the Special Armored Vehicle Board recommended that the T67 have a standard engine, a 76 mm gun, and a torsion bar suspension. The Secretary of War approved the building of six prototypes. These would carry the 76 mm M1 in an open turret without a basket. The Continental R975-C1 engine was used. These prototypes were designated the T70 Gun Motor Carriage.+
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?image:Tank Destroyer T49 1.jpg{{!}}T49_1+
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