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M46 Patton — Tier IX American medium tank

M46 Patton

IX
Cost
  • 3 450 000
  • 174 690
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Competes with

Parameters

Compare tank's parameters with others from:
1650
HP
3 / 12
307.8m
View range
1 / 12
Firepower
Shell
3118
DPM
3 / 12
224
Penetration
8 / 12
350
Damage
3 / 12
150
Devices/crew damage
2 / 12
—
Burst damage
— / —
945
Velocity
11 / 12
11.16%
Penetration loss over distance
9 / 12
—
Explosion radius
— / —
2672
DPM
2 / 11
265
Penetration
10 / 11
300
Damage
3 / 11
150
Devices/crew damage
2 / 11
—
Burst damage
— / —
1181
Velocity
4 / 11
16.60%
Penetration loss over distance
4 / 4
—
Explosion radius
— / —
3919
DPM
3 / 11
53
Penetration
5 / 11
440
Damage
3 / 11
150
Devices/crew damage
2 / 11
—
Burst damage
— / —
945
Velocity
7 / 11
—%
Penetration loss over distance
— / —
1.91
Explosion radius
2 / 11
DPM
— / —
Penetration
— / —
Damage
— / —
Devices/crew damage
— / —
Burst damage
— / —
Velocity
— / —
%
Penetration loss over distance
— / —
Explosion radius
— / —
105.0
Caliber
2 / 12
8.91
Rate of fire
7 / 12
6.74
Reload time
5 / 9
—
Magazine reload time
— / —
/ / /
Time to load next shell
— / —
—×
Magazine size
— / —
—
Time before next shell is ready
— / —
Gun handling
2.08
Base aim time
10 / 12
0.326
Dispersion
8 / 12
Dispersion factors
0.100
When moving
1 / 12
0.100
When rotating
1 / 12
0.080
When rotating turret
4 / 12
4.000
After shot
5 / 12
Gun angles
10°
Depression
1 / 12
20°
Elevation
1 / 12
180°/180°
Aiming arc (left / right)
1 / 12
48.60
Turret traverse speed
6 / 12
Mobility
41.42
Weight
4 / 12
Speed
48
Forward
10 / 12
20
Backward
3 / 12
Effective Power / Weight ratio
19.80
On hard terrain
9 / 12
16.75
On medium terrain
10 / 12
14.05
On soft terrain
4 / 12
Traverse speed
55.81
On hard terrain
10 / 12
47.22
On medium terrain
11 / 12
39.60
On soft terrain
3 / 12
5.76m×2.38m×2.31m
Size
4 / 12
Concealment
26.40%
While still
6 / 12
20.60%
While moving
6 / 12
7.63%
Upon firing while still
6 / 12
6.48%
Upon firing while moving
6 / 12
Spotting distance by enemy with view range of 282m
220.8m
While still
234.2m
While moving
264.3m
Upon firing while still
267.0m
Upon firing while moving

Armor profile

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Primary armor
  • 328–410
  • 246–328
  • 164–246
  • 82–164
  • 0–82
Spaced armor
  • 288–360
  • 216–288
  • 144–216
  • 72–144
  • 0–72
Weak
Strong
Chances of getting penetrated from 100m distance by average tank of given type:
  • — less than 30%
  • — between 30% and 70%
  • — more than 70%

Armor performance

Based on tank position, enemy tank type and shells
In battle vs:
Head on
AP
APP
HE
HEP
AP
APP
HE
HEP
AP
APP
HE
HEP
From the side
AP
APP
HE
HEP
AP
APP
HE
HEP
AP
APP
HE
HEP
From the back
AP
APP
HE
HEP
AP
APP
HE
HEP
AP
APP
HE
HEP
Historical Reference

Developed in 1948 and 1949, the M46 Patton was a modernized and improved version of the M26 Pershing. A total of 1,168 M46 tanks, in two basic variants, were manufactured between 1949 and 1951. Pattons saw wide use in the Korean War.