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Published: 2017-02-23 05:51:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 11015; Favourites: 124; Downloads: 86
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Not canon anymore


The 105mm Gun Combat Tank M50 is a main battle tank produced for the Royal Elipian Army in the early 1950s as a replacement to the M40 medium tank. With the retraction of the M240  from active service in 1953, the M50 became the army's primary tank until its eventual replacement by the M10 in 1976. 


The M50 underwent several changes between the initial model and the later variants, namely the removal of the hull machine gun, reduction of hull armor thickness, replacing the old 105mm L/40 with the L/52, and the installation of ERA.

Despite being superseded by the M10 and later M20, the M50 and its later variants still remain in service in numerous countries, especially in militaries found in Western Corvus. 

Weight: 49.5 tonnes
Length: 7.57m
Width: 2.12m
Height: 2.76m
Maximum Speed: 45km/h

Main Armament: 1 x 105mm L/52 gun
Secondary Armament: 
1 x .50cal coaxial machine gun
1 x .30cal hull machine gun

This might be the only tank with a rounded turret that i actually like. Just in case you're wondering, I'm currently focussing on late-war/post-war medium/main battle tanks for another comparison chart. 

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Comments: 16

thekidthatyoudontkow [2018-04-12 06:08:52 +0000 UTC]

m60 patton + t28 = this

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Chaos-Craft999 [2017-02-24 11:15:53 +0000 UTC]

WOW! round turret armor will deflect/ricochet ever APs.

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thormemeson In reply to Chaos-Craft999 [2017-03-04 22:01:02 +0000 UTC]

Thanks but no it won't

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Chaos-Craft999 In reply to thormemeson [2017-03-05 01:35:51 +0000 UTC]

Have you even heard about IS-3 And IS-7 has its hull and turret ricochet all big bullets?

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thormemeson In reply to Chaos-Craft999 [2017-03-05 01:47:36 +0000 UTC]

Actually IDF soldiers capped IS-7's with Surplus Shermans tankersdiary.blogspot.com/2014…

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Chaos-Craft999 In reply to thormemeson [2017-03-05 01:51:58 +0000 UTC]

Because after ww2, HEAT and HESH round was already around and common, they're not kenetic penetrator.

Have you heard also about Shaped charge?

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thormemeson In reply to Chaos-Craft999 [2017-03-05 01:55:05 +0000 UTC]

Oh wow you think I've never heard of a shaped charge really, the heavy tank went away for a reason they get flanked and fucked also if the rounded turret is so beneficial why have the Russians gone a full 180 and given their most advanced tanks angled turrets.

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Chaos-Craft999 In reply to thormemeson [2017-03-05 02:01:36 +0000 UTC]

Also, hevy tanks aren't just supposed to fight in open field.

Crews arent dumbasses, heavy tanks are mostly effective once in place that where they can hide and be annoying as fuck.

Did you just watched fury? Because its made by hollywood and they make magics.

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Chaos-Craft999 In reply to thormemeson [2017-03-05 01:59:00 +0000 UTC]

Because round turrets are already useless against HEAT and HESH rounds, we dont even use homogeneous steel armor alot anymore, tanks are mostly protected with ceramics and plastics. And also protected by ERA.

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thormemeson In reply to Chaos-Craft999 [2017-03-05 02:04:34 +0000 UTC]

exactly why round turrets are gone

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Chaos-Craft999 In reply to thormemeson [2017-03-05 02:06:01 +0000 UTC]

Well that settles everything, its only effective before post-ww2.

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TheoComm In reply to Chaos-Craft999 [2017-02-24 17:41:35 +0000 UTC]

I mean this is around the time period when sabots and HEAT will find widespread use, so I don't think this is going to bounce anything 

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Chaos-Craft999 In reply to TheoComm [2017-02-25 07:28:49 +0000 UTC]

unless it's effective to other countries who haven't devveloped modern ammunitions.

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Schaghticokekid [2017-02-24 01:33:50 +0000 UTC]

Love the turret, but im not sure about that HEAT-magnet T28-Proto hull

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TheoComm In reply to Schaghticokekid [2017-02-24 17:42:41 +0000 UTC]

well to be fair, I don't think there's much you can do to protect it from HEAT and sabots, so might as well make sure the hull crew is comfortable 

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Schaghticokekid In reply to TheoComm [2017-02-24 22:59:23 +0000 UTC]

I guess in the pre-composit era this is definitely a valid point.

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