![]() It doesn’t need improved penetration, calibrated shells is just a waste on this tank. Improving DPM to be able to compete with enemy tanks is most beneficial to the T42, especially as its already got the 2nd highest penetration for a tier 7 medium tank. The T42 has no special provisions/consumables. (With consideration to its armour though, this isn’t very impressive mobility, and it feels “decent” at best.) Equipment, provisions, & consumables The T42’s mobility is quite good, it has unimpressive top speed and average reverse speed, but it has very nice acceleration rate with decent traverse speeds, which make it a fairly agile tank. – Ground resistances are a good 1/1.1/1.6 Actual acceleration rate is 21.8 hp/t on hard terrain, and 19.8 hp/t on medium terrain. In game acceleration rate is shown as 21.8 hp/t, it has a fairly weak 748 horsepower engine for its 34 ton weight. Traverse speed is 59.8 deg/s on hard terrain, and 54.4 deg/s on medium terrain. Its quite noticeable in battle, though its compensated for by quick aiming and good accuracy. 0.16/0.16/0.14 may not seem that bad, but this gun is quite low caliber, and in this tier most guns with this caliber have far better gun handling. The big downside with this gun is that its handling is really quite poor. Gun depression is good and makes this tank very flexible in positioning. It has good standard penetration and great premium penetration, great accuracy, great base aim time, and good DPM. – Base aim time is 1.7s, but it can get down to 1.39s. Penetration is 160mm on AP, 243mm on HEAT, and 45mm on HE Damage per shot is 225 on AP, 190 on HEAT, and 270 on HE Its also covered with 2mm spaced armour, which will stop HE from the side, but means that all AP and APCR shells will normalize more against it (caused by the double overmatch mechanic). The side armour is also terrible, its only 40mm thick, so it really can’t sidescrape. The lower plate is only 66mm thick, and all these tanks will be able to go through it with HE. T42 could potentially be HE’d by guns with good HE penetration, such as the Vindicator, SU-152, Smasher, Pharaoh, RU 251, Škoda T 56, etc. The only areas that may get a bounce are the gun mantlet, which is not very big or the very small red area on the upper plate. Every tank it faces can penetrate its upper plate, lower plate, and turret very easily. ![]()
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