- For PC
- For MAC
- For Linux
- OS: Windows 7 SP1/8/10 (64 bit)
- Processor: Dual-Core 2.2 GHz
- Memory: 4GB
- Video Card: DirectX 10.1 level video card: AMD Radeon 77XX / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660. The minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Windows 10/11 (64 bit)
- Processor: Intel Core i5 or Ryzen 5 3600 and better
- Memory: 16 GB and more
- Video Card: DirectX 11 level video card or higher and drivers: Nvidia GeForce 1060 and higher, Radeon RX 570 and higher
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
- OS: Mac OS Big Sur 11.0 or newer
- Processor: Core i5, minimum 2.2GHz (Intel Xeon is not supported)
- Memory: 6 GB
- Video Card: Intel Iris Pro 5200 (Mac), or analog from AMD/Nvidia for Mac. Minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p with Metal support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Mac OS Big Sur 11.0 or newer
- Processor: Core i7 (Intel Xeon is not supported)
- Memory: 8 GB
- Video Card: Radeon Vega II or higher with Metal support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
- OS: Most modern 64bit Linux distributions
- Processor: Dual-Core 2.4 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB
- Video Card: NVIDIA 660 with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) / similar AMD with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months; the minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p) with Vulkan support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Ubuntu 20.04 64bit
- Processor: Intel Core i7
- Memory: 16 GB
- Video Card: NVIDIA 1060 with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) / similar AMD (Radeon RX 570) with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) with Vulkan support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
Recently, we announced the first tanks in our game equipped with ATGMs: the Soviet IT-1 and the German Raketenjagdpanzer 2. Naturally, we can’t discriminate countries without these vehicles: that would have a negative effect on game balance. So when the conversation turned to the US, we immediately thought of adding a tank that many players wanted for a long time: the M551 Sheridan, which can fire both standard shells and ATGMs!
No tank is more strongly associated with the Vietnam War than the Sheridan. Designed as a vehicle for US aerial landing troops of a new generation, and tested in 1963, the Sheridan became a truly innovative tank. The M551’s hull used aluminum armour, its primary weaponry was a 152 mm M81 cannon in addition to a launcher for anti-tank guided missiles. The tank was made as light as possible for aerial transportation and parachute landing. The series production of the Sheridan continued from 1966 to 1970, but the tank saw use even later.
The 152mm M81 cannon can shoot ATGM missiles!
The Sheridan first saw battle in 1969, arriving in Vietnam at the very height of the conflict. The tank became indispensable to the US, but just as it had advantages, so it had certain weaknesses. The vehicle’s low weight and ability to move through water (with the addition of a special flotation screen) allowed it to achieve unusual mobility in the wet conditions of the Vietnamese jungle, but at the same time the vehicle’s armour was weak, and its weaponry difficult to use and maintain. The recoil of the 152 mm cannon was so powerful that it sometimes injured the crew, and, of course, negatively affected the accuracy of aimed artillery fire. But on the whole, the Sheridan performed well and turned into a kind of symbol for the Vietnam War.
In War Thunder, the Sheridan will be one of the most unusual high-ranked tanks in the US arsenal. In comparison to the Soviet IT-1, which we spoke about previously, the M551 is far more lightly armoured, but is armed with a flexible cannon/launcher mount after researching a special modification for which the player gains access to ATGMs. The ability to fire both artillery shells and ATGMs compensates for many of this lightly armoured tank’s flaws.
In spite of its highly accurate missile weaponry, the Sheridan will most likely perform best on small and medium maps, where it is easier to hide from enemy shells behind a hill or structure and the ballistics and recoil of the 152 mm cannon won’t ruin aimed shots against a distant opponent.
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Expect this tank to arrive in the game very soon. See you there!
Upcoming vehicles for Update 1.59 "Flaming Arrows" :
Comments (178)
152mm shells and missile(s) nice... Russians get rekt
It is kinda of american KV 2 with big gun but much more maneuverable and faster plus better firepower :D
AND IT IS A BOAT!
YES YES YES YES WOOHOOOOOOO 1.59 is gonna be the best patch since US tanks were added!
when??
ONLY AFTER american spaag M 163 Vulcan, russian ZSU 23 4 and german Flakpanzer Gepard are released on devblog 1.59, as well as T 55 and T 62 MBT :p
ok seriously now, where are the planes? new tanks is cool and all but come on gaijin gib something for the pilots too
Did you miss yesterday's Devblog?
nope. one plane isn't quite enough, is it?
THAT IS NICE TANK!!! THANKS WT DEVELOPERS :D
I actually want this. So, will this be considered a light tank or a tank destroyer? Would like to know what I need to have unlocked previously for this
it will be after the T92 is what I think they said.
Welp, time to unlock that then...
what will its BR be 7.7 or 7.0?
I know your hiding a jet gaijin :D Show us that Yak-30 in a dev blog pretty please
Yep, been waiting for that Yak-30 for some time now. Gib yak-30 devblog Gaijin! =D
You can already see a video of it in Youtube
Interesting to see that you will have to research the ATGM first before you can use it. Up until that point the Sheridan is a light version of an American KV-2 :D
It has HEATFS as stock ammo, which is pretty deadly
OMG thank you Senio for the info, I am going to get this tank asap when 1.59 is live! But I wonder how long is it reload time with fully trained crew tho?
I have a few questions regarding gameplay. Can you fix the BR's of tanks like the T-32? I made a poll about it, and most people that voted said they would be happy if it got 0.7 BR +- matchmaking. Will this happen?
You know that that poll isn't really an accurate representation of what the whole WT community thinks, right?
:(
Give us T-64 to counter this.
You don't need a T-64 to counter it, it's has tin can armor
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