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What happens if you install a rapid-firing ship cannon and guided rockets on a light tracked chassis? The German engineers that did so got themselves a very distinctive scout and support vehicle. Meet the Begleitpanzer 57, a light top-tier tank in the German branch of War Thunder!
The armoured fire-support vehicle Begleitpanzer 57 is a combined project from the Thyssen-Henschel and Bofors companies, developed for scouting and destroying lightly armoured Soviet APCs and IFVs without needing tank divisions for support. To achieve this, the engineers chose the chassis of the German Marder infantry fighting vehicle and installed an adapted version of an automatic 57mm ship cannon on it. Moreover, for fighting with enemy tanks, the Begleitpanzer was equipped with American TOW guided anti-tank rockets and a reloading system for the rocket launcher was developed and placed inside the vehicle’s hull.
The result was a fast and light infantry fighting machine capable of destroying enemy tanks and armoured personnel carriers at impressive ranges. At the same time, it could also land a small group of 3 infantry scouts. Sounds like a great idea! But it was the very universality of the Begleitpanzer 57 that prevented the vehicle from going into series production. The Begleitpanzer 57 turned out to be too lightly armoured for an infantry fighting machine, and too heavily armoured for a scout tank, plus it was not adapted for overcoming significant water obstacles. The military commission rejected the experimental prototype and the project was closed.
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In War Thunder, we’ve reserved a place at rank VI of the German research tree for the Begleitpanzer 57. It’s a more than symmetrical response to the Soviet BMP-1! The vehicle’s main feature is its rapid-firing 57mm automatic Bofors ship cannon in a low-profile turret. Its ammunition complement consists of 96 shells in magazines of 24 shells each. A choice of HEF shells, solid armour-piercing shells and semi-armour-piercing shells with a ballistic cap is available. The armour-piercing shells confidently pierce through lightly armoured vehicles at any targeted range. In addition, you can bravely hunt tanks by aiming at the side and rear. However, for a guaranteed kill on more heavy targets, the Begleitpanzer 57 has an ATGM TOW system with automated loading and far higher penetration characteristics. The armoured vehicle’s crew consists of five, and its two loaders are in the rear – this non-standard solution will often save your vehicle in battle. The armour, as follows from the vehicle’s intended purpose, is weak, but the Begleitpanzer can boast excellent movement characteristics – it has a maximum speed of 70 km/h.
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The Begleitpanzer 57 awaits you in War Thunder update 1.73 Vive la France – you can try it out in battle very soon. See you later!
Follow our devblog to find out more about new additions to War Thunder in Update 1.73:
- French aircraft in update 1.73!
- Dewoitine D.371: Aerial Trickster
- SO.8000 Narval: Spearheading The Attack
- Potez P.631: Attacker’s Apprentice
- Caudron CR.714: Racing Breed
- Arsenal VG.33: Air diver
- French aircraft cockpit
- Farman F.222.2: Big! Heavy! Yours!
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Comments (138)
so, is it going to get its APFSDS and STAB before release?
Bagel panzer <3
Blitzkrieg!!!!!
This is great! I know Phly has already covered the new tank in one of his youtube videos. Interestingly enough, the main gun also functions as anti-air! Just a quick question, which tank precedes this one?
according to the dev server, it's after Jagdtiger, but not connected to it so u can freely research it just as the Kampfpanzer-70
"Symmetric to BMP 1" but 1 BR point higher.
Will this get the 57mm Mk.2 APFSDS in the future? Because 140 pen at 8.7 seems rather useless. Also, the ATGMs on the dev server can't be reloaded, so you only get 6 of those total per game.
So why is it at a 8.7 BR ?, when its gun does way less damage than the BMP 1's gun and ammo and its missile does the same damage as the BMP-1's? but the BMP -1 is at 7.3? Seems strange when the BMP-1 can pen pretty much all the top tier tanks...
The bmp has a first gen missle and less armor and the bagel has more armor and a second gen missle
BrokenHeadPVP, It's also faster than the BMP-1
now only japanese and american left to have a IFVwill be a m2 bradley, lav 25 our type 89 cant think in any outher IFV for they
gimme it
Wait it is LIGHT TANK OR SPAA? hmmm both!
*Light SPAA* hehe
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