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A heavy, powerful tank with an 18-round automatic loader and a 120-mm cannon, the AMX-50 Surblindé is the main prize of the upcoming World War season "Recon under Fire".
The history of development of the French AMX-50 series tanks is a desperate attempt to find a compromise between the weight of the tank, the height of the chassis, the size of the turret and the combat potential of the gun with an automatic loader. The closest thing to such a compromise was already known to our players in the AMX 50 Surbaissé. But our hero today is a clear departure from the idea of reducing the weight and height of the tank in the direction of increasing its armour and firepower. AMX-50 Surblindé means "additionally armoured" - the tank has a developed protection at the front of the hull, the so-called "pike nose", as in the Soviet IS-3. Tracks from the "King Tiger" have been further expanded to 900 mm to withstand the heaviest mass in the series - 70 tons. The high chassis is complemented by a giant swinging turret with a long 120 mm cannon and an automatic loader for 18 shells. The tank reaches a height of 3.5 metres from the ground to the roof of the commander's cupola. As it is easy to guess, by the middle of the 1950s such a monster had no chance to get into series production - the tank remained the only prototype.
AMX-50 Surblindé. Heavy tank, France, rank V.
pros:
- 120 mm cannon + 18 round drum = success!
- Well-protected hull front
- 20 mm anti-aircraft gun
cons:
- High profile
- Small selection of shells
- Weak vertical guidance angles: -6°/+10°
The AMX-50 Surblindé will be the prize in the first season of World War - we will give this tank to the best fighters from squadrons and the most skillful fighters in the overall leaderboard. The tank inspires respect for one kind or tank or another - with "size" almost like the "Mouse" or we see the Soviet "pike nose" or with the familiar tracks of a "King Tiger. Indeed, the tank had received an increased armour at the front of the hull as well as a more massive gun mantlet. Despite the increased weight, the power of the German "Maybach" engine is still enough for this giant to move at a speed of 51 km/h.
In addition to its enhanced protection, the tank is heavily armed with an accurate 120 mm cannon, just like the AMX-50 Foch, and the oscillating turret is equipped with an 18-round drum-type automatic loader, which provides a fire rate of up to 5-6 shots per minute. The tank's turret has only two types of shells armour-piercing shots and HE with a penetration of up to 45 mm. On the one hand, we would like to see more variety, but on the other hand, the AP shots provides a penetration of up to 300 mm, and the high initial velocity in some cases leads to the destruction of the hull on the enemy vehicle. The 20 mm anti-aircraft cannon mounted on the commander's cupola is a pleasant bonus because nothing at rank V has such a weapon.
AMX-50 Surblindé is an excellent tank at rank V, a real colossus among peers. Yes, it is visible from the respawn; yes, it has no fashionable HEAT shells. But it has an awesome cannon, a powerful frontage, a fearsome 18 (eighteen!) shots, “ricochets” and “not penetrated” hits, a 20 mm anti-aircraft gun and an amazing maximum speed for its mass. Battle for the honour of owning it in World War, it will be well worth it!
The War Thunder Team
Comments (274)
Whats wrong with you guys? Why its bad that only 1000 of them will be available? (500 for squadron rewards, 500 for player leaderboard rewards) Its not enough? Around 600 E-100 (550 from the tournament and some from chests) exists now in the game, a lot of them in inactive accounts. It is rare, true, but why Gaijin should give everyone premium vehicles in every event? Why cant we have some really rare vehicles, not just in the Market - for example 700 "Ultra Rare" Merkava is on sale!?
Because the Surblindé is NOT the right vehicle to do this with. The French tech tree needs this vehicle in the regular line up, there is not much choice and this was one of the few good tanks France could have gotten. It's an incredibly dumb move. It'd have been fine if it was another Soviet, American or whatever prototype that has no need to be in the regular tech tree, but this is just very wrong. And it'll probably get a 30k repair cost, just like my E-100 has now...
yet another fiasko to anger the community
The French deserve better than to be treated like garbage. This should have been a regular event premium, but no, you had to go a f'k it up. It was so easy not to f'k it up, but ya did anyway... smh. When will you ever learn.. I guess all you could see is that Gaijin Coin from the market I guess. Because none of the people who win it are gonna play it, they're gonna sell it.. period. So you'll never see it in game, probably ever.. gg Gaijin.. way to suck..
That's nice for SB (and AB) players, because, you know, World War mode is totally available to those who enjoy the "simulation" aspect of this game :/ . Yes we are a small part of this community, but SB is part of the game nonetheless. And yes, SB is quite a bit different from RB, even in tank battles.
On a side note: how will individual and squadron performance be calculated? Does a 20-men squadron have any chance to land in the top 25 compared to the several nearly 100-strong squadrons? Does a player have to be actually good, or is playing constantly more important? You see, that's why I don't like "tournament events" : its often too easy for dedicated players to farm to death while skill, fair play and team play are not rewarded. Or are they? But then we need some more details
"But it has an awesome cannon, a powerful frontage, a fearsome 18 (eighteen!) shots, “ricochets” and “not penetrated” hits"... WAT?
Translator took a day off
here is your leclerc the next day: Oh and that heavy tank you want cause you only have one in your tree will give it to 500 people who will never play it after a beta test of a gamemode sincerly yours gaijin entertainement
So in the end only squadron riggers and hackers will get it. Well played gaijin!
Can the guy who proposed the tank on the Suggestion Forum have the tank for free ? Because it was me
French players: "we could use a few more tanks to flesh out the tree." Gaijin: "we got you fam."
Nice tank and all, But to the majority of the player base you have just made a really bad impression like when you were originally going to add small boats and you said no big ships and no one and I literally mean no one played the gamemode and still people don't really want to play it because you keep saying no to what people really want. How do you expect to keep a playerbase if you keep screwing the majority of them that don't have 15 hours out of their 16 hour day to play a broken event.