T28 American pt. Video guide World of Tanks American tank destroyer T28. Crew and equipment what perks to put

According to the Artillery Department, American troops after landing in Europe should have needed powerful machine to break through German fortifications such as the Siegfried Line. However, the American command believed that artillery would be enough to punch holes in the dragon's teeth. In addition, some hope was placed on a well-armored medium tank M4A3E2 Sherman Jumbo, with better frontal protection than German Tiger. In general, American Tank forces showed no interest in developing new armored vehicles to solve the upcoming problem. However, the Artillery Department, on its own initiative in September 1943, began work on new program heavy tanks. Initially, it was planned to install a new 105mm T5E1 gun on a tank with 8-inch frontal armor and an electric drive designed for heavy tank T1E1 and medium tank T23. The head of the Artillery Department proposed to create the first pilot tank in 8-12 months and to produce 25 new tanks in the same time. It was believed that this is how much time american army will be before landing in Europe. However Ground Forces The armies did not show much interest and advised that only three prototypes be made, replacing the electric drive with a traditional mechanical transmission. After a conference of interested parties, the Army Service Forces in March 1945 authorized the production of 5 vehicles, under the designation heavy tank T28 (heavy tank T28). The initial characteristics were changed in the direction of increasing the frontal armor to 12 inches at a slope of 90 degrees, which increased the weight to 95 tons. The gun mantlet was 11½ inches (29.21 cm) thick, top part sides - 6-8 inches (15.24-20.32 cm), Bottom part sides - only 2½ inches (6.35 cm) at an angle of 57.5 degrees, despite the outer block of the chassis had a 4-inch (10.16 cm) armor screen, which gave additional protection. The hull was made of cast and rolled armor, joined by welding.

Scheme of the super-heavy tank T28 / self-propelled guns T95. Let's pay attention to the 12-inch frontal armor.

The proposed tank had a low silhouette without a turret. In the frontal armor, a 105mm T5E1 cannon was to be installed with horizontal aiming angles of 10 degrees and vertical aiming from -5 to +19.3 degrees. When moving, the gun was fixed in the maximum raised position. Gun ammunition - 62 shots. Crew 4 people. The driver is in front on the left, the gunner is in front on the right, the loader is on the left behind the fighting compartment, the commander is on the right behind, behind the gunner. The workplaces of the driver and commander were equipped with observation turrets. The commander's cupola was supposed to have a ring mount for a 50 .cal machine gun with 660 rounds of ammunition. It was the only auxiliary armament of the tank (apart from personal weapons), and to fire from it, the commander had to stand in an open hatch. The gunner had a telescopic sight paired with the gun and a periscope sight on the roof of the hull.

Gunner's workplace. Visible telescopic sight T139 and periscope.

On February 7, 1945, the Head of the Artillery Department in a memorandum requested to change the name of the vehicle from the T28 heavy tank to 105mm self-propelled unit T95 (105mm gun motor carriage T95). This step was argued by the fact that the vehicle does not have a turret, and its auxiliary armament is limited. OCM 26898 dated March 8, 1945 approved the name change and fixed the characteristics of the new vehicle.

Dismantling and connecting together the external suspension units of the ACS T95

External blocks of the T95 self-propelled guns, disconnected from the tank, connected together and ready for towing.

The workload of production facilities with military orders caused difficulties in finding an enterprise capable of manufacturing five pilot vehicles. The Pacific Car and Foundry Company agreed to take on the project, and in May 1945 they received technical documentation for the SPG and detailed information on mounting the gun and horizontal spring suspension. Work began immediately. On June 20, 1945, the first cast frontal part was delivered, and in August 1945, welding of the first hull was completed.

With the end of the fighting Pacific Ocean the number of pilot cars was reduced from five to two, while pilot No. 1 was required to be delivered to the Aberdeen Proving Ground on December 21, 1945, and pilot No. 2 on January 10, 1946. The first pilot with registration number 40226809 was used in Aberdeen for technical tests, and the second, with the number 40226810 was transferred to Fort Knox and later to the Engineering Division in Yuma, Arizona, to test pontoon bridges.

The T95 had the same power unit as the M26 Pershing tank, although the self-propelled guns were almost twice heavier than a tank. In order to install on the T95 a clearly weak 500-horsepower Ford GAF ​​engine and a torkmatic transmission, the gear ratio had to be changed so that top speed did not exceed 8 miles per hour. Thus, the usual cruising speed was 7 miles per hour at 2600 rpm. The fuel supply was enough for approximately 100 miles. Big weight The machine also demanded to find a way to reduce the specific pressure on the ground to an acceptable level. An empty car weighed 90.3 tons, and in combat readiness 95 tons. The solution was found in the installation of two sets of tracks on each side. When the ground was firm enough, the outer set of tracks, along with 4-inch armor screens, could be dismantled, connected together and towed behind the vehicle in the form of a dolly. Each track was 19 ½ inches (49.53 cm) wide, with 102 tracks in 6 inch (15.24 cm) increments. thus, the removal of the outer tracks at the same time reduced the overall width of the machine from 179 ½ inches (455.93 cm) to 124 inches (314.96 cm), which made it possible to transport the machine on railway platforms. At Aberdeen, an untrained crew of four dismantled external track sets in four hours field conditions from the very first try. It took the same amount of time to install them back. On the third attempt, the same crew dismantled and installed the outer tracks in two and a half hours. For these purposes, the T28 / T95 had two hydraulic winches.

In September 1943, the United States launched a program to develop a number of heavy combat vehicles. Studies conducted by the armaments department showed that such vehicles may be needed in Europe to overcome advance fortified defensive lines such as the German "Western Wall". It was planned to use the new 105 mm T5E1 gun. The tank was planned to use 200 mm armor and electric transmission, developed for the heavy tank T1E1 and medium T23. The T5E1 gun had a high muzzle velocity and could effectively hit concrete fortifications. The chief of the armaments department calculated that 25 such tanks could be produced within eight to twelve months (usually it took so much time to manufacture one prototype), which would allow them to keep up with the invasion of Europe. The Ground Forces did not agree with this and recommended that only three experimental tanks be made, and the electric transmission should be replaced with a mechanical one. After approvals in March 1944, the rear of the ground forces ordered five tanks, which received the designation T28. At the same time, the armor was increased to 305 mm, and the combat weight was raised to 95 tons.

According to the project, it was supposed to create a squat, turretless tank. At the same time, the 105-mm T5E1 gun was mounted in the front plate with pointing angles along the horizon of 10 °, and declination angles of + 20-5 °. The crew of four was supposed to include the driver and gunner, sitting in front to the left and right of the gun, respectively, the loader - to the rear-left and the commander behind the gunner. The driver and commander had observation towers at their disposal. A turret was mounted around the commander's cupola for a 12.7 mm Browning machine gun. It could only be used by the commander, standing in the hatch, which made it possible to consider the machine gun only as auxiliary weapons, except for the personal weapons of the crew members. The gunner had at his disposal a telescopic sight connected to the gun barrel and a periscope sight mounted on the roof of the fighting compartment.

On February 7, 1945, the head of the weapons department issued a memorandum proposing to change the name from T28 to the "self-propelled" T95, given the lack of a turret and weak auxiliary weapons. Order OSM 26898 dated March 8, 1945, this proposal was approved. Considering the pressure of the industry loaded with military orders, it turned out to be difficult to find the capacity even to manufacture five cars. The Pacific Car and Foundary Company agreed to implement the project, and in May 1945 she received the project drawings, a description of the gun mount and horizontal spring suspension. Immediately began the final fine-tuning of the project. The first casting of the frontal part of the hull was received on June 20, and the welding of the hull was completed in August 1945.

After the end of the Pacific War, the number of experimental vehicles was reduced to two in the order. The first of them was shipped to the Aberdeen Proving Ground on December 21, 1945, and the second - on January 10, 1946. The first machine received registration number 40226809 and was used for testing at Aberdeen, and the second - N 40226810 - was transferred to Fort Knox, and then to engineering institute in Yuma, Arizona, to test floating engineer bridges.

The propulsion system of the T95 was almost identical to that installed on the M26 Pershing tank, although the latter was twice as light. Taking into account the traction characteristics of the 500-horsepower Ford GAF ​​engine, handling conditions and transmission ratio, the speed was no higher than 12 km / h. In reality, it was recommended to move at a speed of no more than 10 km / h at 2600 engine revolutions. The heavy weight of the machine forced Special attention to reduce the specific pressure on the ground. The solution to this problem was achieved by installing two pairs of tracks - a pair on board. The outer tracks, together with the side 100-mm screen, could be dismantled to move the tank on hard ground. The removed tracks were towed behind the self-propelled gun. Removing the outer tracks reduced the width of the vehicle from 4.56 m to 3.15 m. In Aberdeen, on trials, four crew members removed the outer tracks on the first attempt in 4 hours, the same amount was required for their installation. On the third attempt, both of these operations took 2.5 hours.

Heavily armored, with powerful weapons, the T95 self-propelled gun did not fit into the concept of armored weapons of the US Army. So, tanks had to have a turret, and self-propelled guns were usually lightly armored to achieve maximum mobility. T95 did not fit in either there or there. As a result, in June 1946 the name was changed again - the vehicle became the T28 heavy tank. It was considered that powerful weapons and heavy armor more suitable for a tank. Nevertheless, T28 (T95) continued its tests at the Aberdeen Proving Ground until the end of 1947 - the survivability of parts and assemblies was determined during the operation of such a heavy machine. In total, 865 km were “wound on the caterpillar”, including 205 km on roads and 660 km on virgin soil. Needless to say, this took quite a long time due to the low speed of movement and little interest in the tank test program. The work was stopped due to the decision of the Department of Military Policy to stop all work in the class of 100-ton machines. One T28 (T95) is now on display in the collection of the Patton Museum at Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Today's article was supposed to be V Archer, which is now in the promotional branch, but somehow it didn’t grow together. For PT is still an amateur class. The archer himself is a normal machine, with his own trick, but whatever one may say, the class still forces him to play third roles, shoot from the red line, and so on. Not the best choice when you want to be at the forefront of the attack, to make a game. In general, melancholy is mortal.

And it would seem that what is already there is a voluntary matter, if you want to play on LT, ST, no one forces you to download PT. But for personal combat missions, after all, they give too many goodies, including super-useful female crew members, and I don’t want to refuse them. And here the T110e4 branch comes to the aid of the author, which only formally refers to the PT. And in particular the hero of this article, the author's favorite PT - VIII T28 Prototype.

So, let's move on to TTX. Characteristics are given for 120% crew, with cola.

Equipment for T28 Prototype:

Crew:

Many players complained about the prot, saying that it was just unplayable. Doesn't drive, doesn't tank. And because of this, I put off the purchase for almost a year. As it turned out, very in vain.

After researching the T28 Prototype to the top configuration, it has definitely become a favorite tank in the PT class. SAU World of tanks.

What we see in the characteristics of the T28 Prototype:

The baking pan is a typical heavy in terms of the style of play, so it would be correct to compare it with them. Most TT8s have 2200 damage per minute. Here we have - fuck them by the leg 3000 ! And all this with excellent penetration both on the BB and on the gold. Let's multiply this by good accuracy.

By gun definitely head and shoulders above its closest competitors i.e. TT. I would even say 3 heads higher, but the pan is still nominal and has a class limitation in the form of the inability to install a vertical stabilizer, which can definitely be called the most powerful and useful equipment in the game.

The main disadvantage compared to TT is low margin of safety. TT 8 have from 1400 (500 100/emil) safety margin and up to 1780 (KV-5), while we have 1150. A few shells were unsuccessfully caught - and that's it, you are a half-corpse, which can be easily taken from a land mine.

As for booking. It is excellent, the main thing is not to forget to turn just a little bit. At first glance, this is a typical T26e4 armor, that is, a strong forehead, holey bots. But in practice, he tanks many times better. The location of the armor, in general, allows you to trade in a turned VLD because of some kind of sloping mound. The same super pershing breaks through with any six into its bucket on the tower, which is also easy to aim and almost never gives ricochets.

At the prot, the turrets are stronger, lower in profile + they catch ricochets. In general, it is 10 times more difficult to break through prot's turrets than the same super perch. All of the above, of course, is true, provided that you are constantly moving and do not allow vulnerable points to be targeted. Any standing tank - does not tank anything, this is the iron rule of WoT.

The main disadvantage of the tank is not the presence of turrets, but the “leaky” cheeks of the turret, which, when penetrating 250+, break through almost stably. That is, any ten can already saw you on the BB, if the driver of the ten knows exactly where to shoot.

Dynamics. According to the numbers in the hangar, this is terrible, but it turned out to be generally tolerable and playable. It is extremely boring at the beginning of the battle .. By the time you get to the enemy’s position, you can fall asleep, but then there are enough dynamics for combat. Apparently the normal resistance to soils, especially hard ones, affects.

The dynamics are most sad at the finishing stage, when you are clearly winning and it remains to get a few living opponents. Here Prot is clearly out of work.

Disguise. We are far from ST or other PTs in this parameter, but in comparison with strands, this parameter is excellent for us. It can and should be used.

T28 prototyre tower brother of T28. We are as slow as the regular T28 (18km/h) and have a mediocre turn-in speed (20˚/s). The main difference (not counting the turret) from the T28 is that we can install all the TOP equipment on the stock chassis. Frontal armor is excellent (hull 203/51/51 mm, turret 203/127/101 mm). The top gun is the same as on the colleague, 120 mm AT Gun T53, level 10. Penetration of the T28 prototype 248 mm and damage 400 HP, minus the turret position of the gun is a decrease in the rate of fire (5.94 rounds / min), an increase in the aiming speed of 2.3 s, and also a slight increase in the spread of the gun 0.39 m / 100 m. If you have already researched all the equipment on the T95, then you just have to “open” only the TOP running gear. The tower allows you to play "swing", it has become more difficult to close us, and we do not need to move and unmask ourselves when turning the gun.

pros

• Frontal armor is the best at its level
• Excellent TOP tool
• UVN at the level of American tanks
• The presence of the tower

Minuses

• Bad dynamics
• Weak booking sides and stern
• The cabin is open, which means hello "ChUmodans" with full damage
• Unlike our brother, we have high visibility

Crew and additional skills

In the world of tanks, sprat is a favorite of art. We also have fig dynamics. Well, because we will often play the role of TT, then pump The Brotherhood of War I consider it necessary, but not all at once, it is desirable to download it with the third perk or later, before that there are more necessary skills. Such as:

• Commander: "Sixth Chestship", "Eagle Eye"
• Gunner: Smooth turret turn, "Repair"
• Driver-mechanic: "Virtuoso", "King of off-road"
• Loader: Desperate, Repair
• Radio operator: "Radio interception", "Repair"

Repair is needed, because. we will often be criticized by equipment, for fans of the game in the style of PT, the third perk can be pumped "Disguise"

Additional modules

Unlike T28, the "prototype" can perform not only the role of a defender, but also support the TT attack. Therefore, the choice of equipment depends on your playing style.

To actively support TTs (I’m not talking about STs, you just won’t catch up with them) you will need:

• Rammer - increase DPM
• Vertical stabilizer - we will rarely shoot on the go, but we will have to play "swing"
• Optics - we have a low view and we need to raise it, otherwise we will generally remain blind

If you like to hit the enemy from the second line and stay behind cover, then this will help you:

• Camouflage net - from the name it is clear why
• Stereotube - unlike Optics, it gives 25%, but it starts working after 3 seconds, after stopping, but we are going to play while standing in cover
• The rammer - and where without it

Game tactics

There are two tactics, or we sit on the defensive and shoot the lit up enemies, not forgetting to change positions after the shot, otherwise hello from the artillery will fly. Or we push through the defense together with the TT, trying not to expose the sides and stern.

T28 prototype penetration zones

The T28 prototype tank destroyer has excellent frontal armor, but it does not often save us from level 10 shots. Therefore, I do not recommend climbing on the rampage. Forehead of the hull: to the right of the gun is a mechanical driver, to the left is a radio operator. It's hard to break, but it's possible. The junction of the turret with the hull is well penetrated. The forehead of the turret and the mask of the gun are practically impenetrable: the gunner is to the right of the gun, and the loader is to the left. On the left side, immediately behind the gunner, sits the commander. Any artillery hit on the turret crit one or more crew members. From the starboard side under the tower and in the back of the tower there is an ammunition rack, these places make their way with a bang. Immediately behind the ammunition rack they go fuel tanks also break through well. In the stern of the engine.

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Good day and welcome to the site! Tankers, now we will talk about the car that every novice player rode at one time, we are talking about the Soviet medium tank of the fourth level, in front of you T-28 guide.

Someone liked this device, someone did not understand what kind of car it was, how to play on it and hated it. In fact T-28 World of Tanks is very strong and at the same time interesting car with its pluses and minuses, it’s just that a special approach is needed to the tank.

It is also worth knowing that there is also a premium one.

TTX T-28

According to a good tradition, we will start with the fact that we have at our disposal a standard margin of safety by the standards of classmates, as well as a pretty good basic overview at 340 meters.

Unfortunately, there is no need to talk much about the survival of this device, since T-28 characteristics reservations are terribly weak. Both in the frontal projection and in the side view, you will not find armor thicker than 40 millimeters, that is, literally every enemy you meet will be able to break through you.

The situation with mediocre booking is aggravated by the fact that Soviet medium tank T-28 is the owner of huge dimensions. The silhouette of this car is very long and very high, because of which our disguise suffers greatly and hitting us is easy.

However, despite the huge dimensions of its shortcomings in booking T-28 WoT tank more than compensates for its excellent mobility. The maximum speed at our disposal is good, the dynamics are excellent and we spin in place very cheerfully.

gun

The situation with the weapons of this Soviet apparatus is very interesting, if only because there are a lot of guns to choose from. However, the most reasonable choice would be to install on T-28 gun 57 mm ZiS-4. As you can see, it doesn't have a lot of alpha, but it does have an excellent rate of fire that can deal almost 1900 damage, which is a great indicator of firepower.

Another plus of this gun is that with it medium tank T-28 does not experience problems in breaking through and can easily fight with standard armor-piercing shells. But still, let's be realistic, in battles against the sixth levels, you will have to charge the gold, so it will not hurt to carry about 20-30 subclasses with you.

In terms of accuracy, this tank is also good and you will not be disappointed. Scatter at T-28 World of Tanks small, the mixing time is acceptable (although I would like it to be better), but it’s not worth hoping for stabilization, it is weak for all low-level equipment.

As for the vertical aiming angles, they leave much to be desired. The fact is that in the front and side sectors T-28 WoT the gun can be lowered by 6 degrees, which is not very good, and from the stern the angle of negative inclination is 5 degrees.

Advantages and disadvantages

In the case of this Soviet tank a clear parallel can be drawn between its strengths and weaknesses, where on the one hand there will be survivability parameters, and on the other - the armament of the vehicle. For clarity, let's break down the advantages and disadvantages T-28 World of Tanks the points.
Pros:
High rate of fire and excellent DPM;
Good penetration parameters;
Decent accuracy (scatter and convergence);
Excellent mobility;
Good review.
Minuses:
Very large dimensions;
Absolutely cardboard armor;
Low one-time damage;
Mediocre elevation angles.

Equipment for T-28

So, looking at the list of advantages and disadvantages of this tank, one very correct conclusion can be drawn - by installing additional modules it is necessary to improve the fire potential of the vehicle. We focus on this goal and therefore for T-28 equipment is selected as follows:
1. - will make our rate of fire, and, accordingly, damage per minute much more powerful, which will allow us to more effectively deal with the enemy.
2. - in general, our accuracy is good, but the mixing is a little short of comfortable, and we will improve it.
3. - one more a good option configuration, which will allow you to detect the enemy and have a guaranteed chance of the first shot.

An alternative to the last paragraph can be, which will allow you to do firepower even more tangible and dangerous, and will also positively affect other equally important characteristics.

Crew training

When choosing skills for our non-standard crew of six, we will once again give preference to improving the shooting comfort, but in addition, we need to think about survivability and the mandatory massive stat boost. In other words, for T-28 perks should be taught in this order:
Commander - , , , .
Gunner - , , , .
Driver mechanic - , , , .
Radio operator - , , , .
Radio operator - , , , .
Loader - , , , .

Equipment for the T-28

As in 99% of other cases, the choice of consumables remains absolutely standard, and if you do not have extra silver, you can stop at a set of , , . However, given our weak survivability and the presence of a crew of 6 people, it is better to bet on tank T-28 equipment as , , . And for the most desperate, a replacement for a fire extinguisher is available, we rarely burn, but we will have to play much more carefully.

T-28 game tactics

As mentioned earlier, in our hands was really strong tank, but to maximize its potential, a special approach is needed. It means that for T-28 tactics combat should consist in positioning on the second or even third line.

The fact is that we have very bad armor, huge dimensions and not such a large margin of safety, that is, in close combat Soviet medium tank T-28 extremely vulnerable. At the same time, we have accurate, fast-firing and penetration gun, which without any problems will allow you to inflict tons of damage on the allied or even your own light.

When choosing a position, you need to stand far away, it is advisable to hide in sprawling bushes, as well as T-28 World of Tanks should have sidings for retreat, or at least reliable shelter, which, in case of exposure to light, will allow hiding from the focus of artillery or ground fire.

We must not forget about our mobility. Firstly, this quality allows us to be among the first to occupy the most advantageous key position. Secondly, standing all the time in one bush is also not worth it, it is dangerous, and T-28 tank has the ability to very quickly change position or even flank, saving himself, looking for a more advantageous point for shelling or rushing to the aid of his allies if any direction was broken.

Otherwise, you need to remember the common truths: watch the minimap, play carefully, being afraid of any incoming damage, beware of art, and also remember that T-28 WoT tank really strong, he can influence the outcome of the battle and provide excellent support to the allies, it all depends on you.