Turan II

2022-03-08T18:37:27Z

U4233966: /* Devblog */

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== Description ==

The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a premium gift rank {{Specs|rank}} Italian medium tank {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced during [[Update "Winged Lions"]] as a reward for [[Battle Pass: Season VI, "Firepower"]].

== General info ==
=== Survivability and armour ===
{{Specs-Tank-Armour}}

'''Armour type:'''

* Rolled homogeneous armour
* Cast homogeneous armour (Hull and Turret MG ports)
* Structural steel (Side Skirts)

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Armour !! Front (Slope angle) !! Sides !! Rear !! Roof
|-
| Hull || 50 mm (18°) ''Upper plate'' 25 mm (18°) ''Driver port'' 13 mm (75°) ''Upper glacis'' 15+35 mm (30°) ''Lower plate'' 15+35 mm (50°) ''Lower glacis'' || 25 mm (10-16°) + 8 mm ''Top'' 25+8 mm ''Bottom'' || 25 mm ''Upper plate'' 25 mm (46°) ''Lower glacis'' || 13 mm (15°) ''Front glacis'' 13 mm ''Crew and engine compartments 10 mm ''Engine vent'' 13 mm (73°) ''Transmission compartment
|-
| Turret || 50 mm (10°) ''Turret front'' 25 mm ''Gun mantlet'' || 25 (10°) + 8 (11°) mm || 25+8 mm || 25 mm ''Front'' 13 mm ''Rear''
|-
| Cupola || 25 mm (71°) || 25 mm (10°) || 25 mm (12°) || 25 mm (19°) ''Front'' 13 mm ''Rear''
|-
|}
'''Notes:'''

* Suspension wheels and tracks are both 15 mm thick.
* The hull sides and turret sides and rear are protected by an extra 8 mm plate to provide protection from HEAT and HE shells.
* The front right side of the turret has one set of tracks acting as add-on armour with a thickness of 15 mm.
* Angling the tank to roughly 37-38° increases the armour of the front plate to 63 mm, however due to the armour arrangement, this allows a section of the side armour to have 30 mm of protection, leaving it vulnerable to most shells from opponents at its battle rating.

=== Mobility ===
{{Specs-Tank-Mobility}}


{{tankMobility|abMinHp=403|rbMinHp=230}}

=== Modifications and economy ===
{{Specs-Economy}}

== Armaments ==
{{Specs-Tank-Armaments}}
=== Main armament ===
{{Specs-Tank-Weapon|1}}

{{main|41.M (75 mm)}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
|-
! colspan="5" | [[41.M (75 mm)|75 mm 41.M]] || colspan="5" | Turret rotation speed (°/s) || colspan="4" | Reloading rate (seconds)
|-
! Mode !! Capacity !! Vertical !! Horizontal !! Stabilizer
! Stock !! Upgraded !! Full !! Expert !! Aced
! Stock !! Full !! Expert !! Aced
|-
! ''Arcade''
| rowspan="2" | 52 || rowspan="2" | -10°/+20° || rowspan="2" | ±180° || rowspan="2" | N/A || 14.3 || 19.8 || 24.0 || 26.5 || 28.2 || rowspan="2" | 4.29 || rowspan="2" | 3.80 || rowspan="2" | 3.50 || rowspan="2" | 3.30
|-
! ''Realistic''
| 8.9 || 10.5 || 12.8 || 14.1 || 15.0
|-
|}

==== Ammunition ====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
! colspan="8" | Penetration statistics
|-
! rowspan="2" data-sort-type="text" | Ammunition
! rowspan="2" | Type of warhead
! colspan="6" | Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
|-
! 10 m !! 100 m !! 500 m !! 1,000 m !! 1,500 m !! 2,000 m
|-
| 42/36.M || APCBC || 44 || 43 || 37 || 31 || 26 || 22
|-
| 42/38.M || HE || 7 || 7 || 7 || 7 || 7 || 7
|-
| 42.M || HEAT || 90 || 90 || 90 || 90 || 90 || 90
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
! colspan="10" | Shell details
|-
! rowspan="2" data-sort-type="text" | Ammunition
! rowspan="2" | Type of warhead
! rowspan="2" | Velocity (m/s)
! rowspan="2" | Projectile Mass (kg)
! rowspan="2" | Fuse delay (m)
! rowspan="2" | Fuse sensitivity (mm)
! rowspan="2" | Explosive Mass (TNT equivalent) (g)
! colspan="3" | Ricochet
|-
! 0% !! 50% !! 100%
|-
| 42/36.M || APCBC || 400 || 5.2 || 1.2 || 14 || 80 || 48° || 63° || 71°
|-
| 42/38.M || HE || 450 || 5.2 || 0 || 0.1 || 400 || 79° || 80° || 81°
|-
| 42.M || HEAT || 450 || 4.8 || 0.05 || 0.1 || 875.5 || 62° || 69° || 73°
|-
|}

==== [[Ammo racks]] ====
[[File:Ammoracks_{{PAGENAME}}.png|right|thumb|x250px|[[Ammo racks]] of the {{PAGENAME}}]]

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Full ammo
! 1st rack empty
! 2nd rack empty
! 3rd rack empty
! 4th rack empty
! 5th rack empty
! 6th rack empty
! 7th rack empty
! 8th rack empty
! Visual discrepancy
|-
| '''52''' || 47 ''(+5)'' || 41 ''(+11)'' || 35 ''(+17)'' || 29 ''(+23)'' || 23 ''(+29)'' || 17 ''(+35)'' || 11 ''(+41)'' || 1 ''(+51)'' || No
|-
|}
'''Notes''':

* As they are modeled by sets of 2, shells disappear from the rack only after you've fired both shells in the set.
* Turret empty: 23 ''(+29)'' shells.

=== Machine guns ===
{{Specs-Tank-Weapon|2}}

{{main|34/40M (8 mm)}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="50%"
|-
! colspan="5" | [[34/40M (8 mm)|8 mm 34/40M]]
|-
! Mount !! Capacity (Belt) !! Fire rate !! Vertical !! Horizontal
|-
| Coaxial || 3,200 (100) || 900 || N/A || N/A
|-
|}

== Usage in battles ==

''Describe the tactics of playing in the vehicle, the features of using vehicles in the team and advice on tactics. Refrain from creating a "guide" - do not impose a single point of view but instead give the reader food for thought. Describe the most dangerous enemies and give recommendations on fighting them. If necessary, note the specifics of the game in different modes (AB, RB, SB).''

=== Pros and cons ===

''Summarise and briefly evaluate the vehicle in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark its pros and cons in a bulleted list. Try not to use more than 6 points for each of the characteristics. Avoid using categorical definitions such as "bad", "good" and the like - use substitutions with softer forms such as "inadequate" and "effective".''

'''Pros:'''

* Short reload time
* Fairly mobile for its size and weight
* Quick and responsive reverse of -12 km/h
* Can bounce shots with a bit of angling

'''Cons:'''

* Struggles in an uptier
* Large profile
* Cramped turret, a penetrating shot often takes out the whole crew
* Littered with ammunition
* Angling too much presents a flat target for the enemy to shoot at, due to the shape of the hull
* Slow turret traverse

== History ==

=== [[wt:en/news/7524-development-battle-pass-vehicles-41-m-turán-ii-en|Devblog]] ===
[[File:Turan II History.png|thumb|Turan II during tests]]
At the beginning of the 1940s, the Hungarian military decided to develop its own medium tank on the basis of the recently developed Czechoslovakian T-21 medium tank prototype. After one test unit successfully passed initial trials in Hungary, several changes were made to the design, including the fitting of a Hungarian 40 mm cannon as well as increased armor protection. The resulting T-22 design would then be officially accepted into Hungarian service as the 40.M Turán in November 1940.
[[File:Turan II History II.png|thumb|Turan II tanks before battle]]
An initial order of 230 Turán Is was issued in September 1940, but production ended up being delayed by several months due to incomplete technical documentation. Production started only in March 1941 after Škoda supplied the complete technical documents, with the first 40.M Turán I rolling off the assembly line in July 1941. However, before even the first vehicle was constructed, the Hungarian General Staff realized the need for upgrading the vehicle and thus formulated the specification to upgun the Turán with a 75mm gun. However, as no such gun could be developed by Hungary at the time, a WW1 Austro-Hungarian 18M 76.5mm field gun was selected to be modified for tank use.

This undertaking was successful, though it required the Turán’s turret to be enlarged slightly. The first prototype of this modification, which became known as the 41.M Turán II (also known as Turán 75), was built in January 1942 and entered service in May. In total, around 195 Turán IIs were constructed until 1944. Today, only a single example of the Turán II survives and is on display in the Kubinka Tank Museum in the vicinity of Moscow.

== Media ==


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== See also ==

''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''

* ''reference to the series of the vehicles;''
* ''links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.''

== External links ==


* [[wt:en/news/7524-development-battle-pass-vehicles-41-m-tur%C3%A1n-ii-en|[Devblog] Battle Pass vehicles: 41.M Turán II]]

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