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PT-59

2019-10-19T11:12:02Z

U78204771: usage in battle section was added

{{Specs-Card|code=us_elco_77ft_pt59}}

== Description ==

[[File:GarageImage_{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|420px|thumb|left]]
{{Break}}
The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a rank {{Specs|rank}} American motor gunboat {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update 1.79 "Project X"]] as part of the fleet closed beta test.

== General info ==
=== Survivability and armour ===


The boat's hull and superstructure are made of wood (40 mm and 15 mm respectively), the Bofors L/60 Mk 3 cannons have a 9.52 mm shield and the hull-mounted AN-M2 machine guns have a 12.7 mm shield, the elevated AN-M2s don't have any gun shield.

Despite this lack of armor, the PT-59 has enough firepower to outmatch most boats at its Battle Rating(3.0), however engaging more than 2 boats at once without having friendly support isn't recommended, you should also be careful when going against armored gunboats and boats with much bigger crews.

=== Mobility ===


The PT-59 is powered by 3 Packard V12 M2500 engines, It takes around 14 seconds to reach full speed (AB: 97 km/h, 60 mph)(RB: 72 km/h, 45 mph) and 18 seconds to stop, it takes 10 seconds to reach full speed in reverse (AB: -34 km/h, -21 mph)(RB -25 km/h, -16 mph), and a full 360 turn takes around 18 seconds in AB (around 24 seconds in RB).

== Armament ==
=== Primary armament ===

{{Main|Bofors L/60 Mark 3 (40 mm)}}

The Bofors cannons takes around 10 seconds to do a full 360 degree turn, The bow cannon is limited to a 190 degree range and the cannon at the aft is limited to 280 degrees, the cannons overheat after firing for 15 to 17 second consecutively, the cannons become almost ineffective at ranges above 2Km(1.25Mi, 6560ft).

;Available Ammunition

* Universal: AP-T/HEFI-T/AP-T/HEFI-T (The Universal belt is the starting of ammunition , its pretty much good against anything but it may not be too good against armored gunboats.)
* 40mm HE clips: HEFI-T/HEFI-T/HEFI-T/AP-T (The HE clips is good against boats with little armor and planes.)
* 40mm AP clips: AP-T/HEFI-T/HEFI-T/HEFI-T (The AP clips is better suited to go against armored gunboats and harassing destroyers since the ammo may not be enough to take down a destroyer.)

=== Secondary armament ===

{{Main|AN-M2 (12.7 mm)}}

The AN- M2 machine guns can fire until they run out of ammo, overall these are mostly used against smaller boats and planes, mostly ineffective at ranges above 1Km (0.62Mi, 3280ft).

;Available Ammunition

* Universal: API-T/AP/I/AP
* .50 AP belt: API-T/AP/AP/AP
* .50APIT belt: API-T/API-T/API-T/I

== Usage in battles ==
There are multiple ways to play this vehicle

'''Ambush tactics'''

The strategy requires the player to use the mobility of the boat to get to a strategic position of the map before other enemies are able to reach that place. Typically this would be hiding behind a island or a static objects on the map. Position the boat perpendicular to the object in front of you. This allows you to have the full broadside of you 40mm bofors cannons and if needed your .50 caliber machine guns. This takes advantage of your excellent speed and negates the lack of amour and poor survivability. Lots of unsuspecting players will not be able to outgun you. Allowing for easy kills.

'''Speedy attacks'''

This tactic is able to be employed by should only be used if needed, eg capturing a zone or harassing larger vessels. You will want to accelerate to full speed and zigzag you way through enemy fire, it is paramount that you do not slow down. When close to a enemy ship you can deploy your smoke, open your full broadside and fire into the enemy ship, then making a hasty retreat. When capturing a zone (this is not advisable) you want to deploy your smoke and try to conceal yourself, as soon as the zone is captured, like above making a hasty retreat.

<big>'''Treats against this ship'''</big>

'''SF 40 leichte'''

The SF 40 leichte is one of the most dangerous enemies against you. Armed with 4 4x20mm turrets and having very good survivability with spaced turrets. One salvo from this vessel and you will be sent back to the hangar. Since it has a battle rating of 2.7 it will be quite common to see these and most of the times you will be engaging this vessel at long range due to its poor speed. To combat this. There are 2 options: run or push with friendlies.

Due to its poor speed you can easily disengage or relocate to a better position to snipe at it with you 40mm as your guns have better range and the SF 40 leichte is quite a late target.

The second option is to push with friendlies. This option is more risky, but is a quick and effective way do dealing with it. If you are able to surprise it and catch it between reloads and disable the turrets, or can be dispatched quickly. However, it's superior firepower at close range will one-shot you with one salvo.

'''Kanonenboot K-2 （german)/ Syonan(Japanese)'''

These 2 vessels are quite similar, having 2 120mm cannons and multiple smaller caliber guns, it can quickly dispatch you. Lacking torpedoes and your HE rounds having trouble penetrating the hull, this vessel can become quite a pain. Most of the time you friendlies will see this large vessel and may be able to damage it enough for you to get the final blow or for you to relocate to a new position. However is the case that you are faced in a 1v1. You best option is to try to outflank it. Running away will most likely result in your death as it's 2 120 mm guns will easily catch you, even at long distances. The first module to aim for when outflanking or the engine or the turrets, thus making it easier to outflank.

=== Pros and cons ===


'''Pros:'''

* The ships 12.7 mm machine guns can easily destroy lightly armoured ships
* The 2 x 40 mm Bofors guns are great for taking out other ships and can act as decent anti-aircraft guns as well
* Its speed allows it to quickly move from one area of the map to another, making it a great vehicle for ambushing larger, less nimble ships

'''Cons:'''

* No armour leads to frequent incapacitations of modules and crew
* A smaller crew in combination with a small size leads to a lower survivability
* Threatened by dive-bombing aircraft

== History ==
''Describe the history of the creation and combat usage of the ship in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too big, take it to a separate article, taking a link to an article about the vehicle and adding a block "/ History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Vehicle-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article.''

== Media ==
''An excellent addition to the article will be video guides, as well as screenshots from the game and photos.''

== 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 ship;''
* ''links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.''

== External links ==
''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:''

* ''topic on the official game forum;''
* ''encyclopedia page on ship;''
* ''other literature.''

{{USA boats}}

PT-59

2019-10-19T04:19:37Z

U78204771: Added a new section to usage in battles

{{Specs-Card|code=us_elco_77ft_pt59}}

== Description ==

[[File:GarageImage_{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|420px|thumb|left]]
{{Break}}
The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a rank {{Specs|rank}} American motor gunboat {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update 1.79 "Project X"]] as part of the fleet closed beta test.

== General info ==
=== Survivability and armour ===


The boat's hull and superstructure are made of wood (40 mm and 15 mm respectively), the Bofors L/60 Mk 3 cannons have a 9.52 mm shield and the hull-mounted AN-M2 machine guns have a 12.7 mm shield, the elevated AN-M2s don't have any gun shield.

Despite this lack of armor, the PT-59 has enough firepower to outmatch most boats at its Battle Rating(3.0), however engaging more than 2 boats at once without having friendly support isn't recommended, you should also be careful when going against armored gunboats and boats with much bigger crews.

=== Mobility ===


The PT-59 is powered by 3 Packard V12 M2500 engines, It takes around 14 seconds to reach full speed (AB: 97 km/h, 60 mph)(RB: 72 km/h, 45 mph) and 18 seconds to stop, it takes 10 seconds to reach full speed in reverse (AB: -34 km/h, -21 mph)(RB -25 km/h, -16 mph), and a full 360 turn takes around 18 seconds in AB (around 24 seconds in RB).

== Armament ==
=== Primary armament ===

{{Main|Bofors L/60 Mark 3 (40 mm)}}

The Bofors cannons takes around 10 seconds to do a full 360 degree turn, The bow cannon is limited to a 190 degree range and the cannon at the aft is limited to 280 degrees, the cannons overheat after firing for 15 to 17 second consecutively, the cannons become almost ineffective at ranges above 2Km(1.25Mi, 6560ft).

;Available Ammunition

* Universal: AP-T/HEFI-T/AP-T/HEFI-T (The Universal belt is the starting of ammunition , its pretty much good against anything but it may not be too good against armored gunboats.)
* 40mm HE clips: HEFI-T/HEFI-T/HEFI-T/AP-T (The HE clips is good against boats with little armor and planes.)
* 40mm AP clips: AP-T/HEFI-T/HEFI-T/HEFI-T (The AP clips is better suited to go against armored gunboats and harassing destroyers since the ammo may not be enough to take down a destroyer.)

=== Secondary armament ===

{{Main|AN-M2 (12.7 mm)}}

The AN- M2 machine guns can fire until they run out of ammo, overall these are mostly used against smaller boats and planes, mostly ineffective at ranges above 1Km (0.62Mi, 3280ft).

;Available Ammunition

* Universal: API-T/AP/I/AP
* .50 AP belt: API-T/AP/AP/AP
* .50APIT belt: API-T/API-T/API-T/I

== Usage in battles ==
There are multiple ways to play this vehicle

'''Ambush tactics'''

The strategy requires the player to use the mobility of the boat to get to a strategic position of the map before other enemies are able to reach that place. Typically this would be hiding behind a island or a static objects on the map. Position the boat perpendicular to the object in front of you. This allows you to have the full broadside of you 40mm bofors cannons and if needed your .50 caliber machine guns. This takes advantage of your excellent speed and negates the lack of amour and poor survivability. Lots of unsuspecting players will not be able to outgun you. Allowing for easy kills.

'''Speedy attacks'''

This tactic is able to be employed by should only be used if needed, eg capturing a zone or harassing larger vessels. You will want to accelerate to full speed and zigzag you way through enemy fire, it is paramount that you do not slow down. When close to a enemy ship you can deploy your smoke, open your full broadside and fire into the enemy ship, then making a hasty retreat. When capturing a zone (this is not advisable) you want to deploy your smoke and try to conceal yourself, as soon as the zone is captured, like above making a hasty retreat.

'''<big>Treats against this ship</big>'''

'''SF 40 leichte'''

The SF 40 leichte is one of the most dangerous enemies against you. Armed with 4 4x20mm turrets and having very good survivability with spaced turrets. One salvo from this vessel and you will be sent back to the hangar. Since it has a battle rating of 2.7 it will be quite common to see these and most of the times you will be engaging this vessel at long range due to its poor speed. To combat this. There are 2 options: run or push with friendlies.

Due to its poor speed you can easily disengage or relocate to a better position to snipe at it with you 40mm as your guns have better range and the SF 40 leichte is quite a late target.

The second option is to push with friendlies. This option is more risky, but is a quick and effective way do dealing with it. If you are able to surprise it and catch it between reloads and disable the turrets, or can be dispatched quickly. However, it's superior firepower at close range will one-shot you with one salvo.

'''Kanonenboot K-2(german)/ Syonan(Japanese)'''

These 2 vessels are quite similar, having 2 120mm cannons and multiple smaller caliber guns, it can quickly dispatch you. Lacking torpedoes and your HE rounds having trouble penetrating the hull, this vessel can become quite a pain. Most of the time you friendlies will see this large vessel and may be able to damage it enough for you to get the final blow or for you to relocate to a new position. However is the case that you are faced in a 1v1. You best option is to try to outflank it. Running away will most likely result in your death as it's 2 120 mm guns will easily catch you, even at long distances. The first module to aim for when outflanking or the engine or the turrets, thus making it easier to outflank.

=== Pros and cons ===


'''Pros:'''

* The ships 12.7 mm machine guns can easily destroy lightly armoured ships
* The 2 x 40 mm Bofors guns are great for taking out other ships and can act as decent anti-aircraft guns as well
* Its speed allows it to quickly move from one area of the map to another, making it a great vehicle for ambushing larger, less nimble ships

'''Cons:'''

* No armour leads to frequent incapacitations of modules and crew
* A smaller crew in combination with a small size leads to a lower survivability
* Threatened by dive-bombing aircraft
* No torpedos

== History ==
''Describe the history of the creation and combat usage of the ship in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too big, take it to a separate article, taking a link to an article about the vehicle and adding a block "/ History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Vehicle-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article.''

== Media ==
''An excellent addition to the article will be video guides, as well as screenshots from the game and photos.''

== 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 ship;''
* ''links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.''

== External links ==
''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:''

* ''topic on the official game forum;''
* ''encyclopedia page on ship;''
* ''other literature.''

{{USA boats}}

M901

2019-10-18T09:46:36Z

U78204771: Added some other information and mobility

{{Specs-Card|code=us_m901_itv}}

== Description ==

[[File:GarageImage_{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|420px|thumb|left]]
{{break}}
The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a squadron rank {{Specs|rank}} American tank destroyer {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced during [[Update 1.89 "Imperial Navy"]].

== General info ==
=== Survivability and armour ===
[[File:M901.png|thumb|M901 interior]]
The {{PAGENAME}} is based off the M113. It may look like a lightly armoured vehicle, but it features 44 mm of alloy on the sides and 38mm on the front and back with an effective thickness of 48mm on the front and 40mm of effective thickness ont eh back. This is only enough to stop large calibre machine gun fire and if angled correctly able to stop some SPAA's from penetrating you. The top is also quite strong with 38 mm of alloy, this means that you might he able to survive some badly dropped bombs of rockets, but will not save you if it is a direct hit.

The crew, however, has excellent Survivability when hul down. Two crew members, the loader and the commander, are located in the back part of the hull, there are no critical components around these crew members. In the middle of the tank is the gunner, since the I-tow missile is launched from a launcher with a tower, thereby not exposing the gunner. The driver is located at the front of the vehicle and is next to the engine block. behind the engine block is the ammunition, if hit from the front with spaa rounds or conventional rounds, the engine block will eat up most of the shots, however, if shot from the side or from the front with HEAT, APDS and APDSFS rounds, it will either ammo rack you or one shot you.

When played from a hull-down position with only the launcher exposed, it is practically immune to damage, however crossing open areas may result in taking a hit, thus losing a crew member or resulting in a ammo rack or crew knocked out.

=== Mobility ===
The mobility of this vehicle is okay. The power to weight ratio of this vehicle is 17.45 hp/tonne. On the information card, the top speed for the M901 is 64km/h, though there are not many curcumstances you will reach these speeds. Offroad, the M901 will reach 20km/h quite fast due to its high lower to weight ratio, and will reach its top speed of 38km/h. In reverse it will easily reach 14km/h, allowing you to get out of a bad situation.

This vehicle does not have neutral traverse, but still does turn quite fast.

However this vehicle suffers in traversing hills with high angles such as getting up the the west side of c on el alimein. This does limit the ability for this vehicle to get to good positions .

== Armaments ==
=== Main armament ===

{{main|BGM-71C I-TOW}}

The main weapon on the {{PAGENAME}} is the BGM-71C I-TOW ATGM. It has up to 630 mm of penetration at 0 degrees at any distance since it carries a HEAT warhead. The post penetration of this missile is not amazing and in some circumstances, a follow-up missile may be needed. The missile is a second-generation ATGM so it is mouse controlled. It travels at a speed of 296m/s. Due to the fuze sensitivity being 0.01mm, any bush, fence or object in the way will trigger the missile into detonation and the lack of a machine gun will mean that these obstacles will become quite a nuisance.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="6" | BGM-71C I-TO mm BGM-71C I-TO
|-
! colspan="3" rowspan="1" style="width:5em" |Capacity
! rowspan="1" | Vertical <br> guidance
! rowspan="1" | Horizontal <br> guidance
! rowspan="1" | Stabilizer
|-
| colspan="3" | 10(2 preloaded in launcher) || -30°/+35° || ±180° || N/A
|-
! colspan="6" | Turret rotation speed (°/s)
|-
! style="width:4em" | Mode
! style="width:4em" | Stock
! style="width:4em" | Upgraded
! style="width:4em" | Prior + Full crew
! style="width:4em" | Prior + Expert qualif.
! style="width:4em" | Prior + Ace qualif.
|-
| ''Arcade'' || 51 || __.__ ||51|| __.__ || __.__
|-
| ''Realistic'' || 31.5 || __.__ || 31.5 || __.__ || __.__
|-
! colspan="4" | Reloading rate (seconds)
|-
! colspan="1" style="width:4em" |Stock
! colspan="1" style="width:4em" |Prior + Full crew
! colspan="1" style="width:4em" |Prior + Expert qualif.
! colspan="1" style="width:4em" |Prior + Ace qualif.
|-
|13|| 13 || __.__ || __.__
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="3" | {{PAGENAME}} [[Optics]]
|-
!
! Default magnification
! Maximum magnification
|-
! Main Gun optics
| X4.0 || X8.0
|-
! Comparable optics
| colspan="2;" style="text-align:center;" | ???
|-
|}

== Usage in battles ==


'''<big>Tactics</big>'''

'''Hull down'''

In a battle, this vehicle is best played hull-down, preferably behind a rock so that rounds won't dip and hit the main chassis, if this is not possibe, try to find a ridge to hide behind or a depression in the terrain. Since your launcher is the only thing exposed, expect for your launcher to get hit and receive a 10-second repair. (Note for stock, you will still be able to fire). Some players will be smarter and will shoot HESH rounds at you, the spash damage will be enough to either hull-break or knock out the rest Since you only have 12 missiles (2 in the launcher, 10 stowed away) you will have to be patient and skilled at using this missile. If in the right hands, it is incredibly strong and can hold an important spot and single handily deny the enemy any chance of taking an area.This will reward you a large amount of kills as well as gaining a large amounts of points from people shooting at you launcher.

However, there is a couple of issues. The launcher can only be deployed when stationary and has a deployment time before you are able to train the gunsights on the target and open fire. The reload also requires the launcher to traverse to the rear of the vehicle and further lengthening the reload. one way to combat this, is to have the rear end of the vehicle to the target, therefore reducing the time taken to travese the launcher back to the firing position.

'''SPAA duty'''

Apart from shooting at tanks, the ATGM can also be used on helicopters as there is no drop on atgms. If playing hull down, it might also be quite hard for helicopters to spot you, therefore making it a potent weapon against enemy helicopter. Planes will be harder to hit as they will be moving at a faster speed.

'''Urban combat'''

The M901 does not fare too well in urban combat, due to the speed of the atgm it does make it quite hard to aim and having to stop to fire the atgm will result in a unpleasant experince. However, if you are forced to take this vehicle out in an urban environment, the best strategy will be to follow you teammates, hide behind cover and wait for your teammates to bait the enemy out.

===Modules===
{| class="wikitable"
! Tier
! colspan="2" |Mobility
! Protection
! Firepower
|-
| I
| Tracks||
| Parts
|
|-
| II
| Suspension||Brake System
| FPE
|
|-
| III
| Filters||
| Crew Replenishment
|NVD
|-
| IV
| Transmission||Engine
|
| Smoke grenade
|-
|}

=== Pros and cons ===


'''Pros:'''

* Use pairs of I-TOW, designed for fast long-range attacks
* Of all horizontal ATGM launchers currently in the game, has best launcher depression
* Tower is very tall, making it hard to exploit APHE and HESH to destroy the tank instantly
* Superior to [[M113A1 (TOW)|export Italian version]] in almost every way possible
* Has night vision and thermal sights

'''Cons:'''

* Hits to the tower base can annihilate the tank, so it needs taller hull-down spots, than other carriers
* While carrier is travelling, the launcher is put onto a pad on the back, and it takes about 3 to 5 seconds for it to deploy back, which means, any surprise attack on the tank will likely succeed with minimal resistance
* Only reloads after second launched ATGM '''hit''' something, can't be ordered to reload just one missile or to cut off the leading early
* Sniper scope is located in the launcher, so during reloading it moves together with the launcher, forcing the operator to keep watch on target with binoculars
* Sometimes, just a bit short of firepower to penetrate tanks with heavy ERA or NERA plating in one hit (although in RB most of such tanks are your allies)
* Repairs for the launcher can become quite fustrating and lose some easy frags

== History ==
''Describe the history of the creation and combat usage of the vehicle in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the vehicle and adding a block "/ History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Vehicle-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code>. This section may also include the vehicle's dev blog entry (if applicable) and the in-game encyclopedia description (under <code><nowiki>=== Encyclopedia Info ===</nowiki></code>, also if applicable).''

== Media ==
''Excellent additions to the article would be video guides, screenshots from the game, and photos.''

== See also ==


Other vehicles based off the M113 platform:

* [[M113A1 (TOW)]]
* [[M163]]
* [[SIDAM 25]]

== External links ==
''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:''

* ''topic on the official game forum;''
* ''encyclopedia page on the tank;''
* ''other literature.''

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{{USA squadron vehicles}}

[[Category:Squadron vehicles]]

File:M901 X-ray.png

2019-10-18T07:56:48Z

U78204771:

x-ray

M901

2019-10-17T21:55:00Z

U78204771: I have added information to the weapon and useage in battles. I am working on mobility.