AMX-50 Foch

2019-08-20T11:07:22Z

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== Description ==

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The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a Rank {{Specs|rank}} French tank destroyer {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced during [[Update 1.75 "La Résistance"]].

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

{| class="wikitable"
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! Armour !! Front (Slope angle) !! Sides !! Rear !! Roof
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| Hull || 180mm (55°) ''Front glacis'' 100 mm (60°) ''Lower glacis'' 180-300 (0-72°) + 180 mm ''Gun mantlet'' || 40 mm (15°) ''Top'' 40 mm ''Bottom'' || 40 mm ''Top'' 40 mm (40°) ''Bottom'' || 30 mm ''Fighting compartment'' 20 mm ''Engine deck'' 90 mm ''Gun mantlet''
|-
! Armour !! Sides !! Roof
|-
| Cupola || 200 mm ''Front'' 30 mm ''Everywhere else'' || 30 mm
|-
|}
'''Notes:'''

* Suspension wheels and tracks are both 20 mm thick.
* Road wheels are interleaved and provide cumulative protection for the lower side hull.

=== Mobility ===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="3" | Mobility characteristic
|-
! Weight (tons)
! colspan="1" | Add-on Armor weight (tons)
! colspan="1" | Max speed (km/h)
|-
| rowspan="2" | 58.0 || colspan="1" rowspan="2" | N/A || colspan="1" | 54 (AB)
|-
|50 (RB/SB)
|-
! colspan="3" | Engine power (horsepower)
|-
! colspan="1" | Mode
!Stock
!Upgraded
|-
|''Arcade''
|1,420
|___
|-
|''Realistic/Simulator''
|884
|___
|-
! colspan="3" | Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton)
|-
! colspan="1" | Mode
!Stock
!Upgraded
|-
|''Arcade''
|24.48
|__.__
|-
|''Realistic/Simulator''
|15.24
|__.__
|-
|}

=== Main armament ===

{{main|SA46 (120 mm)}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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! colspan="6" | [[SA46 (120 mm)|120 mm SA46]]
|-
! colspan="3" rowspan="1" style="width:5em" |Capacity
! rowspan="1" | Vertical guidance
! rowspan="1" | Horizontal guidance
! rowspan="1" | Stabilizer
|-
| colspan="3" | 48 || -6°/+16° || ±9° || 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'' || __.__ || __.__ || __.__ || __.__ || __.__
|-
| ''Realistic'' || __.__ || __.__ || __.__ || __.__ || __.__
|-
! 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.
|-
| 19.4 || __.__ || __.__ || __.__
|-
|}

===== Ammunition =====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
! colspan="8" | Penetration statistics
|-
! rowspan="2" data-sort-type="text" | Ammunition
! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" | Type of warhead
! colspan="6" | '''Penetration''' '''''in mm''''' '''@ 0° Angle of Attack'''
|-
! 10m
! 100m
! 500m
! 1000m
! 1500m
! 2000m
|-
| 120 mm Obus de rupture || AP || 303 || 302 || 286 || 267 || 251 || 235
|-
| 120 mm Obus explosif || HE || 39 || 39 || 39 || 39 || 39 || 39
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
! colspan="11" | Shell details
|-
! rowspan="2" data-sort-type="text" | Ammunition
! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" | Type of warhead
! rowspan="2" |Velocity in m/s
! rowspan="2" |Projectile Mass in kg
! rowspan="2" | ''Fuse delay''
''in m:''
! rowspan="2" | ''Fuse sensitivity''
''in mm:''
! rowspan="2" | ''Explosive Mass in g (TNT equivalent):''
! rowspan="2" | ''Normalization At 30° from horizontal:''
! colspan="3" | ''Ricochet:''
|-
! 0%
! 50%
! 100%
|-
| 120 mm Obus de rupture || AP || 1,067 || 23 || N/A || N/A || N/A || ° || 48° || 63° || 71°
|-
| 120 mm Obus explosif || HE || 762 || 23 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 4,650 || +0° || 79° || 80° || 81°
|-
|}

===== [[Ammo racks|Ammo racks]] =====
[[File:Ammoracks_AMX-50_Foch.png|right|thumbnail|x250px|[[Ammo racks|Ammo racks]] of the AMX-50 Foch.]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! class="wikitable unsortable" |Full ammo
! class="wikitable unsortable" |1st rack empty
! class="wikitable unsortable" |2nd rack empty
! class="wikitable unsortable" |3rd rack empty
! class="wikitable unsortable" |4th rack empty
! class="wikitable unsortable" |5th rack empty
! class="wikitable unsortable" |Visual discrepancy
|-
|| '''48''' || 43 ''(+5)'' || 31 ''(+17)'' || 19 ''(+29)'' || 5 ''(+43)'' || 1 ''(+47)'' || style="text-align:left" | yes
|-
|}

Right side empty: 19 (+29)

=== Machine guns ===

{{main|MG 151/15 (15 mm)}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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! colspan="7" | [[MG 151/15 (15 mm)|15 mm MG151/15]]
|-
! colspan="7" | ''Loader's cupola mount''
|-
! colspan="4" rowspan="1" style="width:5em" |Capacity (Belt capacity)
! rowspan="1" | Fire rate (shots/minute)
! rowspan="1" | Vertical guidance
! rowspan="1" | Horizontal guidance
|-
| colspan="4" | 500 (500) || 700 || -3°/+20° || -35°/+160°
|-
|}

== Usage in battles ==
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=== Pros and cons ===


'''Pros:'''

* Very powerful 120mm gun; can even penetrate the Maus at some points.
* Reasonably fast.
* Has an MG-151 on the top in its own turret.
* Great armor on the front slope plate (upper glacis).
* Immense spalling from the AP shells; head-on insta-kills are very likely.
* Good mobility.
* Rangefinder logs range very quickly

'''Cons:'''

* No turret; vulnerable to getting flanked.
* Longer reload than the AMX-50 Surbaisse.
* Limited ammo choices.
* Main gun has a very narrow firing arc.
* AP shells will have a hard time killing some opponents from the side.
* Very thin side armour
* Rangefinder and gun mantlet are weakspots. APHE can kill you with a well placed shot.
* MG-151 jams quickly, turns slowly and has a very limited firing arc and elevation.
* Very low levels of zoom.

== History ==
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== Media ==

[https://live.warthunder.com/feed/camouflages/?vehicleCountry=france&vehicleType=tank&vehicleClass=tank_destroyer&vehicle=fr_amx_50_foch '''Skins''' and '''camouflages''' for the AMX-50 Foch from live.warthunder.com.]

== See also ==
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* ''reference to the series of the vehicles;''
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== External links ==


* [https://warthunder.com/en/news/5292-vehicle-amx-50-foch-racing-tortoise-en [Vehicles<nowiki>]</nowiki> AMX-50 Foch: Racing Tortoise]
* [[Wikipedia:AMX-50#AMX_50_%22120_mm%22|[Wikipedia<nowiki>]</nowiki> AMX 50 "120 mm"]]

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