M2A2 - Revision history

U44629479: Edits

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U116884361: /* Mobility */

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‎Mobility

U116884361: /* Survivability and armour */

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‎Survivability and armour

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‎Survivability and armour

U38088265: /* Description */

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‎Description

U74396666: New Description Project - USA Priority: Tanks - M2A2

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New Description Project - USA Priority: Tanks - M2A2

U144414993: Added external link.

2023-03-06T06:39:04Z

Added external link.

U38088265: /* Ammunition */ Converted to transclusion

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U44629479: Edits

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U141969647: /* External links */ Add link to the current, much more detailed Tanks Encyclopedia article on the M2A2; note that the old link points to an old archived article.

2023-02-02T15:42:32Z

‎External links: Add link to the current, much more detailed Tanks Encyclopedia article on the M2A2; note that the old link points to an old archived article.

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 {{Specs-Tank-Armour}}
 <!-- ''Describe armour protection. Note the most well protected and key weak areas. Appreciate the layout of modules as well as the number and location of crew members. Is the level of armour protection sufficient, is the placement of modules helpful for survival in combat? If necessary use a visual template to indicate the most secure and weak zones of the armour.'' -->
-The whole armour is made out of '''rolled homogeneous armour ''' plates. Tracks provide 15 mm of armour.
+The armour of the M2A2 is quite weak, being usually between 15 or 20 mm at best in the front, so even though it has 4 slightly spaced crew members, the overall survivability is going to be weak.
-The armour of the M2A2 is quite weak, being usually between 15 or 20 mm at best in the front, so even though it has 4 slightly spaced crew members , the overall survivability is going to be weak
+'''Armour type:'''
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 | Turret || 15.8 mm (0-2°) ''Turret front'' <br> 15.8 mm (2°) ''Gun mantlet''|| 15.8 mm (0-1°) || 15.8 mm (2°) || 6.35 mm
 |-
-! Armour !! Sides !! Roof
+| Cupola || 15.8 mm (2°) || 15.8 mm (2°) || 15.8 mm (2°) || 6.35 mm
 |-
 |}
 === Mobility ===
 {{Specs-Tank-Mobility}}
 <!-- ''Write about the mobility of the ground vehicle. Estimate the specific power and manoeuvrability, as well as the maximum speed forwards and backwards.'' -->
-{{tankMobility|abMinHp=308|rbMinHp=232}}The M2A2 is a really fast vehicle, therefore, given it's weak armour and it's armaments being composed machine guns, every M2A2 player should use mobility to take advantage over the enemy.
+{{tankMobility|abMinHp=308|rbMinHp=232}}
 === Modifications and economy ===
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 == 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).'' -->
-The M2A2 is a strange vehicle as a twin-turreted machine-gun armament only vehicle. It is, however, fast, and could be sped around as a scout tank to get on the enemy's side. Your main turret, which uses 12.7 mm (.50) MG  can only fire forward and to the left, with secondary turret (which sports standard 7.62 mm (.30) MG, which can only really scare SPAA trucks) firing to the right. Additionally, the M2A2 has a working hull machine gun, but it is fixed to the hull and angled up so its usefulness is extremely limited.
+The M2A2 is a strange vehicle as a twin-turreted machine-gun armament only vehicle. It is, however, fast, and could be sped around as a scout tank to get on the enemy's side. Your main turret, which uses 12.7 mm (.50 cal) MG can only fire forward and to the left, with secondary turret (which sports standard 7.62 mm (.30) MG, which can only really scare SPAA trucks) firing to the right. Additionally, the M2A2 has a working hull machine gun, but it is fixed to the hull and angled up so its usefulness is extremely limited.
 The .50 cal main armament makes it necessary to rush as close to enemy as possible, as it could only penetrate ~20 mm at standard ranges, meaning that it is only really effective against the reserve tanks, and even so, the machine guns often may only be effective when shot at the flat sides or even only at the engine deck.
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 The '''M2 Light Tank''' series was an American pre-World War II design as their answer to a fast, effective tank in a cavalry role.
-The idea of light tanks started with the Defense Act of 1920, which defined tanks as an infantry support weapon, but the idea of a cavalry role for the tanks was brought up by multiple theorists, to which the British were the first to incorporate with the ''cruiser tanks''. Limitation in American development leads to the establishment of light tanks as the ''combat cars''.  The development team soon looked at the tank prototypes ''T1 Light Tank'' and the ''T2 medium tank'' and decide to use them as the basis for the light tank design.
+The idea of light tanks started with the Defense Act of 1920, which defined tanks as an infantry support weapon, but the idea of a cavalry role for the tanks was brought up by multiple theorists, to which the British were the first to incorporate with the ''cruiser tanks''. Limitation in American development leads to the establishment of light tanks as the ''combat cars''. The development team soon looked at the tank prototypes ''T1 Light Tank'' and the ''T2 medium tank'' and decide to use them as the basis for the light tank design.
 Modifications made onto the experimental tanks, mostly installing the new Vertical Volute Spring Suspension (VVSS) that would be the main suspension in future American tank development, made the tanks into the '''M2A1 Light Tank'''. The main version used before the war was designated the '''M2A2''', which had two turrets, both with a .50 calibre M2 Browning as its armament. However, the Spanish Civil War showed that this kind of tank is insufficient in tank warfare, so initially the design was revised with improved armour up to 22 mm ('''M2A3''') and then with one turret with a 37 mm cannon, this would become the [[M2A4]], which would be the main light tank variant in US service before World War II broke out.

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 <!-- ''Write about the mobility of the ground vehicle. Estimate the specific power and manoeuvrability, as well as the maximum speed forwards and backwards.'' -->
-{{tankMobility|abMinHp=308|rbMinHp=232}}
+{{tankMobility|abMinHp=308|rbMinHp=232}}The M2A2 is a really fast vehicle, therefore, given it's weak armour and it's armaments being composed machine guns, every M2A2 player should use mobility to take advantage over the enemy.
 === Modifications and economy ===

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 == General info ==
 === Survivability and armour ===
-The armour of the M2A2 is quite weak, being usually between 15 or 20 mm at best in the front, so even though it has 4 slightly spaced crew members , the overall survivability is going to be weak.{{Specs-Tank-Armour}}
+{{Specs-Tank-Armour}}
 <!-- ''Describe armour protection. Note the most well protected and key weak areas. Appreciate the layout of modules as well as the number and location of crew members. Is the level of armour protection sufficient, is the placement of modules helpful for survival in combat? If necessary use a visual template to indicate the most secure and weak zones of the armour.'' -->
 The whole armour is made out of '''rolled homogeneous armour ''' plates. Tracks provide 15 mm of armour.
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 == General info ==
 === Survivability and armour ===
-{{Specs-Tank-Armour}}
+The armour of the M2A2 is quite weak, being usually between 15 or 20 mm at best in the front, so even though it has 4 slightly spaced crew members , the overall survivability is going to be weak.{{Specs-Tank-Armour}}
 <!-- ''Describe armour protection. Note the most well protected and key weak areas. Appreciate the layout of modules as well as the number and location of crew members. Is the level of armour protection sufficient, is the placement of modules helpful for survival in combat? If necessary use a visual template to indicate the most secure and weak zones of the armour.'' -->
 The whole armour is made out of '''rolled homogeneous armour ''' plates. Tracks provide 15 mm of armour.

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 == Description ==
 <!-- ''In the description, the first part should be about the history of the creation and combat usage of the vehicle, as well as its key features. In the second part, tell the reader about the ground vehicle in the game. Insert a screenshot of the vehicle, so that if the novice player does not remember the vehicle by name, he will immediately understand what kind of vehicle the article is talking about.'' -->
-The '''M2A2''' is the second variant of the M2 light tank family (formally Light Tank, M2) that served in the U.S. Army during the interwar period. During the 1920s, the U.S. Army tank design began with the prototype T1 light tank, which progressed into a series of experimental upgrades and versions that were never produced. Several design aspects from the prototype T1 light tank were used into the prototype T2 light tank concept, which began five years later. The first prototype T2 light tank was designed in 1933 and built with minimal changes, mounted with a single fixed turret holding one M2HB Browning heavy machine gun, and designated as the M2A1 in 1936, with a total of 17 units produced. This variant was quickly revised, and the M2A2 was designed, with 239 built, and became the primary tank of the U.S. Army during the interwar period.
+The '''M2A2''' was the second variant of the M2 light tank family (formally Light Tank, M2) that served in the U.S. Army during the interwar period. During the 1920s, the U.S. Army tank design began with the prototype T1 light tank, which progressed into a series of experimental upgrades and versions that were never produced. Several design aspects from the prototype T1 light tank were used into the prototype T2 light tank concept, which began five years later. The first prototype T2 light tank was designed in 1933 and built with minimal changes, mounted with a single fixed turret holding one M2HB Browning heavy machine gun, and designated as the M2A1 in 1936, with a total of 17 units produced. This variant was quickly revised, and the M2A2 was designed, with 239 built, and became the primary tank of the U.S. Army during the interwar period.
-Introduced in the [[Update 1.49 "Weapons of Victory"|Update "Weapons of Victory"]], the M2A2 gives players vital insights into tank design philosophy prior to World War II, when machine guns were utilized as the primary offensive weapons for many light tanks. The M2A2 had twin turrets, with one M2HB Browning heavy machine gun in the left and one M1919A4 light machine gun in the right, where the turrets partially obscured each other, restricting fields of fire. The M2A2's primary offensive armament was a heavy machine gun, and it quickly became obsolete as adversary tanks were constructed with heavier armour.
+Introduced in [[Update 1.49 "Weapons of Victory"]], the M2A2 gives players vital insights into tank design philosophy prior to World War II, when machine guns were utilized as the primary offensive weapons for many light tanks. The M2A2 had twin turrets, with one M2HB Browning heavy machine gun in the left and one M1919A4 light machine gun in the right, where the turrets partially obscured each other, restricting fields of fire. The M2A2's primary offensive armament was a heavy machine gun, and it quickly became obsolete as adversary tanks were constructed with heavier armour.
 == General info ==

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 * [https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/light-tank-m2a2-a3/ <nowiki>[Tanks Encyclopedia]</nowiki> Light Tank M2A2/A3]
 * [https://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/US/M2_Light_Tank.php <nowiki>[Tanks Encyclopedia]</nowiki> Archives Section - M2 Light Tank]
 {{TankManufacturer Rock Island Arsenal}}
 {{USA light tanks}}

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 * '''APIT:''' {{Annotation|API-T|M20 armour-piercing incendiary tracer}}
-{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
+{{:M2HB (12.7 mm)/Ammunition|AP, I, API-T, AP-I}}
 ==== [[Ammo racks]] ====

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 * [[wt:en/devblog/current/776|[Devblog] M2A2 / 4M GAZ-AAA / BF109B-1]]
 * [[wikipedia:M2_light_tank|[Wikipedia] M2 light tank]]
-* [https://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/US/M2_Light_Tank.php <nowiki>[Tanks Encyclopedia]</nowiki> M2 Light Tank (old archived article)]
+* [https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/light-tank-m2a2-a3/ <nowiki>[Tanks Encyclopedia]</nowiki> Light Tank M2A2/A3]
-* [https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/light-tank-m2a2-a3/ <nowiki>[Tanks Encyclopedia]</nowiki> Light Tank M2A2/A3 (new, more detailed article)]
+* [https://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/US/M2_Light_Tank.php <nowiki>[Tanks Encyclopedia]</nowiki> Archives Section - M2 Light Tank]
 {{TankManufacturer Rock Island Arsenal}}
 {{USA light tanks}}