T-10A

This page is about the Soviet heavy tank T-10A. For the other version, see T-10M.

T-10A

T-10A

Description

The T-10A is a premium gift rank Soviet heavy tank with a battle rating of (AB), (RB), and (SB). It was introduced during Update "New Power" as a reward for Battle Pass: Season I.

General info

Survivability and armour

The armour protection of the hull, as it is a T-10 hull, is very good except against powerful APDS, APFSDS, HEATFS and ATGMs. In a downtier the armour will work well against the majority of vehicles, however chemical rounds such as HEAT shells and ATGMs will have no issues penetrating the hull as well as APFSDS shells. Moving to the turret, it is poorly armoured even against APDS beside the gun breech. The turret may stop APCBC and some APDS shells but should not be relied on to stop HEAT and ATGM nor APFSDS.

Armour	Front (Slope angle)	Sides	Rear	Roof
Hull	120 mm (57°) Front glacis 120 mm (49°) Lower glacis 40-60 mm (78-79°) Driver's port	120 mm (50°) Top 80 mm (0-64°) Middle 30 mm (60°) Bottom	50 mm (53°) Top 60 mm (21°) Bottom	30 mm
Turret	120-250 mm (26-60°) Turret front 100 + 250 mm (0-75°) Gun mantlet	130-190 mm (3-55°)	102 mm (21-47°)	30 mm
Cupola	40 mm	40 mm	40 mm	30 mm

Mobility

In terms of mobility, the T10A lacks speed as well as agility. But it can been seen as quite fast for a heavy tank, the horsepower generated by the engine makes this a beast when moving obstacles and even dead tanks. The mass can be seen as a pro and a con. Due to heavy mass, it has more traction and will not be flipped by explosions or pushed so easily by tanks. However, the mass reduced drastically the top speed as well as the acceleration.

Game Mode	Max Speed (km/h)		Weight (tons)	Engine power (horsepower)		Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton)
	Forward	Reverse		Stock	Upgraded	Stock	Upgraded
Arcade				1,085			__.__
Realistic				619			__.__

Armaments

Main armament

122 mm D-25TS					Turret rotation speed (°/s)					Reloading rate (seconds)
Mode	Capacity	Vertical	Horizontal	Stabilizer	Stock	Upgraded	Full	Expert	Aced	Stock	Full	Expert	Aced
Arcade	30	-3°/+17°	±180°	Vertical	11.3	15.7	19.0	21.1	22.4	19.50	17.25	15.90	15.00
Realistic					8.3	9.8	11.9	13.2	14.0

Ammunition

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
		10 m	100 m	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	2,000 m
BR-471	APHE	205	201	183	162	144	128
BR-471B	APHEBC	205	203	191	178	166	155
BR-471D	APCBC	230	227	215	200	186	173
OF-471	HE	37	37	37	37	37	37

Shell details
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile Mass (kg)	Fuse delay (m)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive Mass (TNT equivalent) (g)	Ricochet
							0%	50%	100%
BR-471	APHE	795	25	1.2	19	246.4	47°	60°	65°
BR-471B	APHEBC	795	25	1.2	19	246.4	48°	63°	71°
BR-471D	APCBC	800	25	1.2	19	192.5	48°	63°	71°
OF-471	HE	800	25	0	0.1	3,600	79°	80°	81°

Ammo racks

Ammo racks of the T-10A

Full ammo	Ammo part	1st rack empty	2nd rack empty	3rd rack empty	4th rack empty	5th rack empty	6th rack empty
30	Projectiles Propellants	27 (+3) 27 (+3)	24 (+6) 24 (+6)	20 (+10) 20 (+10)	17 (+13) 17 (+13)	14 (+16) 14 (+16)	11 (+19) 11 (+19)
7th rack empty	8th rack empty	9th rack empty	10th rack empty	11th rack empty	12th rack empty	Visual discrepancy
10 (+20) 10 (+20)	9 (+21) 9 (+21)	7 (+23) 7 (+23)	5 (+25) 5 (+25)	3 (+27) 3 (+27)	1 (+29) 1 (+29)	No

Machine guns

12.7 mm DShK
Mount	Capacity (Belt)	Fire rate	Vertical	Horizontal
Coaxial	500 (50)	600	N/A	N/A
Pintle	250 (50)	600	-5°/+85°	±180°

Usage in battles

Even though you have thick armour, HEAT-FS and APDS will go right through it so be careful. The T-10A's gun is powerful but for targets such as the M-103, you will have a hard time killing due to its effective armour. Your reload time is also very long, you can expect around an 18-second reload which is way less than a IS-3 or IS-4 but still long. When taking a enemy position or cap, try bringing at least 2 allies to help and support you. Since it is a Soviet tank you have a low gun depression of 3°, so avoid positions that need gun depression like hills or rough terrain. One special feature that sets the T-10A from other heavy Soviet tanks is a stabilizer which makes a huge difference in combat, however this works only at lower speeds. You also have a 12.7 mm DShK machine gun to take out lightly- armoured targets, planes, or helicopters.

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Good turret armour and effective pike nose hull armour
• Good side armour which can occasionally protect you from heavy tank shells
• Decent mobility for such a heavily armoured vehicle
• Has a powerful 122 mm gun that can knock a majority of opponents with a single shot
• Has night vision device
• Has a vertical stabiliser
• 12.7 mm DShK coaxial and commander's weapons make short work of light vehicles, allowing conservation of main gun rounds

Cons:

• HEATFS, HESH, APDS rounds can easily penetrate the armour
• 14 hp/t ratio (in RB) which is not enough at its BR
• -8 km/h reverse speed
• Long reload time
• Limited ammo reserves for secondary weapons
• No NVD for gunner view

History

The T-10A is an early variant of the T-10 heavy tank. It included a single-plane stabilizer which allowed the gun to be fired accurately while moving. It was developed in 1956, and was later succeeded by the T-10B, and finally the T-10M.

Media

Skins

• Skins and camouflages for the T-10A from live.warthunder.com.

Images

• 

  T-10A devblog image

Videos

The Shooting Range #254 - Pages of History section at 03:03 discusses the T-10.

SOVIET SUFFERING: T-10A Review - Sako Sniper

The Heavy Problem - T-10A - JustinPlaysYT

See also

Vehicles equipped with the same chassis

• T-10M

External links

• [Wikipedia] T-10 tank

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