AMX-50 Surbaisse

AMX-50 Surbaissé

AMX-50 (TOA100)

AMX-32 (105)

AMX-50 Surbaissé

AMX-50 (TOA100)

AMX-32 (105)

France

V Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
7.7	7.7	7.7

Class:

Heavy tank

Research:120 000

Purchase:340 000

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This page is about the heavy tank AMX-50 Surbaissé. For other uses, see AMX-50 (Family).

Description

The AMX-50 Surbaissé is a Rank V French heavy tank with a battle rating of 7.7 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update 1.75 "La Résistance". On the battlefield, the vehicle is very easy to recognize due to its shape which simply cannot be mistaken for another French tank.

The AMX-50 Surbaissé differs from every heavy tank in its general playstyle, since it has rather thin armour which will not protect it against incoming enemy fire, you have to use its medium tank like mobility to perform deadly flank attacks which will often prove very catastrophic for the enemy team. Indeed, since you can keep up with most medium tanks and even outpace some, especially the British medium tanks, many enemies will find themselves completely caught off guard and at the mercy of your autoloading 120 mm gun which will allow you to kill one tank every 6 seconds. The tank is also a great long-range sniper (1,500 meters and beyond) as it comes equipped with a rangefinder that will allow you to range very quickly distant targets and deliver accurate shots upon them, also at such distances, your armour will start to be difficult to penetrate for most lower rank gun you'll encounter. Overall this tank, while being a heavy tank, is not meant to be played as such since it does not behave as such. You must use your mobility and your accurate fast-firing armament to prove effective against the enemies you'll come across

General info

Survivability and armour

Armour type:

• Cast homogeneous armour
• Rolled homogeneous armour (Hull sides, Hull rear, Hull roof)

Armour	Front (Slope angle)	Sides	Rear	Roof
Hull	60 mm (30-85°) Front glacis 100 mm (8-57°) Joint plate 60 mm (21-74°) Bottom glacis	30-60 mm (0-23°) Top 30 mm Bottom	30 mm (0-50°)	20 mm
Turret	-	60 mm Turret 40-60 mm (0-12°) Turret base	40 mm (0-30°) Turret bustle 20 mm (21-31°) Pivot ball 10 mm (69-76°) Turret underside	20 mm
Armour	Sides	Roof
Cupola	60 mm	20 mm

Notes:

• Suspension wheels are 15 mm thick while tracks are 30 mm thick.
• Wheels are interleaved to offer stacked protection values.

Mobility

Mobility characteristic
Weight (tons)	Add-on Armour weight (tons)	Max speed (km/h)
57.8	N/A	55 (AB)
		51 (RB/SB)
Engine power (horsepower)
Mode	Stock	Upgraded
Arcade	1,097	1,351
Realistic/Simulator	752	850
Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton)
Mode	Stock	Upgraded
Arcade	18.98	23.37
Realistic/Simulator	13.01	14.71

Armaments

Main armament

120 mm SA46
Capacity			Vertical guidance	Horizontal guidance	Stabilizer
38			-8°/+14°	±180°	N/A
Turret rotation speed (°/s)
Mode	Stock	Upgraded	Prior + Full crew	Prior + Expert qualif.	Prior + Ace qualif.
Arcade	17.9	24.7	28.9	33.2	35.3
Realistic	17.9	22.1	25.7	28.4	30.0
Reloading rate (seconds)
Stock	Prior + Full crew	Prior + Expert qualif.	Prior + Ace qualif.
50.0	__.__	__.__	__.__

Ammunition

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Type of warhead	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

Shell details
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity in m/s	Projectile Mass in kg	Fuse delay in m:	Fuse sensitivity in mm:	Explosive Mass in g (TNT equivalent):	Normalization At 30° from horizontal:	Ricochet:
								0%	50%	100%
120 mm Obus de rupture	AP	1067	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 of the AMX-50 Surbaissé.

Full ammo	1st rack empty	2nd rack empty	3rd rack empty	4th rack empty	5th rack empty	6th rack empty	Visual discrepancy
38	XX (X+)	(+)	(+)	(+)	(+)	(+)	no

Machine guns

7.5 mm AAT-52
Coaxial mount
Capacity (Belt capacity)				Fire rate (shots/minute)	Vertical guidance	Horizontal guidance
3,000 (200)				900	N/A	N/A

Usage in battles

Playing the AMX 50 Surbaissé requires 2 things :

• Good map knowledge
• Gunnery discipline

As mentioned previously, the AMX 50 Surbaissé is not heavy, that probably is something you'll learn the hard way while playing your first matches in this tank. You have to play it like a medium tank and you always should try to look for a good flanking route that will eventually get you to a spot where you'll be able to decimate several tanks of the enemy team from the side of from behind. As a result, this tank requires a lot of forethinking before deciding which way to go and this decision must be taken in accordance with the map but also in accordance with what nation you face. The tank can also be used as a very effective long-range sniper especially in down tiers. The combination of fast-firing 120 mm gun and rangefinder can prove very effective especially at a range over 1,500 meters where your armour will start to matter especially against a lower-ranked opponent such as Tiger II's. To turn this vehicle into a deadly sniping machine, it is very much advised to bind rangefinding keys and sight adjustment that are intuitive to you. In this way you will be able to range targets and adjust the gun very accurately in such a way that, with practice and discipline will grant you the ability to deliver shots in a "Point aimed, Point hit" fashion.

Every enemy you can encounter which do not result from deliberate up tiers from the enemy can and will easily get through your armour. The tank's armour cannot withstand guns that are more powerful than the German 7.5 cm KwK 42 or the US 90 mm M3 gun

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Powerful 120 mm SA46 (M58) Gun
• Reload of just 6 seconds
• Large ammo count per magazine (19 shots)
• Very good AP round with 301 mm penetration (90 degrees, 10 meters)
• Extremely fast turret rotation speed when upgraded, especially for a heavy tank (characteristic of oscillating turrets)
• Good acceleration
• Average Topspeed of about 48 kph
• 4 Smoke Grenades

Cons:

• Gun elevation & depression angles are poor (-8/+14 degrees)
• Changing the ammo type is not possible without changing the ammo belt
• Armor Values are inadequate against expected opponents (90 mm max)
• Reloading a new belt takes a long time

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See also

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External links

• [Vehicles] AMX-50 Surbaissé

France heavy tanks
B1	B1 bis · B1 ter
2C	2C · 2C bis
ARL-44	ARL-44 (ACL-1)
AMX-50	Somua SM · AMX-50 Surbaissé · AMX-50 Surblindé
USA	▄M4A3E2