SAV 20.12.48

SAV 20.12.48

SAV 20.12.48

Sweden

III Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
3.7	3.7	3.7

Class:

PREMIUM

Tank destroyer

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Description

The Stormartillerivagn 20.12.48 is a gift rank III Swedish tank destroyer with a battle rating of 3.7 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update 1.95 "Northern Wind".

General info

Survivability and 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.

Mobility

The SAV 20.12.48 is a high mobility tank destroyer with speeds up to 55 kph forward and 20 kph in reverse. Speed and manoeuvrability are critical to this tank destroyer as it has sacrificed weight to do so, not implementing as much armour as it could have.

Game Mode	Max Speed (km/h)		Weight (tons)	Engine power (horsepower)		Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton)
	Forward	Reverse		Stock	Upgraded	Stock	Upgraded
Arcade	53	21	20	568	763	28.4	38.15
Realistic	49	19		354	400	17.7	20

Armaments

Main armament

120 mm automatkanon					Turret rotation speed (°/s)					Reloading rate (seconds)
Mode	Capacity	Vertical	Horizontal	Stabilizer	Stock	Upgraded	Full	Expert	Aced	Stock	Full	Expert	Aced
Arcade	62	-10°/+25°	±15°	N/A	13.2	__._	__._	__._	__._	1.2	_._	_._	_._
Realistic					8.9	__._	__._	__._	__._

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
hpgr M/50	APCBC	95	94	89	84	79	75
sgr M/50Z	HE	28	28	28	28	28	28

Shell details
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile Mass (kg)	Fuse delay (m)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive Mass (TNT equivalent) (g)	Normalisation at 30° from horizontal	Ricochet
								0%	50%	100%
hpgr M/50	APCBC	525	23.5	1.2	19.0	890	+4.0°	48°	63°	71°
sgr M/50Z	HE	525	23.5	0.4	0.5	2,250	+0.0°	79°	80°	81°

Ammo racks

Full ammo	1st rack empty	2nd rack empty	3rd rack empty	4th rack empty	5th rack empty	6th rack empty	Visual discrepancy
62	__ (+__)	__ (+__)	__ (+__)	__ (+__)	__ (+__)	__ (+__)	__

Usage in battles

The SAV 20.12.48 features no machine guns, so its ability to fight lightly armoured or unarmoured vehicles is hampered. However, the high rate of fire of the main gun helps with knocking out the crew of these vehicles rather quickly.

Modules

Tier	Mobility		Protection	Firepower
I	Tracks		Parts	Horizontal Drive
II	Suspension	Brake System	FPE	Adjustment of Fire
III	Filters		Crew Replenishment	Elevation Mechanism	Smoke grenade
IV	Transmission	Engine

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Very good gun with decent penetration
• The gun can one-shot most enemies if it penetrates
• 1.2 second reload for the first six rounds
• Good mobility and reverse gear

Cons:

• Thin armour, even some heavy machine guns can penetrate
• After six rounds have been fired its unable to fire for an extended period of time
• Rounds must be used at close range to get penetration on well armoured vehicles
  • Unable to penetrate Shermans and T-34 at the front
  • Unable to penetrate KV`s at the sides and the front

History

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Media

The Shooting Range #182 - Metal Beasts section at 00:32 discusses the SAV 20.12.48.

See also

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• reference to the series of the vehicles;
• links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.

External links

• [Devblog] SAV 20.12.48: Nordic Sledgehammer

Sweden tank destroyers
Strv m/41 derivatives	Spj fm/43-44 · Sav m/43 (1944) · Sav m/43 (1946) · Pvkv II · Pvkv III
Ikv 72/103	Ikv 72 · Ikv 103
Pvkv m/43	Pvkv m/43 (1946) · Pvkv m/43 (1963)
ATGM	UDES 33 · Pbv 302 (BILL) · Pvrbv 551
Other	SAV 20.12.48 · Bkan 1C
Norway	VIDAR