Lorraine 155 Mle.50

Lorraine 155 Mle.50

Lorraine 155 Mle.50

France

III Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
4.3	4.3	4.3

Class:

PREMIUM

Tank destroyer

Purchase:Bundle or Gift

Description

The Lorraine automoteur de 155 mm modèle 1950 (shortened as Lorraine 155 Mle.50) is a gift rank III French tank destroyer with a battle rating of 4.3 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update 1.77 "Advancing Storm" during the 2018 World War Two Chronicles.

General info

Survivability and armour

The Lorraine 155 Mle.50 has very little armour (although some are sloped enough to deflect certain low-rank rounds), and can generally be penetrated by most guns of its rank. Even worse, however, the 'casemate' (if it can even be called that) has very little armour, and in some places can be shot through with machine guns. The commander (operating the 151) is completely open to the elements. Generally, you want to rely on good map placement and mobility, rather than armour.

Armour type:

• Rolled homogeneous armour
• Structural steel

Armour	Front (Slope angle)	Sides	Rear	Roof
Hull	16 mm (70°) Front glacis 16 mm (2-73°) Transmission housing	16 mm	10 mm (0-42°)	10 mm
Superstructure	16 mm (21°) Front 10 mm Gun shield	16 mm (30°) Right side 16 mm (21-48°) Left side	10 mm	10 mm
Armour	Sides	Roof
Cupola	10 mm	N/A

Notes:

• Suspension wheels are 10 mm thick while tracks, sprocket wheels, torsion bars, and return rollers are 20 mm thick.
• Belly armour is 10 mm thick.

Mobility

Mobility characteristic
Weight (tons)	Add-on Armour weight (tons)	Max speed (km/h)
28.0	N/A	59 (AB)
		55 (RB/SB)
Engine power (horsepower)
Mode	Stock	Upgraded
Arcade	639	787
Realistic/Simulator	398	450
Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton)
Mode	Stock	Upgraded
Arcade	22.82	28.11
Realistic/Simulator	14.21	16.07

Armaments

Main armament

155 mm L'Obusier de 155 Modèle 1950
Capacity			Vertical guidance	Horizontal guidance	Stabilizer
30			-5°/+67°	±20°	N/A
Turret rotation speed (°/s)
Mode	Stock	Upgraded	Prior + Full crew	Prior + Expert qualif.	Prior + Ace qualif.
Arcade	5.27	7.31	8.88	9.82	10.45
Realistic	3.57	4.2	5.1	5.64	6.0
Reloading rate (seconds)
Stock	Prior + Full crew	Prior + Expert qualif.	Prior + Ace qualif.
26.0	23.0	21.2	20.0

Ammunition

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Penetration in mm @ 0° Angle of Attack
		10m	100m	500m	1000m	1500m	2000m
M107	HE	53	53	53	53	53	53

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%
M107	HE	563	41	0.1	0.5	6,620	+0°	79°	80°	81°

Smoke characteristic
Ammunition	Velocity in m/s	Projectile Mass in kg	Screen radius in m	Screen time in s	Screen hold time in s:	Explosive Mass in g (TNT equivalent):
M110	563	41	25	5	30	50

Ammo racks

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

Machine guns

20 mm MG151/20
Commander's mount
Capacity (Belt capacity)				Fire rate (shots/minute)	Vertical guidance	Horizontal guidance
400 (250)				700	-8°/+45°	±180°

Usage in battles

The best method of using the large-calibre weapon on the Loraine is to exploit the high-explosive power against thin-armour on the enemy. Like other large calibre HE tanks, shooting below an enemy vehicle will penetrate its belly armor. This is an effective, albeit difficult way to engage tanks whose armor is greater than what your HE shell can penetrate.

Some targets to keep in mind of, and their weak points:

• Tiger I - While seemingly a hard enemy to face, the Tiger is easily dispatched with a side shot. A hit to the roadwheels will penetrate the tank, with the shell fragments going through the thin armor on the underside of the tank's sponson. This is also possible to do to Tiger IIs, but usually results in much less damage done.
• Tiger II P, Panthers D and A - a hit to the bottom of the curved turret face of these tanks will cause the HE shell to pen the roof of the vehicle. This can also be done on tanks with flat turret fronts ( Tiger I, Tiger II H, Panthers G and F) by aiming for the lower half of the turret, but is not as reliable.

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Powerful 155mm gun with a HE shell on-par with the KV-2's gun
• Pintle-mounted 20mm cannon that is deadly to lightly-armoured vehicles and aircraft
• Decent mobility
• Thin armour can allow APHE rounds to penetrate through harmlessly without detonating

Cons:

• Thin armor with an open casemate, allows even rifle-calibre rounds to affect the crew
• Large profile
• Long reload time; increases if the loader is taken out
• If the commander is knocked out, so is the ability to use the 20mm cannon
• No AP shells, only HE shells
• Bad gun depression of 5°

History

Prototypes of the Lorraine 155 Mle.50 passed trials in 1950, but never reached production.

Media

Skin and Camouflages for the Lorraine 155 Mle.50 in Warthunder Live.

See also

Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:

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

External links

• [Wikipedia] Obusier de 155mm Modèle 50 (The gun)
• [Wikipedia] AMX-50 - Char Lorraine (The chassis)

France tank destroyers
Lorraine 40t derivatives	CA Lorraine · Lorraine 155 Mle.50
ATGM	MEPHISTO · AMX-10M
Other	AMR.35 ZT3 · Lorraine 37L · SAu 40 · ARL-44 · ELC bis · AMX-50 Foch · AuF1
USA	▄M10 GMC · ▄M36B2