M19A1 (Japan)
| This page is about the SPAA M19A1 (Japan). For the American variant, see M19A1. |
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Description
The Twin Gun Motor Carriage M19A1 is a rank III Japanese SPAA with a battle rating of 4.7 (AB) and 4.0 (RB/SB). It was introduced in Update "Direct Hit".
General info
Survivability and armour
Armour type:
- Rolled homogeneous armour (hull, turret)
| Armour | Front (Slope angle) | Sides | Rear | Roof |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hull | 12.7 mm (59°) Upper glacis 12.7 mm (45°) Lower glacis |
12.7 mm (11°) | 12.7 mm | 12.7 mm |
| Turret | 12.7 mm (cylindrical) Gun shield - lower part 12.7 mm (spherical) Gun shield - upper part |
8 mm (cylindrical) 8 + 12.7 mm (cylindrical) Turret base |
8 mm (cylindrical) 8 + 12.7 mm (cylindrical) Turret base |
Notes:
- Suspension wheels are 10 mm thick while tracks are 15 mm thick.
The M19A1 (Japan) is so lightly armoured that it is very vulnerable to nearby ammorack detonations, bomb blasts and even heavy MG fire can reliably penetrate the vehicle from beyond 1,000 m. As the M19A1 (Japan) has an open-topped turret, gun servants are also very exposed to MG fire, artillery strikes and plane strafings.
Mobility
| Game Mode | Max Speed (km/h) | Weight (tons) | Engine power (horsepower) | Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | Reverse | Stock | Upgraded | Stock | Upgraded | ||
| Arcade | 62 | 26 | 18.7 | 420 | 565 | 22.46 | 30.21 |
| Realistic | 57 | 24 | 262 | 296 | 14.01 | 15.83 | |
Modifications and economy
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Armaments
Main armament
| 40 mm Dual Automatic Gun M2 (x2) | Turret rotation speed (°/s) | Reloading rate (seconds) | ||||||||||||
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| Mode | Capacity (Belt) | Fire rate | Vertical | Horizontal | Stabilizer | Stock | Upgraded | Full | Expert | Aced | Stock | Full | Expert | Aced |
| Arcade | 352 (8) | 120 | -5°/+85° | ±180° | N/A | 35.2 | 48.8 | 59.2 | 65.5 | 69.7 | 0.65 | 0.58 | 0.53 | 0.50 |
| Realistic | 23.8 | 28.0 | 34.0 | 37.6 | 40.0 | |||||||||
Ammunition
- Default: AP-T · FI-T*
- Mk.II: FI-T*
- M81A1: AP-T
| Penetration statistics | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belt | Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm) | |||||
| 10 m | 100 m | 500 m | 1,000 m | 1,500 m | 2,000 m | |
| Default | 72 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 38 | 30 |
| Mk.II | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| M81A1 | 72 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 38 | 30 |
| Belt details | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belt | Type of warhead |
Velocity (m/s) |
Projectile Mass (kg) |
Fuse delay (m) |
Fuse sensitivity (mm) |
Explosive Mass (TNT equivalent) (g) |
Ricochet | ||
| 0% | 50% | 100% | |||||||
| Mk.II | FI-T* | 874 | 0.86 | 0 | 0.1 | 63 | 79° | 80° | 81° |
| M81A1 | AP-T | 874 | 0.88 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 47° | 60° | 65° |
Ammo racks
| Full ammo |
1st rack empty |
2nd rack empty |
3rd rack empty |
4th rack empty |
5th rack empty |
6th rack empty |
7th rack empty |
8th rack empty |
9th rack empty |
10th rack empty |
11th rack empty |
12th rack empty |
13th rack empty |
Visual discrepancy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | 22 (+22) | 20 (+24) | 18 (+26) | 17 (+27) | 15 (+29) | 13 (+31) | 12 (+32) | 10 (+34) | 8 (+36) | 7 (+37) | 5 (+39) | 3 (+41) | 2 (+42) | Yes |
Notes:
- The visual discrepancy concerns racks and clips: racks are modelled to contain 5 clips while clips are modelled to contain 5 rounds.
- The game however shoots 8 rounds per clip and racks disappear after varying amounts of rounds have been shot. Example: Racks 2 to 13 are the same size (25 rounds) but some disappear after 2 clips were fired (16 rounds), some others disappear only after 1 clip (8 rounds) has been fired.
- No rack is emptied before you have fired 21 clips out of 44.
Usage in battles
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Pros and cons
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Pros:
- Heavy anti-air firepower
- Powerful 40 mm HE shells, can decimate/critically damage aircraft
- Reloads in 0.6 seconds
- Good mobility
Cons:
- Open top, exposing loaders and gunners
- Compared to other SPAA at the same rank, poor anti-vehicle performance
- Little armour
- Decreased mobility off-road
- Exposed ammo rack
History
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Media
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See also
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| Japan anti-aircraft vehicles | |
|---|---|
| Ke-Ni Derivatives | Ta-Se · So-Ki |
| Wheeled | Type 94 |
| Tracked | SUB-I-II |
| Radar SPAAG | Type 87 |
| Missile SPAA | Type 93 · Type 81 (C) |
| USA | ▅M16 MGMC · ▅M19A1 · ▅M42 |
