Alecto I

Alecto I

Alecto I

Britain

I Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
1.7	1.7	1.7

Class:

PREMIUM

Tank destroyer

Purchase:Bundle or Gift

Description

The Alecto I is a premium gift rank I British tank destroyer with a battle rating of 1.7 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced during Update "Wind of Change" as a reward for the "Battle for Arachis" event.

General info

Survivability and armour

Armourfront / side / back

Hull10 / 10 / 10

Turret10 / 0 / 0

Crew4 people

Visibility104 %

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Armour type:

• Rolled homogeneous armour

Armour	Front (Slope angle)	Sides	Rear	Roof
Hull	6 mm (36°) Front glacis 10 mm (7°) Lower glacis	5 mm Top - Front upper plate 6 mm (57°) Top - Front centre glacis 5 mm Top - Front lower plate 6 mm (33°) Top - Rear glacis 10 mm (37°) Bottom	10 mm Upper plate 6 mm  (36°) Lower glacis	4 mm Engine compartment
Gun shield	10 mm (cylindrical) Turret front 10 mm Gun mantlet

Notes:

• Suspension wheels and torsion bars are 20 mm thick, while tracks are 15 mm thick.
• Belly armour is 6 mm thick.
• There is a 6 mm thick plate separating the crew compartment from the engine compartment.
• The driver seats in a compartment surrounded with 4 mm thick plates on the front and the sides.
• Mudguards are 4 mm thick.

Mobility

Speedforward / back

AB54 / 6 km/h

RB and SB50 / 6 km/h

Number of gears5 forward

1 back

Weight8.0 t

Engine power

AB315 hp

RB and SB165 hp

Power-to-weight ratio

AB39.4 hp/t

RB and SB20.6 hp/t

Game Mode	Max Speed (km/h)		Weight (tons)	Engine power (horsepower)		Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton)
	Forward	Reverse		Stock	Upgraded	Stock	Upgraded
Arcade	54	6	8	234	315	29.25	39.38
Realistic	50	6		146	165	18.25	20.63

Modifications and economy

Repair cost

AB374

RB140

SB172

Crew training450

Experts3 000

Aces45

Research Aces220 000

Reward for battleAB / RB / SB

2 × 20 / 20 / 30 %

2 × 100 / 100 / 100 %

Modifications

Mobility	Protection	Firepower
Tracks Suspension Brake System Filters Transmission Engine	Improved Parts Improved FPE Crew Replenishment	Horizontal Drive Adjustment of Fire Elevation Mechanism 95mm_howitzer_Smoke_ammo_pack

Armaments

Main armament

95 mm Ordnance QF SP Mk. III howitzer

Ammunition48 rounds

Reloadbasic crew → aces

11.1 → 8.6 s

Vertical guidance-5° / 26°

Horizontal guidance-15° / 15°

95 mm Howitzer, Tank No.1, Mk.I					Turret rotation speed (°/s)					Reloading rate (seconds)
Mode	Capacity	Vertical	Horizontal	Stabilizer	Stock	Upgraded	Full	Expert	Aced	Stock	Full	Expert	Aced
Arcade	48	-5°/+25°	±15°	N/A	8.8	12.2	14.8	16.4	17.4	11.18	9.89	9.12	8.60
Realistic					6.0	7.0	8.5	9.4	10.0

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
Shell H.E./A.T.	HEAT	110	110	110	110	110	110
Shell Mk.Ia	HE	10	10	10	10	10	10

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%
Shell H.E./A.T.	HEAT	502	6.72	0	0.3	781.66	62°	69°	73°
Shell Mk.Ia	HE	320	11.34	0	0.1	666	79°	80°	81°

Smoke shell characteristics
Ammunition	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile Mass (kg)	Screen radius (m)	Screen deploy time (s)	Screen hold time (s)	Explosive Mass (TNT equivalent) (g)
Shell SE Mk,I	320	11.34	13	5	20	50

Ammo racks

Ammo racks of the Alecto I

Full ammo	1st rack empty	2nd rack empty	Visual discrepancy
48	25 (+23)	1 (+47)	No

Notes:

• Shells are modeled individually and disappear after having been shot or loaded.

Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

Pros:

• High penetration round for a tier 1 tank
• HEAT shell does not lose penetration over range

Cons:

• Long reload time for a rank I vehicle
• Thinly armoured & open-topped
• Shell drop makes long range engagements difficult

History

The Alecto I is a British self propelled gun developed from the Tetrach light tank towards the end of the Second World War. Fitted with a newly developed 3.75 inch howitzer in an open top casemate configuration, the Alecto only completed trials after the war had ended, leading to it serving briefly with the British Army in Germany and the Middle East without seeing any combat.

Devblog

A further development of the Tetrarch light tank concept resulted in the Mk.VIII Harry Hopkins light cruiser tank, which Vickers-Armstrongs was creating to be an airborne tank. Since the mass of the vehicle by the beginning of the production exceeded the allowable for the project, and the design itself still required serious improvements, the company's engineering team decided to continue their work, turning the project into a light self-propelled unit with a 3.75”” howitzer Q.F. 95mm. The chassis engine compartment was completely unified with the Harry Hopkins, while the combat compartment and the gun were completely new for the series. The SPG is called Alecto I (or Alecto Mk. I) went to the testing in 1944 and, after implementing new changes (again with an increase in the mass of the machine), the self-propelled guns were built in a small batch by June 1945. The war had already ended by that time, and all units built were used mainly for training purposes and were decommissioned in 1955.

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See also

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External links

• [Devblog] “Battle for Arachis”: Alecto Mk. I SPG

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