Tiran 4

This page is about the Israeli medium tank Tiran 4. For the other version, see Tiran 4S.

Tiran 4

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Tiran 4S

Tiran 4

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Tiran 4S

Israel

V Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
8.0	8.0	8.0

Class:

Medium tank

Research:82 000

Purchase:240 000

Description

The Tiran 4 is a rank V Israeli medium tank with a battle rating of 8.0 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update "Danger Zone".

The representation of captured Arabs T-54 in Israeli service, Tiran 4 provides the same firepower and mobility of a T-54 while still suffers from the same cramped interior space, downgraded anti-aircraft machine gun, unprotected ammo racks as well as a slow turret traverse speed.

General info

Survivability and armour

Armourfront / side / back

Hull100 / 80 / 45

Turret200 / 160 / 65

Crew4 people

Visibility83 %

Since Tiran 4 is mostly identical to the original T-54s other than its machine guns, the overall appearance is basically the same as well. While it is sufficient to stop most full-caliber kinetic shells, for HEAT, APDS or even APFSDS at higher tiers, the armor might not be enough to survive shots from them; another problem is the unprotected ammo rack located on the right side of the hull, any penetrated hits that hit the remaining ammo will certainly blows the tank sky-high.

Armour type:

Armour	Front (Slope angle)	Sides	Rear	Roof
Hull	100 mm (60°) Front glacis 100 mm (54°) Lower glacis	80 mm	45 mm (16°) Upper 30 mm (72°) Lower	30 mm Front 20 mm Back
Turret	160 mm (14-39°) Turret front 200 mm (4-78°) Gun mantlet	115 mm (45-50°) Upper 155 mm (10-30°) Lower	65 mm (9-35°)	30 mm

Notes:

Mobility

Speedforward / back

AB56 / 9 km/h

RB and SB51 / 8 km/h

Number of gears5 forward

1 back

Weight35.5 t

Engine power

AB992 hp

RB and SB520 hp

Power-to-weight ratio

AB27.9 hp/t

RB and SB14.6 hp/t

Due to the lack of resources during the wars, Israeli didn't replaced the powerplants and retained the same V-54 engine for its relibility; while this couldn't make Tiran 4 a fast tank, this at least ensures its capability to keep up with teammates.

Game Mode	Max Speed (km/h)		Weight (tons)	Engine power (horsepower)		Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton)
	Forward	Reverse		Stock	Upgraded	Stock	Upgraded
Arcade	56	9	35.5	806	992	22.7	27.94
Realistic	51	8		460	520	12.96	14.65

Modifications and economy

Repair costBasic → Reference

AB4 023 → 5 177

RB4 478 → 5 763

SB6 354 → 8 177

Total cost of modifications68 700

116 600

Talisman cost1 900

Crew training68 000

Experts240 000

Aces990

Research Aces620 000

Reward for battleAB / RB / SB

120 / 190 / 220 %

184 / 184 / 184 %

Modifications

Mobility	Protection	Firepower
Tracks Research: 3 600 Cost: 5 900 190 Suspension Research: 4 000 Cost: 6 500 210 Brake System Research: 4 000 Cost: 6 500 210 Filters Research: 3 600 Cost: 5 900 190 Transmission Research: 4 600 Cost: 7 500 240 Engine Research: 4 600 Cost: 7 500 240	Improved Parts Research: 2 300 Cost: 5 900 190 Improved FPE Research: 2 600 Cost: 6 500 210 Crew Replenishment Research: 3 600 Cost: 5 900 190	Horizontal Drive Research: 3 600 Cost: 5 900 190 100mm_APHE_ammo_pack Research: 3 600 Cost: 5 900 190 Adjustment of Fire Research: 4 000 Cost: 6 500 210 Elevation Mechanism Research: 3 600 Cost: 5 900 190 100mm_APCBC_ammo_pack Research: 3 600 Cost: 5 900 190 100mm_ussr_Smoke_ammo_pack Research: 3 600 Cost: 5 900 190 Artillery Support Research: 4 600 Cost: 7 500 240 100mm_APDS_ammo_pack Research: 4 600 Cost: 7 500 240 100mm_HEAT_ammo_pack Research: 4 600 Cost: 7 500 240

Armaments

Main armament

100 mm D-10T cannon

Ammunition34 rounds

First-order20 rounds

Reloadbasic crew → aces

9.7 → 7.5 s

Vertical guidance-4° / 17°

100 mm D-10T					Turret rotation speed (°/s)					Reloading rate (seconds)
Mode	Capacity	Vertical	Horizontal	Stabilizer	Stock	Upgraded	Full	Expert	Aced	Stock	Full	Expert	Aced
Arcade	34	-4°/+17°	±180°	N/A	9.5	13.2	16.0	17.7	18.8	11.05	9.78	9.01	8.50
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
BR-412	APHE	218	212	190	164	143	124
BR-412B	APHEBC	218	215	201	184	169	155
BR-412D	APCBC	239	236	220	202	186	170
3BM-8	APDS	299	298	291	272	253	249
3BK-5	HEATFS	380	380	380	380	380	380
OF-412	HE	19	19	19	19	19	19

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%
BR-412	APHE	895	15.9	1.2	19	100.1	47°	60°	65°
BR-412B	APHEBC	895	15.9	1.2	19	100.1	48°	63°	71°
BR-412D	APCBC	887	15.9	1.2	19	93.94	48°	63°	71°
3BM-8	APDS	1,415	4.13	N/A	N/A	N/A	75°	78°	80°
3BK-5	HEATFS	900	12.38	0.05	0.1	1,440	65°	72°	77°
OF-412	HE	900	15.6	0	0.1	1,460	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)
3D3	880	15.6	20	5	25	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
34	33 (+1)	28 (+6)	24 (+10)	23 (+11)	21 (+13)	1 (+33)	No

Machine guns

7.62 mm M1919A4 machine gun (coaxial)

Ammunition3 000 rounds

Belt capacity250 rounds

Reloadbasic crew → aces

10.4 → 8.0 s

Fire rate500 shots/min

7.62 mm M1919A4 machine gun

Ammunition1 000 rounds

Belt capacity250 rounds

Reloadbasic crew → aces

10.4 → 8.0 s

Fire rate500 shots/min

7.62 mm M1919A4
Mount	Capacity (Belt)	Fire rate	Vertical	Horizontal
Coaxial	3,000 (250)	500	N/A	N/A
Pintle	1,000 (250)	500	-10°/+60°	±180°

Due to the logistic reasons of IDF, all the Warsaw Pact caliber firearms were replaced by US made M1919A4s which is only good for gunning down exposed crews; the chances of shooting down any aircrafts are minimal.

Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

Pros:

• Powerful 100 mm gun with variety of ammunition
• Sufficient speed and mobility at its tier
• Sufficient protection

Cons:

• Having only a M1919A4 as pintle machine gun
• Slow turret traverse speed
• Unprotected ammo rack

History

As part of the Cold War and long-lasting Jewish-Arab conflicts, the Soviet Union sold many T-54 and T-55 for Syria and Egypt as part of their military sales; while the reliability of these tanks were proven throughout the conflicts, but during the 1967 Six-Day War and the sequence Yom Kippur War in 1973, Israeli captured at least 300 T-54/55/62 series tanks during these two wars to resupply their heavily devastated armored corps and dubbed "Tiran" (lit. Tyrant) in Israeli service. Where those captured tanks was dubbed Tiran 1/2/3 for T-54/55/62 respectively, some records showed that Israeli used these tanks with their original markings in Egyptian service and harassed the west coast of the Suez Canal. For those Tirans which received some logistic modification, the designation became Tiran 4/5/6 instead.

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