Turan I

This page is about the Italian medium tank Turan I. For other versions, see Turan (Family).

Turan I

Turan I

Description

The 40.M Turan I is a rank Hungarian medium tank with a battle rating of (AB), (RB), and (SB) in the Italian research tree. It was introduced in Update "Sons of Attila" as part of the Hungarian branch of the Italian tech tree.

The Turán I was a Hungarian medium tank of World War II. Due to being forbidden from developing tanks after World War I, Hungary was still new to developing their own medium tanks from scratch. Therefore, the Turán I was originally based on the Czechoslovak Škoda T-21 medium tank prototype, which the Hungarians first developed into the T-22 design, before accepting the T-22 into service as the Turán I. The Turán I featured a redesigned turret, hull, and suspension, as well as a Hungarian 40 mm cannon and Hungarian 8 mm machine guns, increased armour protection, smoke grenades, and other changes. The Turán II and Turán III Hungarian medium tanks were developed from the Turán I. The Turán I became the backbone of Hungary's tank forces early in WW2, serving on the Eastern Front alongside the Toldi series light tanks and later the Zrinyi series tank destroyers, as well as some German-supplied tanks.

General info

Survivability and armour

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Armour type:

Armour	Front (Slope angle)	Sides	Rear	Roof
Hull	___ mm	___ mm Top ___ mm Bottom	___ mm	___ - ___ mm
Turret	___ - ___ mm Turret front ___ mm Gun mantlet	___ - ___ mm	___ - ___ mm	___ - ___ mm
Cupola	___ mm	___ mm	___ mm	___ mm

Notes:

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				403			__.__
Realistic				230			__.__

Armaments

Main armament

40 mm MAVAG 41.M 40/51					Turret rotation speed (°/s)					Reloading rate (seconds)
Mode	Capacity	Vertical	Horizontal	Stabilizer	Stock	Upgraded	Full	Expert	Aced	Stock	Full	Expert	Aced
Arcade	101	-10°/+20°	±180°	Shoulder	14.3	19.8	24.0	26.5	28.2	3.64	3.22	2.97	2.80
Realistic					8.9	10.5	12.8	14.1	15.0

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
36M	APHEBC	63	61	52	43	35	29
39M	HE	9	8	7	6	5	4
43M	APBC	73	71	61	51	42	35

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%
36M	APHEBC	812	0.97	1.2	9	17	48°	63°	71°
39M	HE	812	0.97	0.1	0.1	63	79°	80°	81°
43M	APBC	812	1.05	-	-	-	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	Visual discrepancy
101	89 (+12)	77 (+24)	65 (+36)	53 (+48)	41 (+60)	29 (+72)	17 (+84)	1 (+100)	No

Ammo racks of the Turan I

Notes:

• Racks 1 and 2 are modeled in groups of three shells. All others are modeled in groups of two shells.
• Turret empty: 41 (+60) shells.

Machine guns

8 mm 34/40M
Mount	Capacity (Belt)	Fire rate	Vertical	Horizontal
Coaxial	3,200 (100)	900	-	-

Usage in battles

The main advantages of the 40.M Turan I are its fast reload speed and wonderful gearbox allowing it to reach the same speed forwards and backwards.

This allows you to turn your tank around and drive backwards, effectively protecting your hull crew by having the entire engine and transmission take incoming fire instead of your crew. Moving backwards, your engine will absorb all shots to the hull. Keep in mind however, that the turret armour is not great, and shots penetrating it can still kill all the crew inside.

With the reload speed being at around 3 seconds, it is advised to use APBC (once unlocked) instead of APHEBC, since it has more penetration and the reload speed allows you to quickly finish an opponent that could have survived the first shot.

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Fast firing gun
• Good mobility
• Reverse gearbox allows it to retreat from danger quickly, or to reposition itself conveniently
• Shoulder stabiliser gives it a fair advantage when shooting on the move and in close-quarters combat
• 50 mm frontal armour is sturdy against tanks using small caliber rounds (e.g. M3/M5 Stuart)
• -10° gun depression makes combat in mountainous terrain easy
• 5 crew members and spaced-out ammo racks mean higher survivability
• Has smoke grenades
• Spaced armour side skirts protect the tank from HEAT and HE (to an extent)

Cons:

• Angling the hull makes some spots no longer angled, making them into weakspots
• Armour is average and can be defeated by tanks with good penetration
• Somewhat low power-to-weight ratio of around 14 makes climbing hills a struggle
• 40 mm cannon performs poorly in ranged combat, as its penetration drops drastically
• Lacklustre turret traverse speed

History

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Media

Skins

• Skins and camouflages for the Turan I from live.warthunder.com.

See also

Related development

• Turán (Family)
• Turán II
• Turán III
• Zrínyi I
• Zrínyi II

Other Hungarian vehicles

• Csaba
• Toldi IIA

Similar vehicles

• Pz.III J
• Chi-He
• M15/42
• Celere Sahariano
• Pz.38(t) n.A.

External links

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