Carro 45t

Carro 45t

## General Information

The **Carro 45t** is a tier X Italian collector medium tank. It features 380 alpha damage, some of the highest among all medium tanks. In addition, it's an autoreloader with 4 shells, however this comes at a cost of possessing the Reserve Shell mechanic. Due to its name being very similar to the English word of "carrot", the tank is affectionately called the "Carrot."

## Strategy

### Pros

* High alpha for a medium at 380
* Fairly high forward top speed at 55 km/h
* Low chance of catching fire
* Quick hull traverse

### Cons

* Bad armor, pretty much only saved by the angling and use of gun depression
* Has the Reserve Shell mechanic, which greatly cripples the Carro's DPM once fired
* Takes 40 seconds to load in every shell in the magazine
* Poor gun elevation (15º)

### Strategy

#### As the Carro 45t

The most important thing to remember in this tank is that you only have armor when you angle your armor through gun depression. To decrease autoreloading time, you can run double feed and Improved Feed, as well as Improved Ventilation.

In battle, you cannot frontline at all due to your lack of armor. Pick a second-line spot or a spot where you can safely shoot and pull back into cover. Even if you use gun depression to hide your hull and expose your turret, make your shots count and pull back into safety. Try to only fire off your first shell (in order of firing when the magazine is fully loaded) as that gives you the best DPM. Do not fire off the Reserve Shell unless if you are absolutely certain that you can reload your clip in safety, or if you can destroy the last enemy on the flank. You can dump your entire clip into an enemy if it will kill them or draw them out into your allies' line of fire, but even then refrain from firing off every shell in your magazine. Be wary of any unspotted tank destroyers, as their HE shells are likely able to penetrate straight through your frontal hull armor.

Alternatively, you can think of this tank as a medium version of the AMX 50 B if you plan to dump your first 3 shells each time they load in. Don't overextend and make sure to be more laid back compared to other mediums. It's ok to be cautious, especially in this tank.

#### Against the Carro 45t

Fire off AP or APCR at the Carro frontally, but on the rear you can safely fire off HE if you're careful. The general strategy if the Carro is by itself or with little support is to make sure that you're safe and then bait or bounce every single one of the Carro's shells or force it into unloading 3 shells but not the reserve one. Then you simply fire as many shells as you can into the Carro before the Carro can fire back and repeat.

If the Carro arrives with the majority of its team, then the strategy is to fire at the Carro if it pokes out. There isn't a set strategy, aim carefully to not bounce or let the Carro's own gun troll it, as the Carro doesn't have the best medium tank gun. More reckless or newer players may overextend and that's your chance to fire away at the Carro.

## Specifications

### Modules

#### Turret

 **Turret Armor** | Front: 89 mmSides: 69 mmRear: 50 mm
 **Max AmmoRack Size** | 88 shells

#### Suspension

 **Terrain CrossingCapacity** | Road: 104% Ground: 95%Water: 71%

## Legendary Camouflage

 Description
 Concealment
 Icon
 Appearance

## History

From Blitzhangar: "A project of an Italian medium tank developed in the second half of the 1960s as a part of cooperation with the countries of the Western European Union to develop new prototypes of armored vehicles. The project was discontinued at the development stage."

## Trivia

* The Carro 45t's legendary camouflage name and appearance has a reason behind it: in the teaser video a hacker managed to get into the game's code and added it, and since the tank itself was a glitch inserted into the game, the legendary camouflage is seemingly unstable and will glitch when shot at. Certain textures will also move around automatically.

## External Links

https://na.wotblitz.com/en/news/event/carro-da-combattimento/

https://blitzhangar.com/en/tank/carro-45t

https://na.wotblitz.com/en/news/event/carro-45t/