T57 Heavy

* T57 Heavy
* T57 Heavy Tireless

## General

The T57 Heavy Tank is a Tier X American heavy tank preceded by the T54E1.

Being the oldest tier X tank with a clip, it mounts a devastating 120 mm cannon with a 3 shell magazine. The 1200 burst damage it's capable of dealing is game-ending for tanks with low HP pools and makes quick work off of even the healthiest of tanks. The 2.5 interclip reload adds up to a quick 5 seconds total for the tank to dump out its clip. The fast interclip reload also helps with permatracking, making it a breeze to punish overextending players by both simultaneously wasting their repair kits as well as a great chunk of their HP. The 374 mm of HEAT penetration when running Calibrated Shells is more than enough to easily butter through the armor of tanks. The great aiming and dispersion values help in aiming at weakpoints as well as the all-important trackwheel. Recently in update 8,4, The armor layout as well as the 3D model have been changed, giving it excessively strong frontal hull armor similar to the likes of the AMX 50 B. As well as angled sides, similar to the hulls on the T110 tanks, giving you the chance to ricochet unlucky AP or APCR shells.

The tank also has it's fair share of flaws. Compared to the AMX 50 B, the tank has significantly worse mobility values. Being only able to get up to 34 Km/h with only about 16.5 hp/t. Though strangely it has the 2nd best traverse speed for a heavy tank in the game. The clip can be a double-edged sword at times, leaving you vulnerable for 19 seconds irregardless if you reload after dumping your clip or even after only shooting once. The armor is nothing to be proud of nor relied upon. While the frontal hull armor is extremely robust, the same cannot be said for the turret armor. It is trollish at best as it can bounce the occasional shell from poorly aimed shots or just luck. But really it's just that. Luck. Though the sides of the hull have the tricky angled portion as well as not sticking out as much compared to the AMX 50 B, as well as having the tracks cover up a significant portion of the sides, this does not stop HE shells from being used against the T57. The T57 also uses similar hulls present on the M103 as well as the T110 series of tanks, meaning the infamous trackwheel weakspot the hull possesses is also present here.

### Pros:

* Insane clip potential, capable of dealing 1200 damage in 5 seconds
* Great accuracy and penetration
* Strong frontal hull armor is similar to the AMX 50 B
* Good gun depression

### Cons:

* Unreliable overall armor profile
* Long clip reload
* Mediocre mobility
* Bad elevation angles

## Strategy

The tank is lacking in all other aspects except for firepower, so make full use of its gun. One important thing to keep in mind is that the T57 is not well suited for front-lining due to its lack of armor, so it's much better suited in a support role or second-lining. Your main strategy will consist of either quickly poking out to dump out a clip into an enemy tank or waiting for the enemy to overextend and punishing accordingly.

## Notes

The T57 is obtained from the T54E1. It is the first tier 10 tank with a 3 shell magazine, and for a long time the only. The other being the AMX 50 B, which was added in Update 3.6.

### Modules

 **Turret Armor** | Front: 152 mmSides: 145 mmRear: 51 mm
 **Max AmmoRack Size** | 36 shells

 **Terrain CrossingCapacity** | Road: 87% Ground: 80%Water: 43%

## History

"The T57 started life in the early 1950s. At this time, the 120mm Gun Tank T43 (which would become the M103) was well on its way to becoming America’s next heavy tank, but even before it had entered serialization, ideas began to circulate about future upgrades.

One such idea was the possibility of mounting an auto-loading device in the tank’s turret, and further study into this idea proved that such a device would be ill-suited to the T43’s turret. As such, concentration turned to a new turret design, which would be mounted on pivoting trunnions. In other words, designers began to consider the addition of a new technology at the time, an Oscillating Turret. Testing at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds (APG) had already proved that smaller caliber guns worked in such turrets. There was no reason that a larger caliber gun, such as the powerful 120mm, wouldn’t work in such a turret. A development program was initiated on October 12th, 1951, with the project receiving the designation of 120mm Gun Tank T57." - Tank Encyclopedia

## Trivia

The T57 Heavy is one of the only tanks to have its class in its name-"T57 *Heavy* Tank". The others being the T2 Light and the T1 Heavy.

It was the first tier X in the game to be mounted with a 3 shell autoloader, and for a long time the only. The AMX 50 B came after, which was added in Update 3.6.

## External Links

Mark Nash, 120mm Gun Tank T57 - Tank Encyclopedia

T57 Heavy — Tier X American heavy tank - Blitz Hangar

T57 (tank) - Wikipedia