Some time ago, official descriptions of upcoming vehicles were leaked from the supertest. Object 416 was amongst them, here\u2019s how it is described by Wargaming: <\/p>\n History<\/strong><\/p>\n Initially, the vehicle was concieved at Kharkov Plant no.75 (which is logical, the new medium branch can be called a \u201cKharkov\u201d) branch. The goal of the project was to create an entirely new tank, that would be as much protected as possible while weighting as little as possible. The technical project for it was finished in 1950.<\/p>\n In 1951, a prototype was built. Preliminary tests revealed a number of defects, most of which had to do with drivetrain and suspension reliability. The extremely low height of the vehicle (implemented so that the frontal silhouette is as small as possible) had also severe impact on crew operation \u2013 the tank was simply too small to do anything in! Since it proved practically impossible to drive the vehicle and fire the gun simultaneously, the work on the prototype was stopped and \u201cObject 416\u2033 was redesignated into a self-propelled gun, recieving an official designation of SU-100M.<\/p>\n In 1952, SU-100M passed the tests, but it was never adopted in service. The reason for that was that in most parameters, SU-100M was basically equal to SU-100P (and in some parameters it was even worse), which was serially produced since 1952 \u2013 and therefore there was no need to implement it.<\/p>\n Characteristics<\/strong><\/p>\n The vehicle is really tiny (length: 7940mm, width 3240mm, height only 1823mm \u2013 that\u2019s 2cm higher than the AMX ELC), but light (24 tons) and somewhat decently armored (60mm front, 45mm sides). It\u2019s propelled by a 400hp engine and armed with a 100mm gun.<\/p>\n Crew: 4 (consider how small the tank is) In the game<\/strong><\/p>\n Basically, what we have here will be possibly the Soviet AMX ELC with fully traverseable turret, but without the deadly gun. It will most likely have awesome camo rating, but without a buffed engine, its mobility will be good to mediocre \u2013 and the gun won\u2019t help, unless (again) it gets another gun option, or a buff. Personally, I think Wargaming will try to make it into a maneuvering brawler, that could \u2013 with its low height \u2013 be seriously annoying to fight on close ranges. We\u2019ll just have to see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hello everyone, today, we are going to h … \u7ee7\u7eed\u9605\u8bfb ![\"Object_416-3\"](\"http:\/\/ftr.wot-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Object_416-3.jpg\")
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\nThe Object 416 was a medium tank developed by the Construction Bureau of Plant No. 75 starting in 1949. An early prototype was completed by March 1950. Due to problems with the turret, the prototype was not operational until the end of April 1952. By the summer of 1953, the prototype was tested and upgraded. The vehicle passed trials, but never entered mass production.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nWeight: 24 tons
\nEngine: 400hp V12 diesel
\nPower to weight ratio: 16,7 hp\/t
\nMaximum speed: 45 km\/h
\nHull armor: 60mm\/45mm\/45mm
\nTurret armor: front 110mm (+110mm mantlet)
\nGun: 100mm L\/58 M-63 (it was developed from the D-10T, it has a wedge breech, in order to stabilize it for the smaller vehicle, it recieved a muzzle brake and the ROF was lowered, generally I think its performance will resemble the D-10T, as both guns fire the same ammunition)
\nGun depression\/elevation: -5\/+30<\/p>\n