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The M-51 has poor armour for its BR, which is why you should never get into a brawl. Even if it's difficult to memorize which tank's roofs it can penetrate, the HE can be used to bully sneaky light tanks and beat certain SPGs like the Type 75 SPH. They can also be used in typical HEAT fashion to bombard any enemy 600 m away over a hill, even without direct sight - returned APHE fire will not hit the tank back, since it's generally a bit faster, and even if there is an artillery genius on the other side, the gun mask should be able to handle it. They can be used at point blank range to knock out Panthers with a single shot by hitting their hull straight to the middle. HEAT shells destroy any tank regardless of its armour.

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Due to the low gun elevation speed, the elevation mechanism upgrade is a must have, and it is generally a good idea to pull the gun up before charging downhill, as to not disarm the tank in process, particularly at low crew level. The only way to reduce the tilt is to upgrade movement modules, as it reduces the tilt threefold. This makes personal user skill to fire on move without braking a necessity. Gun accuracy is great even without the gun adjustment upgrade and with zero crew experience, but its vertical elevation speed is awful, and the gun is constantly tilted by changes of movement pace, which makes handling it difficult. Suspension wheels are 15 mm thick, tracks are 20 mm thick, and torsion bars are 10 mm thick.Īt medium to long range, the minor difference in HEAT and APHE velocity may allow M51 to outplay superior tanks.Cast homogeneous armour (hull, turret, cupola)Ħ3.5 mm (cylindrical) Transmission housing.Rolled homogeneous armour (hull side bottom, hull roof - engine).By keeping distance and vertical angle, the tank can reduce the probability of being penetrated. Because of this, if the M-51 is charging into high ground, it is easily destroyed before it can even fire, especially in AB. The actual roof is connected to it with 26 mm RHA plate, which is not even angled enough to bounce shells in the first place, and most of opponents in tank's rank are either extremely tall, have angle negating shells, or both. The gun mantlet actually allows the turret to deflect stray shots and can allow the tank to fight in hulldown position, but the turret's top is not cut off on the 'mask' level, but higher.

Turret sides are unlikely to protect from anything but 20 mm SPAA, but the front is decent. Unfortunately, tank's awful reverse speed does not allow it to charge with rear forward, so it can only be used defensively.

The rear is technically the best protected side when it comes to hopeless situations - if the opponent hits too high, then shell bounces into tough turret and does nothing if opponent hits too low, then engine might stop the shell. The side armour is quite weak and is arguable the weakest part of the tank, as even SPAA can penetrate it at various angles. Still, frontal armour can protect the tank from bombs and rockets. Almost every popular tank in the BR range can penetrate the tank's front with ease even when it is presented at an extreme angle, short of light tanks and SPAAs.

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