M24 Chaffee No. 594

M24 Chaffee No. 594 stats at a glance

The M24 Chaffee No. 594 has 440 hit points , 25.4mm of frontal hull armor , and a top speed of 56 km/h. Its strongest gun configuration deals 110 damage per shot with 118mm of armor penetration , giving it a theoretical maximum DPM of 1609.

Hull & survivability

The front-to-side armor ratio is 1.0:1. Side armor is relatively comparable to the front, meaning the Chaffee 594 can absorb some side hits in close-quarters fighting.

Mobility

Forward-to-reverse speed ratio is 2.8:1. The Chaffee 594 has solid reverse speed for repositioning after taking a shot.

Camouflage

Available guns (1)

With the top-tier gun, the Chaffee 594 can theoretically output up to 1609 damage per minute at sustained fire (shot damage × rounds per minute).

How Chaffee 594 compares to its peers

There are 15 tier 5 light tanks in WoT, including the Chaffee 594. Its 440 HP places it in the top 79% for hit points among same-tier light tanks (peer average: 466). Frontal hull armor of 25.4mm ranks in the top 71% for the class (peer average: 31mm). Top forward speed of 56 km/h is faster than 7% of peer vehicles in this tier and class. The strongest gun deals 110 damage per shot, higher than 50% of comparable vehicles. Best penetration of 118mm puts it in the top 21% for armor-piercing capability in its class.

Direct comparisons

• Chaffee 594 vs Chaffee — tier 5 light tank from USA
• Chaffee 594 vs Chaffee Camo — tier 5 light tank from USA
• Chaffee 594 vs M7 — tier 5 light tank from USA
• See full tier 5 light tank tier list — all 15 vehicles ranked

Related tier 5 light tanks

• A-20 — USSR
• AMX 13 (FL 11) — France, premium
• AMX ELC bis — France
• BT-42 Jatkosota HS — Germany, premium
• Chaffee Camouflaged (Story Mode Stealth) — USA
• Chaffee Camouflaged — USA, premium
• M24 Chaffee (Story Mode) — USA
• M24 Chaffee — USA
• All USA tanks · Tier 5 premium tanks

Understand the stats

Want a deeper grasp of what these numbers actually mean in battle? Read the glossary:

• What is DPM — the most important offensive metric
• Alpha damage — single-shot damage and what it means for playstyle
• Penetration — and how it interacts with armor angling
• Hull-down position — the king of defensive plays
• View range — how spotting actually works

About this vehicle

One of the American projects in 1946 was testing of the M24 Chaffee with the suspension from the German Sd.Kfz. 8. Its chassis with staggered wheel arrangement and tracks with needle bearings had excellent movement characteristics and was of great interest to researchers. Testing on solid terrain yielded satisfactory results, which could not be said about soft terrain. In general, there were no obvious advantages of using this suspension compared to the standard M24 Chaffee suspension. Testing was stopped and the project was terminated.

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