Serpente

Serpente stats at a glance

The Serpente has 1280 hit points , 80mm of frontal hull armor , and a top speed of 55 km/h. Its strongest gun configuration deals 400 damage per shot with 246mm of armor penetration , giving it a theoretical maximum DPM of 1920.

Hull & survivability

The front-to-side armor ratio is 1.8:1.

Mobility

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

Camouflage

Available guns (1)

With the top-tier gun, the Serpente can theoretically output up to 1920 damage per minute at sustained fire (shot damage × rounds per minute).

How Serpente compares to its peers

There are 58 tier 9 medium tanks in WoT, including the Serpente. Its 1280 HP places it in the top 88% for hit points among same-tier medium tanks (peer average: 1334). Frontal hull armor of 80mm ranks in the top 70% for the class (peer average: 97mm). Top forward speed of 55 km/h is faster than 54% of peer vehicles in this tier and class. The strongest gun deals 400 damage per shot, higher than 82% of comparable vehicles. Best penetration of 246mm puts it in the top 47% for armor-piercing capability in its class.

Direct comparisons

• Serpente vs Patton Tank — tier 9 medium tank from USA
• Serpente vs Ares MTB — tier 9 medium tank from USA
• Serpente vs Ares 85 — tier 9 medium tank from USA
• See full tier 9 medium tank tier list — all 58 vehicles ranked

Related tier 9 medium tanks

• Alpha E 50 — Germany
• AMX 30 1er prototype — France
• Ares 85 — USA
• Ares MTB — USA, premium
• Bat.-Châtillon 25 t AP — France
• Centurion Mk. 7/1 — UK
• Char Futur 4 — France, premium
• Char Murat — France, premium
• All Italy tanks · Tier 9 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

In the 1960s, the Italian Ministry of Defense determined the requirements for a promising medium tank capable of competing with Warsaw Pact and NATO vehicles. The designers proposed a configuration with an unmanned oscillating turret. The three-man crew was located at the front of the vehicle, with the commander and the gunner observing the battlefield through cameras from there. To meet the military's requirements, armor and the volume of ammunition had to be sacrificed, due to which the tank was planned for ambushing. However, because the cameras had poor image quality and the electronics we...

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