Strv m/42-57 Alt A.2

Strv m/42-57 Alt A.2 stats at a glance

The Strv m/42-57 Alt A.2 has 624 hit points , 55mm of frontal hull armor , and a top speed of 45 km/h. Its strongest gun configuration deals 150 damage per shot with 148mm of armor penetration , giving it a theoretical maximum DPM of 1637.

Hull & survivability

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

Mobility

Forward-to-reverse speed ratio is 2.3:1. The Strv m/42-57 has solid reverse speed for repositioning after taking a shot.

Camouflage

Available guns (1)

With the top-tier gun, the Strv m/42-57 can theoretically output up to 1637 damage per minute at sustained fire (shot damage × rounds per minute).

How Strv m/42-57 compares to its peers

There are 39 tier 6 medium tanks in WoT, including the Strv m/42-57. Its 624 HP places it in the top 97% for hit points among same-tier medium tanks (peer average: 700). Frontal hull armor of 55mm ranks in the top 71% for the class (peer average: 64mm). Top forward speed of 45 km/h is faster than 21% of peer vehicles in this tier and class. The strongest gun deals 150 damage per shot, higher than 61% of comparable vehicles. Best penetration of 148mm puts it in the top 39% for armor-piercing capability in its class.

Direct comparisons

• Strv m/42-57 vs E8 Sherman — tier 6 medium tank from USA
• Strv m/42-57 vs E8 Sherman — tier 6 medium tank from USA
• Strv m/42-57 vs E8 Sherman — tier 6 medium tank from USA
• See full tier 6 medium tank tier list — all 39 vehicles ranked

Related tier 6 medium tanks

• 40TP Habicha — Poland
• A-43 — USSR
• AC 4 Experimental — UK, premium
• Bretagne Panther — France, premium
• B.U.G.I. — Poland
• Type 4 Chi-To — Japan
• Cromwell B — UK, premium
• Cromwell — UK
• All Sweden tanks · Tier 6 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

As part of development of the Strv 74, a project was proposed for a vehicle with the oscillating turret of the French AMX 13 tank and the 7,5 cm kan strv 74 gun; however, the vehicle was never built.

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