T54 Heavy Tank

T54 Heavy Tank stats at a glance

The T54 Heavy Tank has 1360 hit points , 254mm of frontal hull armor , and a top speed of 40 km/h. Its strongest gun configuration deals 450 damage per shot with 240mm of armor penetration , giving it a theoretical maximum DPM of 2196.

Hull & survivability

The front-to-side armor ratio is 3.3:1. This pronounced angling makes the T54 Heavy significantly stronger when keeping its front facing the enemy.

Mobility

Forward-to-reverse speed ratio is 2.7:1. Reverse speed is limited, so pre-aim and exposure timing matter more on this vehicle.

Camouflage

Available guns (1)

With the top-tier gun, the T54 Heavy can theoretically output up to 2196 damage per minute at sustained fire (shot damage × rounds per minute).

How T54 Heavy compares to its peers

There are 69 tier 9 heavy tanks in WoT, including the T54 Heavy. Its 1360 HP places it in the top 93% for hit points among same-tier heavy tanks (peer average: 1486). Frontal hull armor of 254mm ranks in the top 3% for the class (peer average: 152mm). Top forward speed of 40 km/h is faster than 54% of peer vehicles in this tier and class. The strongest gun deals 450 damage per shot, higher than 68% of comparable vehicles. Best penetration of 240mm puts it in the top 96% for armor-piercing capability in its class.

Direct comparisons

• T54 Heavy vs AE Phase I — tier 9 heavy tank from USA
• T54 Heavy vs Concept 1B — tier 9 heavy tank from USA
• T54 Heavy vs M-VI-Y — tier 9 heavy tank from USA
• See full tier 9 heavy tank tier list — all 69 vehicles ranked

Related tier 9 heavy tanks

• 50TP Tyszkiewicza — Poland
• 63TP Rycerski — Poland, premium
• AE Phase I — USA, premium
• Ambassador — Sweden, premium
• AMX 50 120 — France
• AMX M4 mle. 51 FL — France, premium
• AMX M4 mle. 51 — France
• Buryan — USSR, premium
• All USA 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

The design for an American medium tank, later reclassified as a heavy tank. Developed in the mid-1950s, this tank was based on the mass-produced M48 tank, but featured an original turret. There were also plans to equip the vehicle with a mechanized loading system, but this idea was later abandoned. Eventually, work on the project was discontinued at the modeling stage in favor of more promising projects.

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