T42 - New American Premium MT in World of Tanks

 Hi all!

Picked up the T42, a new Tier 8 US Premium MT in WoT this morning. Here's just my first impressions.

• It looks good, kind of like the Chaffee went to the gym.
• Mobility isn't very good. Maybe because it looks a lot like the Chaffee I expected it to be nimble and it really isn't. It's pretty sluggish, but hey, it's a MT.
• Turret armor is pretty good at 216mm and I got some nice trolly bounces. Has the usual excellent USA gun depression (-10) to go with that.
• Hull armor is pretty poor.
• Reload even with BIA, vents and a rammer isn't great (7.48 secs). The 280 alpha is nice though. 
• Penetration on the silver ammo is a bit of a problem - only 190. You may have to spam gold if you expect to pen reliably.
• Accuracy is excellent at .3, but shell velocity at 814m/s feels a bit sluggish too.
• View range is typical USA good, camo...not so much, but hey, it's a MT with good turret armor.

I just got it, so I don't have many battles in it, but so far I sort of like it. And it comes with a 100% BIA crew, which is nice if you need a new USA MT crew.

Should you get one?

Well...as usual that's up to you. :-) It only has four crew slots so might not be a great USA MT crew trainer for you (other than for the T69 maybe), but it seems kinda fun. If you're mad that you missed out on the TL-1 LPC you might find this tank to be sort of close. 

What are your thoughts on the T42? Leave 'em in the comments below!

GLHF!