Tier V Light Tank Soviet Union

A-20

Tank ID 2049

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

Development of the A-20 tank started at Kharkov Factory No. 138 in December 1937. The project was a further development of the BT-7 tank and became a predecessor of the legendary T-34. Work on the vehicle was led by Mikhail Koshkin. On May 18, 1938, technical characteristics of the tank designated BT-20 were approved. Only a few experimental prototypes, with a wheeled caterpillar suspension, were built for training purposes.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

590

Weight

17.6 t

Forward speed

72 km/h

Reverse speed

23 km/h

View range

350 m

Signal range

615 m

Armour

	Front	Sides	Rear
Hull	20	20	16
Turret	25	25	25

Engine: V-2 (A-20) · 520 hp

Radio: 12LL

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

45 mm 20K (A-20)

Calibre 45 mm

Reload time 1.9 s

Aiming time 1.9 s

Dispersion 0.39

Rate of fire 31.58 /min

Ammo capacity 160

Shell types

AP · armour-piercing Damage 45 / 60 / 75

Penetration 70 / 93 / 116 mm

APCR · composite rigid Damage 45 / 60 / 75

Penetration 97 / 129 / 161 mm

HE · high explosive Damage 56 / 75 / 94

Penetration 17 / 23 / 29 mm

Marks of Excellence

Damage thresholds

Combined Damage (Damage + Assist + Tracking)

Combined damage

1 Mark ≥ 65 %

590

2 Marks ≥ 85 %

858

3 Marks ≥ 95 %

1,109

Approximation based on WN8 expected values — not an official Wargaming figure.

WN8 Expected Values

XVM reference

XVM Expected Values for WN8 calculation (per battle)

Per battle (avg.)

Avg. damage 358

Avg. spotted 2.71

Avg. kills 0.78

Avg. defence 1.12

Exp. win rate 54.75 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

Average across every profile stored on WG-Watch — real battles instead of expected values.

Win rate

49.49 %

Avg. WN8

780

Battles

15,186

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 86 of 87 at Tier V

Best players on this tank

By WN8

From the stored profiles, minimum 50 battles on this vehicle. Updated daily.

#	Player	WN8	Battles	Win rate
1	Hasperio eu	6,347	82	62.20 %
2	Deathdooming eu	5,725	168	61.31 %
3	frosty027 eu	5,528	117	59.83 %
4	swiss1809 na	5,302	83	67.47 %
5	Thraximundurabrask na	4,688	74	62.16 %
6	m00h eu	3,983	267	66.29 %
7	Xilense eu	3,970	165	67.27 %
8	Eumelmad eu	3,725	53	73.58 %
9	skill4ltu eu	3,661	65	58.46 %
10	stronk_noob eu	3,201	70	51.43 %