AMX M4 mle. 49
Tier VIII Heavy Tank France

AMX M4 mle. 49

AMX M4 49

Tank ID 62785

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

A heavy tank that was originally known as Project 141. Since France needed modern heavy tanks, development started immediately after World War II. Existed only in blueprints.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

1,500

Weight

70.0 t

Forward speed

40 km/h

Reverse speed

15 km/h

View range

390 m

Signal range

750 m

Armour

Front Sides Rear
Hull 190 55 40
Turret 250 120 60

Engine: Maybach V-12 ACC · 1,000 hp

Radio: SCR 528F

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

100 mm SA47

Calibre 100 mm
Reload time 10.3 s
Aiming time 2.5 s
Dispersion 0.36
Rate of fire 5.83 /min
Ammo capacity 60

Shell types

AP · armour-piercing Damage 225 / 300 / 375

Penetration 174 / 232 / 290 mm

APCR · composite rigid Damage 225 / 300 / 375

Penetration 197 / 263 / 329 mm

HE · high explosive Damage 300 / 400 / 500

Penetration 38 / 50 / 63 mm

Marks of Excellence

Damage thresholds

Combined Damage (Damage + Assist + Tracking)

Combined damage
1 Mark ≥ 65 %
1,996
2 Marks ≥ 85 %
2,903
3 Marks ≥ 95 %
3,749

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 1,209
Avg. spotted 1.00
Avg. kills 0.75
Avg. defence 0.58
Exp. win rate 52.15 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

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

Win rate

53.29 %

Avg. WN8

1,933

Battles

9,941

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 144 of 228 at Tier VIII

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 mailand eu 4,903 57 64.91 %
2 skill4ltu eu 4,893 103 67.96 %
3 iyouxin eu 4,651 87 65.52 %
4 Yzne eu 4,568 83 65.06 %
5 m00h eu 3,764 88 68.18 %
6 Panzerfighter_ eu 3,654 93 61.29 %
7 Rasierer32 eu 3,647 103 53.40 %
8 Emperor_Jogi eu 3,592 125 60.00 %
9 Ursid eu 3,267 154 66.23 %
10 hall0s_Smurf eu 3,001 236 58.90 %

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