Lorraine 155 mle. 51
Tier VIII Artillery France

Lorraine 155 mle. 51

Lorr. 155 51

Tank ID 7489

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

Developed in 1951 based on the Lorraine 40 t and featured a 155-mm howitzer. The prototype passed trials simultaneously with the tank, but the Lorraine 40 t did not see service, and the SPG project was discontinued as well.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

390

Weight

33.0 t

Forward speed

60 km/h

Reverse speed

14 km/h

View range

270 m

Signal range

750 m

Armour

Front Sides Rear
Hull 40 30 25
Turret

Engine: Maybach HL 230 TRM P30 · 700 hp

Radio: SCR 528F

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

Obusier de 155 mm mle. 1950

Calibre 155 mm
Reload time 30.0 s
Aiming time 6.0 s
Dispersion 0.68
Rate of fire 2.00 /min
Ammo capacity 28

Shell types

HE · high explosive Damage 473 / 630 / 788

Penetration 30 / 40 / 50 mm

HE · high explosive Damage 578 / 770 / 963

Penetration 38 / 50 / 63 mm

HEAT · shaped charge Damage 315 / 420 / 525

Penetration 173 / 230 / 288 mm

Marks of Excellence

Damage thresholds

Combined Damage (Damage + Assist + Tracking)

Combined damage
1 Mark ≥ 65 %
2,020
2 Marks ≥ 85 %
2,939
3 Marks ≥ 95 %
3,796

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 1,225
Avg. spotted 0.05
Avg. kills 0.88
Avg. defence 1.05
Exp. win rate 51.01 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

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

Win rate

51.48 %

Avg. WN8

1,459

Battles

48,347

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 203 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 Yzne eu 4,275 271 59.04 %
2 Panzerfighter_ eu 3,177 302 55.96 %
3 mailand eu 2,824 291 64.95 %
4 Ursid eu 2,767 1,247 58.22 %
5 skill4ltu eu 2,754 257 59.53 %
6 m00h eu 2,614 230 52.61 %
7 BIGGUCClSOSA eu 2,584 431 53.36 %
8 mka999 eu 2,489 533 61.54 %
9 bushseeker eu 2,487 414 51.45 %
10 Keyhand eu 2,405 245 57.55 %

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