Tier VIII Medium Tank France

Lorraine 40 t

Lorr. 40 t

Tank ID 62529

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

This experimental French tank was developed during the 1940s. Two prototypes were manufactured in 1952. In addition to the oscillating turret, the vehicle featured suspension with air-core tires and pike nose armor. The design passed trials, but never entered mass production.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

1,300

Weight

40.0 t

Forward speed

60 km/h

Reverse speed

23 km/h

View range

380 m

Signal range

750 m

Armour

	Front	Sides	Rear
Hull	40	30	25
Turret	45	30	20

Engine: Maybach HL 235 (850) · 850 hp

Radio: SCR 508/2

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

100 mm SA47 A

Calibre 100 mm

Reload time 36.0 s

Aiming time 2.7 s

Dispersion 0.38

Rate of fire 5.52 /min

Ammo capacity 48

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 %

2,101

2 Marks ≥ 85 %

3,056

3 Marks ≥ 95 %

3,947

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 1,273

Avg. spotted 1.01

Avg. kills 0.94

Avg. defence 0.70

Exp. win rate 50.09 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

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

Win rate

54.74 %

Avg. WN8

2,313

Battles

51,416

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 112 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	skill4ltu eu	5,677	286	67.13 %
2	mailand eu	5,440	179	67.04 %
3	marty_vole eu	4,647	337	62.31 %
4	Yzne eu	4,447	188	61.17 %
5	Erzratte eu	4,423	202	63.37 %
6	Panzerfighter_ eu	4,377	282	65.96 %
7	Xilense eu	4,062	1,530	68.10 %
8	gyonifiu eu	3,999	180	61.11 %
9	methinator eu	3,957	207	64.73 %
10	Rasierer32 eu	3,902	334	64.07 %