Tier III Medium Tank USA

M2 Medium Tank

M2 Medium

Tank ID 4897

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

The only medium tank to be adopted by the US Army during the interwar period. The vehicle was equipped with a 37 mm gun and six 7.62 mm machineguns, four of which were mounted on rotating fire units. The two non-rotating machineguns were placed on the front of the hull. Despite unimpressive combat characteristics, the M2A1 became a milestone for American tank development from the time of its inception by virtue of being easily adaptable for mass production. In 1940, 94 vehicles were produced.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

355

Weight

20.5 t

Forward speed

43 km/h

Reverse speed

18 km/h

View range

280 m

Signal range

265 m

Armour

	Front	Sides	Rear
Hull	32	18	13
Turret	25	25	25

Engine: Wright Continental R-975C2 · 340 hp

Radio: SCR 200

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

37 mm Gun M5

Calibre 37 mm

Reload time 2.5 s

Aiming time 2.1 s

Dispersion 0.46

Rate of fire 24.00 /min

Ammo capacity 240

Shell types

AP · armour-piercing Damage 30 / 40 / 50

Penetration 36 / 48 / 60 mm

APCR · composite rigid Damage 30 / 40 / 50

Penetration 53 / 70 / 88 mm

HE · high explosive Damage 38 / 50 / 63

Penetration 14 / 19 / 24 mm

Marks of Excellence

Damage thresholds

Combined Damage (Damage + Assist + Tracking)

Combined damage

1 Mark ≥ 65 %

543

2 Marks ≥ 85 %

790

3 Marks ≥ 95 %

1,020

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 329

Avg. spotted 1.42

Avg. kills 1.29

Avg. defence 1.21

Exp. win rate 56.71 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

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

Win rate

50.50 %

Avg. WN8

611

Battles

9,819

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 47 of 64 at Tier III

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	m00h eu	4,426	332	75.60 %
2	RedHagen eu	3,725	50	66.00 %
3	VS_STRIKER eu	3,375	68	45.59 %
4	Opa_Andy eu	2,176	278	61.51 %
5	dddsdddd eu	977	138	51.45 %
6	Nik0la5 eu	933	73	52.05 %
7	_ungenuss eu	874	59	66.10 %
8	Yzne eu	866	73	58.90 %
9	The_Therminator_712 eu	773	132	54.55 %
10	ArtistFormerlyKnownAsMak eu	728	66	45.45 %