M22 Locust
Tier III Light Tank USA

M22 Locust

Locust

Tank ID 52769

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

Requirements to a light airmobile tank were created in the winter of 1941. The vehicle was developed by the Marmon-Herrington company. A total of 830 vehicles were produced from April 1943 through February 1944, 260 of which were supplied to the U.K. under Lend-Lease.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

445

Weight

6.9 t

Forward speed

64 km/h

Reverse speed

20 km/h

View range

330 m

Signal range

395 m

Armour

Front Sides Rear
Hull 25 13 13
Turret 25 25 25

Engine: Lycoming O-435T · 192 hp

Radio: SCR 510 M2

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

37 mm Gun M6

Calibre 37 mm
Reload time 2.3 s
Aiming time 1.7 s
Dispersion 0.41
Rate of fire 26.20 /min
Ammo capacity 90

Shell types

AP · armour-piercing Damage 30 / 40 / 50

Penetration 42 / 56 / 70 mm

APCR · composite rigid Damage 30 / 40 / 50

Penetration 59 / 78 / 98 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 %
528
2 Marks ≥ 85 %
767
3 Marks ≥ 95 %
991

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 320
Avg. spotted 2.45
Avg. kills 1.11
Avg. defence 1.73
Exp. win rate 56.44 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

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

Win rate

57.23 %

Avg. WN8

1,558

Battles

6,294

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 11 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 4,724 157 75.16 %
2 blindriemen eu 4,082 52 78.85 %
3 Hammerr eu 3,699 164 69.51 %
4 Thraximundurabrask na 3,096 164 67.07 %
5 marty_vole eu 3,024 76 65.79 %
6 Xilense eu 3,012 130 73.08 %
7 grego34 na 2,595 137 50.36 %
8 SAMCRO81 eu 2,167 89 59.55 %
9 Opa_Andy eu 1,945 75 58.67 %
10 Goldun eu 1,870 170 68.24 %

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