M4 Improved
Tier V Medium Tank USA

M4 Improved

Tank ID 12577

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

A variant of the M4 medium tank with angled hull and turret armor. It was developed by the Detroit Arsenal in August 1942. The changes were intended to improve the tank’s protection without increasing weight or degrading other technical characteristics. Existed only in blueprints.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

630

Weight

37.9 t

Forward speed

56 km/h

Reverse speed

25 km/h

View range

370 m

Signal range

570 m

Armour

Front Sides Rear
Hull 51 64 51
Turret 76 51 51

Engine: Wright G200 · 640 hp

Radio: SCR 508/1

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

75 mm Gun M3

Calibre 75 mm
Reload time 4.0 s
Aiming time 2.1 s
Dispersion 0.44
Rate of fire 15.00 /min
Ammo capacity 115

Shell types

AP · armour-piercing Damage 83 / 110 / 138

Penetration 69 / 92 / 115 mm

APCR · composite rigid Damage 83 / 110 / 138

Penetration 95 / 127 / 159 mm

HE · high explosive Damage 131 / 175 / 219

Penetration 29 / 38 / 48 mm

Marks of Excellence

Damage thresholds

Combined Damage (Damage + Assist + Tracking)

Combined damage
1 Mark ≥ 65 %
856
2 Marks ≥ 85 %
1,245
3 Marks ≥ 95 %
1,608

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 519
Avg. spotted 1.73
Avg. kills 0.96
Avg. defence 0.95
Exp. win rate 55.17 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

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

Win rate

54.79 %

Avg. WN8

1,630

Battles

2,526

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 37 of 87 at Tier V

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 4,943 85 65.88 %
2 Xilense eu 3,982 50 72.00 %
3 Rasierer32 eu 3,781 100 65.00 %
4 Yzne eu 3,620 86 67.44 %
5 Octavius eu 2,254 50 62.00 %
6 Hammerr eu 2,100 65 55.38 %
7 Volltrunken eu 2,073 53 50.94 %
8 Manitoba_Defender eu 1,297 132 56.82 %
9 tkmando eu 1,280 67 46.27 %
10 Looking_for_U2 eu 1,273 215 53.95 %

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