M46 Patton
Tier IX Medium Tank USA

M46 Patton

Tank ID 8993

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

Developed in 1948 and 1949, the M46 Patton was a modernized and improved version of the M26 Pershing. A total of 1,168 M46 tanks, in two basic variants, were manufactured between 1949 and 1951. Pattons saw wide use in the Korean War.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

1,720

Weight

41.1 t

Forward speed

48 km/h

Reverse speed

20 km/h

View range

400 m

Signal range

745 m

Armour

Front Sides Rear
Hull 102 76 51
Turret 102 76 76

Engine: Continental AV-1790-1 (M46) · 840 hp

Radio: SCR 528

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

90 mm Gun M36

Calibre 90 mm
Reload time 6.3 s
Aiming time 1.8 s
Dispersion 0.34
Rate of fire 9.52 /min
Ammo capacity 70

Shell types

AP · armour-piercing Damage 210 / 280 / 350

Penetration 159 / 212 / 265 mm

APCR · composite rigid Damage 210 / 280 / 350

Penetration 201 / 268 / 335 mm

HE · high explosive Damage 285 / 380 / 475

Penetration 34 / 45 / 56 mm

Marks of Excellence

Damage thresholds

Combined Damage (Damage + Assist + Tracking)

Combined damage
1 Mark ≥ 65 %
2,482
2 Marks ≥ 85 %
3,611
3 Marks ≥ 95 %
4,664

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 1,504
Avg. spotted 1.34
Avg. kills 0.92
Avg. defence 0.77
Exp. win rate 50.87 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

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

Win rate

58.75 %

Avg. WN8

2,912

Battles

53,887

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 7 of 129 at Tier IX

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 iyouxin eu 7,154 170 70.00 %
2 HAMlLTON eu 5,645 4,540 68.66 %
3 Vale__ eu 5,640 227 71.37 %
4 Perfectible na 5,359 129 70.54 %
5 Rasierer32 eu 5,104 364 67.31 %
6 marty_vole eu 4,894 1,184 71.96 %
7 Emperor_Jogi eu 4,815 161 65.22 %
8 Insane_BTW eu 4,766 308 62.01 %
9 Dakillzor eu 4,760 474 73.42 %
10 mailand eu 4,731 530 68.68 %

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