Tier VIII Medium Tank Germany

M48A2 Räumpanzer

M48 RPz

Tank ID 46609

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

The predecessor of engineering vehicles, developed on the basis of the American M48 post-war medium tank. Equipped with the M8A1 dozer blade, these vehicles entered service in Bundeswehr engineering units and were used until the late 1990s in territorial forces, but with demounted guns. A total of 53 vehicles saw service in Bundeswehr.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

1,500

Weight

50.0 t

Forward speed

40 km/h

Reverse speed

18 km/h

View range

380 m

Signal range

745 m

Armour

	Front	Sides	Rear
Hull	152	76	25
Turret	254	76	51

Engine: Continental AVI-1790-8 · 750 hp

Radio: AN/GRC-8

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

9 cm Kanone M41

Calibre 90 mm

Reload time 7.0 s

Aiming time 1.7 s

Dispersion 0.40

Rate of fire 8.57 /min

Ammo capacity 64

Shell types

AP · armour-piercing Damage 210 / 280 / 350

Penetration 159 / 212 / 265 mm

APCR · composite rigid Damage 210 / 280 / 350

Penetration 191 / 255 / 319 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 %

1,863

2 Marks ≥ 85 %

2,709

3 Marks ≥ 95 %

3,500

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 1,129

Avg. spotted 0.95

Avg. kills 0.80

Avg. defence 0.74

Exp. win rate 52.24 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

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

Win rate

55.98 %

Avg. WN8

2,545

Battles

5,877

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 74 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	Dualistiq eu	6,222	96	66.67 %
2	Daddy eu	5,683	53	69.81 %
3	Dakillzor eu	5,335	65	70.77 %
4	Xilense eu	4,646	65	55.38 %
5	Rasierer32 eu	4,631	82	64.63 %
6	mailand eu	4,571	77	67.53 %
7	skill4ltu eu	4,520	115	60.87 %
8	Yzne eu	4,114	124	62.10 %
9	Barry_The_Ballin_Bear na	3,709	62	51.61 %
10	kjunik eu	3,505	97	53.61 %