T29
Tier VII Heavy Tank USA

T29

Tank ID 3873

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

Development of this experimental heavy tank started in 1944. The prototype was built in 1947. The vehicle featured the 105 mm T5E1 gun. After the war, the mass production of heavy tanks was deemed unreasonable, and only a few prototypes of this vehicle were built.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

1,240

Weight

63.4 t

Forward speed

35 km/h

Reverse speed

12 km/h

View range

360 m

Signal range

745 m

Armour

Front Sides Rear
Hull 102 76 51
Turret 279 127 102

Engine: Ford GAC (T29) · 775 hp

Radio: SCR 528

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

90 mm Gun M3 (T29)

Calibre 90 mm
Reload time 7.0 s
Aiming time 2.0 s
Dispersion 0.38
Rate of fire 8.57 /min
Ammo capacity 73

Shell types

AP · armour-piercing Damage 180 / 240 / 300

Penetration 120 / 160 / 200 mm

APCR · composite rigid Damage 180 / 240 / 300

Penetration 182 / 243 / 304 mm

HE · high explosive Damage 240 / 320 / 400

Penetration 34 / 45 / 56 mm

Marks of Excellence

Damage thresholds

Combined Damage (Damage + Assist + Tracking)

Combined damage
1 Mark ≥ 65 %
1,839
2 Marks ≥ 85 %
2,675
3 Marks ≥ 95 %
3,455

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 1,115
Avg. spotted 1.08
Avg. kills 0.99
Avg. defence 0.99
Exp. win rate 54.00 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

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

Win rate

55.36 %

Avg. WN8

1,732

Battles

87,927

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 22 of 85 at Tier VII

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 DaCupCakkeZor eu 5,864 54 77.78 %
2 iyouxin eu 4,994 88 82.95 %
3 Perfectible na 4,865 71 70.42 %
4 Xilense eu 4,174 95 71.58 %
5 gyonifiu eu 4,152 111 77.48 %
6 moimoi12_FIN eu 4,047 98 72.45 %
7 WhiteScar eu 4,024 948 68.25 %
8 Rasierer32 eu 3,976 80 68.75 %
9 skill4ltu eu 3,776 287 67.25 %
10 Goldun eu 3,655 188 67.55 %

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