Tier IX Heavy Tank USA

T54 Heavy Tank

T54 Heavy

Tank ID 33313

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

The design for an American medium tank, later reclassified as a heavy tank. Developed in the mid-1950s, this tank was based on the mass-produced M48 tank, but featured an original turret. There were also plans to equip the vehicle with a mechanized loading system, but this idea was later abandoned. Eventually, work on the project was discontinued at the modeling stage in favor of more promising projects.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

1,700

Weight

56.0 t

Forward speed

40 km/h

Reverse speed

15 km/h

View range

400 m

Signal range

745 m

Armour

	Front	Sides	Rear
Hull	254	76	38
Turret	254	76	76

Engine: Continental AV-1790-5B-3 · 880 hp

Radio: AN/GRC-8

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

120 mm T124

Calibre 120 mm

Reload time 12.3 s

Aiming time 2.5 s

Dispersion 0.38

Rate of fire 4.88 /min

Ammo capacity 40

Shell types

AP · armour-piercing Damage 338 / 450 / 563

Penetration 180 / 240 / 300 mm

HEAT · shaped charge Damage 338 / 450 / 563

Penetration 225 / 300 / 375 mm

HE · high explosive Damage 398 / 530 / 663

Penetration 45 / 60 / 75 mm

Marks of Excellence

Damage thresholds

Combined Damage (Damage + Assist + Tracking)

Combined damage

1 Mark ≥ 65 %

2,513

2 Marks ≥ 85 %

3,655

3 Marks ≥ 95 %

4,721

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 1,523

Avg. spotted 1.10

Avg. kills 0.79

Avg. defence 0.51

Exp. win rate 51.57 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

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

Win rate

57.21 %

Avg. WN8

2,688

Battles

1,575

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 19 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	Dualistiq eu	4,584	109	59.63 %
2	skill4ltu eu	4,217	161	64.60 %
3	Yzne eu	3,898	154	62.99 %
4	Quickfingers eu	3,332	158	60.76 %
5	3rdMarker eu	3,034	55	58.18 %
6	CostaFastAlles eu	2,901	113	64.60 %
7	STaTA_KAk_Y_RAka eu	1,702	146	57.53 %
8	F6L3X eu	1,216	108	54.63 %
9	GrafEldos eu	802	65	49.23 %