T54E2

T54E2 is essentially what you get if you make a T110E5 in tier 8. It has strong frontal hull and turret armour, good speed with decent mobility, and an accurate 105mm gun with great gun depression.

1. Armour
2. Gun
3. Mobility
4. Equipment, provisions, & consumables
5. Gameplay advice
6. Overall
7. Is it worth getting?
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Armour

vs 265mm APCR
Flat ground:
Upper plate 260-350mm
Lower plate 105-150mm
Turret 330mm+
Cupola 150mm

VS all tier 7-9 tanks:
T54E2’s armour performs in the same way regardless of which tier tank its faced against.

The weakpoints are the lower plate and hatch, which every tank you face can penetrate very easily. The hatch is large and weak, and you cannot gun block it. The gun is 0mm in module armour, so even if you put the gun in front of the hatch, if enemies shoot anyway, their shot will penetrate.

The strongest points are the upper plate and turret, which basically no take you face can penetrate. The lower part of the upper plate is weakest, only 260mm effective armour (227mm with AP’s normalization).
Due to its rounded shape, the angling quickly makes the upper plate too strong to penetrate on anywherte but the very front.

Gun

T54E2 has a 105mm gun

-Alpha damage is 310 on AP, 260 on APCR, and 440 on HE
-Reload time is 8.2s, giving it 2277 DPM
-Penetration is 220mm on AP, 260mm on APCR, and 53mm on HE
–Estimated aim time is 3.5s/3.8s
–Base aim time is 2.1s, but can get down to 1.71s
-Dispersion is 0.326/0.293
–Gun handling is 0.21/0.21/0.12, or 0.18/0.18/0.10 with Vertical Stabilizer.
-Gun depression is -10 degrees

Overall this is a good gun. Tough the DPM, penetration, and handling are just average, but the accuracy, gun depression, and aim time are all very good. This gun feels comfortable in battle as its able to be accurate and aim in quite quickly.

Mobility

-Top speed is 40km/h, reverse speed -20km/h
-Traverse speed is 38.7 deg/s on hard terrain, and 28.4 deg/s on medium.
-In game acceleration rate is shown as 16.5 hp/t, it has strong 948hp engine for its 57 ton weight.
-Acceleration is 15hp/t on hard terrain, and 11hp/t on medium terrain.
-Ground resistances are a fairly average 1.1/1.5/2.3

The T54E2’s mobility isn’t as good as it looks. On hard terrain the tank has amazing mobility, it turns fast, accelerates fast, and can easily reach its 40km top speed. However on medium terrain its mobility is quite poor, it turns slowly, accelerates quite slowly, and often struggles to reach its 40km top speed.
The one constant that is very good is that 20km/h reverse speed.

Equipment, provisions, & consumables

T54E2 has no special provisions/consumables.

3% and 10% Fuel:
Double stack fuel provisions. Mobility is one of the strengths of this tank and unfortunately it has terrible medium terrain resistance, making it very slow turning and quite slow accelerating. Mobility is an advantage this has over most heavies, so try use it to the fullest by stacking double duel.

Improved Assembly:
Due to how the armour is angled on this tank, and having such defined and weak weakpoints, there is no reason to use enhanced armour. The upper plate and turret are already too strong to need enhancing, and the cupola and lower plate are far too weak to benefit from it.

Use improved assembly instead, it will improve the tank’s great 1850 base HP up to 1961, one of the healthier tier 8 heavies.

Vertical Stabilizer:
T54E2 has very good accuracy, so there is no reason to use refined gun. Since the gun handling is just average, and the T54E2 plays a frontline role, it would benefit far more from having improved gun handling, which is what vertical stabilizer gives. This improved handling will make the tank more accurate in its active playstyle where the tank is constantly moving and responding to the battle situation.

Gameplay advice

The T54E2 is a standard and generic heavy tank. It has one of the most simple playstyles in game. Just drive to the frontline, use gun depression and armour to block shots, and shoot the gun at enemies. If you have played any heavy tank before, the T54E2 will be really easy to get comfortable with.

Use gun depression or go hulldown:
T54E2 will excel when hiding its lower plate, so always try to use hulldown or gun depression positions. 
The tank is very strong in such a scenario, as the biggest weakpoint (lower plate) is hidden, and the hull and turret armour are both very strong.
Trey to keep making small movements when in such positions. The T54E2 has a very large hatch that’s extremely easy for enemies to hit. If you just sit still while hulldown, it only make it easier for enemies to deal with you. So keep moving back and fourth or left/right along the ridge.

Sidescraping:
Sidescraping can work in this tank, but only do it when absolutely necessary. The side armour is a decent 70mm, and its angled in a boat shape like the top tier USA tanks, so it can get many bounces if enemies hit along the sides.
However the track wheel is very weak, so that’s why you should only do it in a desperate situation. Try to keep the track wheel hidden behind cover when sidescraping, as otherwise there’s no point to even using this tactic.

Use hard terrain:
Try to keep on hard terrain when driving this tank, as the T54E2 has terrible performance on medium terrain, making it lose much of its great mobility and becoming quite sluggish. Sticking to hard terrain will allow the tank to take full advantage of its great speed, but make sure to focus on the battle more than your driving.
Hard terrain are generally flat and paved areas. Roads, concrete, bridges, paths, etc.

Overall

Armour – 8.5/10
Gun – 8/10
Mobility – 7/10
Speed – 8/10

T54E2 is overall a great tier 8 tank.

Armour is extremely strong on both the upper plate and turret. The side armour can be angled and sidescraped (to an extent), but lower plate and cupola are both weak. HE protection is high.
Gun has great aim time, accuracy, and gun depression. Penetration and DPM are decent, gun handling is mediocre.
Mobility is good, a strong engine and good acceleration rate, with decent traverse speeds. Reverse speed is amazing. Medium terrain performance is poor.
Speed is great for a heavy 40km/h.

T54E2 is a strong but generic heavy tank. It doesn’t have any unique stats, it doesn’t have any unique gameplay, its not that fun nor interesting to play, unless all you care about is winning. This tank is the very definition of a “sweaty tryhard tank”.

Is it worth getting?

Yes the T54E2 is worth getting if you are a new player learning the game, as its comfortable and easy to play, and can use most positions on maps.
Its also worth getting if you just want a tank that’s “good” in tier 8, because this is a great tank and its very strong. If you only care about getting good winrate then this tank is worth it.

T54E2 is not worth it if you want something interesting, or unique, or fun. T54E2 is none of those, as its one of the most generic and standard heavy tanks you could buy. Yes, you could say “its fun to win”, but there are much more fun and interesting tanks you could be winning in.

The T54E2 is worth 10,000 gold. Its a very strong tank in tier 8 and it can perform incredibly well in battle. Its also a tank that’s fairly easy to learn and get used to, but its issue is with the fact that its just quite a standard heavy tank, which means its not the most exciting of vehicles to play.

Most recently sold for:

8,500 gold (Tank only) – August 2022
7,500 gold (Tank & equipment) – Black Friday November 2022
8,500 gold (Tank only) – April 2023

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