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SECTION 10 // ARMOR / VEHICLE PROFILEREF · AMX-38
III
AMX 38
France·
Light TankDeveloped in 1937–1938 under the "20-ton vehicle" project and was intended to replace the D2 tank. The project included two turret variants: with a 37-mm or a 47-mm gun. By 1938, two vehicles were built for trials. Never saw mass production.
Configuration
Health
390
DPM
1,161
View range
320m
Speed
28km/h
Camo
71Good
A-01 · ARMOR SCHEMA
Armor thicknessMeasured
Nominal plate thickness straight from the game client. Click any plate to highlight it on the 3D model and focus the camera on it.
Armor
10mm60mm
Hull
All 10 plates
Turret
All 6 plates
A-02 · SPECIFICATIONS
Specifications
Builds
Grade
Experimental
CrewShared perks
Weaponry
- DPM
- 1,161
- Damage
- 60
- Penetration
- 73 mm
- … at 500m
- 66 mm
- Reload time
- 3.10 s
- Rate of fire
- 19.35/min
- Aim time
- 2.20 s
- Dispersion
- 0.420 m
- … moving
- 0.200
- … tank traverse
- 0.200
- … turret traverse
- 0.200
- … after firing
- 4.0
- Damage vs. modules
- 64
- Caliber
- 47.0 mm
- Shell velocity
- 660 m/s
- Max range
- 720 m
- Ammo capacity
- 210
- Potential damage
- 12,600
- Shell cost
- 20 cr
Mobility
- Top speed
- 28 km/h
- Reverse speed
- 10 km/h
- Power/weight
- 12.15 hp/t
- Tank traverse
- 36.0 °/s
- Turret traverse
- 28.0 °/s
- Effective top speed
- … hard
- 28.0 km/h
- … medium
- 28.0 km/h
- … soft
- 19.4 km/h
- Effective traverse
- … hard
- 36.0 °/s
- … medium
- 33.4 °/s
- … soft
- 18.7 °/s
- Gun elevation
- 18 °
- Gun depression
- 14 °
- Gun traverse range
- 360°
- Terrain resistance
- … hard
- 1.30
- … medium
- 1.40
- … soft
- 2.50
Everything Else
- Hull armor
- 60 / 40 / 40
- Turret armor
- 60 / 40 / 40
- Health
- 390
- Engine health
- 100
- … repaired
- 50
- Track health
- 80
- … repaired
- 60
- … repair time
- 6.86 s
- Ammo rack health
- 100
- … repaired
- 70
- Fuel tank health
- 125
- … repaired
- 50
- Total weight
- 16,050 kg
- Stationary camo
- 14.00 / 5.88%
- Moving camo
- 10.50 / 4.41%
- View range
- 320 m
- Fire chance
- 15%
- Tank cost
- 41,000 cr
Gun Constraints
360° traverse
Crew
CommanderRadio OperatorGunnerLoader
Driver
A-03 · MODULE RESEARCH
Module research
Guns
II
Stock
37 mm SA38 (38)
III
265
47 mm SA35 (38)
Turrets
III
Stock
AMX 38
Radios
V
Stock
ER 53
Engines
II
Stock
Aster (38)
III
340
Aster M
Tracks
II
Stock
AMX 38 1er prototype
III
315
AMX 38 série
A-04 · SERVER PERFORMANCE
Server performance
Aggregate stats from NA players over the last 30d
Avg WN8
6856
Super Unicum
Avg WNX
5082
Super Unicum
Win rate
94.1%
Overpowered
DPG
1074
Frags
2.41
Spots
1.00
Survival
82.3%
Dmg taken
240
Hit rate
73.8%
Spot assist
33
Track assist
16
Defense
4.65
Avg XP
868
Aggregated from 2 tracked NA players · 17 battles. Coverage grows as more players are tracked.
MoE thresholds (combined dmg + assist)
65%—
85%—
95%—
Reach these combined damage (dealt + assist) values over a rolling window to earn marks of excellence.
A-05 · TOP OPERATORS
Top players
Highest performers in the AMX 38 on NA
A-06 · VIDEO INTEL
Video reviews
Curated reviews, replays, and guides from veteran players
16:00reviewAMX 38: Mastery Badge Achievement
10:32replayworld of tanks, ace tanker, amx 38, 8 kills
7:29replayWorld of Tanks AMX 38 Replay - 11 Kills 1.2K DMG(Patch 1.4.1)
8:28replay[WoT] World of Tanks ACE Gameplay - AMX 38
13:15reviewWOT: Малиновка - AMX 38 - 6 фрагов - Воин, Стал
6:28replayWorld of Tanks #28 - Ace Tanker: AMX 38
4:45reviewAMX 38 is OP
8:38replayWorld of Tanks AMX 38 Gameplay
A-07 · SIMILAR HULLS
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A-08 · CHANGELOG
Balance changelog
Patch-by-patch changes to this tank
- 2.0Sep 1, 2025
- ·Top forward speed25→283
- ·Dispersion during movement-37%
- ·Dispersion on hull traverse-37%
- ·Traverse speed30→333
- ·Mobility on hard terrain+7%
- ·Mobility on medium terrain+13%
- ·Mobility on soft terrain+7%
- ·Dispersion during movement-44%
- ·Dispersion on hull traverse-44%
- ·Traverse speed32→364
- ·EngineAster→Aster (38)
- ·Power150→17525
- ·Power160→19535
- ·View range310→32010
- ·GunAMX 38 / 37 mm SA38→AMX 38 / 37 mm SA38 (38)
- ·Reload time2.4→2.1-0.3
- ·Dispersion at 100 m0.48→0.4-0.08
- ·AP penetration34→5319
- ·APCR* penetration67→8720
- ·Elevation angle17→181
- ·Depression angle6→148
- ·GunAMX 38 / 25 mm Canon Raccourci mle. 1934→removed
- ·GunAMX 38 / 47 mm SA34→removed
- ·GunAMX 38 / 47 mm SA35→AMX 38 / 47 mm SA35 (38)
- ·Reload time3.2→3.1-0.1
- ·Dispersion at 100 m0.47→0.42-0.05
- ·Aiming time2.5→2.2-0.3
- ·AP damage55→605
- ·APCR* damage55→605
- ·HE damage70→755
- ·AP penetration45→7328
- ·APCR* penetration79→12041
- ·Elevation angle20→18-2
- ·Depression angle6→148