Serpente

Serpente is a tier 9 medium tank from Italy in World of Tanks. This is a premium vehicle — purchased separately from the tech tree.

Serpente stats at a glance

The Serpente has 1280 hit points , 80mm of frontal hull armor , and a top speed of 55 km/h. .

Hull & survivability

The front-to-side armor ratio is 1.8:1.

Mobility

Forward-to-reverse speed ratio is 2.8:1. The Serpente has solid reverse speed for repositioning after taking a shot.

Camouflage

Available guns (1)

How Serpente compares to its peers

There are 50 tier 9 medium tanks in WoT, including the Serpente. Its 1280 HP places it in the top 96% for hit points among same-tier medium tanks (peer average: 1371). Frontal hull armor of 80mm ranks in the top 69% for the class (peer average: 97mm). Top forward speed of 55 km/h is faster than 55% of peer vehicles in this tier and class.

Direct comparisons

• Serpente vs AMX 30 — tier 9 medium tank from France
• Serpente vs Ares 85 — tier 9 medium tank from USA
• Serpente vs Ares MTB — tier 9 medium tank from USA
• Serpente vs B-C 25 t AP — tier 9 medium tank from France
• See full tier 9 medium tank tier list — all 50 vehicles ranked

About this vehicle

In the 1960s, the Italian Ministry of Defense determined the requirements for a promising medium tank capable of competing with Warsaw Pact and NATO vehicles. The designers proposed a configuration with an unmanned oscillating turret. The three-man crew was located at the front of the vehicle, with the commander and the gunner observing the battlefield through cameras from there. To meet the military's requirements, armor and the volume of ammunition had to be sacrificed, due to which the tank was planned for ambushing. However, because the cameras had poor image quality and the electronics we...

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