T-50

General Information
The T-50 is the fourth tank in the popular Soviet light-medium line. It is the first medium tank in the line and the only Soviet medium tank in Tier 1. Its tech tree predecessor is the A-20 and its successor the T-34 model 1940.

Playstyle
The T-50 is heavily armored tank in the light-medium line, only below the T-34 (40). You need to know that T-50 hull is a fortress except when facing StuG 3 F. Slopes on its armor is hard to penetrate but its turret is easy to penetrate. Always aims for the turret when facing this tank or you can get penetrated and die in the second shot.

Matchups
The T-50 fares extremely well against other tanks, due to its relatively thick and well sloped armor, nearly impervious to shells that hit its hull. It also has a fairly solid turret that some tanks won't pierce or spall without the use of APCR or HEAT, meaning that tanks with weaker or low penetration guns will most likely be destroyed by it, while tank destroyers will fare somewhat decently against it should they aim for the turret or flank it. A few tanks that will likely be beaten by the T-50 are:

- VK 30.01 (H), due to its low penetration gun (with an exception for HEAT rounds, which can spall the turret),

- T-28 and the T-28E, as their cannons are far too weak to penetrate the T-50 frontally and presumably the sides.

- All light tanks from both the Russian and German tech tree (though they can overwhelm the T-50 with sufficient APCR rounds.)

- Russian Tank Destroyers, as they can only really pierce the turret, and due to their long reload time.

- German Tank Destroyers, though they can destroy the T-50 with ease if they can avoid module damage and/or remain unnoticed.

Related Tanks
- T-34 model 1940 (tech tree successor)

- A-20 (tech tree predecessor)

History
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-50_tank