M728 CEV

Description

The Combat Engineer Vehicle M728 is a premium gift rank American medium tank with a battle rating of (AB), (RB), and (SB). It was introduced in Update "Apex Predators" but was removed from the Gaijin store after the War Thunder's 11th Anniversary sale.

The M728 is a full-tracked combat engineer vehicle designed to provide maximum ballistic protection for the crew. It is a heavily armed derivative of the M60 series tank modified to provide a mobile and manoeuvrable weapon for combat support of ground troops and vehicles.

General info

Survivability and armour

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Armour type:

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Mobility

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Modifications and economy

Armaments

Main armament

Ammunition

Ammo racks

Ammo racks of the M728 CEV

Notes:

• Shells are modeled individually and disappear after having been shot or loaded.
• Racks 2 and 3 are first stage ammo racks. They totals 23 shells and get filled first when loading up the tank.
• These racks are also emptied early: the rack depletion order at full capacity is: 2 - 3 - 1.
• Full reload speed will be realized as long as shells are available in the ready racks 2 and 3. If the ready racks are empty, a penalty to reload speed will occur.
• Simply not firing when the gun is loaded will move ammo from racks 1 into rack 2. Firing will interrupt the restocking of the ready rack.

Machine guns

Usage in battles

The M728 CEV has a very unique role in combat due to its high survivability and low-velocity gun. The M782 performs best in urban or mountainous locations as it has heavy armour in the right places to survive high intensity engagements and its gun can decimate almost every tank you will encounter at its BR with a well-placed shot. On maps with larger open areas, it is best to either stay back and try to play as artillery, although this will require a good feel for the shells' trajectory, or rush in as close as possible, tanking sniper shots on your armour as you close the distance to wreck havoc.

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Has a powerful 165 mm gun that fires shells with 20.31 kg TNT equivalent, one hit can always deal serious damage to the enemy vehicles
• Low muzzle velocity can allow the trajectory to hit some enemies hiding behind the slope, especially in AB
• The dozer blade in front it can provide additional utility, especially to protect the lower glacis

Cons:

• Terrible muzzle velocity makes this vehicle not very useful in spaced area, especially in RB
• Low reverse speed
• Top of the engine deck can be easily penetrated by planes
• HESH is inherently unreliable, a hit to a wrong spot on a certain enemy tank chassis or armour may do no damage at all despite the shell's potential, while a close miss might annihilate the enemy tank regardless

History

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Media

Images

Skins

• Skins and camouflages for the M728 CEV from live.warthunder.com.

Videos

See also

Related development

• M60 (Family)

Other vehicles of similar configuration and role

• Centurion Mk.5 AVRE

External links

• [Devblog] M728: Combat Engineer