Struggling alot with the T-55AMD-1

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Hello all,

Recently I’ve posted on here asking about the T-55AMD-1’s best ammo choice. However, even with the helpful feedback, I despise playing this thing. The T-55AMD-1 is a pure nightmare to play. I preformed pretty well in the T-55A, but this thing is a different matter. I play as its recommended as, a sniper or a support vehicle. I stick with my teammates. And somehow this hunk of junk still manages to die extremely quickly. Even when I play carefully, I get instantly flanked and killed by a TAM or Leopard that comes out of nowhere.
The AMD-1 has no survivability, no armour for its BR, has appalling speed, and gets put in a BR where uptiers are common. Its unplayable for me. Call me “skill issue” or whatever, but I hate this thing. The T-55A is just far more appeasing to play. In my opinion. the AMD-1 is just a T-55A put at a higher BR just because of an APS. I’d really appreciate it if someone would tell me how to play this thing, because right now, I feel like the AMD-1 is damaging my mental health. THank you for reading my rant.

-Soviet_1120

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All I can say is it’s one of the tanks I’m scared of when I’m uptiered, yea it probably sucks when uptiered itself but it’s a menace in a downtier. Fuel tanks always seem to absorb the shot and do not explode. I also shot one from the side with Vickers Mk.1 APDS and it only irritated the loader without harming the other crew. I would say that’s pretty survivable. But it doesn’t have the composite(?) screens on the turret to increase the protection unlike the other version.

Play carefully? maybe, but just wait until you see that sweet “150SP” spawn cost and rip n’ tear. It’s not called “most hated” for no reason

Best counter against a leopard or TAM are your eyes and ears. They don’t survive much, not even a burst from decent penetration autocannons

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Learn the weakspots of your enemy, and your utterly garbage APFSDS round will do damage.

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First of all, yes it’s skill issue.

This the T-55M had add-on armor this one would be the best vehicle in 8.7, the best MBT in this case, but this rank is divided between the capabilities of the T-55AMD-1, the armor of the T-55AM-1 and the round of the T-55M.

I have zero complains about the T-55AMD-1 actually, never had problems with the vehicle itself, just the ammo, 3BM25 that’s a topic to discuss…

Overall, just try to keep a certain distance, don’t rush if you’re not confident to, T-55AMD-1, as I mentioned previously, is a good sniper and indeed a good brawler, but you should consider what I just said: confidence.

If you find yourself against a XM-803, this one is a tuff target, you’ll need to precisely shoot the right side (enemy perspective) where you find the gunner and the commander if I’m not mistaken.

When in distance you’re almost invulnerable if you keep moving, ATGMs can’t do much if you keep them inside Drozd’s arc of operation, otherwise you’re just going to lose 2 crew members in most or few of the cases.

A T-55AMD-1 without a loader is a useless T-55AMD-1, in a certain point you’ll need to get into a close combat or engage a target constantly, recover your loader, rate of fire is essential.

Just ask me anything I missed.

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I’m the opposite, can’t do shit with the T-55A but somehow I’m doing pretty ok with the T-55AMD and merely using APHE. The T-55AMD has an extra armor plate in the ufp which could stop plenty of bad placed shots, unlike the T-55A the same shot will have no issues going through. The hard kill APS is an ultimate troll system which denies ATGMs and rockets from the Swedish rats and it’s bigger German brother, you can drive forward and disrespecting them like they are the M22. It also wastes the effort of helicopters degenerates and make them wastes 4 ATGM and it gets popped in the mid air lol you may take some splash damage when they get detonated by your APS but most of the time nothing critical. I would actually picked the AMD over the AM-1 if I have to pick only one, since I played the T-62M1 I always wish I have the APS.

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To be honest, the T-55AMD is just let down by its ruddy slow reload and its mobility’s a bit rubbish compared to those NATO tanks. Its armour, firepower, and aiming are actually pretty decent for a Rank 8.7. Honestly, only the Chinese Type 69-IIG and the British Chieftain Mk.5 can really give it a run for its money at that rank. Maybe charging into battle isn’t your cup of tea. Why not try sniping from the back using the laser rangefinder? Most NATO tanks at 8.7 don’t have one, so make the most of it, eh?

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And the T-55M too, both the Type 69IIG and T-55M carry APFSDS that are downright superior to the USSR T-55s.

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Well I mean the TAM has no armour and very spaced out crew, meaning that its super hard to kill with APFSDS unless you hit the ammo. And it’s pretty resistant to the T-55’s HE shell.

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Always break the breech which gives you a 30 second repair window to kill it, or it has to run and repair.

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Bring APHE as your main round, and 3BM25 as a backup for more heavily armored tanks

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Hey There,

Having read through your original post and the following comments I’d like to offer a slightly different perspective which might explain your predicament.

The T-54/55 is at it’s peak at BR 8.0, the higher this tank goes up in BR the more it’s vulnerabilities are going to show. At 8.7, the T-55 AMD-1 is a tired old under dog being pushed past it’s limits (For comparison the Object 435 is a fresh design at 8.7 which plays quite differently).

If you’re going to succeed in the T-55 AMD-1 you need to be scrappy, you need to play like an underdog. You need to acknowledge that many of the vehicles you will be fighting have advantages over you in terms of mobility and surviveability. Past the cold war, survivability is more about the arrangement of the crew members and modules as opposed to armour protection so don’t rely on your armour. Play like you don’t have any.

In terms of strategy and playstyle, you will need to set ambushes, snipe from protected parts of the map and use underhanded tactics, it’s only in a down tier where the T-55 AMD-1 will be able to win a stand up fight.

P.S. the advice above applies to many tanks, it’s just that faster more survivable tanks can afford to be sloppy in the execution, you can mess up and take a few hits in the TAMs, Leopards and Chieftans, but in the T-55 if you don’t get any chances, if you mess up you’re dead.

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Thank you for the tips. The issues you described were exactly what I have been suffering from.

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One other thing to keep in mind with all vehicles in this game. Some tanks are easier to enjoy than others, some tanks enjoy a fun and engaging playstyle, some tanks let you use all of the map to flank and get kills. Some tanks require a very specific playstyle in order to be effective, and not everyone will find that enjoyable, some tanks require a lot of patience. Sometimes you just need to skip a vehicle, or come back to it later, I know it can be frustrating but you might have a bit more fun just playing the T-55A at 8.3 if you’re getting the results you want.