AMX M4 mle. 49 & Liberté

Welcome to our guide for the AMX M4 mle. 49 and the AMX M4 mle. 49 Liberté, two unusual but powerful French vehicles. Their main characteristics are strong frontal armour and single-shot guns, two things that are quite rare in this tech tree. You will therefore need to take a different approach to play these vehicles successfully. Enjoy the read!

Gameplay

With frontal armour as strong as this, especially for its tier, you can bet that this vehicle is meant for the front line. Don't worry about the lower frontal plate, it might be thinner than the upper plate, but it has a better angle. Keep in mind that side-scraping does not work well and will result in unnecessary damage taken, and occasionally in a damaged ammo rack.

On a side note: The mobility is good enough to ensure that you can normally take advantageous positions at the start of the battle.

When trying to 'tank' damage, watch out for the commander's hatch on top of the turret, it's very easy to penetrate. To make it more difficult for the enemy to hit it, try moving forward and backward at a slight angle. This works especially well when fighting in 100–200m combat range, resulting in your cupola becoming very hard to hit. So while the enemy is busy aiming, you can buy time for yourself and your team to fire back.

On the topic of firing, the AMX M4 mle. 49's gun is decent, even though it lacks reliability. This means that you shouldn't try to snipe other vehicles from afar, as it's quite a high chance that you will miss. However, this just underlines the role of this vehicle as a front line tank, as the accuracy and stabilization don't matter as much there.

Because of the mediocre rate of fire and single-shot damage, it becomes clear that you are not the main damage dealer of the team, but the force that helps push through the enemies' defences. Of course, this shouldn't stop you from trying to wreck the red team as much as you can. See it from this perspective: with your superior survivability, you potentially remain in the game for longer, hence increasing your potential damage output

Equipment

Recommended Setup

Hover your cursor over the images for more information on each piece of equipment.

This equipment setup aims on decreasing the aforementioned weak point of the AMX M4 mle. 49, the rather poor reliability of the gun. The Vertical Stabilizer will be of especially great use, as this particular piece decreases the dispersion penalties when moving your hull or turret. In the end, this will raise your chance to hit and penetrate when using "peek-a-boo" (quickly peek out of the cover, shoot, and retreat) tactics.

Crew Skills

Commander
Gunner
Driver
Radio operator
Loader

This is a fairly common choice of crew skills, with the goal of reducing the repair time of your most crucial modules, such as your tracks. The skills in the second row will reduce the impact of this vehicle's weaknesses, such as the mediocre stabilization and the weak ammo rack, and the Brothers in Arms perk gives a general boost to all parameters.

Adrenaline Rush

Decreases the gun reload time by 10% if your vehicle's HP drops below 10%.

Works only if the skill progress has reached 100%.

Brothers in Arms / Sisterhood of Steel

Increases the training level of your crew members by 5%.

Works only if the skill progress has reached 100% for every single crew member.

Band of Brothers

Increases the training level of your crew members by 5%.

Works only if the skill progress has reached 100% for every single crew member.

Also works if other crew members have Brothers in Arms / Sisterhood of Steel.

Call for Vengeance

Reports the enemy vehicles' location for two more seconds after the destruction of the own vehicle.

Works only if the skill progress has reached 100%.

Clutch Braking

Increases the traverse speed of your vehicle.

The higher the skill progress, the higher the effect.

Concealment

Increases the camouflage value of your vehicle.

The higher the skill progress, the higher the effect.

Controlled Impact

Increases the ramming damage dealt and decreases damage taken by ramming.

The higher the skill progress, the higher the effect.

Deadeye

Increases the chance of landing a critical hit.

Works only if the skill progress has reached 100%.

Designated Target

Keeps targetes vehicles visible for two more seconds.

Works only if the skill progress has reached 100%.

Eagle Eye

Allows you to identify damaged/destroyed modules as well as injured crew members of an enemy vehicle by hovering your mouse over it for several seconds.

Works only if the skill progress has reached 100%.

Firefighting

Reduces the duration and damage taken by fire.

The higher the skill progress, the higher the effect.

Intuition

Grants a slight chance of changing the shell type without having to reload again.

Doesn't work with autoloaders. Works also while reloading.

Works only if the skill progress has reached 100%.

Jack of All Trades

Reduces the performance penalty of wounded crew members.

The higher the skill progress, the higher the effect.

Mentor

Increases the Crew XP gained for each member apart from the commander.

The higher the skill progress, the higher the effect.

Off-Road Driving

Increases the mobility on medium and soft terrain.

The higher the skill progress, the higher the effect.

Preventative Maintenance

Reduces the chance of taking fire.

Works only if the skill progress has reached 100%.

Recon

Increases the view range of your vehicle.

The higher the skill progress, the higher the effect.

Relaying

Increases the signal range of your allies' vehicles within your signal range.

The higher the skill progress, the higher the effect.

Repair

Reduces the repair time of destroyed modules.

The higher the skill progress, the higher the effect.

Safe Stowage

Increases the durability of your vehicle's ammo rack.

Works only if the skill progress has reached 100%.

Signal Boosting

Increases the signal range of your vehicle.

The higher the skill progress, the higher the effect.

Situational Awareness

Increases the view range of your vehicle.

The higher the skill progress, the higher the effect.

Sixth Sense

Shows a lightbulb three seconds after you've been spotted.

Works only if the skill progress has reached 100%.

Smooth Ride

Reduces the dispersion penalty while driving.

The higher the skill progress, the higher the effect.

Snap Shot

Reduces the dispersion penalty of traversing the turret.

The higher the skill progress, the higher the effect.

Additional Grousers

Increases the mobility on soft and medium terrain.

Binocular Telescope

Increases the view range of your vehicle by 25%.

Your hull must stand still for at least 3 seconds.

Camouflage Net

Increases the camouflage value of your vehicle tremendously.

Your hull must stand still for at least 3 seconds.

Enhanced Gun Laying Drive

Reduces the aiming time of your gun by 10%.

Coated Optics

Increases the view range of your vehicle by 10%.

Tank Gun Rammer

Reduces the reload time of your gun by 10%.

Spall Liner

Decreases damage taken by ramming and high-explosive splash.

Toolbox

Decreases the repair time of destroyed modules.

Cumulative with the Repair skill.

Improved Ventilation

Increases the training level of your crew members by 5%.

Vertical Stabilizer

Reduces the dispersion penalties of hull and turret traverse, as well as driving by 20%.

"Wet" Ammo Rack

Increases the module HP of your ammo rack.

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