
Behind this armour, the crew, engine and access to the ammo racks are located. However, the one weakness is the side armour past the turret ring and towards the engine, which is only 50 mm thick. It also has great frontal and turret armour, when angled it can bounce rounds. It is a highly mobile tank that can conquer the toughest of terrain, with a top speed of up to 40 km/h in Realistic battles and up to 44 km/h in Arcade battles. The M4A5 Ram II is a tank that can hold its own. Main article: 6pdr OQF Mk.III (57 mm) 57 mm 6pdr OQF Mk.III
Most ammo racks are located below the turret and underneath the upper hull where it's only protected by 38.1 mm unangled armour. Armour protecting the transmission is only 50.8 mm thick. Only the upper hull sides are 63.5 mm thick, the lower part is still only 38.1 mm. 8 mm RHA plate separating the engine and crew compartment. Suspension wheels are 15 mm thick, bogies are 10 mm thick, and tracks are 17 mm thick. Rolled homogeneous armour (Machine gun turret, Transmission, Lower side hull, Rear engine, Roof). It should then be played like any standard American medium tank, with extra caution on the weak points presented on the front armour right next to the front machine gun turret. Thus, in its place in Rank 2, the play style is akin to the M3 Lee's mobility with the power of a turreted tank. The Ram is made up of the transmission, suspension, and engine from the American M3 Lee, the turret platform of an M4 Sherman, and the British 6-pounder gun. The M4A5 is quite a hybrid of traits from the British and American ground forces trees. The Ram can be called a "hybrid" between the M3 medium tanks and the M4 Sherman. The first Canadian tank added into War Thunder, the Ram II was an attempt by the Canadians to produce their own turreted tank with the M3 Medium chassis.
It was introduced in Update 1.61 "Road to Glory". The M4A5 Ram II is a premium rank II American medium tank