Supertest: KV-1 Screened Premium Soviet Heavy Tank
2 min readThe KV-1Sh is a Tier V Soviet heavy tank. It looks like the familiar KV-1, but with additional screens on the turret and hull. It carries a 76mm F-32 gun with an accuracy of 0.51, an aiming time of 2.9s, and a reload time of 3.9s. Penetration is 120mm with a standard APCR shell, and 150mm with a special APCR shell. The damage per shot is 110HP.
One of the tank’s distinctive features is its durability. It has 950HP, which is the highest value for its tier. The thickness of the frontal armour plate reaches up to 75 mm and the frontal projection of the turret is up to 90mm. Engine power is 500 h.p. and the top speed of the vehicle is 30km/h. All this makes the KV-1Sh is a classic close-range Soviet heavy tank.
All characteristics are with a crew trained to 100% and subject to change before the final release.
Suspension | Turret | Gun | Engine | Radio |
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| KV-1 | KV-1 Screened | 76 mm | B-2K | 71-TK-3 |
 Average Damage per Shot (HP) | 110/110/164 |
 Average Penetration (mm) | 120/150/38 |
 Rate of Fire (rounds/min) | 16.05 |
 Reload Time (s) | 3.74 |
 Gun Traverse Speed (deg/s) | 22.82 |
 Gun Depression/Elevation Angles (deg) | -5/25 |
 Aiming Time (s) | 2.78 |
 Dispersion at 100 m (m) | 0.49 |
 Average Damage per Minute (HP/min) | 1 765 |
 Hit Points (HP) | 950 |
 Hull Armour (front/sides/rear mm) | 75/75/70 |
 Turret Armour (front/sides/rear mm) | 90/75/75 |
 Weight/Load Limit (t) | 48.94/51.00 |
 Engine Power (h.p.) | 500 |
 Specific Power (h.p./t) | 10.22 |
 Top Speed/Reverse Speed (km/h) | 30/10 |
 Traverse Speed (deg/s) | 20.86 |
 Concealment of Stationary Vehicle (%) | 7.13/1.85 |
 Concealment of Moving Vehicle (%) | 3.59/0.93 |
 View Range (m) | 300 |
 Signal Range (m) | 313 |
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The main question here will be: how will we get our hands on it?
Wargaming isn’t very interesting in making tier 5 tanks for the premium shop, so that leaves events.
Maybe the new year boxes…