Ground Vehicles
Object 279
VI
Rank
AB
9.0
RB
9.0
SB
9.0
Battle rating
USSR
Game nation
Heavy tank
Main role
General information
Where to purchase:
Camouflages:
Survivability and armour
Armour
front / side / back
Hull
160 / 80 / 80 mm
Turret
250 / 140 / 140 mm
Visibility
95 %
Crew
4 persons
Support systems
Mobility
Max speed
Forward
5559 km/h
Backward
1819 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio
16.614.626.321.4 hp/t
Engine power
1,0008841,5891,291 hp
Weight
60.4 t
Optics
Gunner
Commander
Driver
Optics zoom
8.0x
5.0x
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Armaments
130 mm M-65 cannon
Ammunition
40 rounds
First-order
13 rounds
Reload
basic crew → aces
11.1 → 8.6 s
Vertical guidance
-5 / 17°
Turret Rotation Speed
basic crew → aces
Horizontal
12.610.720.214.6 → 1815.328.820.8 °/s
Vertical
3.12.58.25.2 → 4.53.611.77.5 °/s
| Ammunition | Type | Armor penetration (mm) at a distance: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 m | 100 m | 500 m | 1000 m | 1500 m | 2000 m | ||
| APCBC | 364 | 360 | 342 | 321 | 302 | 284 | |
| HE | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | |
14.5 mm KPVT machine gun (coaxial)
Ammunition
800 rounds
Belt capacity
50 rounds
Reload
basic crew → aces
10.4 → 8 s
Fire rate
600 shots/min
| Belt | Belt filling | Armor penetration (mm) at a distance: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 m | 100 m | 500 m | 1000 m | 1500 m | 2000 m | ||
| API-T/AP-I(c)/API-T/IAI | 49 | 46 | 34 | 23 | 16 | 11 | |
Economy
Repair cost
Basic → Reference
AB
6,250 → 8,269 
RB
7,128 → 9,430
SB
12,974 → 17,165
Crew training
130,000
Experts
450,000
Aces
2,000 
Research Aces
890,000 
Reward multiplier
AB / RB / SB
120 / 200 / 250 %
214 %
Total cost of modifications
132,000
230,000
Talisman cost
2,400
Mobility | |
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