Object 120

Object 120

Object 120

USSR

V Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
8.0	8.0	8.0

Class:

PREMIUM

Tank destroyer

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Description

The Object 120 "Taran" is a gift rank V Soviet tank destroyer with a battle rating of 8.0 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced late in Update 1.71 "New E.R.A.", made available on 29 September 2017.

General info

Survivability and armour

Armour type:

• Rolled homogeneous armour
• Cast homogeneous armour (Turret)

Armour	Front (Slope angle)	Sides	Rear	Roof
Hull	30 mm (31-86°) Front glacis 30 mm (17-50°) Lower glacis	15 mm	10 mm (15-80°) Top 10 mm (5°) Bottom	30 mm (86°) Front 10 mm Rear
Turret	30 mm (1-68°) Turret front 30 mm (0-58°) Gun mantlet	15-30 mm (0-51°)	15 mm (14-21°)	30 mm Front 10 mm Rear
Armour	Sides	Roof
Cupola	15 mm	15 mm

Notes:

• Suspension wheels are 20 mm thick while tracks are 15 mm thick.
• Belly armour is 10 mm thick.
• Barrel ring around the gun is 100 mm thick.
• Structural steel boxes on hull sides provide 4 mm of protection.

Mobility

Game Mode	Max Speed (km/h)		Weight (tons)	Engine power (horsepower)		Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton)
	Forward	Reverse		Stock	Upgraded	Stock	Upgraded
Arcade	70	17	26.8	682	916	25.45	34.18
Realistic	64	16		425	480	15.86	17.91

Armaments

Main armament

152 mm M-69
Capacity			Vertical guidance	Horizontal guidance	Stabilizer
22			-5°/+15°	±180°	N/A
Turret rotation speed (°/s)
Mode	Stock	Upgraded	Prior + Full crew	Prior + Expert qualif.	Prior + Ace qualif.
Arcade	15.85	??.?	??.?	??.?	31.34
Realistic	10.71	12.60	14.8	15.3	18.00
Reloading rate (seconds)
Stock	Prior + Full crew	Prior + Expert qualif.	Prior + Ace qualif.
10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00

Ammunition

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
		10 m	100 m	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	2,000 m
152 mm HEAT-FS	HEATFS	480	480	480	480	480	480
152 mm HE	HE	49	49	49	49	49	49
152 mm APDS-FS	APFSDS	405	400	385	370	355	340

Shell details
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile Mass (kg)	Fuse delay (m)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive Mass (TNT equivalent) (g)	Ricochet
							0%	50%	100%
152 mm HEAT-FS	HEATFS	1,000	35.0	0.0	0.1	5,850	65°	72°	75°
152 mm HE	HE	960	43.5	0.1	0.5	5,900	79°	80°	81°
152 mm APDS-FS	APFSDS	1,710	8.0	N/A	N/A	N/A	76°	78°	80°

Ammo racks

Ammo racks for the Object 120.

Full ammo	Ammo Part	1st rack empty	2nd rack empty	3rd rack empty	Visual discrepancy
22	Projectiles Propellants	1 (+21) 19 (+3)	4 (+18)	1 (+21)	No

Usage in battles

The Object 120 performs best in all game modes as a sniper/support. This means finding a good spot overlooking the battle with some cover, and taking out enemies from long range. The Object 120's 152 mm gun and its shells are well suited for this purpose.

The Object is armed with two main types of shells. The first is APDS-FS, a round that does less damage than the HEAT-FS, but is capable of going through almost all the armour of most vehicles it can face. The APDS-FS also has an extremely low shell drop, giving similar ballistics to top ranking main battle tanks that makes it one of the best kinetic rounds at its battle-rating. The second round is the HEAT-FS shell, which has a more standard shell drop on par with other tanks of the battle-rating. However, the HEAT-FS has a high penetration and holds a huge amount of explosives, almost equal to the HE shell (which almost make the HE shell worthless to bring to battle). The HEAT-FS can then play a role as a high-penetrating chemical round and an effective device to induce hull-breaks on lightly-armoured vehicles. With these characteristics, both of these rounds have their pros and cons at long range, but both are very suitable.

The Object 120 can be used at a close-range battle, but it will not be able to perform as effectively due to its relatively long 10 second reload time and a lack of gun stabilizer. These two lacking features mean that the Object 120 cannot react to new threats quickly, especially when it tries to take the battle offensively. It is thus better to fight at range, where the Object's advantages can be used to the fullest.

Modules

Tier	Mobility		Protection	Firepower
I	Tracks		Parts	Horizontal Drive	152 mm APDS-FS
II	Suspension	Brake System	FPE	Adjustment of Fire
III	Filters		Crew Replenishment	Elevation Mechanism
IV	Transmission	Engine		NVD
This is a premium vehicle: all modifications are unlocked on purchase

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Very high velocity APFSDS round means "point and shoot" at typical War Thunder combat ranges - no need to account for projectile drop at range
• Outstanding armour penetration by HEAT-FS and APFSDS rounds
• Very good spalling effect from the kinetic energy spread and explosive mass from HEAT-FS round
• Good mobility for the size of gun
• Only Soviet tank destroyer with a turret

Cons:

• Weak armour - vulnerable to anything bigger than a heavy machine gun, and even those from some angles at short range
• Poor depression for main armament
• Low ammunition load
• All projectiles carried in rear of turret behind thin armour makes ammunition explosions very likely from turret hits

History

The Object 120 "Taran" was a tank destroyer developed after the USSR's conclusion that AP rounds from the T-10 and T-55 could not pierce the newest American tank the M60. The Object 120 (also noted as being the SU-152 "Taran") surpassed foreign tank destroyers with firepower and mobility at the time. The name Taran comes from its cannon which became the reason it wasn't adopted. The 125 smoothbore and anti tank missiles are the reason why the Object 120 was not put into production.

Media

Skins

• Skins and camouflages for the Object 120 from live.warthunder.com.

Videos

The Shooting Range #62 - Metal Beasts section at 00:32 discusses the Object 120.

Premium Vehicles: Object 120 "Taran" - War Thunder Wiki

High-explosive power discusses the Object 120 at 3:30 - War Thunder Official Channel

See also

Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:

• reference to the series of the vehicles;
• links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.

External links

• [Devblog] Object 120 "Taran": The Hammer of Tanks