Object 120

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Object 120
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Description

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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

Main article: M-69 (152 mm)
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 APDS-FS APFSDS 405 400 385 370 355 340
152 mm HE HE 49 49 49 49 49 49
152 mm HEAT-FS HEATFS 480 480 480 480 480 480
Shell details
Ammunition Type of
warhead
Velocity
(m/s)
Projectile
Mass (kg)
Fuse delay
(m)
Fuse sensitivity
(mm)
Explosive Mass
(TNT equivalent) (g)
Normalisation at 30°
from horizontal
Ricochet
0% 50% 100%
152 mm APDS-FS APFSDS 1,710 8.0 N/A N/A N/A +1.5° 76°  ??° 78°
152 mm HE HE 960 43.5 0.1 0.5 5,900 +0.0° 79° 80° 81°
152 mm HEAT-FS HEATFS 1,000 35.0 N/A 0.1 5,852 +0.0° 65° 72° 75°
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
(+21)
19 (+3)
 
(+18)
 
(+21)
No

Optics

Object 120 Optics
Default magnification Maximum magnification
Main Gun optics X3.5 X7.0
Comparable optics  ???

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's 152mm gun and it's 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 HEATFS, but is capable of going through almost all the armor of vehicles it can face, and it's extremely low shell drop, that which is comparable to the shell drop of top tier MBTs makes it one of the best shells to use at long range at it's BR. The HEATFS shell, however, has similar shell drop compared to other tanks of similar BR, but this disadvantage is compensated with a huge amount of explosives, almost equal to the HE shell, making the HE shell worthless, as when a HEATFS shell has that much explosives, the HEATFS starts acting more like a high-pen HE round. Both of these rounds have their pros and cons at long range, but both are very suitable.

One last thing to note is that while the Object 120 can be used at close range(not recommended), but not as effectively, it's reload is still slower than your enemies, even with it's 10 second autoloader, and the lack of a stabilizer makes quick shooting impossible. It is better to fight at range, where the Object's advantages matter the most.

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

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

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


USSR tank destroyers
SU-76M  SU-76M · SU-76M (5th Gv.Kav.Corps) · SU-85A
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T-34 Derivatives  SU-122 · SU-85 · SU-85M · SU-100 · SU-122P
Heavy Tank Derivatives  SU-100Y · ISU-122 · ISU-122S · SU-152 · ISU-152 · Object 268
SU-100P and Derivatives  SU-100P · Object 120
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Artillery  2S1 · 2S3M
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USA  SU-57

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