Black Rock

Black Rock is a tier 11 heavy tank from USA in World of Tanks. This is a premium vehicle — purchased separately from the tech tree.

Black Rock stats at a glance

The Black Rock has 1920 hit points , 171.5mm of frontal hull armor , and a top speed of 43 km/h. .

Hull & survivability

The front-to-side armor ratio is 1.9:1.

Mobility

Forward-to-reverse speed ratio is 3.1:1. Reverse speed is limited, so pre-aim and exposure timing matter more on this vehicle.

Camouflage

Available guns (1)

How Black Rock compares to its peers

There are 9 tier 11 heavy tanks in WoT, including the Black Rock. Its 1920 HP places it in the top 75% for hit points among same-tier heavy tanks (peer average: 2062). Frontal hull armor of 171.5mm ranks in the top 50% for the class (peer average: 155mm). Top forward speed of 43 km/h is faster than 75% of peer vehicles in this tier and class.

Direct comparisons

• Black Rock vs BZ-79 — tier 11 heavy tank from China
• Black Rock vs Contriver — tier 11 heavy tank from UK
• Black Rock vs Fauteur — tier 11 heavy tank from France
• Black Rock vs Imbattable — tier 11 heavy tank from France
• See full tier 11 heavy tank tier list — all 9 vehicles ranked

About this vehicle

In the 1970s, the U.S. military started developing a next-generation heavy tank with maximum crew protection. The ammunition was located separately from the crew in different parts of the hull, and the designers planned to equip the vehicle with advanced electronics and an automatic loading system. During development the available technologies were found to be insufficiently reliable. They were too likely to malfunction and no duplicate manual systems were planned other than periscopes. The tank's concept was clearly ahead of its time, and because of the technical limitations the project was c...

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