Concept 1B

Concept 1B is a tier 9 heavy tank from USA in World of Tanks. This is a premium vehicle — purchased separately from the tech tree.

Concept 1B stats at a glance

The Concept 1B has 1440 hit points , 130mm of frontal hull armor , and a top speed of 45 km/h. .

Hull & survivability

The front-to-side armor ratio is 1.1:1. Side armor is relatively comparable to the front, meaning the Concept 1B can absorb some side hits in close-quarters fighting.

Mobility

Forward-to-reverse speed ratio is 2.5:1. Reverse speed is limited, so pre-aim and exposure timing matter more on this vehicle.

Camouflage

Available guns (1)

How Concept 1B compares to its peers

There are 60 tier 9 heavy tanks in WoT, including the Concept 1B. Its 1440 HP places it in the top 88% for hit points among same-tier heavy tanks (peer average: 1524). Frontal hull armor of 130mm ranks in the top 69% for the class (peer average: 153mm). Top forward speed of 45 km/h is faster than 78% of peer vehicles in this tier and class.

Direct comparisons

• Concept 1B vs 50TP — tier 9 heavy tank from Poland
• Concept 1B vs AE Phase I — tier 9 heavy tank from USA
• Concept 1B vs AMX 50 120 — tier 9 heavy tank from France
• Concept 1B vs AMX M4 51 FL — tier 9 heavy tank from France
• See full tier 9 heavy tank tier list — all 60 vehicles ranked

About this vehicle

From the late 1960s to the early 1970s, under the program for developing a new main battle tank, various designs were considered. One of them was a variant known as Concept 1B with a low turret and manual loading of a 110 mm rifled gun with high ballistics. No metal prototype was produced.

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