Gonsalo

Gonsalo is a tier 8 heavy tank from UK in World of Tanks. This is a premium vehicle — purchased separately from the tech tree.

Gonsalo stats at a glance

The Gonsalo has 1200 hit points , 130mm of frontal hull armor , and a top speed of 37 km/h. .

Hull & survivability

The front-to-side armor ratio is 3.7:1. This pronounced angling makes the Gonsalo significantly stronger when keeping its front facing the enemy.

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 Gonsalo compares to its peers

There are 102 tier 8 heavy tanks in WoT, including the Gonsalo. Its 1200 HP places it in the top 84% for hit points among same-tier heavy tanks (peer average: 1249). Frontal hull armor of 130mm ranks in the top 57% for the class (peer average: 144mm). Top forward speed of 37 km/h is faster than 46% of peer vehicles in this tier and class.

Direct comparisons

• Gonsalo vs 110 — tier 8 heavy tank from China
• Gonsalo vs 112 FL — tier 8 heavy tank from China
• Gonsalo vs 112 — tier 8 heavy tank from China
• Gonsalo vs 50TP pr. — tier 8 heavy tank from Poland
• See full tier 8 heavy tank tier list — all 102 vehicles ranked

About this vehicle

The project was developed at the Royal Military College in 1962. The tank had to have great mobility, good frontal armor, and a powerful gun with a magazine loading system. Originally the plan was to use a 160 mm gun with HE shells as well as nuclear warhead shells. During the latter's production, technical difficulties led to considering the name Gonsalo for a vehicle variant with a 120 mm gun using AP and HE shells. The vehicle turned out too complex and expensive to make, while the many innovations did not guarantee an advantage over the vehicles that were in development and production. The...

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