Grille 15

Grille 15 stats at a glance

The Grille 15 has 1440 hit points , 30mm of frontal hull armor , and a top speed of 60 km/h. Its strongest gun configuration deals 750 damage per shot with 279mm of armor penetration , giving it a theoretical maximum DPM of 2498.

Hull & survivability

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

Mobility

Forward-to-reverse speed ratio is 4.0:1. Reverse speed is limited, so pre-aim and exposure timing matter more on this vehicle.

Camouflage

Available guns (1)

With the top-tier gun, the Grille 15 can theoretically output up to 2498 damage per minute at sustained fire (shot damage × rounds per minute).

How Grille 15 compares to its peers

There are 38 tier 10 tank destroyers in WoT, including the Grille 15. Its 1440 HP places it in the top 97% for hit points among same-tier tank destroyers (peer average: 1575). Frontal hull armor of 30mm ranks in the top 100% for the class (peer average: 185mm). Top forward speed of 60 km/h is faster than 100% of peer vehicles in this tier and class. The strongest gun deals 750 damage per shot, higher than 51% of comparable vehicles. Best penetration of 279mm puts it in the top 65% for armor-piercing capability in its class.

Direct comparisons

• Grille 15 vs AHT-7 — tier 10 tank destroyer from USA
• Grille 15 vs T110E4 — tier 10 tank destroyer from USA
• Grille 15 vs T110E4 7x7 — tier 10 tank destroyer from USA
• See full tier 10 tank destroyer tier list — all 38 vehicles ranked

Related tier 10 tank destroyers

• WZ-113G FT 7x7 — China, premium
• 114 SP2 — China, premium
• AHT-7 — USA, premium
• Alpha FV4005 — UK
• Ashigaru — Japan, premium
• FV217 Badger 7x7 — UK, premium
• FV217 Badger — UK
• NC 70 Błyskawica 7x7 — Poland, premium
• All Germany tanks · Tier 10 premium tanks

Understand the stats

Want a deeper grasp of what these numbers actually mean in battle? Read the glossary:

• What is DPM — the most important offensive metric
• Alpha damage — single-shot damage and what it means for playstyle
• Penetration — and how it interacts with armor angling
• Hull-down position — the king of defensive plays
• View range — how spotting actually works

About this vehicle

In the summer of 1942, Waffenamt (the German Army Weapon Agency) concluded an agreement with the Krupp and Rheinmetall companies for designing a tank destroyer on the chassis of the Panther tank. It was planned to mount either the 128-mm K 43 gun or the 150-mm sFH 43 howitzer. The projects were designated Grille 12 and Grille 15, featured rear placement of the fighting compartment, and differed only in the artillery system type. Later, the Grille 15 received a 150-mm gun with a length of 63 calibers, which could penetrate 200 mm of armor at 4,000 meters. However, development was slow, and the ...

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