Kirovets-1

Kirovets-1 is a tier 8 heavy tank from USSR in World of Tanks. This is a premium vehicle — purchased separately from the tech tree.

Kirovets-1 stats at a glance

The Kirovets-1 has 1240 hit points , 140mm of frontal hull armor , and a top speed of 42 km/h. .

Hull & survivability

The front-to-side armor ratio is 1.4:1. Side armor is relatively comparable to the front, meaning the Kirovets-1 can absorb some side hits in close-quarters fighting.

Mobility

Forward-to-reverse speed ratio is 2.1:1. The Kirovets-1 has solid reverse speed for repositioning after taking a shot.

Camouflage

Available guns (1)

How Kirovets-1 compares to its peers

There are 102 tier 8 heavy tanks in WoT, including the Kirovets-1. Its 1240 HP places it in the top 51% for hit points among same-tier heavy tanks (peer average: 1249). Frontal hull armor of 140mm ranks in the top 46% for the class (peer average: 144mm). Top forward speed of 42 km/h is faster than 73% of peer vehicles in this tier and class.

Direct comparisons

• Kirovets-1 vs 110 — tier 8 heavy tank from China
• Kirovets-1 vs 112 FL — tier 8 heavy tank from China
• Kirovets-1 vs 112 — tier 8 heavy tank from China
• Kirovets-1 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 Kirovets-1 project (IS-3, prototype No. 1) was developed from July through November 1944. The prototype was built at the Chelyabinsk Kirov Plant in September–October 1944. From December 18 through December 24, 1944, the vehicle underwent trials at the NIBT proving grounds in Kubinka. After it was decided to manufacture a pilot series of the modified IS-2 with a hull proposed by engineers of Plant No. 100 and Central Research Institute-48, the work on the Kirovets-1 was discontinued.

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