Object Kust

Object Kust stats at a glance

The Object Kust has 960 hit points , 110mm of frontal hull armor , and a top speed of 50 km/h. .

Hull & survivability

The front-to-side armor ratio is 2.8:1. This pronounced angling makes the Kust significantly stronger when keeping its front facing the enemy.

Mobility

Forward-to-reverse speed ratio is 2.5:1. The Kust has solid reverse speed for repositioning after taking a shot.

Camouflage

Available guns (1)

How Kust compares to its peers

There are 57 tier 8 tank destroyers in WoT, including the Kust. Its 960 HP places it in the top 70% for hit points among same-tier tank destroyers (peer average: 1005). Frontal hull armor of 110mm ranks in the top 50% for the class (peer average: 129mm). Top forward speed of 50 km/h is faster than 52% of peer vehicles in this tier and class.

Direct comparisons

• Kust vs Alby — tier 8 tank destroyer from France
• Kust vs AMX AC 48 FL — tier 8 tank destroyer from France
• Kust vs AMX AC 48 — tier 8 tank destroyer from France
• Kust vs AMX Cda 105 — tier 8 tank destroyer from France
• See full tier 8 tank destroyer tier list — all 57 vehicles ranked

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 second half of the 1950s, the U.S.S.R. was working to develop turretless tanks. Designers in Kharkiv were working on a vehicle named Object Kust (kust meaning "bush"), which was similar in concept to the Swedish Strv 103. For aiming, only elevation/depression of the gun was envisaged, with minimal traverse. The project did not go beyond the mockup stage.

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