Nergal

Nergal stats at a glance

The Nergal has 1120 hit points , 230mm of frontal hull armor , and a top speed of 24 km/h. Its strongest gun configuration deals 350 damage per shot with 215mm of armor penetration , giving it a theoretical maximum DPM of 1999.

Hull & survivability

The front-to-side armor ratio is 2.9:1. This pronounced angling makes the Nergal significantly stronger when keeping its front facing the enemy.

Mobility

Forward-to-reverse speed ratio is 2.0:1. 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 Nergal can theoretically output up to 1999 damage per minute at sustained fire (shot damage × rounds per minute).

How Nergal compares to its peers

There are 107 tier 8 heavy tanks in WoT, including the Nergal. Its 1120 HP places it in the top 97% for hit points among same-tier heavy tanks (peer average: 1238). Frontal hull armor of 230mm ranks in the top 5% for the class (peer average: 143mm). Top forward speed of 24 km/h is faster than 4% of peer vehicles in this tier and class. The strongest gun deals 350 damage per shot, higher than 42% of comparable vehicles. Best penetration of 215mm puts it in the top 75% for armor-piercing capability in its class.

Direct comparisons

• Nergal vs Chrysler K — tier 8 heavy tank from USA
• Nergal vs Chrysler GF — tier 8 heavy tank from USA
• Nergal vs T26E5 — tier 8 heavy tank from USA
• See full tier 8 heavy tank tier list — all 107 vehicles ranked

Related tier 8 heavy tanks

• 110 — China
• 112 FL — China, premium
• 112 — China, premium
• 50TP prototyp — Poland, premium
• 50TP Resilient — Poland, premium
• 53TP Markowskiego — Poland
• 56TP — Poland, premium
• Object 703–II (100) — USSR, premium
• All UK tanks · Tier 8 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

This vehicle was listed in Babylon Center documents under the abbreviation NrGLL-8 and was thought to have been lost during experiments on travel into the deep phase of Mirium subspace. However, the tank was retrieved together with its crew, and now it bears the name Nergal in honor of the Babylonian god of the underworld. The vehicle is almost completely covered in drawings and inscriptions telling of Nergal and his descent into Irkalla, the land of the dead. One of its crew members applied the images while in the deep phase, affected by Mirium and the realization that they would never return...

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