Object 259A

Object 259A is a tier 8 heavy tank from USSR in World of Tanks. This is a premium vehicle — purchased separately from the tech tree.

Object 259A stats at a glance

The Object 259A has 1160 hit points , 110mm of frontal hull armor , and a top speed of 60 km/h. .

Hull & survivability

The front-to-side armor ratio is 1.1:1. Side armor is relatively comparable to the front, meaning the Obj. 259A can absorb some side hits in close-quarters fighting.

Mobility

Forward-to-reverse speed ratio is 5.0:1. Reverse speed is limited, so pre-aim and exposure timing matter more on this vehicle.

Camouflage

Available guns (1)

How Obj. 259A compares to its peers

There are 102 tier 8 heavy tanks in WoT, including the Obj. 259A. Its 1160 HP places it in the top 92% for hit points among same-tier heavy tanks (peer average: 1250). Frontal hull armor of 110mm ranks in the top 86% for the class (peer average: 144mm). Top forward speed of 60 km/h is faster than 100% of peer vehicles in this tier and class.

Direct comparisons

• Obj. 259A vs 110 — tier 8 heavy tank from China
• Obj. 259A vs 112 FL — tier 8 heavy tank from China
• Obj. 259A vs 112 — tier 8 heavy tank from China
• Obj. 259A vs 50TP pr. — tier 8 heavy tank from Poland
• See full tier 8 heavy tank tier list — all 102 vehicles ranked

About this vehicle

In June 1945, the Design Bureau of Factory No. 100 started designing the second tank designated IS-7. Compared to the preliminary variant, the Object 257, armoring and mobility requirements increased. In September 1945, four draft designs were developed for the tank that was still called the IS-7. The Object 259 was a project with the KCh-30 engine and an electromechanical transmission. In 1946, several variants of the vehicle's machine gun armament were developed, including several types of turret-mounted rear anti-aircraft guns with remote aiming.

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