Rheinmetall Panzerwagen

Rheinmetall Panzerwagen stats at a glance

The Rheinmetall Panzerwagen has 1440 hit points , 30mm of frontal hull armor , and a top speed of 75 km/h. Its strongest gun configuration deals 320 damage per shot with 242mm of armor penetration , giving it a theoretical maximum DPM of 2400.

Hull & survivability

The front-to-side armor ratio is 1.0:1. Side armor is relatively comparable to the front, meaning the Rhm. Pzw. can absorb some side hits in close-quarters fighting.

Mobility

Forward-to-reverse speed ratio is 3.0:1. The Rhm. Pzw. has solid reverse speed for repositioning after taking a shot.

Camouflage

Available guns (1)

With the top-tier gun, the Rhm. Pzw. can theoretically output up to 2400 damage per minute at sustained fire (shot damage × rounds per minute).

How Rhm. Pzw. compares to its peers

There are 10 tier 10 light tanks in WoT, including the Rhm. Pzw.. Its 1440 HP places it in the top 11% for hit points among same-tier light tanks (peer average: 1289). Frontal hull armor of 30mm ranks in the top 67% for the class (peer average: 43mm). Top forward speed of 75 km/h is faster than 100% of peer vehicles in this tier and class. The strongest gun deals 320 damage per shot, higher than 33% of comparable vehicles. Best penetration of 242mm puts it in the top 22% for armor-piercing capability in its class.

Direct comparisons

• Rhm. Pzw. vs Sheridan — tier 10 light tank from USA
• Rhm. Pzw. vs WZ-132-1 — tier 10 light tank from China
• Rhm. Pzw. vs Tesák — tier 10 light tank from Czechoslovakia
• See full tier 10 light tank tier list — all 10 vehicles ranked

Related tier 10 light tanks

• AMX 13 105 7x7 — France, premium
• AMX 13 105 — France
• Panhard EBR 105 — France
• Manticore — UK
• Rattle — Czechoslovakia
• XM551 Sheridan — USA
• T-100 LT — USSR
• Vz. 71 Tesák — Czechoslovakia
• 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

On June 8, 1957, Rheinmetall recorded a patent for a new light tank with an oscillating turret and a gun with trunnions. The proposed design allowed engineers to equip light vehicles with powerful 90-mm and 105-mm guns while preserving the minimum vehicle height. Rheinmetall did not have their own chassis for the subsequent tank production, and they offered their turret to other plants. The vehicle is a project on the basis of the Hanomag and Henschel chassis. Existed only in blueprints.

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