SPHT

SPHT stats at a glance

The SPHT has 1440 hit points , 152.4mm of frontal hull armor , and a top speed of 50 km/h. Its strongest gun configuration deals 420 damage per shot with 260mm of armor penetration , giving it a theoretical maximum DPM of 2625.

Hull & survivability

The front-to-side armor ratio is 2.0:1. This pronounced angling makes the SPHT significantly stronger when keeping its front facing the enemy.

Mobility

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

Camouflage

Available guns (1)

With the top-tier gun, the SPHT can theoretically output up to 2625 damage per minute at sustained fire (shot damage × rounds per minute).

How SPHT compares to its peers

There are 69 tier 9 heavy tanks in WoT, including the SPHT. Its 1440 HP places it in the top 82% for hit points among same-tier heavy tanks (peer average: 1485). Frontal hull armor of 152.4mm ranks in the top 44% for the class (peer average: 153mm). Top forward speed of 50 km/h is faster than 87% of peer vehicles in this tier and class. The strongest gun deals 420 damage per shot, higher than 49% of comparable vehicles. Best penetration of 260mm puts it in the top 7% for armor-piercing capability in its class.

Direct comparisons

• SPHT vs AE Phase I — tier 9 heavy tank from USA
• SPHT vs Concept 1B — tier 9 heavy tank from USA
• SPHT vs M-VI-Y — tier 9 heavy tank from USA
• See full tier 9 heavy tank tier list — all 69 vehicles ranked

Related tier 9 heavy tanks

• 50TP Tyszkiewicza — Poland
• 63TP Rycerski — Poland, premium
• AE Phase I — USA, premium
• Ambassador — Sweden, premium
• AMX 50 120 — France
• AMX M4 mle. 51 FL — France, premium
• AMX M4 mle. 51 — France
• Buryan — USSR, premium
• All USA tanks · Tier 9 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 project stood out from U.S. tanks developed in the late 1950s to early 1960s chiefly in terms of appearance, since the vehicle was assembled from rolled armor plates. In that period, American tanks had cast hulls and turrets produced by a limited number of factories. This was sufficient during peacetime, but not enough under mobilization conditions. The military needed to build a tank using rolled plates as a fall-back. The Detroit-based Independent Engineering Company started the development and proposed a design for a vehicle with a turret and hull made from rolled steel. The project wa...

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