Windhund

Windhund is a tier 8 tank destroyer from Germany in World of Tanks. This is a premium vehicle — purchased separately from the tech tree.

Windhund stats at a glance

The Windhund has 1040 hit points , 50mm of frontal hull armor , and a top speed of 50 km/h. .

Hull & survivability

The front-to-side armor ratio is 1.7:1.

Mobility

Forward-to-reverse speed ratio is 1.7:1. The Windhund has solid reverse speed for repositioning after taking a shot.

Camouflage

Available guns (1)

How Windhund compares to its peers

There are 57 tier 8 tank destroyers in WoT, including the Windhund. Its 1040 HP places it in the top 46% for hit points among same-tier tank destroyers (peer average: 1004). Frontal hull armor of 50mm ranks in the top 80% for the class (peer average: 130mm). Top forward speed of 50 km/h is faster than 52% of peer vehicles in this tier and class.

Direct comparisons

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

About this vehicle

In the mid-1960s, inspired by the Swedish Strv S, the Bundeswehr decided to build its own equivalent based on German developments. In 1966, KraussMaffei and Rheinmetall were offered a competition to design a turretless tank with a gun hard-mounted to the hull. Three years later, Rheinmetall presented a prototype, while KraussMaffei withdrew from the competition to focus on producing and upgrading Leopard 1 tanks. However, the new vehicle turned out very expensive to produce, only costing a little less than the Kpz. 70 main battle tank, the program for which was terminated because of high costs...

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