Regarding firepower, the tank is armed with the 7.5 cm KwK 40 L/48 gun.
The commander’s cupola has a thickness of 50 mm all around, and the armour is 30 mm thick on the top of the hull, and 40 mm on the turret’s top.
The turret armour is 105 mm thick all around, with the gun mantlet having 50 mm of armour protection. Three other 25 mm armour strips then protect the turret ring. An additional 25 mm's of applique armour is then fitted on both the lower and upper frontal glacis, giving it 100 mm of armour protection. The un-sloped side armour is 75 mm thick, while lower rear armour thickness is 70 mm under slope of 14 degrees (60 mm for upper rear armour plate). The turret’s rotation speed is 12 degrees per second, while the reload time is 6.2 seconds with a fully trained loader.įrontal armour is 75 mm thick both on the lower glacis (26 degrees of slope), and on the upper glacis (30 degrees of slope), with 40 mm plate sloped under 72 degrees covering the area between them. Its weight is 47.5 tonnes, and maximum speed is 37 kph, which the tank can reach in 15 seconds when riding on flat surface. As a premium, it comes with all modifications (including ammunition) already researched. In War Thunder, the PzKpfw KV-1B 756(r) is a rank 3 German premium heavy tank with a Battle Rating of 5.3.
