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SECTION 10 // ARMOR / VEHICLE PROFILEREF · KV-1
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KV-1
USSR·
Heavy TankDevelopment started at the end of 1938. A prototype was produced in August 1939. The vehicle first saw combat in December 1939 at the Mannerheim Line. The tank was mass-produced from March 1940 through August 1942, with a total of 2,769 vehicles manufactured.
Configuration
Health
840
DPM
2,368
View range
310m
Speed
34km/h
Camo
27Poor
Mark of Excellence requirementsCombined dmg + assist · NA · 2026-07-12
3 marks · 95%
1,819
2 marks · 85%
1,451
1 mark · 65%
984
A-01 · ARMOR SCHEMA
Armor thicknessMeasured
Nominal plate thickness straight from the game client. Click any plate to highlight it on the 3D model and focus the camera on it.
Armor
20mm110mm
Hull
All 12 plates
Turret 2 of 2
All 6 plates
A-02 · SPECIFICATIONS
Specifications
Builds
Grade
Experimental
CrewShared perks
Weaponry
- DPM
- 2,368
- Damage
- 450
- Penetration
- 61 mm
- … at 500m
- 61 mm
- Reload time
- 11.40 s
- Rate of fire
- 5.26/min
- Aim time
- 2.90 s
- Dispersion
- 0.570 m
- … moving
- 0.250
- … tank traverse
- 0.250
- … turret traverse
- 0.160
- … after firing
- 4.0
- Damage vs. modules
- 165
- Caliber
- 122.0 mm
- Shell velocity
- 515 m/s
- Max range
- 720 m
- Ammo capacity
- 60
- Potential damage
- 27,000
- Shell cost
- 257 cr
Mobility
- Top speed
- 34 km/h
- Reverse speed
- 10 km/h
- Power/weight
- 11.18 hp/t
- Tank traverse
- 24.0 °/s
- Turret traverse
- 24.0 °/s
- Effective top speed
- … hard
- 34.0 km/h
- … medium
- 31.9 km/h
- … soft
- 22.4 km/h
- Effective traverse
- … hard
- 24.0 °/s
- … medium
- 18.9 °/s
- … soft
- 13.2 °/s
- Gun elevation
- 25 °
- Gun depression
- 7 °
- Gun traverse range
- 360°
- Terrain resistance
- … hard
- 1.10
- … medium
- 1.40
- … soft
- 2.00
Everything Else
- Hull armor
- 75 / 75 / 70
- Turret armor
- 110 / 110 / 110
- Health
- 840
- Engine health
- 145
- … repaired
- 72
- Track health
- 140
- … repaired
- 105
- … repair time
- 6.86 s
- Ammo rack health
- 140
- … repaired
- 90
- Fuel tank health
- 150
- … repaired
- 60
- Total weight
- 49,190 kg
- Stationary camo
- 6.40 / 1.23%
- Moving camo
- 3.20 / 0.62%
- View range
- 310 m
- Fire chance
- 15%
- Tank cost
- 390,000 cr
Gun Constraints
360° traverse
Crew
Commander
Gunner
Driver
Radio Operator
Loader
A-03 · MODULE RESEARCH
Module research
Guns
IV
Stock
76 mm ZiS-5 (KV-1)
V
4,250
85 mm F-30 (KV-1)
A-04 · SERVER PERFORMANCE
Server performance
Aggregate stats from NA players over the last 30d
Avg WN8
4387
Super Unicum
Avg WNX
4108
Super Unicum
Win rate
62.9%
Excellent
DPG
1471
Frags
1.93
Spots
1.38
Survival
39.3%
Dmg taken
773
Hit rate
74.0%
Spot assist
89
Track assist
22
Defense
0.61
Avg XP
902
Aggregated from 27 tracked NA players · 186 battles. Coverage grows as more players are tracked.
MoE thresholds (combined dmg + assist)
65%984
85%1,451
95%1,819
Reach these combined damage (dealt + assist) values over a rolling window to earn marks of excellence.
A-05 · TOP OPERATORS
Top players
Highest performers in the KV-1 on NA
A-06 · VIDEO INTEL
Video reviews
Curated reviews, replays, and guides from veteran players
A-07 · SIMILAR HULLS
A-08 · CHANGELOG
Balance changelog
Patch-by-patch changes to this tank
- 2.0Sep 1, 2025
- ·Weight49.14→49.190.05
- ·Traverse speed18→235
- ·Mobility on medium terrain+18%
- ·Mobility on soft terrain+33%
- ·Traverse speed20→244
- ·EngineM-17L 1,400 r/min→M-17T (KV-1)
- ·Power450→540
