VK 65.01 (H) characteristics
Firepower
- Damage
- 110hp
- Penetration
- 108mm
- DPM
- 1,784
- Reload
- 3.70s
- Rate of fire
- 16.22/min
- Aim time
- 1.90s
- Accuracy
- 0.380m
- Dispersion moving
- 0.230
- Shell velocity
- 800m/s
- Caliber
- 75mm
- Gun depression
- 20°
- Gun elevation
- 10°
Mobility
- Top speed
- 30km/h
- Reverse speed
- 15km/h
- Engine power
- 900hp
- Power/weight
- 13.8hp/t
- Hull traverse
- 35.0°/s
- Turret traverse
- 24.0°/s
- Hard terrain
- 1.00
- Medium terrain
- 1.20
- Soft terrain
- 2.50
Survivability
- Hit points
- 736hp
- Hull armor (front)
- 80mm
- Turret armor (front)
- 80mm
- Fire chance
- 0%
- Ammo rack HP
- 160hp
- Track HP
- 150hp
Spotting & other
- View range
- 360m
- Signal range
- 620m
- Camo (still)
- 0.1%
- Camo (moving)
- 0.1%
- Weight
- 65.0t
VK 65.01 (H) historical reference
January 19, 1939, the Panzer and Motorized Equipment Branch (WaPrüf 6) of the German Army Weapons Agency announced development of a 65-ton tank. The Henschel and Krupp companies received an order for production of pilot vehicles on September 1st, 1939. A wooden dummy was created by April 1940 and, according to various sources, one or two more prototypes in unarmored steel and with no turret were produced by mid-1941. In 1942, development was discontinued and the prototypes were destroyed.