KV-4

KV4 (Stock)

Totals

2430000 Cost

1470 HPDurability

97.43 / 112.56 Weight

Crew

1. Commander
2. Gunner
3. Driver
4. Radio Operator
5. Loader
6. Loader

Armor

180/150/90Hull Armor(front/sides/rear, mm)

180/130/130Turret Armor(front/sides/rear, mm)

Maneuver

1000 h.p.Engine Power

30 km/hTop Speed / Reverse Speed

15 deg/sTraverse Speed

Firepower

320 damage

167 mmAverage Penetration

10.023576961 Time for Complete Loading

20 deg/sGun Traverse Speed

Communication

230 mView Range

500 mSignal Range

KV-3

KV-4

ST-I

VIII

2430000

The project of N. L. Dukhov developed in April 1941. A prototype was to be produced by November 1941. However, the work was discontinued due to the outbreak of the Soviet–German war.

The KV-4 is the soviet tier 8 heavy tank, the alternative to the IS-3. The KV-4 is an armored behemoth, sporting insane armor for its tier while being really slow. The top gun has good penetration and standard DPM. Overall, sidescraping in this tank is almost always extremely profitable if done correctly.

Turret

Level	Turret	Turret Armor (front/sides/rear, mm)	Gun Traverse Speed (deg/s)	View Range (m)	Experience	Weight (t)
VII	KV-4	180/130/130	20	230	0	15400

Level	Gun	Average Penetration (mm)		Rate of Fire	Dispersion at 100 m	Aiming Time	Experience	Weight (t)
VII	107 mm ZiS-6	167/219/54	320/320/400	5.99	0.45	3.4	0	2400
VII	122 mm D-2-5T	175/217/61	400/400/500	3.95	0.46	3.4	20060	2600
VIII	122 mm D-25T	175/217/61	400/400/500	4.73	0.46	3.4	19000	2590
IX	107 mm ZiS-24	227/289/62	320/320/400	5.26	0.38	3.4	44000	2840

Level	Turret	Turret Armor (front/sides/rear, mm)	Gun Traverse Speed (deg/s)	View Range (m)	Experience	Weight (t)
VIII	KV-4-5	180/150/140	18	240	14800	24000

Level	Gun	Average Penetration (mm)		Rate of Fire	Dispersion at 100 m	Aiming Time	Experience	Weight (t)
VII	107 mm ZiS-6	167/219/54	320/320/400	6.19	0.45	2.9	0	2400
VII	122 mm D-2-5T	175/217/61	400/400/500	4.04	0.46	3.4	20060	2600
VIII	122 mm D-25T	175/217/61	400/400/500	4.81	0.46	3.4	19000	2590
IX	107 mm ZiS-24	227/289/62	320/320/400	5.41	0.38	3.4	44000	2840

Engine

Level	Engine	Engine Power (h.p.)	Chance of Fire on Impact	Experience	Weight (t)
IX	M-40	1000	15	0	1250
IX	2x V-2K-F	1200	15	27300	1500

Level	Suspension	Load Limit	Traverse Speed (deg/s)	Experience	Weight (t)
VII	KV-4	112.56	15	0	20000
VIII	KV-4 Bis	112.56	17	15200	20000

Radio

Level	Radio	Signal Range (m)	Experience	Weight (t)
VII	_10RK	500	0	100

Compatible Equipment

Compatible Consumables

Player Opinion

Pros and Cons

Pros:

-Excellent armor profile, especially when highly angled can deflect most incoming fire

-Good penetration for 107mm Zis-24 gun

-High hitpoint pool allows for survival

-Frontal turret armor profile very strong

Cons:

-Extremely slow. Almost impossible to retreat when necessary

-Becomes quite vulnerable to higher tiers as armor looses some effectiveness

-Turret hatch is an obvious weak spot

-Mediocre gun depression and poor accuracy

Performance

The KV-4 is a large, massive, hulking heavy tank and the universal bane of inexperienced enemies everywhere. KV-4 drivers should attempt to use their armor at all times to take advantageous forward positions and act as a bunker for their teammates. The frontal armor does have a decent volume of weak areas, especially the lower glacis when pointed head on at the enemy. However given the very thick side armor, the KV-4 can be angled steeply at around 35 degrees when facing targets to increase effective armor on the frontal weak spots and continue to deflect rounds with the sides. As such when approaching enemies, KV-4 drivers should tack like a sailboat. Furthermore with such strong side armor, drivers should sidescrape whenever possible. Stuff that weaker frontal armor into a building, behind a hill, or behind a dead tank hull and hide those frontal weak spots. The turret is mounted rear-enough to offer excellent sidescraping at all times. Take care though, the sides of the KV-4 turret are quite weak and if not aimed properly towards incoming fire, the turret is not strong.

The trade-off of such thick and strong armor is exceedingly poor mobility. While KV-4 does have a high top speed and is devastating when rolling down hill to ram enemies, its' ability to accelerate and traverse are nearly non existent. KV-4 drivers must take care to examine enemy team composition and predict where a battle will unfold and take positions to defend against those strategies. Being left alone in the middle of a map with no cover is never a wise decision in this tank as you are easily flanked, circled, and surrounded all while lacking the mobility to retreat or relocate. Plan engagements ahead and think about them while trundling slowly towards the battle.

Lastly, the gun on KV-4 is unique to tier VIII heavy tanks. Slightly below average alpha but with exceptional penetration and respectable DPM. Luckily the strong armor allows longer exposure times to take advantage of the not the greatest alpha. Remember, gun handling is not good on this tank, so fighting at medium or closer ranges is required to mitigate the poor accuracy. The D-25T gun is tempting to use with the 400 alpha, but the penetration is so low as to make this ineffective and require gold rounds in most scenarios.

Early Research

Stock grind is not terribly challenging. Consider either Tracks or ZiS gun first. Follow up with the turret, and finally the engine.

USSR

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