VK 30.01 (P)
VK 30.01 (P)
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920,000 Cost |
1040220 HP Hit Points |
45.54/46.620.22/50 t Weight Limit |
- Commander
- Gunner
- Driver
- Radio Operator
- Loader
420670 hp Engine Power |
45/12 km/h Speed Limit |
2628 deg/s Traverse |
9.2233.14 hp/t Power/Wt Ratio |
YesYes Pivot |
// mm Hull Armor |
80/80/80100/80/80 mm Turret Armor |
AP/APCR/HE
AP/APCR/HE Shells |
70/2800/38
252/3200/252 Shell Cost |
110/110/175220/220/270 HP Damage |
110/158/38145/194/44 mm Penetration |
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15 r/m Standard Gun ▲
8.7 Rate of Fire Standard Gun |
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Standard Gun
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Standard Gun
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1650 Standard Gun ▲
Standard Gun
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Standard Gun
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1914 Damage Per Minute Standard Gun |
m ▲
0.39 m With 50% Crew: 0.483 m ▲
0.38 Accuracy With 50% Crew: 0.471 m |
s 2.3 s 2.3 Aim time |
2823 deg/s Turret Traverse |
360° Gun Arc |
-10°/+20°-8°/+15° Elevation Arc |
9661 rounds Ammo Capacity |
2020 % Chance of Fire |
m 350 m 370 View Range |
m 310 m 710 Signal Range |
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The VK 30.01 (P) is a German tier 6 heavy tank.
The Porsche company developed the concept of a new vehicle in 1939. On March 5, 1941, after numerous approvals, the company prepared blueprints and, in July 1941, produced the hull from mild steel. The hull and chassis (with detachable equipment for trenching) passed performance trials. One wooden prototype of the turret and one wooden prototype of the hull were manufactured. In 1942, the project was discontinued in favor of new heavy tanks.
Note: this tank was changed from a Medium to a Heavy in Update 1.9.
As this tank was used to prototype the Pz.Kpfw. VI Tiger (P), it's similar in size and layout. Its comparatively weak side armour and low traverse rate leaves the tank vulnerable to flank shots. However, it makes up for this with decent speed and a gun that has good DPM and hits reasonably hard.
The VK 30.01 (P) leads to the Tiger (P).
Modules / Available Equipment and Consumables
Modules
Tier | Engine | Engine Power (hp) |
Chance of Fire on Impact (%) |
Weight (kg) |
Price ()
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VI | 2x Porsche Typ 100 | 420 | 20 | 670 | 24850 | |
VI | 2x Porsche Typ 100/1 | 600 | 20 | 670 | 29900 | |
VII | 2x Porsche Typ 100/3 | 670 | 20 | 720 | 39850 |
Tier | Suspension | Load Limit (т) |
Traverse Speed (gr/sec) |
Rmin | Weight (kg) |
Price ()
| |
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V | VK 30.01 (P) | 46.6 | 26 | 0 | 9050 | 9380 | |
VI | VK 30.01 (P) verstärkteketten | 50 | 28 | 0 | 9050 | 15000 |
Tier | Radio | Signal Range (m) |
Weight (kg) |
Price ()
| |
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III | FuG 5 | 310 | 50 | 630 | |
VI | FuG 7 | 415 | 70 | 8160 | |
IX | FuG 12 | 710 | 150 | 43200 |
Compatible Equipment
Compatible Consumables
Player Opinion
Pros and Cons
Pros:
- Rather high DPM and decent gun handling
- Once fully upgraded, has decent mobility and maneuverability for its class
- Rather compact hull size and good gun depression, can hull down
- Wide gun mantlet with the Krupp Turm turret is thick enough to fend off most regular shells in tier
- 3rd highest HP of all Tier 6 heavy tanks
Cons:
- Unsloped armour with mediocre thickness everywhere besides the mantlet, offers no real protection
- Poor penetration for a Tier 6 heavy
- One of the worst stock grinds: extremely sluggish due to underpowered engine, lousy gun and weak turret with huge cupola
Performance
Stock, the VK 30.01 (P) comes with the same 75 mm gun as the Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. H, the penetration of which is unfortunately woefully inadequate at tier VI. The stock engine meanwhile provides the maneuverability of a superheavy tank. While this may provide an early taste of what the Maus has to offer, the incredibly weak engine is a severe handicap, even for a heavy tank.
Fully upgraded, the VK 30.01 (P) is a workable support tank with good top speed. You can and should flank with it when you can, but this tank is let down by sluggish turret traverse, and it tends to take a while to accelerate to its top speed (lowered from 60 to 45 in 1.9). It can also be an effective sniper, as it can make use its thick gun mantlet, making hull-down tactics somewhat effective. When done properly, poorly aimed shells may penetrate only the gun mantlet, but not the actual turret. As always, a lot depends on the matchmaker (i.e. the tier of tanks you are up against). Its decent power to weight ratio (with the upgraded engines) and relatively high top speed allow it to get to and stay at the front lines, but it's no longer able to exploit gaps or rush to help in an emergency nearly as well as it used to.
Early Research
- The FuG 12 radio carries over from the Pz. IV H and should be installed immediately. The 10,5 cm Kw.K. L/28 also carries over, but is locked behind the second turret.
- First, research the 2x Porsche Typ 100/1 engine for a much-needed increase in horsepower.
- Next, research the 8,8 cm Kw.K. 36 L/56 gun for a great boost to firepower.
- Research the Vk 30.01 (P) verstärkteketten suspension and the Vk 30.01 (P) Krupp Turm turret for improved survivability.
- Research the 2x Porsche Typ 100/3 for another small boost to horsepower.
- Finally, research the 7,5 cm Kw.K. 42 L/70.
Suggested Equipment
Gallery
Historical Info
In 1937, along with Henschel, Porsche was given the task of build the medium tank that would replace Panzerkampfwagen IV. Its design was supposed to be capable of being armed with 75mm L/24 or even if possible 105mm L/28 gun and one 7.92mm MG34 for local defence. VK3001(P) was Porsche's first design since 1927's Grosstraktor I and its drawings were finished by September 5th of 1939 by Porsche's Chief Engineer Karl Rabe.
Prototypes were supposed to be fitted with turrets manufactured by Krupp. Porsche considered arming the vehicle with 105mm KwK L/47, 105mm KwK L/52 gun and finally with 88mm KwK 36 L/56 gun (developed from 88mm Flak 36 gun). Six turrets armed with 88mm guns were ordered in April of 1941, but none were produced. Leopard's turret was similar in appearance to that used on Tiger(P) and Tiger. Porsche planned to power VK3001(P) with gasoline-electric power/drive system (two air-cooled Porsche Typ 100 engines by Steyr and electric transmission). Only one or two turretless prototypes were completed by Nibelungenwerke in St.Valentin, Austria in late (October) 1941, out of 3 hulls originally ordered. Although many problems were encountered with its advanced power and drive system, prototype(s) performed well. During tests prototype(s) reached maximum speed of 60km/h but its fuel consumption was 170 liters per 100 kilometers. In order to solve the engine problems, Porsche designed diesel engine (Porsche Typ 200) but it was never produced.
VK3001(P) program was abandoned and two prototypes were used extensively in the development of VK4501(P) - Porsche's Tiger, which started in July of 1941. In order to transport VK3001(P) tank, Porsche designed special tank transporter (Panzertransporter Porsche 142), but this project was also abandoned. Tests continued until May of 1942, but VK3001(P) never went into production just like VK3001(H) and VK3601(H).
Historical Gallery
Historical Accuracy Errata
The VK3001P's hull armor thickness is actually 50/40/30 (currently 75/60/40).
- Actual weight is 30 tons (currently 35+ tons).
- One of the VK3001P's historical armaments, the 7,5 cm KwK 37 L/24, is missing.
- The 10,5 cm KwK L/28 was never considered for this tank.
- Work on the 7,5 cm KwK 40 L/48 began long after development of the VK3001P had ceased.
- The VK3001P's only engine output was 420hp.
- The VK 30.01 (P) Krupp Turm does not exist on the historical record.