Object 279 early
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Object 279 early
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[Client Values; Actual values in
22,500 Cost |
2400480 HP Hit Points |
60/6533.06/65 t Weight Limit |
- Commander (Radio Operator)
- Gunner
- Driver
- Loader
850850 hp Engine Power |
40/13 km/h Speed Limit |
3030 deg/s Traverse |
14.1725.71 hp/t Power/Wt Ratio |
YesYes Pivot |
// mm Hull Armor |
330/140/90330/140/90 mm Turret Armor |
AP/HEAT/HE
AP/HEAT/HE Shells |
1065/5200/630
1065/5200/630 Shell Cost |
440/440/530440/440/530 HP Damage |
258/340/68258/340/68 mm Penetration |
r/m ▲
5.71 r/m Standard Gun ▲
5.71 Rate of Fire Standard Gun |
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Standard Gun
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Standard Gun
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2512.4 Standard Gun ▲
Standard Gun
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Standard Gun
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2512.4 Damage Per Minute Standard Gun |
m ▲
0.36 m With 50% Crew: 0.446 m ▲
0.36 Accuracy With 50% Crew: 0.446 m |
s 2.3 s 2.3 Aim time |
2828 deg/s Turret Traverse |
360° Gun Arc |
-5°/+15°-5°/+15° Elevation Arc |
4040 rounds Ammo Capacity |
1212 % Chance of Fire |
m 400 m 400 View Range |
m 720 m 720 Signal Range |
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The Object 279 early is a Soviet tier 10 premium heavy tank.
An early variant of a blueprint project for a high crossing capacity heavy tank with a new configuration scheme. Developed in 1947–1948 by L. S. Troyanov. This vehicle was to feature a low four-track engine, mounted on longitudinal beams that also served as fuel tanks, considerably reducing the chance of fire. These solutions provided high crossing capacity and survivability: the tank could continue moving even with damaged tracks. The placement of the hull above the suspension allowed for a large fighting compartment, and as a result, increased ammunition and an improved autoloader mechanism for a high rate of fire. A functional prototype was manufactured in 1948.
Modules / Available Equipment and Consumables
Modules
Tier | Gun | Penetration (mm) |
Damage (HP) |
Rate of fire (rounds/minute) |
Dispersion (m/100m) |
Aiming time (s) |
Weight (kg) |
Price ()
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X | 122 mm M62-T2A | 258/340/68 | 440/440/530 | 5.71 | 0.36 | 2.3 | 3397 | 335000 |
Tier | Engine | Engine Power (hp) |
Chance of Fire on Impact (%) |
Weight (kg) |
Price ()
| |
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X | V-11-NC | 850 | 12 | 1200 | 132000 |
Tier | Suspension | Load Limit (т) |
Traverse Speed (gr/sec) |
Rmin | Weight (kg) |
Price ()
| |
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X | Object 279 early (726) | 65 | 30 | 0 | 15000 | 82500 |
Compatible Equipment
Compatible Consumables
Player Opinion
Pros and Cons
Pros:
- Great gun with high DPM (best among Russian heavies), quick aim time and good handling
- Ridiculous frontal armor with virtually no weakspots (does not even have a lower plate!)
- Good mobility for a heavy tank
Cons:
- Bad gun depression
- Artillery and premium ammo magnet
- Only obtainable through a difficult and time-consuming grind
Performance
Being one of the most futuristic appearing tanks featured in game, the Object 279e brings the breakthrough tank concept to a whole new level.
It's parameters, on the first glance, appears to be something in between the IS-7 and the IS-4, with a mid-large calibre gun, thick armor concentrated on the frontal arc and above average mobility & agility. This can actually be much misleading, for that it has one distinguishing benefit off the paper: the chassis design. Object 279e's boat-shaped hull completely remains above its 4 wide tracks. This odd design eliminated the LFP weakspot common on most ordinary tanks, leaving only the turret cupolas somewhat viable target. The suspension elements supporting the hull are also considered spaced armor as the tracks are, shooting through which causes no damage. As such, instead of side-scrape technique one can "head-scrape" in the 279e: Poke the angled glacis and conceal the weaker inner side behind cover. In this way, opponents who have either too low penetration to pen the glacis (which equal most vehicles ingame, and still many even with premium rounds) or too bad gun handling to target the cupolas will eventually perish beneath the M-62T2A gun, with the 279e barely scratched from the effort. The thick protruding edge of the glacis can also be used as a ramming bar to some extent; just be aware that one shall keep its weight in mind. That being said, it's still way far from invulnerability: to keep its weight in reasonable range, its sides and rear plates are far less sturdy than the IS tanks, and has no spaced armor strips to absorb poorly aim shots. Also most likely as a compromise to its unique layout, its hull bottom plate is only 20mm thick! This can be the Achilles heel against more seasoned opponents: exposing it by moving around inclination will directly negate the benefit of not having a LFP; while this pitiful thickness also takes heavy impact from HE shells landing on one's tracks. Getting pinned to death by high RoF guns spamming HE or simply arty bombardment is highly probable. TL;DR -- the armor on frontal arc is more than tough, just take caution abusing that.
Other than the outstanding survivability, its firepower is nothing to be looked down upon. The M-62T2 may not have been new around with its just acceptable penetration and accuracy, but this one boasts improved reload rate, making its DPM comparable to those of the more nimble Chinese HTs. The only issue is the vertical clearance: 5 degrees of depression might not be very handy in facehugs or rough terrain.
Despite inheriting the awful ground resistance of previous Soviet HTs, its comparatively powerful 850hp diesel engine ensured superior mobility to the cumbersome IS-4, and is roughly on par with the Super Conqueror. One won't arrive anywhere in a blink, but it usually will do.
Overall, the Obj. 279e is a brilliant brawler, be it bullying meds or tricking other heavies. It's definitely worth going through the long mission chain.
Early Research
Special vehicle, comes elite in its stock configuration.
Suggested Equipment
Documented Tank and Crew Builds
Equipment Setup:
Gun Rammer is mandatory. VStab preferrable to enhance gun handling, yet aim time isn't that long to benefit greatly from a GLD; for the 3rd slot, GLD for handling, Vents for overall performance, Optics to gain more assists or Toolbox to keep the tracks going, at one's own leisure.
Crew Skills
One should already have no less than 1 set of highly trained Soviet HT crew member upon obtaining the Obj. 279e, and this vehicle doesn't require other specific skills than those one would train on techtree peers, whether the IS line or the KV line. However, note that its crew setup doesn't fit that of the IS-7's, with no 2nd loader slot (who doubles as radioman); other 3 top tier Soviet heavies all have identical crew setup.
Gallery
Historical Info
The general idea of a new layout scheme of a heavy cross-country tank was presented by L.S. Troyanov back in 1947-1948. in the preliminary design of the tank "Object 726". In this project, the overall width of the machine allowed by the conditions of railway transportation was used to accommodate a low four-track mover. The project noted: “Using the entire width of the envelope to transfer normal loads to the ground and the presence of four identical leading track tracks allowed to place the required number of track rollers (with a small load on the roller) and reduce not only a purely normative indicator, average specific ground pressure, but and the actual specific pressure, which deforms the track and determines the depth of immersion of the tracks. Almost the entire bottom was blocked from the bottom by the tracks,
Small loads on the skating rink and a large number of them, increasing throughput and reducing the forces of resistance to movement on soft soils, at the same time contribute to an increase in ride smoothness when driving at high speeds. The presence of four tracks increases the survivability of tanks. In case of combat defeats of one of the independent tracks, two middle or middle and extreme neonotomous sides, the machine can continue to move and maintain controllability. Longitudinal beams, passing along the symmetry axes of the right and left pairs of tracks, make it possible to mount a low chassis on them, which is not achieved with the usual installation of suspensions on the body. The beams impart rigidity to the bottom and serve as a tank to accommodate the entire fuel supply, which has been completely removed from the hull to eliminate fires.
The hull is placed on top, above the low chassis, occupying again the entire permissible width of the envelope, and not its part, due to which it is possible to carry out a wide fighting compartment over its entire height, which is located between the tracks in existing heavy tanks, occupying only the remaining part, usually not exceeding half the total width. There is the possibility of placing an increased stock of ammunition in places accessible for the charging and the implementation of automation of the loading process to increase the rate of fire. With a large body width, the required volume is obtained at a significantly lower height, which gives a gain in booking and reduces the overall height of the car.
Reservation of the tower is also improved, since the tower can be without a tail niche, usually used to place ammunition, due to the small capacity of the hull. The presence of a tail niche significantly increases the silhouette of the most striking upper part of the machine. The capacity of the wide hull allows you to place the entire stock of ammunition in a less affected and more protected place, eliminating the tail niche of the tower. "
It should be noted that as early as 1948, a working model of the tank with a four-track mover in a scale of 1:10, controlled by wire, was completed. In addition to turns and overcoming a number of obstacles (ditches, grooves, rises, etc.), the model demonstrated the possibility of self-digging on light soils by communicating to two middle caterpillars the direction of movement opposite to the movement of the extreme caterpillars.
To check the cross-country ability and agility by the end of 1952, as a result of the joint work of VNII-100 and OKBT LKZ, they made an experimental four-track machine equipped with the necessary measuring instruments. At the same time, it was planned to draw up a real base for creating a heavy cross-country tank and other special tracked vehicles based on it (artillery tractors, self-propelled artillery installations, heavy-duty transporters, engineering vehicles) intended for use in difficult terrain, for example, in swamps, snow and other
In 1953, comparative tests of an experimental four-tracked vehicle and serial tanks ( T-54 and T-10 ) were held, which showed its clear advantage in mobility. The new chassis made it possible to create a heavy off-road tank with a simultaneous increase in the main indicators that determined its combat qualities. Draft studies of such a machine, carried out in accordance with the TTT project for a promising heavy tank, as well as the mock-ups of its various options, were presented to the Ministry of Transport and Heavy Engineering in March, June and November 1953.
In order to ensure high traffic of other types of vehicles on the instructions of the Deputy Minister Yu.E. Maksarev VNII-100 completed projects of a heavy artillery tractor of high cross-country ability and a light floating armored personnel carrier with a special four-track chassis. These projects, with all the necessary explanatory materials, were also sent to the Ministry of Transport and Heavy Engineering.
In early 1954, VNII-100 began to develop a conceptual design of a heavy tank according to a completely new layout using a four-track chassis, which provided a sharp increase in cross-country ability and a significant increase in the size of the fighting compartment. However, due to the lack of harmonized and approved TTT for the design of such a combat vehicle, these works acquired an abstract character. Until the end of 1954, the Institute completed only the justification of the parameters laid down in the design of the tank and continued testing the four-track experimental vehicle to study the patency, agility and resistance to movement of such a chassis in various conditions. At the same time, the machine was loaded up to 88 tons.
Historical Gallery
Historical Accuracy Errata
* The model in-game was known as Object 726 and it had had no direct connection to the actual Object 279. Although the design information and testing results from the Object 726 project was used as a basis for the development of the Object 279.
- The actual Object 279 was developed from 1957-59 and one surviving example can still befound at Kubinka Tank Museum. The object 279 has a more disk-like hull with 269mm of maximum armour thickness, with effective armour easily surpassing 400mm.