VK 30.01 (H)

Totals

410000 Coût

730 PSDurabilité

32 / 41 Poids

Crew

Chef de char
Tireur
Pilote
Opérateur radio
Chargeur

Armor

50/50/50Blindage caisse(avant/flancs/arrière, mm)

50/50/50Blindage tourelle(avant/flancs/arrière, mm)

Maneuver

300 chPuissance moteur

35 km/hVitesse maximale / en marche arrière

20 °/sVitesse de rotation

Firepower

160 damage

43 mmPénétration moyenne

7.82784907845218 Temps pour un chargement complet

42 °/sVitesse de rotation du canon

Communication

230 mPortée de vue

500 mPortée du signal radio

Durchbruchswagen 2

VK 30.01 (H)

VK 36.01 (H)VK 30.02 (M)

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The VK3001H is a German tier 5 heavy tank

This tank is slow for a tier 5 heavy and the rather weak armor doesn't help, giving this tank low survivability in close-combat encounters. Also, to be able to mount the 7.5cm Waffe gun, the turret has to be upgraded, but this will decrease the agility and drive-performance of the tank due to the added weight and the slower traverse speed. This tank is recommended for mid-range encounters, as the relatively accurate and powerful 7.5cm Waffe proves extremely effective against even tier 7 tanks. Just make sure you have backup. This tank is a very good for learning more advanced defensive tactics (hulldown, sidescraping) that will help throughout the whole line, as simple armor angling will not help you survive in this tank.

Tourelle

Niveau	Tourelle	Blindage tourelle (avant/flancs/arrière, mm)	Vitesse de rotation du canon (°/s)	Portée de vue (m)	Expérience	Poids (t)
IV	VK 30.01 (H) 0-Serie	50/50/50	42	230	0	3000

Niveau	Canon	Pénétration moyenne (mm)		Cadence de tir	Dispersion à 100 m	Temps de visée	Expérience	Poids (t)
IV	7,5 cm Kw.K. 37 L/24	43/87/38	160/160/200	7.66	0.45	2.3	0	780
IV	5 cm Kw.K. 39 L/60	67/130/25	70/70/90	19.84	0.35	2.3	1350	700
IV	7,5 cm Kw.K. 40 L/43	103/139/38	160/160/200	6.91	0.41	2.3	2140	1437

Niveau	Tourelle	Blindage tourelle (avant/flancs/arrière, mm)	Vitesse de rotation du canon (°/s)	Portée de vue (m)	Expérience	Poids (t)
V	VK 36.01 (H)	80/60/60	24	240	2600	7680

Niveau	Canon	Pénétration moyenne (mm)		Cadence de tir	Dispersion à 100 m	Temps de visée	Expérience	Poids (t)
IV	7,5 cm Kw.K. 37 L/24	43/87/38	160/160/200	8.34	0.45	2.3	0	780
IV	5 cm Kw.K. 39 L/60	67/130/25	70/70/90	19.84	0.35	2.3	1350	700
IV	7,5 cm Kw.K. 40 L/43	103/139/38	160/160/200	7.46	0.41	2.3	2140	1437
V	7,5 cm Kw.K. 40 L/48	110/158/38	160/160/200	7.46	0.39	2.3	3400	1520
V	10,5 cm Kw.K. L/28	64/104/53	330/330/410	5.93	0.55	2.3	3800	2100
VI	7,5 cm Kw.K. 42 L/70	150/194/20	160/160/200	7.14	0.35	2.5	4600	1740
VII	7,5/5,5 cm Waffe 0725	157/221/38	160/160/200	7.44	0.34	2.5	9200	720

Moteur

Niveau	Moteur	Puissance moteur (ch)	Probabilité d'incendie à l'impact	Expérience	Poids (t)
IV	Maybach HL 116	300	20	0	750
V	Maybach HL 190	375	20	1300	1000
VI	Maybach HL 150	400	20	5250	850

Niveau	Suspension	Limite de charge	Vitesse de rotation (°/s)	Expérience	Poids (t)
IV	VK 30.01 (H)	41	20	0	11000
V	VK 30.01 (H) verstärkteketten	41	22	2250	11000

Radio

Niveau	Radio	Portée du signal radio (m)	Expérience	Poids (t)
III	FuG5_GER	500	0	50

Compatible Equipment

Compatible Consumables

Avis des joueurs

Points forts/faibles

Points forts :

Huge gun selection, this tank can unlock nearly every mid-tier German gun

Waffe gun has the best penetration and accuracy of all tier 5 heavies, with APCR ammo providing better penetration than some tier 7 tanks get

Highest view range of all tier 5 heavies

Decent mantlet and gun depression allow for effective hulldown fighting

Side armour and thick tracks are sufficient for sidescraping

Points faibles :

Poor manoeuvrability

Sluggish acceleration

Weakest hull armour of all the Tier 5 Heavy tanks; even with heavy angling you cannot expect to bounce anything off the front hull

Engine frequently gets damaged from frontal hits

Very, very, very hard to elite this tank due to the number of guns

Performance

Because of its weak and generally unsloped hull armor, this tank should be played as a sniper, preferably hull-down. Playstyle can be compared to Tiger, VK 30.02 (M) or Panther, and this tank will prepare you for future German tanks. Aside from the howitzer, there is really no reason to use anything but the Waffe as it outclasses all the other guns. However unlocking them all at tier 5 will make future grinds in the German line much easier. Because of the terrible hull armour and easily hit engine, it is essential that you learn to fight hulldown or sidescrape as much as possible. These tricks are essential throughout the entire German heavy line, and really any heavy tank in the game.

For players that favor close-ranged combat, the 10.5cm gun is a good option with its high damage output per shell. However you will have to deal with the cons of this vehicle in order to use this gun effectively. This gun can be used to good effect in urban environments with ranges limited from 50 to 100 meters. Just be sure to aim for the weak spots and have some support when reloading. Also, if you do use the howitzer, DO NOT FIRE AP AMMO! It is a waste of your time and money because with HE ammo, at least you can deal splash damage even if you do not penetrate.

Modules prioritaires

Upon purchasing this tank, you should immediately install the 7.5 cm KwK 40 L/43 (if researched).
If you haven't researched the 7.5 cm KwK 40 L/43 yet, research it for a major boost in firepower.
Now upgrade the suspension and turret.
Next you can decide between going for the Maybach HL 174 or the Waffe. If you really find the L/43 to be unacceptable, you can stop for the L/70 which is almost as good as the Waffe while being much cheaper to unlock.
Now research the choice on the line above that you didn't do.
If planning to go to the VK3601H next, you may want to leave the top engine. It only provides another 25 h.p. and will unlock for free upon researching the VK3601H.
Go from there.

Informations Historiques

VK 30.01(H) prototype during tests. Note the concrete rings to simulate the weight of the turret.jpg

VK 30.01 (H) is a further development of the Durchbruchswagen concept. The DW vehicles (DW1 and DW2) were – as their name in German suggests – attempts to create a breakthrough tank (in other words, essentially a heavy tank). On September 9, 1938, it was decided to continue with the DW 30 ton category development. On January 1, 1939, Krupp decided that the new vehicle should be equipped with a 75mm L/24 cannon, the crew should be equal to that of Panzer IV and the tank should have 50mm armor all around. On January 31, 1939, this new vehicle program was renamed to Panzerkampfwagen VI (7,5cm), but the new experimental designation for it was VK 30.01 (experimental/tracked vehicle, 30 tons, 1st prototype). At the same time, the old DW projects were renamed to VK 30.01 (Alte Konstruktion), while the new VK 30.01 was referred to as “Neue Konstruktion” (new design).

Design-wise, it was a classical German tank, with typical Henschel suspension that would eventually evolve into the Tiger suspension via VK 36.01. The roadwheels had torsion bar suspension.

3 prototypes were ordered. The hulls were made by Krupp in Essen and delivered to Henschel in Kassel for final assembly in 1940. Turrets were also ordered and Krupp was supposed to deliver them in 1940. However, these came later and most likely were never installed on any prototype machines. The three prototypes instead had a concrete cube installed instead of the turret to simulate the turret weight. The vehicles were equipped with 300hp Maybach HL116 engines and their maximum road speed was 35km/h.

On May 25, 1941, the first order for 8 0-series VK 30.01 (H) tanks was signed. Between October 1941 and January 1942, Henschel also recieved the 8 turrets from Krupp that were to be mounted on the 0-series vehicles. The first 0-series hull was delivered on August 8, 1941, and on November 15, 1941, the first 0-series VK 30.01 (H) (with a mounted turret) was tested in Sennelager. This first 0-series VK 30.01 (H) was by no means finished, however, (some components were missing) and it was sent back to Henschel. The last hull was delivered on November 10, 1941 and the last turret on January 21, 1942. Maybach also built 18 engines in total for the VK 30.01 between 1941 and 1943.

On January 30, 1942, based on the preliminary tests (which did not show the vehicle in a very positive light), it was decided to reduce the amount of the 0-series tanks being built to only 4 vehicles, which were built in March (2 vehicles) and October 1942 (another 2). These tanks were sent to training units and were used for crew training.

The armament (which was still the 75mm L/24, quite insufficient for the 1942 battlefield) was also discussed – Krupp proposed on October 7, 1941 the following options to the Waffenprüfamt 6:

- 75mm KwK L/34,6 (lengthened version of L/24) - 50mm KwK L/50 - 50mm KwK L/60 - 75mm Waffe 0725 (which WoT players will know as the 75mm Konisch on VK 36.01, but it was shown later that this could not be installed).

WaPA 6 responded in the sense that they would like the 75mm KwK 40 L/43 to be installed. Krupp replied that in order to do that, either the gun would have to be modified, or the turret would have to be bigger. In January 1942, the re-arm project was scrapped.

Two hulls were subsequently used to build the two 128mm tank destroyers “12,8cm Kanone 40 L/61 auf VK 30.01(H)”, known as “Sturer Emil”. Additional turrets that were already manufactured before the 0-series VK 30.01 (H) project was reduced were used for fixed emplacements in France (the Atlantic Wall).

The remaining machines were used for crew training and testing various equipment until the end of the war, when they were scrapped.