Tier VI Heavy Tank Japan

Heavy Tank No. VI

HT No. VI

Tank ID 52321

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

In 1943, the Japanese ambassador to Germany attended Henschel's field trials of the Tiger. After that, the company was ordered to transfer all tank documentation to Japan. One disassembled Tiger was sent to Bordeaux on October 14, 1943, to be delivered to Japan by submarine. However, the vehicle was never delivered, and the Japanese were never able to establish their own production of Tigers. This enterprise cost 645,000 Reichsmarks to Japan, while the original cost was 300,000 Reichsmarks.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

1,060

Weight

57.0 t

Forward speed

40 km/h

Reverse speed

12 km/h

View range

370 m

Signal range

620 m

Armour

	Front	Sides	Rear
Hull	100	80	80
Turret	100	80	80

Engine: Maybach HL 210 TRM P45 · 650 hp

Radio: Fu 5 mit 20 WS.E.

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

8,8 cm Kw.K. 36 L/56

Calibre 88 mm

Reload time 7.0 s

Aiming time 2.3 s

Dispersion 0.38

Rate of fire 8.57 /min

Ammo capacity 92

Shell types

AP · armour-piercing Damage 165 / 220 / 275

Penetration 109 / 145 / 181 mm

APCR · composite rigid Damage 165 / 220 / 275

Penetration 146 / 194 / 243 mm

HE · high explosive Damage 203 / 270 / 338

Penetration 33 / 44 / 55 mm

Marks of Excellence

Damage thresholds

Combined Damage (Damage + Assist + Tracking)

Combined damage

1 Mark ≥ 65 %

1,353

2 Marks ≥ 85 %

1,968

3 Marks ≥ 95 %

2,542

Approximation based on WN8 expected values — not an official Wargaming figure.

WN8 Expected Values

XVM reference

XVM Expected Values for WN8 calculation (per battle)

Per battle (avg.)

Avg. damage 820

Avg. spotted 1.04

Avg. kills 0.97

Avg. defence 0.77

Exp. win rate 54.22 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

Average across every profile stored on WG-Watch — real battles instead of expected values.

Win rate

54.53 %

Avg. WN8

1,690

Battles

14,955

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 34 of 91 at Tier VI

Best players on this tank

By WN8

From the stored profiles, minimum 50 battles on this vehicle. Updated daily.

#	Player	WN8	Battles	Win rate
1	Xilense eu	5,246	76	69.74 %
2	Yzne eu	4,942	79	79.75 %
3	mailand eu	3,750	60	61.67 %
4	skill4ltu eu	3,732	126	70.63 %
5	bushseeker eu	3,707	59	66.10 %
6	NewMultiShow eu	3,703	66	69.70 %
7	Nokogirizame asia	2,976	82	60.98 %
8	TheSorb eu	2,973	250	58.00 %
9	Eumelmad eu	2,862	184	66.30 %
10	Eastfront87 eu	2,852	108	61.11 %