Tier VIII Light Tank Germany

HWK 12

Tank ID 20241

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

A series of HWK 10 light caterpillar armored carriers was developed by Henschel-Werke in the late 1950s–early 1960s. The vehicles were developed for export purposes. The first HWK 11 prototype was created in 1963, with 40 vehicles being sent to Mexico later. Two HWK 13 prototypes (reconnaissance vehicles) were built as well. The HWK 12 was supposed to be manufactured on the basis of the same chassis, but no prototypes were built.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

1,180

Weight

12.2 t

Forward speed

65 km/h

Reverse speed

23 km/h

View range

400 m

Signal range

745 m

Armour

	Front	Sides	Rear
Hull	15	15	15
Turret	15	10	10

Engine: General Motors 6V53 · 350 hp

Radio: AN/GRC-7

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

90 mm Mecar N

Calibre 90 mm

Reload time 7.8 s

Aiming time 2.1 s

Dispersion 0.36

Rate of fire 7.69 /min

Ammo capacity 50

Shell types

AP · armour-piercing Damage 180 / 240 / 300

Penetration 135 / 180 / 225 mm

HEAT · shaped charge Damage 180 / 240 / 300

Penetration 188 / 250 / 313 mm

HE · high explosive Damage 240 / 320 / 400

Penetration 34 / 45 / 56 mm

Marks of Excellence

Damage thresholds

Combined Damage (Damage + Assist + Tracking)

Combined damage

1 Mark ≥ 65 %

1,330

2 Marks ≥ 85 %

1,935

3 Marks ≥ 95 %

2,500

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 806

Avg. spotted 2.78

Avg. kills 0.67

Avg. defence 0.73

Exp. win rate 51.93 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

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

Win rate

51.93 %

Avg. WN8

1,627

Battles

10,513

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 190 of 228 at Tier VIII

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	mailand eu	6,862	66	63.64 %
2	skill4ltu eu	6,349	65	69.23 %
3	m00h eu	6,292	73	75.34 %
4	Yzne eu	4,960	135	68.89 %
5	Rasierer32 eu	3,603	216	62.96 %
6	vasiliy_barber eu	3,540	71	56.34 %
7	_BabaBrka_ eu	3,369	52	67.31 %
8	Mallert eu	3,316	70	61.43 %
9	OIDA_Da_AUTkatzlschwoaf eu	3,053	113	54.87 %
10	TheKalash_Management eu	2,885	51	54.90 %