King Tiger (Captured)
Tier VII Heavy Tank USA

King Tiger (Captured)

King Tiger (C)

Tank ID 61473

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

During World War II, all sides used captured enemy armored vehicles, painting them in the standard colors of their army as soon as possible and applying clearly visible markings to minimize the risk of "friendly fire".

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

1,300

Weight

69.8 t

Forward speed

38 km/h

Reverse speed

12 km/h

View range

380 m

Signal range

710 m

Armour

Front Sides Rear
Hull 150 80 80
Turret 185 80 80

Engine: Maybach HL 230 P30 · 700 hp

Radio: FuG 7 Ausf. F

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

8,8 cm Kw.K. 43

Calibre 88 mm
Reload time 8.5 s
Aiming time 2.5 s
Dispersion 0.36
Rate of fire 7.06 /min
Ammo capacity 70

Shell types

AP · armour-piercing Damage 180 / 240 / 300

Penetration 152 / 203 / 254 mm

APCR · composite rigid Damage 180 / 240 / 300

Penetration 178 / 237 / 296 mm

HE · high explosive Damage 221 / 295 / 369

Penetration 33 / 44 / 55 mm

Marks of Excellence

Damage thresholds

Combined Damage (Damage + Assist + Tracking)

Combined damage
1 Mark ≥ 65 %
1,775
2 Marks ≥ 85 %
2,581
3 Marks ≥ 95 %
3,334

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 1,076
Avg. spotted 1.07
Avg. kills 0.90
Avg. defence 0.68
Exp. win rate 54.08 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

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

Win rate

54.87 %

Avg. WN8

1,732

Battles

7,662

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 28 of 85 at Tier VII

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 Yzne eu 4,409 109 68.81 %
2 Panzerfighter_ eu 3,937 92 66.30 %
3 skill4ltu eu 3,817 116 60.34 %
4 Hojey eu 3,488 110 54.55 %
5 Quickfingers eu 3,340 56 57.14 %
6 Ursid eu 3,257 97 75.26 %
7 SoranaSokana eu 2,913 66 57.58 %
8 bananak eu 2,699 109 59.63 %
9 _Clickachu_ eu 2,561 77 68.83 %
10 haktan2003 eu 2,443 59 52.54 %

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