Tier V Medium Tank Germany

Pz.Kpfw. IV hydrostat.

Pz. IV hydr.

Tank ID 55057

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

The development of vehicles incorporating rear-placed hydrostatic drive started in Germany in July 1944. The chassis of the Pz. IV Ausf. G was used for the related trials. The first prototype was manufactured at the end of October 1944. Only one vehicle was produced.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

720

Weight

24.0 t

Forward speed

48 km/h

Reverse speed

20 km/h

View range

330 m

Signal range

620 m

Armour

	Front	Sides	Rear
Hull	50	30	20
Turret	50	30	30

Engine: Maybach HL 120 TRM V12 · 300 hp

Radio: FuG5 mit 20 WS.E.

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

7,5 cm Kw.K. 40 L/48

Calibre 75 mm

Reload time 4.3 s

Aiming time 2.3 s

Dispersion 0.39

Rate of fire 13.95 /min

Ammo capacity 105

Shell types

AP · armour-piercing Damage 83 / 110 / 138

Penetration 83 / 110 / 138 mm

APCR · composite rigid Damage 83 / 110 / 138

Penetration 119 / 158 / 198 mm

HE · high explosive Damage 131 / 175 / 219

Penetration 29 / 38 / 48 mm

Marks of Excellence

Damage thresholds

Combined Damage (Damage + Assist + Tracking)

Combined damage

1 Mark ≥ 65 %

976

2 Marks ≥ 85 %

1,419

3 Marks ≥ 95 %

1,833

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 591

Avg. spotted 1.27

Avg. kills 1.04

Avg. defence 1.10

Exp. win rate 53.01 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

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

Win rate

54.78 %

Avg. WN8

2,151

Battles

2,207

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 38 of 87 at Tier V

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	skill4ltu eu	5,003	81	79.01 %
2	m00h eu	4,616	132	66.67 %
3	Xilense eu	4,564	54	66.67 %
4	Yzne eu	4,411	127	74.02 %
5	Hotdogbun eu	2,154	90	53.33 %
6	KzH_bis__DZE eu	2,150	164	53.66 %
7	north85n eu	2,065	82	56.10 %
8	Iceprince eu	2,054	59	49.15 %
9	Volltrunken eu	1,827	105	51.43 %
10	WelleErdball23 eu	1,707	75	53.33 %