Tier IX Light Tank Germany

Spähpanzer Ru 251

Ru 251

Tank ID 18449

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

The vehicle was based on the Kanonenjagdpanzer 4-5 tank destroyer by the Henschel company in 1964. The tank was planned to replace the obsolete M41 Walker Bulldog vehicles used by the reconnaissance battalions of the armored divisions in the German Army. The tank never saw mass production, but some technical innovations were applied later in the development of other vehicles. The total number of prototypes built is unknown.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

1,600

Weight

25.5 t

Forward speed

70 km/h

Reverse speed

24 km/h

View range

410 m

Signal range

745 m

Armour

	Front	Sides	Rear
Hull	25	20	8
Turret	20	20	20

Engine: MTU MB 837 Aa · 700 hp

Radio: AN/GRC-7

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

90 mm Rheinmetall DM1

Calibre 90 mm

Reload time 7.0 s

Aiming time 2.0 s

Dispersion 0.36

Rate of fire 8.57 /min

Ammo capacity 41

Shell types

APCR · composite rigid Damage 180 / 240 / 300

Penetration 161 / 215 / 269 mm

HEAT · shaped charge Damage 180 / 240 / 300

Penetration 188 / 250 / 313 mm

HE · high explosive Damage 240 / 320 / 400

Penetration 77 / 102 / 128 mm

Marks of Excellence

Damage thresholds

Combined Damage (Damage + Assist + Tracking)

Combined damage

1 Mark ≥ 65 %

1,583

2 Marks ≥ 85 %

2,303

3 Marks ≥ 95 %

2,975

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 960

Avg. spotted 2.70

Avg. kills 0.68

Avg. defence 0.74

Exp. win rate 51.20 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

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

Win rate

54.49 %

Avg. WN8

2,175

Battles

63,625

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 66 of 129 at Tier IX

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	EvilQuintessence eu	6,107	59	55.93 %
2	MentalBlessed eu	5,505	136	55.88 %
3	Vale__ eu	5,446	1,016	67.42 %
4	Alfazet eu	5,022	166	60.24 %
5	moimoi12_FIN eu	4,964	412	58.50 %
6	mailand eu	4,905	392	68.37 %
7	Dualistiq eu	4,678	51	62.75 %
8	Ursid eu	4,556	211	63.98 %
9	Yzne eu	4,417	687	67.83 %
10	Octavius_18 eu	4,167	90	61.11 %