Tier VIII Medium Tank Soviet Union

STG

Tank ID 47617

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

Developed in the J.V. Stalin Academy of the WPRA Mechanization and Motorization Program. According to various sources, work on the project started after 1949. The vehicle featured a layout with a frontal placement for its transmission and a rear placement for its fighting compartment, which was unusual for the Soviet tank-building school. The project was discontinued at the design development stage.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

1,350

Weight

28.0 t

Forward speed

50 km/h

Reverse speed

20 km/h

View range

370 m

Signal range

730 m

Armour

	Front	Sides	Rear
Hull	100	45	45
Turret	210	180	45

Engine: VAMM V12 · 450 hp

Radio: 10RKM

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

122 mm D-25TS

Calibre 122 mm

Reload time 13.0 s

Aiming time 2.5 s

Dispersion 0.33

Rate of fire 4.62 /min

Ammo capacity 35

Shell types

AP · armour-piercing Damage 293 / 390 / 488

Penetration 159 / 212 / 265 mm

APCR · composite rigid Damage 293 / 390 / 488

Penetration 186 / 248 / 310 mm

HE · high explosive Damage 398 / 530 / 663

Penetration 46 / 61 / 76 mm

Marks of Excellence

Damage thresholds

Combined Damage (Damage + Assist + Tracking)

Combined damage

1 Mark ≥ 65 %

1,986

2 Marks ≥ 85 %

2,889

3 Marks ≥ 95 %

3,731

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 1,204

Avg. spotted 1.00

Avg. kills 0.84

Avg. defence 0.65

Exp. win rate 50.52 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

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

Win rate

53.20 %

Avg. WN8

2,014

Battles

6,139

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 146 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	Rasierer32 eu	5,745	62	69.35 %
2	Franchini_ na	5,685	93	76.34 %
3	Yzne eu	4,598	90	67.78 %
4	yodamousta eu	4,592	87	62.07 %
5	skill4ltu eu	4,560	106	64.15 %
6	Panzerfighter_ eu	4,345	92	69.57 %
7	Xilense eu	3,750	92	72.83 %
8	kjunik eu	3,288	133	63.16 %
9	LordStaufen eu	3,177	210	61.90 %
10	3rdMarker eu	3,069	137	55.47 %