SU-8
Tier VI Artillery Soviet Union

SU-8

Tank ID 5633

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

Developed in 1934–1935 at the Experimental Kirov Plant in Leningrad. Variants with frontal and rear placement of fighting compartment were designed. Never saw service or mass production.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

300

Weight

21.8 t

Forward speed

48 km/h

Reverse speed

12 km/h

View range

260 m

Signal range

625 m

Armour

Front Sides Rear
Hull 30 20 20
Turret

Engine: M-5-400F · 440 hp

Radio: 12RT

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

122 mm Howitzer A-19

Calibre 122 mm
Reload time 18.0 s
Aiming time 5.5 s
Dispersion 0.76
Rate of fire 3.33 /min
Ammo capacity 26

Shell types

HE · high explosive Damage 375 / 500 / 625

Penetration 23 / 30 / 38 mm

Marks of Excellence

Damage thresholds

Combined Damage (Damage + Assist + Tracking)

Combined damage
1 Mark ≥ 65 %
1,576
2 Marks ≥ 85 %
2,292
3 Marks ≥ 95 %
2,960

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 955
Avg. spotted 0.07
Avg. kills 1.04
Avg. defence 1.21
Exp. win rate 51.24 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

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

Win rate

49.53 %

Avg. WN8

1,002

Battles

18,005

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 91 of 91 at Tier VI

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 Quickfingers eu 3,152 73 52.05 %
2 skill4ltu eu 2,328 332 59.64 %
3 escaton eu 2,299 107 44.86 %
4 lanarn eu 2,124 62 66.13 %
5 mariano500 eu 2,106 254 50.00 %
6 Dakillzor eu 2,099 227 50.22 %
7 Yzne eu 1,982 75 64.00 %
8 H0bg0bl1n eu 1,898 137 47.45 %
9 Eastfront87 eu 1,798 443 51.24 %
10 bushseeker eu 1,771 188 50.00 %

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