Tier VIII Heavy Tank Japan

Type 63

Tank ID 53601

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

The Type 63 project was an independent development by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to improve firepower and armor while maintaining high mobility. The main innovation was the design of the turret with an oscillating isolated central armament compartment, at the rear of which the autoloader was located. Work on the project was discontinued at the stage of configurational concepts and turret patents.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

1,400

Weight

52.0 t

Forward speed

40 km/h

Reverse speed

15 km/h

View range

380 m

Signal range

720 m

Armour

	Front	Sides	Rear
Hull	80	55	40
Turret	175	120	50

Engine: Mitsubishi 12H29WT · 860 hp

Radio: AN/GRC-3-8

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

105 mm JSW 105/60

Calibre 105 mm

Reload time 10.7 s

Aiming time 2.0 s

Dispersion 0.28

Rate of fire 5.61 /min

Ammo capacity 50

Shell types

AP · armour-piercing Damage 240 / 320 / 400

Penetration 173 / 230 / 288 mm

HEAT · shaped charge Damage 240 / 320 / 400

Penetration 218 / 290 / 363 mm

HE · high explosive Damage 300 / 400 / 500

Penetration 40 / 53 / 66 mm

Marks of Excellence

Damage thresholds

Combined Damage (Damage + Assist + Tracking)

Combined damage

1 Mark ≥ 65 %

2,291

2 Marks ≥ 85 %

3,332

3 Marks ≥ 95 %

4,304

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 1,388

Avg. spotted 1.12

Avg. kills 0.80

Avg. defence 0.60

Exp. win rate 51.33 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

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

Win rate

54.85 %

Avg. WN8

2,184

Battles

7,544

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 109 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	Thraximundurabrask na	4,240	144	63.89 %
2	skill4ltu eu	4,176	125	74.40 %
3	Panzerfighter_ eu	4,031	87	64.37 %
4	Dualistiq eu	3,905	109	64.22 %
5	Cent72 na	3,536	77	61.04 %
6	JOD3L eu	3,421	154	55.84 %
7	Duscha eu	3,362	87	52.87 %
8	Brotis na	3,218	94	58.51 %
9	BoostedapexD eu	3,175	83	54.22 %
10	Quickfingers eu	3,169	78	51.28 %