Tier VI Light Tank Germany

VK 28.01 mit 10,5 cm L/28

VK 28.01 105

Tank ID 25617

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

An upgraded version of the VK 28.01 with a more powerful gun and small arms manufactured by the Krupp company. The vehicle was developed from June through October 1943 under the program for creating a universal chassis for a whole range of armored vehicles of various applications. The development stopped at the design stage and the vehicle was never built.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

680

Weight

26.9 t

Forward speed

64 km/h

Reverse speed

22 km/h

View range

380 m

Signal range

710 m

Armour

	Front	Sides	Rear
Hull	50	30	30
Turret	50	30	30

Engine: Argus 12LD330HL · 700 hp

Radio: FuG 12 A

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

10,5 cm Kw.K. L/28

Calibre 105 mm

Reload time 9.0 s

Aiming time 2.3 s

Dispersion 0.55

Rate of fire 6.67 /min

Ammo capacity 42

Shell types

AP · armour-piercing Damage 263 / 350 / 438

Penetration 48 / 64 / 80 mm

HEAT · shaped charge Damage 263 / 350 / 438

Penetration 78 / 104 / 130 mm

HE · high explosive Damage 308 / 410 / 513

Penetration 40 / 53 / 66 mm

Marks of Excellence

Damage thresholds

Combined Damage (Damage + Assist + Tracking)

Combined damage

1 Mark ≥ 65 %

967

2 Marks ≥ 85 %

1,407

3 Marks ≥ 95 %

1,817

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 586

Avg. spotted 2.50

Avg. kills 0.80

Avg. defence 0.48

Exp. win rate 53.08 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

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

Win rate

54.79 %

Avg. WN8

2,061

Battles

14,292

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 31 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	Rasierer32 eu	6,606	60	65.00 %
2	moimoi12_FIN eu	6,588	74	77.03 %
3	Yzne eu	6,344	140	75.00 %
4	skill4ltu eu	6,291	80	72.50 %
5	mailand eu	6,249	81	80.25 %
6	Artus2000 eu	4,722	140	64.29 %
7	Thraximundurabrask na	4,409	52	61.54 %
8	IThree_starsI eu	4,361	88	53.41 %
9	m00h eu	4,344	139	63.31 %
10	Xilense eu	4,088	67	70.15 %