Update 2.0 reshaped the battlefield with groundbreaking Tier XI vehicles. Among these apex machines hides a deadly predator unlike any other: the Hirschkäfer.
This is no ordinary tank destroyer—it’s a precision instrument of destruction. Combining Leopard-like mobility with a unique thermal system, the Hirschkäfer punishes enemies with patient, devastating strikes. One well-placed shot is all it takes to turn the tide.
Hirschkäfer Emerges as the Silent Executioner
Built on the Leopard 1 chassis, this sniper is Germany’s answer to long-range dominance. Fast, sleek, and ruthless, the Hirschkäfer harnesses its advanced technology to guarantee that every shot counts.
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Tank class: Tank Destroyer (sniper)
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Tech tree branch: German Tank Destroyer line, following the Grille 15
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Distinctive traits: high mobility, extreme precision, devastating damage potential.
This is the hunter that waits—and when it fires, the prey doesn’t get back up.
Vehicle Characteristics Overview
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Hit Points |
1,950 HP |
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Hull Armor |
30/20/20 mm |
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Turret Armor |
30/20/20 mm |
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Average Damage |
550/550/660 hp |
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Average Penetration |
295/345/60 mm |
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Dispersion at 100 m |
0.27 m |
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Aiming Time |
1.4 s |
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Gun Reload Time |
13.1 s |
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Gun Depression/Elevation Angles |
−8/17 deg |
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Top Speed/Reverse Speed |
60/15 km/h |
Characteristics are provided for the fully upgraded vehicle.
Special Mechanic: Propellant Thermal Control System!
The Hirschkäfer introduces an exclusive Propellant Thermal Control System that changes how you fight:
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Remain stationary or move slower than 20 km/h to build up Preheat Charge.
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As charge increases, your accuracy tightens and your alpha damage climbs.
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At full charge, penetrating an enemy with fewer hit points than your average damage guarantees an ammo rack explosion—instantly destroying the vehicle.
One shot. One exploding ammo rack. One more victory.
Upgrades That Boost You Forward
At its core, Tier XI bring a streamlined upgrade system that replaces Field Modifications with linear, modular progress—only positive improvements tailored to each vehicle’s role.
All Tier XI vehicles gain:
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A new modular upgrade system with pure positive boosts
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Role-specific Tactical Mechanics
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Built-in milestones like Gun Sleeve, Stat Tracker, and Volumetric Style
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Seamless progression from Tier X with no extra unlocks
Achieve Elite Status
Moreover, you can unlock all nodes to reach Elite status—with every battle receive Elite XP and exclusive rewards:
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Volumetric 2D Styles with textured finishes
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Gun Sleeves for custom barrels
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Stat Trackers to display enemy kills
Elite status is your evolving badge of mastery.
A New Age of Precision
The Hirschkäfer proves that Tier XI isn’t just about size and strength—it’s about mastery, patience, and devastating accuracy. Update 2.0 expands your arsenal with rewards, new mechanics, and tactical depth to redefine every battle. Don’t forget to claim your one-time gift when you log in and experience the future of precision warfare!
This tank is such crap. Both mechanics are mostly useless – the guaranteed blowing up only destroys targets that would in most cases have destroyed anyway, and the silly heating-up mechanic forces the tank into passive sniping when it is sold as a mobile sniper on a Leopard chassis. Utter shite.
Unloading Gimped tanks is becoming the norm in WoT
The Char 75 MLE must be one of the biggest POS tanks in the history of the entire game
The AAT60 is so slow you will have heavy tanks that can go faster
but if you watch them on the CC sites they portray them as fine
Caveat Emptor has never been so necessary as it is nowadays
WoT are going through a period of exceptional customer disdain at the moment
“destroy instantly with unrivaled sniper firepower” HA! You will sit in bush for half the game, someone shows up, you realise that you have bloom on turret traverse even with proper mods/skills like some arty, max zoom accuracy is bs still can miss as you HAVE to aim from “red line” as camo and armor are non existant and if you do hit and everything perfectly aligns you take off 800,… That that same enemy loads HE and trades with you doing 550 …
Can you do high dmg in it? yeah if peeps walk into your shooting range slowly and with 0 skills like its 2018… Nothing that others tanks can’t do similar or better. I have this thing fully deck’d out close to 2 marks and its garbage.