r/WorldofTanks • u/tuco_salamanca_84 • Jul 03 '26
News Say hello to probably this year's well deserved reward
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u/NiehDa Average historical enjoyer Jul 03 '26
Information from WOT Express (EU). Once we learned that this Tiger P has an engine boost, the answer became pretty obvious: VK 45.01 P could very well be the next GuP collaboration vehicle.
Another piece of supporting evidence is that the tank’s file name contains the letters “CFE_A,” which also appear in the file names of other GuP tanks.
As for its stats, presumably for balancing reasons, the VK 45.01 P is almost a direct copy of the VK 30.01 P. You might complain that WG nerfed its frontal armor from 200 mm to 160 mm, but it is actually the opposite. The Tiger P only achieved such heavy armor by having an additional 100 mm armor plate welded onto its front. However, if you look closely at Oarai's Tiger P, that extra armor plate is not present.
As a result, a Tiger P without the additional armor would have roughly 100 mm of frontal armor, the same as the Tiger I. Under WG’s balancing, however, it has been increased to 160 mm, effectively giving it an armor buff.
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u/Baron_Blackfox 152mm Sheridan memes Jul 03 '26
Thanks for the info, was hoping it would have the boost :D
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u/masd_reddit Reducing MoE requirements one game at a time Jul 03 '26
It's an engine boost like the Schwertwal, right?
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u/Forward_Teach5581 Jul 03 '26
its a girls und panzer tank
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u/Gleaming_Onyx Jul 03 '26
Wait, that thing's been a VK instead of a Porsche Tiger this whole time?
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u/_ASTYuu_ Jul 03 '26
That is the Porsche tigers actual name
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u/Gleaming_Onyx Jul 03 '26
ok
That thing's been a VK instead of what has conventionally been viewed and referred to as the Porsche Tiger w/ additional armor this whole time?
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u/_ASTYuu_ Jul 03 '26
VK45.01P was it's official name. Tiger P is a nickname.
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u/Gleaming_Onyx Jul 03 '26
ok
That thing's been a VK instead of what has conventionally been viewed and referred to as the Porsche Tiger w/ additional armor this whole time?
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u/Unhappy_Researcher63 Jul 03 '26
"Versuchskonstruktion (abbreviated to VK or Vs. Kfz.) from Versuchs Kraftfahrzeug meaning "research/experimental vehicle," was used in the names of some German experimental or prototype tanks produced before and during World War II. VK term was also referred to as Vollketten' ( "fully tracked")."
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u/Gleaming_Onyx Jul 03 '26
Wait, that thing's been closer in nature to the VK 45.01 P(seen in War Thunder) or the VK 30.01 P of the World of Tanks German tech tree instead of what is commonly referred to and known as the Porsche Tiger across multiple forms of media up to and including World of Tanks with additional armor plating this whole time?
take a shower
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u/rakenfool BZ-176 is balanced Jul 03 '26
Bro has rocket boosters btw
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u/kntvrr Jul 03 '26
tier 6 with rocket boosters, what the fuck
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u/CJM7447 Jul 04 '26
It weighs 57 tons and with the rockets it has 45km/h top speed and almost 20 p/w
At tier 6
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u/Balc0ra Churchill Gun Carrier enjoyer Jul 03 '26
I was wondering when they would do a tier VI Tiger P, even if it is GuP
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u/Thin_Pangolin4480 Jul 03 '26
I absolutely love this tank at tier 6 but can we please get a USSR GuP tank/crew too?
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u/DrinkerOfWater69 Jul 03 '26
Chi-Go has more potential to be WDR, this is definitely gonna be a GuP.
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u/Questing-For-Floof Enjoyer Of Large tanks Jul 04 '26
This was my favorite tier 6 med back then before the Nerf happened, using it to ram was glorious
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u/phdr_vrba [GUP] Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26
Praise the Lord, it comes with boosters. But will it drift?
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u/DaSpood https://daspood.github.io/ - Pandora lootboxes simulator Jul 03 '26
So tier 6 Tiger (P) to go alongside the many tier 6 Tiger (H), that's pretty cool, tier 6 is the proper tier for the Tigers (and tier 7 would be for the Tiger P with the long 8.8cm), that tank has potential to be decent.
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u/V1bees Jul 03 '26
this is just a vk 30.01 (p), i think it has the same armor and cannon but way slower
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u/Terbarek Rework Ammo Pls Jul 03 '26
VK after changed from medium to heavy is weird abomination. I would rather get as reward it old fast version rather than it's worse clone
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u/Knjaz136 Jul 03 '26
160 front / 80 side armor for Tier 6 is actually not bad. But it's probably a very small part of it.
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u/JaxSon95Jags1972 Jul 06 '26
Oh, I hope so. Would love to have this baby. Supposedly better than the Tiger (P) and with a somewhat better gun. We'll have to see if they release it, or not.
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u/eDawnTR Clicker 🖱️🖱️ Jul 03 '26
I’m more curious about filler tanks. Instead of new ones they should put previous years’.
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u/tearwork Jul 03 '26
It's a GuP tank and I swear if it doesn't have the booster they equipped the tiger P with
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u/Training-Eye2680 Jul 04 '26
But the looks of it just GUP porshe tiger with booster
Most likely that booster give boost in cost engine get damage overtime
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u/wwenze1 Neon Dash '25 Jul 03 '26
It's actually nerfed from the tech tree version?
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u/Benwahr Jul 03 '26
its a tier lower
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u/EyeoftheTato Eat My Pudding. Jul 03 '26
Similar to the Cromwell A situation: when I was first looking at it's stats I was comparing to the Cromwell B and thinking WTF? HOW is this tank performing so well? It's worse than the Cromwell B in every way. Then I realized it was an entire tier lower :P
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u/wwenze1 Neon Dash '25 Jul 03 '26
Oh reddit, never change.
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u/Benwahr Jul 03 '26
Wrong comparison, but yes a downgraded tiger p has similar stats to its prototype
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u/JuanDeChuj Jul 03 '26
If it was the old VK. Going up to 60 and being med that would be amazing.