WZ-113

## WZ-113 Heavy Tank

The in-game icon for the WZ-113

The WZ-113 is a tier X Chinese heavy tank. It possesses a central mounted turret and thick armor. Due to how slow the WZ-113 turns, it has a nickname, the "Boat Tank."

## Strategy

### Pros

* The sides are angled similarly to the IS-7, so the WZ-113 can side-scrape
* Slightly above average alpha damage at 420 alpha (though this may not seem to make a difference, it actually does because this tank can roll higher damage)
* 3 000 + DPM even when at 75% crew when running Gun Rammer
* Accelerates quickly and can maintain the top speed, giving great mobility
* Decent hitpool for a heavy (not super-heavy) tank
* The upper plate is at an angle so that it's an auto-ricochet angle

### Cons

* Bad gun depression due to the centrally mounted turret
* Bad hull turn rate

### Strategy

#### As the WZ-113

Note that you have bad hull traverse speed, so try to avoid getting flanked. You can side-scrape and you can hull-down, however you must be more careful when going hull-down due to your centrally mounted turret which forces you to expose more of your hull, however though you do have inwardly angled side armor on the hull, so you may be able to get some troll bounces. Overall this tank is about DPM, fire when you are able to, pull back, and repeat.

#### Against the WZ-113

With premium ammo (prammo) you can penetrate the turret cheeks. Don't be fooled by the side armor, aim a little lower on the side of the WZ-113 to hit the actual hull. Don't be intimidated by the WZ-113's actual armor layout, if the WZ-113 has to poke a corner sideways, then it has to expose about half of its hull to do so. The WZ-113 also has a bad hull turn rate, so flanking a lone WZ-113 is usually a one-way ticket to the garage for the WZ-113 as it likely can't turn its hull fast enough (even with Improved Control) to effectively catch up with your own hull.

## Specifications

### Modules

#### Turret

 **Turret Armor** | Front: 260 mmSides: 160 mmRear: 80 mm
 **Max AmmoRack Size** | 44 shells

#### Suspension

 **Terrain CrossingCapacity** | Road: 99% Ground: 84%Water: 64%

## Legendary Camouflage

 Description
 Concealment
 Icon
 Appearance

## Historical Reference

Development of the model 113 was started in 1963, when it was obvious that the development of the WZ-111 was not heading in a good direction. Conceived as an alternative to the WZ-111, the 113 used parts and components off of medium tanks, unlike WZ-111 which evolved from the Russian IS heavy tank series. Mass deployment of new main battle tank vehicles like T-55 and T-62 marked the end of the development, not only for the model 113, but for all Chinese heavy tank designs.

### Historical Accuracy

There is no record of whether WZ-113 ever existed. Only some sporadic popular science shows that the WZ-113 heavy tank project started in the 1960s, and made use of some achievements of WZ-111 and WZ-120 (that is, Type 59, the code name of WZ-120 was actually given to Type 59 in the 1980s, because the letter prefix was only started at that time). The engine was placed horizontally and six pairs of large-diameter loads were carried.

## Trivia

* The WZ-113 has existed in-game from before Update 5.5, making this tank old
* The WZ-113 is nicknamed "The Boat Tank" because this tank turns slowly, just like a boat on water

## External Links/Sources

https://blitzhangar.com/en/tank/wz-113

https://na.wotblitz.com/en/news/updates/update-april-23/

https://na.wotblitz.com/en/news/updates/update-6-1/