Obsidian

Obsidian is a tier 8 medium tank from USSR in World of Tanks. This is a premium vehicle — purchased separately from the tech tree.

Obsidian stats at a glance

The Obsidian has 1040 hit points , 120mm of frontal hull armor , and a top speed of 42 km/h. .

Hull & survivability

The front-to-side armor ratio is 1.8:1.

Mobility

Forward-to-reverse speed ratio is 2.6:1. Reverse speed is limited, so pre-aim and exposure timing matter more on this vehicle.

Camouflage

Available guns (1)

How Obsidian compares to its peers

There are 90 tier 8 medium tanks in WoT, including the Obsidian. Its 1040 HP places it in the top 94% for hit points among same-tier medium tanks (peer average: 1110). Frontal hull armor of 120mm ranks in the top 10% for the class (peer average: 85mm). Top forward speed of 42 km/h is faster than 10% of peer vehicles in this tier and class.

Direct comparisons

• Obsidian vs 122 TM — tier 8 medium tank from China
• Obsidian vs 59-Patton — tier 8 medium tank from China
• Obsidian vs AAT60 — tier 8 medium tank from USA
• Obsidian vs Alembic — tier 8 medium tank from USA
• See full tier 8 medium tank tier list — all 90 vehicles ranked

About this vehicle

A modification of the TITT Rozanov created for operation inside anomalous zones. It was used for post-accident clean-up in Mirny-13. It is an exact copy of Captain Novak's tank which became a platform for a number of significant transformations inside the rift. This modification is distinguished by a completely air-tight hull and a high-end system of protection against harmful radiation. The Impulse system placed on the outside is made to capture any type of low-temperature plasma, converting it and using it to improve the vehicle's characteristics inside the anomalous zone. The vehicle is ful...

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