The Pz.Kpfw. VII is a German tier 10 heavy tank.

A superheavy tank with rear placement of the turret. Developed by the Krupp company in 1942. The project was discontinued in favor of more heavy tanks. No vehicles were ever manufactured.

Simply called the Panzer 7 or Panzer VII, This Replaced the Maus's position as the new end of the Porsche/Krupp tank line in the 9.17.1 patch.

Basically, It's the VK 72.01 (K) with a different gun. It carries a 12.8cm gun with better penetration and rate of fire than E 100's, but with lower alpha damage, This gun is very similar to the top gun of the Jagdtiger, but has lower penetration and rate of fire. Unlike the other German Superheavy tanks, It doesn't have all-around protection. Instead, it provides very tough and sloped frontal hull armor and a tough rounded turret, It doesn't have the lower plate as weakspot, But it has weak and flat side and rear armor that makes this tank very vulnerable to flanking.

The Pz.Kpfw. VII marks the end of its German heavy line.

Performance

The Pz.Kpfw.VII is a tank requiring a discreet amount of knowledge on game mechanics to show its full potential. Arising from the dreaded VK 45.02 (P) Ausf. B, it is possible for standard players to believe that the Pz.VII is a powerful side scraping juggernaut. It is important to understand that before playing this tank, one must know this is not the case. Both flanking sides of the armour may show as presumably strong and able on statistics, however the in-game exposure to a substantially weak turret ring is very common when being outflanked by superiorly mobile enemies. The turret ring and most viable port and starboard locations of the hull is also penetrated with regular rounds from even Tier VIII tanks, make it an astonishing surprise. One must also take priority note that within the turret ring, is a vulnerable ammunition rack that can be at risk of detonation upon damage. Most players utilising this tank usually would have a loader trained in Safe Stowage in the appropriate case of ammunition explosion.

The lower plate, to many players surprise that often play German tanks, is incredibly useful and works perfectly against a majority of regular armour-piercing (AP) shells. However, this is mostly overcome against many foes that utilise both Armour Piercing Composite Rounds (APCR) and High Explosive Armour Piercing shells (HEAT). Hull down tactics are very relevant in this scenario.

This tank is a beast when you minimize your total area that's exposed to enemy fire especially on hull down position: your upper plate is almost impenetrable, whilst giving the benefit with a standing gun depression that is enough to retaliate against enemy tanks (-7°, but remember when the gun is upon the upper plate gun depression decrease to -5°). One must take into account of the inner gun mantlet that is only 200 mm thick, with the cupola being a weak spot. This is usually nullified when in hull down positioning.

It is also important for a player within this tank to always stay on the move, for a multitude of hostile tanks will have difficulty facing against a heavily armoured frontal foe. Furthermore, the Pz.VII has does not rely on a high DPM rating, so it works best in a defensive capability utilising high alpha damage or by working in concert with other tanks while pushing down a chosen front. In the end, the Pz.Kpfw. VII is like Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: really strong against vehicles unable to defeat whilst well positioned and ready, but must adapt against vehicles that are able to exploit the Pz.VII's weaknesses, upright.

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