War Thunder: The KV-1S is Good

The KV-1S is a heavy tank equipped with a 76mm cannon and a (coaxial) 7.62mm machine guns. The KV-1S has a crew of 5, 2 in the hull and 3 in the turret.
The KV-1S has access to 7 types of rounds 2 of which are (APHEBC):
• BR-350A (MD-5 fuse) which is (APHEBC) which has 85mm of penetration at 100m
• BR-350B (MD-8 fuse) which is (APHEBC) which has 94mm of penetration at 100m
• (APBC) which has 96mm of penetration at 100m
• Shrapnel which has 34mm of penetration at 100m
• (HE) which has 10mm of penetration at 100m
• (APCR) which has 117mm of penetration at 100m
The KV-1S also has access to smoke shells.
The KV-1S has a maximum speed of 45km/h (RB) and a reverse speed of 18km/h (RB) this allows the KV-1S to easily traverse the map and escape for combat easier.
The KV-1S has a maximum armour thickness of 90mm and a minimum thickness of 30mm. The hull armour of the KV-1S is 75 to 50mm thick. The turret armour is 82mm thick on all sides of the turret with the gun mantlet being 50 to 75mm thick.
Key:
(Coaxial) = The machine gun that is mounted parallel to the main gun
(APHEBC) = Armour-Piercing High-Explosive Ballistic Capped
(APBC) = Armour-Piercing Ballistic Capped
(HE) = High Explosive
(APCR) = Armour-Piercing Composite Rigid
(RB) = Realistic Battles

[@kirishima638]

No reason to take this over the T-34 1942 which is much more survivable in this game (it shouldn’t be, but it is).

[@rchave]

This. Armour is nearly irrelevant in WT (whether you pen or not, you still have to snipe a weak spot, and they still snipe yours). The only advantage a KV1S has is being so slow it occasionally survives the match by not meeting any opponents. T34 is better in every way.

[@rchave]

Who the hell are you playing against! Literally every time you see a tank it should be 1-shotting you in the turret. And where are all the br5.0 German snipers 1-shotting you in the turret?