Mid Tiers
Marking a transition to heavy-duty top tiers, the mid tiers are especially diverse from a gameplay perspective, introducing a whole set of combat roles and behavior. You’ll start with a light/medium hybrid, going through to a medium tank that really wants to act like a big boy, and finally evolving into a pure heavy tank.
Tier V is occupied by the KSUST I, a tank concept developed within a tendering process launched in 1937. One of the most demanded models, the “20/25TP” has been long awaited by the Polish community, so we’re happy to introduce it as part of the upcoming line. In terms of specs, the model evolves the trend started by the low tiers, featuring a 75mm gun with 140HP alpha. An impressive number, compared to an average of 115 hit points seen in Tier V medium tanks.
As we march towards Tiers VI and VII, two incarnations of a concept by Edward Habich come to life. A talented Polish engineer, he blended the most successful ideas from contemporary German and Soviet designs. The “Eastern” influence has resulted in sloped armor plates, whereas the “Western” approach brought in compact turrets and high firepower. The latter will become the signature feature of both models. You can expect the Tier VI’s alpha to be around massive 220 to 240 points.
As there was only one tank concept developed by Habich, we didn’t have a ready-to-go solution for what to put on Tier VII. So, we took one step further and modelled the possible development of the engineer’s ideas. Historically, Polish tanks had tendency to grow bigger, inclining towards heavy machines. For this reason, Tier VII welcomes a heavier, mightier version of the tank, depicting our vision of what “Habich’s Tank Mk. II” might have become. With its heavy tank status, the machine will get a 105mm gun with 300 to 320 points of alpha, but its weaker armor means you’ll have to play it cautious in battle.
Top Tiers
As we mentioned in the previous article, the post-war Polish tank fleet included nothing but Soviet vehicles or their modified versions. But we had no intention of just rehashing old models. Instead, our goal was to make an unconventional set of top-tier machines. After a quick dig in the archives, we uncovered three thesis projects by graduate engineers of the time—works that could have gone to production, shaping a different look of the Polish vehicles.
While the notes we came across didn’t have any titles for their concepts, we got a little creative and named the tanks after their authors.