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TKD specifications
Dimensions 2.58 x 1.78 x 1.255 m (8.46×5.84×4.35 ft)
Weight 3 tons
Crew 2 (commander/gunner, driver)
Propulsion 40 hp four cylinder Ford Model A gasoline engine
Speed 46 km/h (29 mph)
Range (road/off-road) 200-110 km (124-62 mi)
Armament 47 mm wz.1925
Total production 4
TK-SD Armament: one anti-tank gun 37 mm wz.36 Bofors, mounted in front of the vehicle, protected by armoured cover. Horizontal angle of fire was 24°, vertical angle of fire: -9+13°[1]. According to Maj. Gundlach’s report from 1938, ammunition carried in the vehicle were 60 rounds, additional 120 rounds were carried in the trailer (some publications claim that 68 rounds were carried, and 80 in the trailer, which is wrong – see above[1]).
Armour: the body was made of rolled armour plates, from 4 mm (sloped plates) to 6 mm thick, with an open top. Lower hull might have been made of ordinary steel, like in basic tractors. Armament: one tank gun 37 mm wz.37 Bofors, mounted low in front of the vehicle, and two 7.92 mm machine guns (presumably standard wz. 25 Hotchkiss). One machine gun was to be mounted in the front sloped plate, above the gun. The second was to be anti-aircraft one, on a mast in a combat compartment. Horizontal angle of fire was to be 24°, gun elevation: -50+20°. A load of 120 gun rounds and 2000 machine gun rounds was envisaged.
Armour and body: welded of rolled armour plates, front: 8 mm (presumably upper slated plate) to 15 mm, sides - 10 mm, rear - 10 mm, bottom - 4-8 mm[6]. The front plate was well sloped, with observation hatches in its upper part. Side walls were flat, lightly slanted. The crew compartment was open above its central part.
TKW
TKB
TKW-1
TKW-2
4TP (20MM)
Renault FT
2.A unique photo of the Polish Renault FT-17, with small-link tracks, abandoned in 1939. A pale number 3018 on the suspension beam suggests, that this is one of CWS-built “iron” tanks.* - PIBWL
Before the war, in 1939, the Polish Army still had 102 Renault FT light tanks, of which 70 formed the 2nd armoured battalion in Żurawica and 32 the two Armoured Trains Units (as armoured draisines). Some of these tanks were “iron” FT CWS. The combat usefulness of FT tanks in 1939 was very limited, since they were obsolete and extremely slow by the standards of the day, but they participated in the defense of Poland in September 1939; the 2nd Armoured Battalion formed three light tank companies (numbers: 111, 112, 113), equipped with Renault FT tanks. - Wikipedia
I don’t know if I should put an already-obsolete WWI FT tank as a Polish starter tank since it is not fair to put them up against early German tank such as Pz. I B and Pz. II C. Could be a shitty premium tank squad but I wouldn’t even consider it. Let me know what you think of it in the reply.
Vickers E
3.The Vickers platoon, as it could appear in 1939 (a photograph from manouvres before Zaolzie operation, 1938). Note atypical tactical signs on the front plate, and unit badge on the turret – a dancing elephant, used only during this operation.* - PIBWL
The tank force consisted of two armored brigades, four independent tank battalions and some 30 companies of TKS tankettes attached to infantry divisions and cavalry brigades. [12] The TK-3 (TK) and TKS light turretless reconnaissance tanks, commonly called tankettes (in Polish: tankietka), were the most numerous armoured vehicles of the Polish Army at the outbreak of World War II in September 1939. Their number of over 500 vehicles constituted formally a significant tank force. Unfortunately, they were not fully capable tanks, and, apart from few cannon-armed ones, could not fight against other armoured fighting vehicles. - Wikipedia
It might be a starter tank but it is also wholly inadequate against Pz. I B.
Renault R35
5.In April 1939 it was finally decided to buy a hundred R35 tanks as an emergency measure. The first shipment of fifty (other sources lower the number to 49) arrived in Poland in July 1939, along with three Hotchkiss H35 tanks bought for testing. In August they were mostly put into service with the Łuck -based 12th Armoured Battalion. At the beginning of the Invasion of Poland 45 (or 46) tanks formed the core of the newly created 21st Light Tank Battalion that was part of the general reserve of the Commander in Chief.*
7TP
A standard tank of the Polish Army during the invasion of 1939 was the 7TP light tank . It was the first tank in the world to be equipped with a diesel engine and 360° Gundlach periscope. The 7TP was significantly better armed than its most common opponents, the German Panzer I and II, but only 140 tanks were produced between 1935 and the outbreak of the war.
It will be unlockable at the same level as Pz. II C.
10TP
7.The 10TP was a Polish light cruiser tank that never left the prototype status. While advancing the Polish armour development programme, the prototype was deemed unsuccessful. Discoveries made during testing led to the design phase of the newer 14TP model, which was never completed due to the onset of World War II.*
It will be unlockable at the same level as Pz. III B.
The 14TP (Polish: czternastotonowy polski , English: 14-tonne Polish) was a Polishmediumcruiser tank that was never completed due to the onset of World War II. - Wikipedia The 14TP (14-Tonne-Polish) is an obscure and scarcely documented Polish prototype tank designed in the late 1930s, but likely destroyed before it was completed during the German invasion. - Wikipedia
Most of the information regarding the 14TP comes from Janusz Magnuski, a Polish historian. The earliest mention of the 14TP in his work (to our knowledge) is in his 1964 book, Wozy Bojowe 1914-1964 (Combat Vehicles 1914-1964). Most of the information in this article either comes directly from Magnuski’s work or from articles based on his work. Almost all available articles on the 14TP typically do not reference primary documents. Original sources from the Polish Central Military Archive are mentioned in the “Czolg Poscigowy 10TP” (10TP Cruiser Tank) article by Tomasz Koch from the 1997/1 edition of the Militaria Polish magazine, but they are not publicly accessible and cannot be verified. - Tank Encyclopedia
This one is a bit sketchy since it only has one supposed prototype that only exist in paper. It will be unlockable at the same level as Pz. IV C.
All very cool and while I would love to see them, I dont know who they would go to, because I think the only one of these I know was used by any of the powers in games the 7TP by the germans.
Thats great an all, but why would you produce an already outdated tank with plans from a nation thats already fallen? None of these were produced or used by the allies hence its hard to justify it for them as is.
It wouldnt make much sense for a Polish tank brigade to appear in Tunisia or god forbid Normandy, at least one equipped with Polish tanks.
The 7TP was absolutely used by the germans though so that would fit completely.
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