56TP characteristics
Firepower
- Damage
- 390hp
- Penetration
- 221mm
- DPM
- 1,614
- Reload
- 14.50s
- Rate of fire
- 4.14/min
- Aim time
- 2.30s
- Accuracy
- 0.340m
- Dispersion moving
- 0.200
- Shell velocity
- 1,018m/s
- Caliber
- 122mm
- Gun depression
- 20°
- Gun elevation
- 9°
Mobility
- Top speed
- 40km/h
- Reverse speed
- 14km/h
- Engine power
- 900hp
- Power/weight
- 16.1hp/t
- Hull traverse
- 38.0°/s
- Turret traverse
- 32.0°/s
- Hard terrain
- 1.20
- Medium terrain
- 1.50
- Soft terrain
- 2.30
Survivability
- Hit points
- 1,160hp
- Hull armor (front)
- 80mm
- Turret armor (front)
- 200mm
- Fire chance
- 0%
- Ammo rack HP
- 220hp
- Track HP
- 220hp
Spotting & other
- View range
- 380m
- Signal range
- 440m
- Camo (still)
- 0.1%
- Camo (moving)
- 0.1%
- Weight
- 56.0t
56TP historical reference
The vehicle was developed in the 1950s. Using the scaling method, Polish engineers took the elements of a medium tank chassis as the base and adjusted those elements to a different weight category. They were guided by the Soviet T-54, which meant that some of the vehicle's components were similar to the first versions of the Soviet medium tank. As a result, it was an extremely interesting design with a rather low silhouette. However, it existed only in blueprints. Such a heavy vehicle would require too many resources of the Polish industry.