🇵🇱63TP Rycerski (Tier IX heavy tank, premium) Short name: 63TP.
Historical Reference:
In the post-war years, Poland manufactured tanks under Soviet licenses but retained the capability for its own developments. In the 1960s, a project was proposed for the 63TP Rycerski heavy tank — a vehicle with a conventional layout intended to combine the best innovations of Western and Soviet tank design.
Historical Reference: In the post-war years, Poland manufactured tanks under Soviet licenses but retained the capability for its own developments. In the 1960s, a project was proposed for the 63TP Rycerski heavy tank — a vehicle with a conventional layout intended to combine the best innovations of Western and Soviet tank design.
The project envisioned a modern level of firepower and mobility, along with improved crew ergonomics. The gun elevation and depression angles would have been increased, while maintenance was simplified. Most of the ammunition was planned to be stored in a rear turret bustle, making loading more convenient and improving turret balance by reducing the load on the aiming drives. The tank was never built.
