T3E2 Medium Tank (USA, Tier-3, LT, premium)
In October 1932, the Munitions Board completed the specifications for the Medium Tank T3E2. The first prototype was built two years later, but after testing, it was sent to be reworked.
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SU-100I (USSR, Tier-5, TD, premium)
The Soviet Central Artillery Design Bureau was working in several areas simultaneously, one of which was an initiative of A. S. Chasovnikov to reequip foreign vehicles. A number of reequipment options were proposed for the American M4A2, including repurposing it as an SPG. The project was considered in February 1944 but was not adopted, primarily because there was no requirement for modernization.
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Type 1 Ho-Ni II (Japan, Tier-4, TD, premium)
A tank destroyer based on the Type 97 Chi-Ha, built by the Mitsubishi company. Around 60 units were produced up to 1945, making the vehicle one of the most mass-produced Japanese tank destroyers of World War II.
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Char Murat (France, Tier-9, MT, premium, mechanics: 3-round drum)
This tank project had two key features—a new fighting compartment configuration and a dual-loop caterpillar propulsion system, which, according to the developers, could boost firepower and mobility. A divider split the fighting compartment into separate crew and gun compartments.
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Object 265T (USSR, Tier-9, HT, premium mechanics: 3-round magazine with reverse reloading)
A heavy tank project adapted for use with individual watercraft. Developed in the second half of the 1950s on the initiative of VNII-100. After detailed development, it received the index Object 265 and was submitted for approval to the Commander of the Armed Forces and Mechanized Forces of the Soviet Army.
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Prototipo 6 (Italy, Tier-8, MT, premium, mechanics: magazine with a reloading system for 3 shells)
Towards the end of the 1950s, the projects of German designers interested the Italian military. Ideas began to appear for a 30-ton tank similar to the Standardpanzer that was being developed in Germany. A 6-roller chassis was chosen for Prototipo 6.
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