7TP | Polish Vickers 6 ton Mk. E

[PenguinRed 328]

The 7TPjw (single-turret) was the main Polish tank from 1935 up until Polands defeat in 1939. It was superior to early german tanks such as the Panzer I and II but was fielded to scarcely to make a significant differance.

It features many licensed parts from different nations and is the best the Polish had to offer.
 

 

 

History and General Information

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Due to lack of experiance, Poland couldn't just build their own tank, so they looked for other options on the open market. Some of these options were the M26/27 and the NC-2 from Renault, but those were quickly found unsatisfactory and they went with the Vickers 6-ton Mk. E. They procured 60 tanks as well as the license to build more, but due to the designs faults they decided not to build any locally. They rather started to work on an improved design which they called the 7TP, standing for "7 Tons, Polish", even though it would eventually exceed 7 tons.

This new design started in 1932 up until 1935, where the first vehicles were made in serial production. The first batch of 22 vehicles was equipped with two machinegun turrets taken straight from the Vickers tanks, as they were to be converted to single turret tanks. A final Single-Turret armament was not choosen up to this point until autnumn of 1935, where the swedish Wz.37 37mm gun was choosen alongside the swedish designed turret (With some improvements). The Single-Turret variant wasn't produced until 1936 and due to budget cuts it was agreed upon to order around 1 company a year. Thanks to the sales of 4 Renault FT Companies, another 49 tanks could be procured in 1937, but all those could only be fully built in 1938 because of problems with the production of the armor plates, the radios and the periscopes.

In total, there were 134 7TP's produced, including prototypes.

 

When it was realised that Poland was about to be involved into a war, they ordered another 150 tanks, but sadly none of them were finished before the surrender of Poland, as they would have been delivered only in December of 1939 to 1940 (earliest date).

Some Systems used by the 7TP were:
Radio: N2/C or RKB/C
Periscope: Zeiss wz.34 G

Transmission: dry multi-disc main clutch

 

 

 

Technical Information

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Armament: 1x 37mm Wz.37 L/45 gun | 1x 7,92mm Wz.30 TMG
Ammo Capacity: 80 rounds | 3960 rounds
Crew: 3
Engine: PZInż.235 (Saurer VLDBb) with 110hp
Transmission: 4 forward gears, 1 reverse gear
Max. Speed: 32-37km/h
Mass:  9,9 tons
Hull Armor: 17mm frontal | 9-17mm side | 6-9mm rear
Turret Armor: 15mm allround
Power/Weight ratio: 11,1hp/ton

 

 

 

Pictures

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Sources
 

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https://warspot.net/30-7tp-polish-vickers

https://ww2db.com/vehicle_spec.php?q=148

https://www.militaryfactory.com/armor/detail.php?armor_id=237

http://derela.pl/7tp.htm

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/7TP

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7TP

https://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/polish/polish_7TP.php

http://www.tankarchives.ca/2016/10/7tp-polish-vickers.html

 

[leroyonly 4,310]

Open for discussion. 

[PenguinRed 328]

1 hour ago, leroyonly said:

Open for discussion. 

Thanks alot!

[eleks12 1,079]

+1

 

Edited my original response since it's not relevant.

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Why not Poland? Poland will most likely come to game either in form of a Visegrad type tree or as an Independent tech tree.

 

Also. The Poles i met. The do indeed not really like Germany and Russia that much. And im sure there will be outrage from the Polish players if their vehicles from WW2 are represented in the German or Russian Tree.

 

The Only 7TP tanks that can be represented in those trees are the German Beute-Panzers PzKpfW 731(p) or the Russian captured 7TP

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 20, 2021 by eleks12
edited my original response for not being correct.

[PenguinRed 328]

9 minutes ago, eleks12 said:

Why not Poland? Poland will most likely come to game either in form of a Visegrad type tree or as an Independent tech tree.

 

Also. The Poles i met. The do indeed not really like Germany and Russia that much. And im sure there will be outrage from the Polish players if their vehicles from WW2 are represented in the German or Russian Tree.

 

The Only 7TP tanks that can be represented in those trees are the German beute-panzers 7TP or the Russian captured 7TP

 

 

 

It appears that you didnt read the question

The question says that if Poland wont be introduced into the game at any point, where should it go instead?
Its not that complicated.

[eleks12 1,079]

10 minutes ago, RavensDoor said:

It appears that you didnt read the question

The question says that if Poland wont be introduced into the game at any point, where should it go instead?
Its not that complicated.

 

It says Other (Not Poland) So either i misunderstood the option or i am missing something. please clarify.

Edit. Yes i can see the question is what is in you're response in the Question poll. didnt see it the first time. My bad.

Edited November 20, 2021 by eleks12

[PenguinRed 328]

The Question is basically: If Poland wont come to the game ever, where should the 7TP get added, aka to which Techtree

[error_501 3]

For me the best option (if Poland isn't added ofc) would be Britain since, as mentioned higher, Poles and Germans/Russians don't really like each other.

[krzychuTMK 46]

Only as PzKpfW 731(p)

Maybe as low tier battlepass premium

Edited November 20, 2021 by krzychuTMK
development of an earlier statement

[Milocat 4,854]

17 hours ago, error_501 said:

For me the best option (if Poland isn't added ofc) would be Britain since, as mentioned higher, Poles and Germans/Russians don't really like each other.

 

+1 and this is my opinion as well, although I would really like to see Poland added.

[LukTroy 124]