56TP

56TP is a tier 8 heavy tank from Poland in World of Tanks. This is a premium vehicle — purchased separately from the tech tree.

56TP stats at a glance

The 56TP has 1160 hit points , 80mm of frontal hull armor , and a top speed of 40 km/h. .

Hull & survivability

The front-to-side armor ratio is 1.0:1. Side armor is relatively comparable to the front, meaning the 56TP can absorb some side hits in close-quarters fighting.

Mobility

Forward-to-reverse speed ratio is 2.9:1. Reverse speed is limited, so pre-aim and exposure timing matter more on this vehicle.

Camouflage

Available guns (1)

How 56TP compares to its peers

There are 102 tier 8 heavy tanks in WoT, including the 56TP. Its 1160 HP places it in the top 92% for hit points among same-tier heavy tanks (peer average: 1250). Frontal hull armor of 80mm ranks in the top 100% for the class (peer average: 144mm). Top forward speed of 40 km/h is faster than 56% of peer vehicles in this tier and class.

Direct comparisons

• 56TP vs 110 — tier 8 heavy tank from China
• 56TP vs 112 FL — tier 8 heavy tank from China
• 56TP vs 112 — tier 8 heavy tank from China
• 56TP vs 50TP pr. — tier 8 heavy tank from Poland
• See full tier 8 heavy tank tier list — all 102 vehicles ranked

About this vehicle

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.

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