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Available to PACT forces, the KPz T-55AM is the upgraded variant of the KPz T-55.

History[]

In the 1970s and for early 1980s the T-54 and T-55 was to be the standard front line East German tank. Some 2,500 were in service during this period. Some sources indicate that in the late 1970s some 600 T34/85s remained in storage.

Between 1984 and 1989 East Germany, along with Poland and Czechoslovakia, began an upgrade program that was similar to the Soviet T-55M/AM program. This program included equipping vehicles with additional armour and upgraded fire control (T-55AM2). Some vehicles were also fitted with Bastion (T-55AM2B).

Starting in 1978 T-72 tanks were introduced to the East German army. Initially, only one battalion of the 9th Panzer Division was equipped with these vehicles. Progressively additional battalions were converted, but at a relatively slow rate.

Weapons[]

Weapons U-5TS DShK
Type Main Gun HMG No Weapon
Name U-5TS DShK
Caliber 100 12,7mm
Ammo x 30 rounds x 500 rounds
Range Ground = N/A m
Helicopters = N/A m
This was first introduced in Wargame: AirLand Battle Airplanes = N/A m
Ground = N/A m
Helicopters = N/A m
This was first introduced in Wargame: AirLand Battle Airplanes = N/A m
Accuracy 7 2
AP Power 4 0
HE Power 3 1
Rate of fire 7 r/min 500 r/min

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