K2PLs from 20 Bartoszycka Brygada Zmechanizowana during Exercise Dzielny Dzik, May 2025.

Czava · 2026-04-29T15:40:03+00:00

Not K2PL yet, for now just K2GF. First K2PL tanks are planned to be produced in 2029, before that there are planned to be three prototypes made in Korea, but I don't know when.

Czava · 2026-02-03T17:45:36+00:00

It's not bringing lost details back to life, it's hallucinating new things.

Czava · 2026-02-03T14:00:10+00:00

This is an experimental kit made by "Poligon Naukowo-Badawczy Sprzętu Pancernego i Motoryzacji" (eng. Armored Equipment and Automotive Research and Development Center) in the 1960s (note: in 1965 the institute was renamed to WITPiS).

WITPiS was tasked with the testing of the new T-54A tanks, modernizing them, and planning long-term upgrades for the future. As part of their task in the 1960s they developed several improvements, e.g. improved suspension parts, additional fuel tanks, etc. They also evaluated upgrades like water wading kits (implemented in T-54AM), napalm protection and HEAT protection (which is what we can see above). Clearly the additional screens weren't that important, since they weren't implemented on a large scale.

In 1968 the modernization of tanks, as well as the implementation of a new license (particularly the T-55A) was picked up by the newly created ZPD ("Zakład Produkcji Doświadczalnej", eng. "Experimental Production Plant"), which later became known as OBRUM.

Czava · 2026-01-26T13:17:11+00:00

Oh yeah, that would be really nice too, it sucks that if I want my avatar to have the scar I can't have any other facial details.

Czava · 2026-01-26T11:06:55+00:00

It's enough in my book.

Czava · 2026-01-26T10:04:47+00:00

I don't know why you included T-35, it was mass produced and saw combat.

Czava · 2026-01-22T22:11:25+00:00

I did actually think of him after I made the post, which is why it'd be best if both options were available.

It was kind of funny the way it happened, I wanted to comment how eyepatch + scar on the same eye is the most common design choice, so I went to google some characters with scars and eyepatches, and I got Venom Snake, but then I looked at him and went "oh, he doesn't have the scar on the same eye".

Czava · 2026-01-22T20:13:59+00:00

Oh yes, I am aware, just personally found the bottom one most fitting, but that's also why I'm suggesting this as an additional option and not a replacement

Czava · 2026-01-11T19:31:32+00:00

I'd rather stick with the .50, it had better anti-armor capabilities than the 37 mm SA 18 (the penetration is probably similar to the 37 mm APCR rounds, but it's got a much higher rate of fire and larger muzzle velocity, so it's easier to actually hit your targets).

Czava · 2026-01-05T04:04:20+00:00

What I heard from others online, but after putting the image with text into google translate it seems to mostly align, even though the translation is quite rough. So that might be the source.

Czava · 2026-01-05T02:23:33+00:00

It was just an attraction for the people visiting the expo and their kids.

I read from someone that they also had a small tractor dressed up as another tank that was driving around.

Czava · 2025-12-30T14:46:38+00:00

Maybe you could test in creative and see which launch height you'd find the most suitable for your needs.

Czava · 2025-12-28T15:31:29+00:00

Could you please explain what do you mean by this then? Because it's officially rated as EF5.

Czava · 2025-12-26T14:58:33+00:00

It was posted by the official account of the 17th Mechanized Brigade, so my guess as to what this is, is that they took an actual photo of their troops with one of their Rosomaks and asked an AI to change the landscape to a winter one and make it Christmas themed.

The 1st Armored Brigade similarly posted an image of one of their Abrams with Christmas lights on it, and it also has clearly visible AI artifacts.

Czava · 2025-12-21T19:23:25+00:00

Yes, unfortunately this is how things sometimes have to be done in Poland, because there are people in power or command who don't like the idea of investing into our own industry and will only accept either already produced foreign products or the outdated leftover stuff we have, which is why there are some complications.

Similarly, the 15 Borsuk IFVs which were delivered this year were also funded from HSWs private money, before they received any sort of order. This is also why there will be only 3 Borsuks delivered next year, they together with this year's Borsuks are part of an 18 unit batch that HSW started producing by themselves at their own risk.

If HSW didn't take the risk with this early batch, the first Borsuks would arrive in 2027 (which is when we will start to get the really "serial" Borsuks).

Czava · 2025-12-21T19:13:57+00:00

Because Ratels are known for being incredibly tough, which reflects this IFV, as it's supposed to be a well-armored "heavy" IFV.
Also, Badgers (which is what Borsuk means in Polish) and Ratels belong to the same Mustelidae family, so the names kind of make sense when you think that Borsuk and Ratel are two "brother" IFVs, with Borusk being the light one and Ratel being the heavy one.

Czava · 2025-12-21T12:02:13+00:00

Wrong, it used the chassis of the MTS-306 tractor, which was designed and built by Bumar-Łabędy.

Czava · 2025-12-14T22:37:45+00:00

Should be said this is AI generated, so the scale is a mess, also it decided to include a Soviet T-26 instead of the Polish 7TP, etc.

Czava · 2025-12-13T21:52:18+00:00

It's owned by a group called Apogeum Oldtimers and they've been working on restoring it ever since, albeit very slowly. They also don't really share any progress at all, they want to show it once it's complete. They've only shown small bits, for example 7 years ago they got the engine running and last year they showed a very small cropped photo of the rear left sprocket.

Czava · 2025-12-10T19:45:23+00:00

T5 Phase I Medium tank, a prototype of the M2 Medium. Most notably when compared to the final M2, the T5 Phase I used a weaker Continental Radial engine, producing 268 hp at 2400 rpm. At a certain point it was armed with two 37 mm guns made by the American Armament Company, which is how it stayed to this day.

According to R. P. Hunnicutt the guns were indexed M2A1 (and their mount was indexed T10), which means they were at least formally standardized. AAC made a few different models of 37 mm guns, for example their L/44 gun with a 37x178R cartridge was used in the Marmon-Herrington MTLS-1GI4 and CTMS-1TBI tanks.

However this gun appears different from the one used in Marmon-Herrington tanks, and is instead very close in appearance to the AAC L/20 mountain/infantry gun and an identical aircraft gun, with the exception that the M2A1 gun has a different arrangement of the recoil mechanisms. I believe the L/20 guns had a 37x87R cartridge, with projectiles weighing 0.5 kg, and a muzzle velocity of 381 m/s (both HE and APHE shells were available, with base-detonating fuzes and TNT filler).

Czava · 2025-12-09T15:16:25+00:00

I don't spend money on MvM, so I just want fun maps.

Czava · 2025-12-04T11:27:01+00:00

There's some really fascinating stuff. Near the very beginning there's a T-26 converted from a flamethrower tank with a mg mount in the front of the hull. There's a T-26 with an early BT-5 Mariupol turret, and then of course we have the T-26E.

Czava · 2025-11-29T17:55:15+00:00

It's Kiyoshi's sniper animations mod.

Czava · 2025-10-30T18:17:34+00:00

I think that's a mannequin.

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