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Heavy tanks are tanks with high-calibre weapons and good armour and hitpoints. They are hard to move as much as they are hard to destroy. Examples include the IS-series of the Soviets, and the French B1.

  • Extremely slow unit with lots of armour, and extremely hard to kill
  • The old Mk VIII Liberty doesn't do a great deal of damage, but further upgrades are capable of added damage against all other vehicles, except self-propelled guns.
  • Strong attack with a minimum range against a variety of units, but very weak to self-propelled guns and commandos - self-propelled guns are best used against heavy vehicles, while commandos can use the heavy tank's minimum range to great effect.
  • All tanks of the equivalent of Char B1 and above have in addition to an armour-piercing attack, the ability to deal spalsh damage and attack ground.

Unique heavy tank units

As a general rule, only the 7 major powers are capable of building these monsters.

Industrial

  • Mk VIII Liberty -  Available to France, Britain, America and Russia; outclassed by medium tanks later on. Think of this as a movable tower.

MKIV icon
Mk VIII Liberty

Ingame pic liberty
  • Slow and cumbersome, better known for its immense amount of hitpoints rather than firepower.
  • Strong against: most targets
  • Weak against: all aircraft, bombard-based attacks
Prereq: Build time HP LOS Attack Attack speed Move
speed
  • Level 3: Statistics Science
  • Level 1: Scientific management Commerce
  • Logistics
  • Stainless steel
Slow Rather high Low Medium Medium Rather slow
Cost Created from Armour Weapon range Specialty
Base Ramp Pop
2

Heavy engineering depot

Laughable Medium
  • Attack bonus against cavalry and vehicles
  • Poor mobility and low turn speed

France United States of America British Commonwealth Soviet Union

  • A7V- slower and more cumbersome than Liberty, but has immense amount of HP. Is still just as pathetic if attacked by aircraft and artillery.
A7v

A7V

Ingame pic a7v

  • Slower and more cumbersome than Mk VIII Liberty, but has more HP.
  • Strong against: most land targets
  • Weak against: all aircraft, bombard-based attacks
Prereq: Build time HP LOS Attack Attack speed Movement
speed
  • Level 3: Statistics Science
  • Level 1: Scientific management Commerce
  • Logistics
  • Stainless steel
Slow High Low Low Medium Slow
Cost Created from Armour Weapon range Specialty
Base Ramp Pop
2

Heavy engineering depot

Laughable Medium
  • Attack bonus against cavalry and vehicles
  • Poor mobility and low turn speed

Germany

Mass Manufactiring

B1 icon
Char B1

Charb1 ingame

Slow and cumbersome, better known for its immense amount of hitpoints rather than firepower. Has added attack versus mechanical units, but has an increased minimum range.

  • Strong against: most targets
  • Weak against: all aircraft, bombard-based attacks
Prereq: Build time HP LOS Attack Attack speed Move
speed
  • Mechanisation [3]
  • Level 4: Armoured Corps Doctrine Military
  • Level 3: Statistics Science
  • Level 1: Scientific management Commerce
  • Logistics
  • Stainless steel
Slow Rather high Low Medium Medium Rather slow
Cost Created from Armour Weapon range Specialty
Base Ramp Pop
2

Heavy engineering depot

Reasonable Medium
  • Attack bonus against cavalry and vehicles
  • Poor mobility and low turn speed

France

  • A7V- slower and more cumbersome than Liberty, but has immense amount of HP. Is still just as pathetic if attacked by aircraft and artillery.
A7v

T-28

T-28

  • Heavy tank which sacrifices armour for added mobility.
  • Strong against: infantry and light vehicles
  • Weak against: other tanks, all aircraft
Prereq: Build time HP LOS Attack Attack speed Movement
speed
  • Mechanisation
  • Armoured Corps Doctrine
  • Level 3: Statistics Science
  • Level 1: Scientific management Commerce
  • Logistics
  • Stainless steel
Slow High Low Low Medium Slow
Cost Created from Armour Weapon range Specialty
Base Ramp Pop
2

Heavy engineering depot

Trifling Medium
  • Attack bonus against cavalry and vehicles
  • Poor mobility and low turn speed

Soviet Union

Electronics

  • Panther
Whippet icon

Strv m/21

File:Ingame pic whippet.png

  • Slower than armoured cars, but fairly mobile and armoured enough, making it ideal for attacking entrenched units and fortifications.
  • Strong against: most land targets
  • Weak against: all aircraft, bombard-based attacks, medium tanks and heavy tanks
  • Factions: Britain
Prereq: Build time HP LOS Attack Attack speed Movement
speed
  • Level 3: Statistics Science
  • Level 1: Scientific management Commerce
  • Logistics
  • Stainless steel
Slow High Low Low Medium Slow
Cost Created from Armour Weapon range Specialty
Base Ramp Pop
2

Heavy engineering depot

High Medium Barracks
  • A22 Churchill
Whippet icon

A22 Churchill

A22

  • Slower than armoured cars, but fairly mobile and armoured enough, making it ideal for attacking entrenched units and fortifications.
  • Strong against: most land targets
  • Weak against: all aircraft, bombard-based attacks, medium tanks and heavy tanks
  • Factions: Britain
Prereq: Build time HP LOS Attack Attack speed Movement
speed
  • Level 3: Statistics Science
  • Level 1: Scientific management Commerce
  • Logistics
  • Stainless steel
Slow High Low Low Medium Slow
Cost Created from Armour Weapon range Specialty
Base Ramp Pop
2

Heavy engineering depot

High Medium Barracks

Synthetics

  • Tiger I
  • KV-1 (Soviet)
    • KV-8 flamer
  • Chi-to (Japan)
  • Pershing

Atomic

  • ARL 44 (France)
  • IS-2 (Soviet)
  • Chi-ri (Japan)
  • Tiger II
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