Tier VIII Heavy Tank Poland

56TP

Tank ID 50833

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

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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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

1,450

Weight

56.0 t

Forward speed

40 km/h

Reverse speed

14 km/h

View range

380 m

Signal range

440 m

Armour

	Front	Sides	Rear
Hull	80	80	60
Turret	200	150	70

Engine: W12-5P-1 · 900 hp

Radio: 10RT-26PA

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

122 mm armata wz. 56

Calibre 122 mm

Reload time 14.5 s

Aiming time 2.3 s

Dispersion 0.34

Rate of fire 4.14 /min

Ammo capacity 35

Shell types

AP · armour-piercing Damage 293 / 390 / 488

Penetration 166 / 221 / 276 mm

APCR · composite rigid Damage 293 / 390 / 488

Penetration 189 / 252 / 315 mm

HE · high explosive Damage 398 / 530 / 663

Penetration 51 / 68 / 85 mm

Marks of Excellence

Damage thresholds

Combined Damage (Damage + Assist + Tracking)

Combined damage

1 Mark ≥ 65 %

2,212

2 Marks ≥ 85 %

3,218

3 Marks ≥ 95 %

4,156

Approximation based on WN8 expected values — not an official Wargaming figure.

WN8 Expected Values

XVM reference

XVM Expected Values for WN8 calculation (per battle)

Per battle (avg.)

Avg. damage 1,341

Avg. spotted 1.03

Avg. kills 0.82

Avg. defence 0.58

Exp. win rate 51.29 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

Average across every profile stored on WG-Watch — real battles instead of expected values.

Win rate

56.94 %

Avg. WN8

2,470

Battles

6,166

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 47 of 228 at Tier VIII

Best players on this tank

By WN8

From the stored profiles, minimum 50 battles on this vehicle. Updated daily.

#	Player	WN8	Battles	Win rate
1	Yzne eu	5,102	121	67.77 %
2	Perfectible na	4,623	108	69.44 %
3	skill4ltu eu	4,583	123	62.60 %
4	Rasierer32 eu	4,422	118	66.10 %
5	Gugugi eu	4,238	142	59.86 %
6	IThree_starsI eu	4,189	165	53.94 %
7	bushseeker eu	3,566	267	63.67 %
8	3rdMarker eu	3,457	79	65.82 %
9	Rage__Mode eu	3,370	196	64.29 %
10	Arki21 eu	3,104	60	63.33 %