Tier VIII Medium Tank Poland

CS-53

Tank ID 4497

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

In the first half of the 1950s, the Military Technical Academy of Warsaw was developing several projects of medium tanks. These projects were greatly influenced by Soviet tank-building. During the development process, Polish experts adopted the technical and configurational concepts used in the experimental, mass-produced Soviet T-54 tank. Existed only in blueprints.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

1,380

Weight

34.6 t

Forward speed

50 km/h

Reverse speed

17 km/h

View range

370 m

Signal range

710 m

Armour

	Front	Sides	Rear
Hull	80	60	40
Turret	110	50	40

Engine: W-2-53M · 630 hp

Radio: R-123P

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

100 mm armata wz. 53

Calibre 100 mm

Reload time 9.3 s

Aiming time 2.5 s

Dispersion 0.39

Rate of fire 6.45 /min

Ammo capacity 40

Shell types

AP · armour-piercing Damage 225 / 300 / 375

Penetration 152 / 202 / 253 mm

HEAT · shaped charge Damage 225 / 300 / 375

Penetration 203 / 270 / 338 mm

HE · high explosive Damage 308 / 410 / 513

Penetration 40 / 53 / 66 mm

Marks of Excellence

Damage thresholds

Combined Damage (Damage + Assist + Tracking)

Combined damage

1 Mark ≥ 65 %

1,787

2 Marks ≥ 85 %

2,599

3 Marks ≥ 95 %

3,357

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 1,083

Avg. spotted 1.00

Avg. kills 0.76

Avg. defence 0.72

Exp. win rate 50.00 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

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

Win rate

49.27 %

Avg. WN8

1,728

Battles

12,819

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 227 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	marty_vole eu	6,507	81	59.26 %
2	Perfectible na	4,818	66	63.64 %
3	skill4ltu eu	4,541	114	65.79 %
4	Xilense eu	4,111	76	55.26 %
5	swiss1809 na	4,111	86	65.12 %
6	Dakillzor eu	4,047	104	59.62 %
7	gyonifiu eu	3,947	71	60.56 %
8	Yzne eu	3,791	121	56.20 %
9	BIGGUCClSOSA eu	3,727	70	68.57 %
10	Rasierer32 eu	3,681	72	50.00 %