European Tanks

## Basic Information

The European Nation is a nation in World of Tanks Blitz that encompasses tanks from several countries: Poland, Italy, Finland, Sweden, and Czechoslovakia.

## Finland

Finland only has one tank, the Tier I Vickers Mk. F.

## Czechoslovakia

The Czech tree has a line of medium tanks from Tier VI and upwards.

Czech Medium Tanks are very fast, with little armor, but good guns. Three of these, the Škoda T 25, the Škoda T 50, and the TVP T 50/51, have autoloader cannons, which provide for good DPM. In the beginning, the mediums are identical to the light tanks in playstyle (supporting role), but the tanks can function as scouts and can easily flank an unaware enemy assault. These tanks also function as excellent snipers due to accurate guns, decent penetration, and good camouflage values. In fact, mediums on or above tier 6, excluding the Konštrukta T-34/100, play like the British tier 6 medium, the Cromwell. A major problem with all Czech tanks and higher is the weak stock suspension, which should be upgraded before any other upgrades mounted. This makes for rather painful grinds. Another issue is the vulnerability of the ammunition storage, which makes the choice of a modified configuration viable.

## Sweden

### Medium Tanks

The Lago is a solid Tier IV medium tank that follows in the tracks of previous tiers. The Tier V Strv m/42 medium tank is on par with the M4 Sherman, T-34, and Pz.Kpfw. IV, but with a remarkable 15° of gun depression. At Tier VI is the Strv 74 medium tank which sports one of the best guns for its tier. There is also the Swedish Tier VI premium medium tank, the Strv m/42-57 Alt A.2. At Tier VII is the Leo with the best top speed for its tier and the highest damage per shot, making it a real predator.

### Heavy Tanks

The Emil project leads a host of heavy tanks with autoloaders based off of the AMX 13/50 projects.

Emil I is a tier VIII heavy tank that borrows the magazine reloading system of the AMX 50 100. However, it has an increased reloading time (3 seconds vs 2.75 seconds) and lower penetration (217 by APCR shells vs. 232 by AP shells). The turret armor can easily block shots from lower or same-tier opponents. Its relatively small size and great gun depression (12°) makes the Emil I command an array of situations. The Emil II follows at tier IX. It can also be compared to a French tank, in this case the AMX 50 120. However, it is smaller and has vastly better frontal turret armor. Its decent gun depression/elevation allows this vehicle to locate away from the heat of battle and pick off foes. At the top of the tree is the tier X heavy tank Kranvagn. It is very similar to the previous autoloading heavies, and plays almost in the same way, except with heavier armour.

## Poland

The design of the vehicles in the Polish tree are heavily influenced by Russian tank doctrine and perform with similar characteristics to those of comparable tanks of the Russian tech tree -- low rate of fire, high alpha, passable armor starting at Tier VII, and sluggish mobility. The vehicles in the Polish tech tree consist mostly of tanks that historically only existed on drawing boards as designs. Actual development of the vehicles in the Polish tech tree never reached prototype or production stage.

## Italy

### Medium Tanks

Italian medium tanks, from tier I to VII retrace the history of the nation’s tank building, from Italy’s early tank designs at lower tiers through to post-WWII machines at mid-to-higher tiers. These vehicles generally have acceptable protection and decent firepower, yet their mobility leaves much to be desired. It would be best to play them as supporters, much resembling the German mediums at their tier. But the cherry on the cake are Tiers VIII–X with a new gun system, a hybrid between an autoloader and a regular gun. This Italian revolver of sorts, called an autoreloader, can automatically reload a shell in the drum even when the drum is not empty yet. Combined with the great gun handling and good mobility, they could perform no less effective than Czech or French autoloaders but are easier to handle. Also, as a common trait of post-WWII western tank designs, they possess good - if not great - gun depression, which can be advantageous on hills or slopes.

### Tank Destroyers

Italian tank destroyers, starting at tier V, possess some of the most unique and particular features of the entire game. The first two tanks at tier V and VI, are typical tank destroyers based on real vehicles built in Italy during the war, with very low profiles, average mobility, low armor and comfortable single shot guns housed in a fixed casemate, which are best used as typical low tier snipers. But from tier VII to X, they completely transform into big and menacing assault tank destroyers with very high frontal armor, a partially rotating turret, low mobility and powerful guns with a completely new autoloader mechanic, characterized by a fast reload time of the magazine and long time between the shots. Their drawbacks consist in low mobility and top speed, low penetration of standard shells (which makes them prone to the use of premium ammos), and horrible gun handling. Using them on the frontline with good positioning is the key to make the best use of their strengths minimizing their weaknesses.