![]() ![]() That wasn’t seen as a drawback, however, as the role of such tank was to accompany the infantry – at walking pace. Infantry tanks were better protected than the cavalry tanks, but also significantly slower. The weight had to be therefore kept in check and the cavalry tanks were, as a result, typically very poorly protected. That required low weight and relatively powerful engines – relatively being the key word of course: today, a tank engine that is considered powerful can produce 1500hp, but back then, the tanks weighed in many cases under 10 tons and anything over 150hp was quite a lot. In order to fulfill that role, they had to be fast and, most importantly, had to be able to cross even relatively difficult terrain. In their most basic form, there were:Ĭavalry tanks were typically very lightly armored – their main role was to accompany cavalry formations that were still common in many advanced armies even after the horrendous slaughter of the Great War, providing additional firepower and shock effect. The most common tank designation, however, was by their battlefield roles – after all, pretty much all the mass-produced tanks of the interwar period were light, regardless of what purpose were they built for. But some were – in fact, the first tank with the modern layout that is used until this day, the Renault FT, was, classified as a Light Tank. The story of Light Tanks starts even before the Second World War, although many tanks that are today classified as “light” were not named as such back then. Of the main classes available in all game modes, the Light Tanks represent the perfect blend of firepower and mobility – where the Armored Fighting Vehicles are dedicated scouts with little protection that have to rely on stealth or speed, the Light Tanks can take and – more importantly – dish out quite a punishment, making them the class with the highest overall damage per minute value in the game. ![]()
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