| T-20 Komsomolets | |
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| General Historical Information | |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union |
| Manufacturer | GAZ STZ |
| Category | Artillery tractor |
| Speed | 40 km/h |
| Main armament | 7.62mm DT machine gun 60 rounds) |
| General Ingame Information | |
| Used by | Soviet Union Finland |
| Crew in‑game | 2 |
| Transporting artillery | 45 mm M1937 57 mm ZiS-2 76 mm ZiS-3 3.7 cm Pak 36 7.5 cm Pak 40 |
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The T-20 Komsomolets is a Soviet artillery tractor. It has 7 to 10 mm of armour and is armed with a DT MG in the enclosed crew compartment beside the driver. Like in a tank or a Universal Carrier with weapons a player is able to drive the vehicle and use the machine gun at the same time unlike the Sd.Kfz. 251 or M3 Half-track APCs. The passengers sit on benches in the back of the vehicle. In the game a T-20 with a mobile spawnpoint has a canopy covering the passenger seats. The T-20 were produced from 1937 to 1941. It was by inspired by the British Vickers Utility Tractor made in 1931 that the Universal Carrier had replaced.
The T-20 typically towed a 45 mm M1937 AT gun and an ammunition wagon for that gun or a 120 mm mortar. In FHSW it may as well tow a 57 mm ZiS-2 or 76 mm ZiS-3. If it is towing artillery the driver is in control of deploying the artillery and the machine gun is controlled from a separate seat.
The armies that fought the Soviet Union captured some T-20. They could be used to tow the 3.7 cm Pak 36 and even the 7.5 cm Pak 40. Finland is currently the only faction to use captured T-20 in FHSW.
A Finnish captured T-20. The canvas cover shows that players can deploy from it.
ZiS-30[]
| ZiS-30 | |
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| General Historical Information | |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union |
| Category | Tank destroyer |
| Speed | 40 km/h |
| Main armament | 57 mm ZiS-2 / 76 mm ZiS-3 |
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| Used by | Soviet Union |
| Crew in‑game | 2 |
| Seat 2 | Main gun |
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The ZiS-30 was a improvised tank destroyer of which about a hundred were made in response to the invasion of the Soviet Union. The 57 mm ZiS AT gun was mounted on the top of the T-20 tractor, support legs were also installed in the back. The gun was more than able to penetrate any German tank at the time with its high velocity. The vehicle did have a high profile compared to a regular T-20 and the gunner and loader are only protected from the front behind the gunshield. The mobility was valuable though, it was much quicker to make it ready to fire compared to an artillery tractor towing the same gun. The number of ZiS-30 was limited by the amount of T-20 available after production ended to make more tanks instead.
There is also a version of this vehicle in FHSW called ZiS-30-76 with the 76 mm ZiS-3 gun instead. It is more versatile since it also can fire high explosive against soft targets.
The model of the T-20 was made by Nantekottai and the texture was done by ningen.
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