Hello and welcome to Polarhearts Swiss Ground Forces Tech Tree. This project shows that Switzerland has enough vehicles to have its own (at the moment) nation in game, and based on the inclusion of Israel, it would be more than acceptable. Please note that there are no listed Premiums, as I don't care for them, and I leave it up to Gaijin to pick and choose some vehicles from the denser parts of the tree (7.0-10.0 especially!)
Line 1: Light and Medium Tanks
Line 2: Wheeled Tanks
Line 3: Tank Destroyers and Artillery
Line 4: Self Propelled AA and some IFVs
Ammunition Abbreviations
- Pz-G. - Panzergranate, Tank Shell (AP round of some type)
- Pz-GV. - Panzergranate Vollgeschosse, Tank Shell Solid (Standard AP round)
- St-G. - Stahlgranaten, Steel Grenade (High Explosive shell)
- R-Br-G. - Rauch-Brandgranate, Smoke Incendiary Grenade (Smoke Shell)
- UG - Ubungsgranate, Practice Grenade (Training HE shell)
- U-Pz-G - Ubungs Panzergranate, Exercise tank Shell (Another Training Shell)\
- LG - Langgranate, Long Grenade (Extra large HE shell)
- Lsp - Leuchtspur, Tracer
- Bl-G - Beleuchtung Geschosse, Illumination bullet (Star shell)
- Pz-KG - Panzerkerngeschosse, Armored Core Projectile (APCR ammo, used in reference to squeezebore)
- Pz-Ke-G - Panzerkerngranate, Armored Core projectile (Often used interchangeably with Pz-KG, stands for both APCR and non-finned APDS projectiles)
- Pfeil Pat. - Arrow Cartridge, APFSDS
- HPz-G - Hohl Panzergranate, Hollow tank shell (HEAT)
- HL-Pat. - Hohlladung Leitwerk (?) Patrone, Hollow charge tail cartridge (HEATFS)
- Mi-Br-G - Minen Brandgranate, Mine Incendiary Grenade (HEI)
- Pz-Br-G - Panzer Brandgranate, Tank incendiary grenade (API?)
- ZZ - Zeitzunder, Time Fuse (Air burst time shell)
- MZZ - Momentan Zeitzunder, Momentary Time Detonator (Time or impact fuse)
- MZ - Momentanzunder, Instant fuse (impact fuse)
- BoZ - Bodenzünder, bottom fuse (Penetration delay)
- MVZ - Momentan-Verzögerungszünder, Instant Delay detonator (Impact or penetration delay)
Most of this is actually produced or prototyped vehicles. Some are blueprints, some are handwaves.
Armor is notated as follows:
[Lower Glacis]/[Upper Glacis]/[Sides]/[Rear]; [Mantlet]/[Front]/[Sides]/[Rear]/[Top]
I've tried to be as complete as I possibly can. Not every variant of Piranha or Shark is here, but we don't need every version armed with the same gun. I can't possibly be expected to include exactly every source I've come across in my travels, but it should be complete enough. Curse my suspected ADHD brain!
Shoutout to PikPikker for the inspo and literally most of the vehicles here
Visit the Air Tree!
https://polarheart.neocities.org/swiss_air_tree.html
Notes:
KW-30/52 - 90mm Model 48 Gun
KW-30/57-I (Pz 58 1st Proto) - 90mm Model 48 (58??) Gun
KW-30/57-II (Pz 58 2nd Proto) - 20 Pounder
Panzer 58 - Supposedly an L7
Music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWFqGqU4U9E
-- Polarheart
Update 02/08/22:
- Clarified more parameters of the drivetrain equipment, suspension, communications, and optics where possible
- Slight reorganization;
- Pzw L60 moved to branch 4
- Shark GDD-B0E moved to rank 6
- Staghound Versuchswaffen moved to rank 5
- Piranha EVO moved to rank 7
- Piranha MPWS moved to branch 2
