In Development: T-64BV Mod.2022

Commanders!

We continue unveiling the vehicles of the Shadow Protocol Battle Path with the prize that will be the easiest to obtain – the T-64BV Mod.2022 Main Battle Tank.

As we mentioned in the previous article, the Shadow Protocol Battle Path has two themes – the main one is mercenaries and their history. The second one is the past, the present and the future of warfare. The T-64BV Mod.2022 represents the “past” aspect since it is an old vehicle retrofitted to meet the requirements of contemporary battlefields.

But, as usual, a bit of history first.

The T-64BV Model 2022 is another small upgrade to the previous T-64BV Model 2017 Main Battle Tank that, as its name suggests, appeared more or less in 2022. The main improvements include two things – a new machinegun mount for the Laska K-2 machine gun (possibly based on a reverse-engineered Soviet “Utes” machinegun) and enhanced rear protection in the form of cage armor and an additional plate covering its fuel tanks.

There is some confusion regarding the features of this vehicle as it is very similar to T-64BV1K, an upgraded command version of the same tank. Both vehicles also seem to share additional rubber flaps covering the turret ERA.

The T-64BV Mod.2022 was produced in unknown (but likely not high) numbers with the most common estimates being between 10 and 30 vehicles.

In Armored Warfare, the T-64BV Mod.2022 will be a Tier 8 Premium MBT.

As you might have noticed already, the T-64BV Mod.2022 is very similar to the earlier T-64BV Mod.2017 but is positioned a Tier higher. To make it viable on Tier 8, we are taking the following steps:

• Improved armor (as the vehicle shares the armor with T-64BV Mod. 2017, we will be upgrading the Mod.2017 armor as well) along with additional cage armor elements covering the rear sides
• Improved firepower (by using the ammunition available to BM Oplot and an anti-tank guided missile called “Kombat”)
• Improved 6TD engines (1000hp in the basic version, 1250hp available via additional progression)

Furthermore, the vehicle will have a passive ability called Advanced Battlefield Management System.

This ability is a nod to the “command” version of the tank mentioned in the historical description above (even though a regular T-64BV does not have such systems on board – we took some liberties here).

The ability is similar to the one used on the T-72M4CZ MBT, but more advanced. It improves your reload speed by 3 percent for every friendly vehicle within 50 meters from you. A full platoon of T-64BV Mod.2022 operating in sync will indeed be a force to be reckoned with!

Otherwise, the vehicle will play in a typical fashion similar to other Soviet, Russian or Ukrainian vehicles, which means it’ll be relatively easy to master and therefore suitable for new players.

We hope you will enjoy the vehicle and, as always:

See you on the battlefield!