Editing T55AM2 (section)

==T-55==

Featuring none of the weapons or armor upgrades of the T-55AM2, the standard T-55 is the weapon of choice for real gamers. It loses 1 frontal armour, 1 anti-tank (in for the Iraqi/Iranian variants), and the laser rangefinder on the main gun, and bazooka skirts. While it may start struggling to reliably punch through the front of the MBTs of yesteryear, a 100mm tank cannon will still turn an Abrams inside out if hit from the sides. The plastic T55AM2 kit comes with the parts to build them as strait t55s so don't fret where you can get your hands on some.

More vulnerable to light anti-armor without bazooka skirts, RPG-18s and LAWs have a somewhat higher chance to bail aT-55 in close range, given the numbers infantry fight in.

Now available in Czech, DDR, and Pollak versions.

===East German===
[[File:DDR T55.png|thumb|left|Could be worse, you could be those guys using DDR T34s in the Wargame European Escalation tutorial.]]
13 points for 10

===Polish===

===Czechoslovakian===
11 points for 10

===Iraqi===
[[File:5667-970x350.jpg|300px|thumb|right|A T-55, rolling off to fight ISIS.]]
[[File:Iraqi T-55.png||300px|thumb|right|Not the best image I will scan a better one later]]
Given the Soviet Union's none-too-friendly attitude toward Israel and Jews in general, the USSR was plenty willing to sell T-55 tanks to Saddam Hussein's Iraq. Not only did the Hussein regime hate Israel with a burning passion, they hated the United States about as much. The Soviets only got so generous with Iraq, however; the modernized T-55AM2 never made it to the Middle East and Saddam Hussein's men had to make do with the original "vanilla" T-55. It served with the Iraqi Army (not the Republican Guard; they got the good stuff), providing commanders with a fire support unit that might not penetrate anything tougher than a Frenchman on treads, but remains a deadly foe against enemy armour and infantry without heavier anti-tank weapons.

Compared to the T-62, the T-55 is identical except for the cannon. Its main gun has an AT16 FP2+ round with slow firing and lacks brutal. The armour might be paper thin against even the weakest of ATGMs, but it gives you enough protection from HEAT shells and autocannons to engage and destroy enemy IFVs without taking too many losses. 

While you probably won't be taking a T-55 battalion, a single company for your infantry can serve as a VERY cheap source of fire support, and a wall of armour headed for your opponent's rear-line may distract them from your heavier weapons.

The Iraqi T-55 battalion is incredibly cheap, making it a very viable choice for spam lists. Starting at 5 points for 5 tanks, a company tops out at 10 tanks for 11 points. Additionally, you may purchase bazooka skirts for an ENTIRE company for only one point.

===Iranian===
The Iranians use T-55s captured from those cowardly Iraqis, as well as Chinese rip-offs. The biggest weakness of the T-55 in Iranian lists is how hard it is to take any meaningful amount. They can only be taken as a single group of 3 per formation for 3 points, attached only to the T-62 Company, Mech Company and Basij Battalion. 3 Tanks per group with front armour 13 will melt and only one group per formation, they are hard to spam: which is their only strength being cheap. Its worth spending another point to upgrade the group to T-62s, gaining brutal and AT 19 (up from 16). Not an inherently bad unit, just a bit pointless.

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