So, the Glacial 112. It's essentially the 112, Chinese Premium Heavy Tank in WoTPC. Everything about it is the same except for it's funky new paintjob and a unique callsign rather than just numbers. Looking at it from the front and it's Turret seems to resemble that of an IS-3, similar weakspots, the commander's Cupola and turret cheeks. On the bright side it's just as well armoured as the IS-3's. With 240mm of Chinese steel at the front and 130 on the sides this turret is a no-go for any tank in the game so do try to put it into hull-down positions whenever possible.
And that's not the only reason this tank should be played with it's Hull covered, the Hull itself isn't a variant of the IS-3. In fact it isn't a variant of any of the Russian Heavies. The upper glacis resembles that of the T-44 but that's as far as it goes. The lower glacis however is the first of it's kind, and for good reason. No other tank model has incorporated this method of armourment mainly because it emphasises alot of the tank's frontal width on the lower glacis, meaning that it's going to be 20% Turret, 30% Upper Hull and 50% Lower. Unfortunately the tank engineers didn't follow this percentage when distributing the tank's armour. In fact they did it the exact opposite. The turret's got the most armour coverage followed by the Upper Hull and then the Lower Hull with only a meagre 120mm of thickness. Yup, that's right, only 120mm. Even a VK 28.01 can pen that lower glacis.
You must be thinking now, that there has to be another method to enhancing this tank's survivability. Wiggling, maybe? No, that's out of the question, that'll only make you look silly. The tank has got no curved plates, it's all sloped. And no matter what angle you pose that lower glacis is gonna stay grey for a long long time. About the sides, this tank can probably be half-decent at sidescraping as how all Russian Heavies have been, put it an angle of 30 degrees > and this thing will bounce shots relentlessly. If you're feeling confident go for the reverse sidescrape to make use of your frontal armed turret as well. The rear, well, if the front has 120mm plates you shouldn't be expecting much from the rear.
Onwards, and this tank does that well, to mobility! This tank is definitely one of the more mobile Heavy Tanks of it's kind. Not quick enough, however, to be played as a Medium-Heavy hybrid. With a power to weight ratio of 12.61 this tank will get from A to B quick, it's speed limit of 31k/h will often be maxed on any terrain and gradient. This, however makes up for the weak and inaccurate boomstick this tank arms. It's got the same gun as the IS-6, just weaker. 0.41 dispersion means this tank CANNOT snipe. And you wouldn't wanna risk a shell to try your luck either, with a 14s reload speed this gun actually takes longer to load and is more inaccurate than the ISU-152's BL-10 howitzer. And this thing does not have 280 Pen and 640 alpha like the Russian Derpgun has. No, it's far from that, this gun's got 175mm of Pen on AP and 270mm, seems like a hint from WG, on Gold. Along with an alpha of 400dmg, this thing clocks up 1788dpm. For a Tier VIII Heavy it's really more bark than bite. Heck, the gun can't even outmatch a Comet in a dogfight.
All in all, the Glacial 112 shortchanges you on every aspect. It's armour is that of an IS-3 only weaker. It's mobility is that of a T-44, only slower. It's gun is that of an IS-6 only less harmful. For ages we've been hoping for a combination of the IS-3's Turret married with the hull of the IS-6 and carriaged on a T-44's Tracks. On paper, this was it. In reality however, it's on opposite poles. So close to being perfect yet so close to being unplayable. And hey, this thing faces the T95. And that's just the icing on the cake.