Clash of Steel is a brand-new game from the design team at GF9 and Battlefront. It features Dynamic Mission Based Game Play to ensure that every battle is unique and cinematic. It is based on an Alternative History where the war in Europe finishes in 1944 with the surrender of Germany, but restarts just four years later in the face of Soviet aggression. Players take to the tabletop with one of four initial forces (German, British, American or Soviet) in Epic Tank-On-Tank Combat using Highly Detailed Multi-Part Plastic Miniatures, battling over objectives in an attempt to control the battlefield and defeat their enemies.

The Soviets look to preserve their post-war legacy by entrenching Communist rule across Eastern Europe. They ensue this with a strong military presence and total control over their client nations ruling communist party. They field the best of their Great Patriotic War equipment like the T-34/85 medium tank, SU-100 Tank-killer, and IS-2 heavy breakthrough tank. One top of this superior Soviet industry has produced the ground-breaking T-54-1 medium tank and the powerful IS-3 heavy tank.

The T-34 series of tanks were widely recognised as an excellent design that had a profound effect on not only the course of World War II, but subsequent tank development for a long time. Over time the original specifications were refined to not only make the tank easier to produce, but also keep up with the need for increased firepower as enemy tank designs caught up and eventually surpassed the T-34.

The T-34/85 built upon an already successful design with increased armour protection. A larger turret was also added to accomodate a third crew member (previously in the hull) and increase the size of gun from 76mm to the more powerful ZiS-S-53 85mm. These improvements gave Soviet forces a tank that was once again more armoured, mobile, and destructive than its contemporaries.