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T-26 (Light infantry tank)

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The T-26 tank was a Soviet light infantry tank used during many conflicts of the 1930s as well as during World War II. It was a development of the British Vickers 6-Ton tank and is widely considered one of the most successful tank designs of the 1930s.

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It was produced in greater numbers than any other tank of the period, with more than 11,000 produced. During the 1930s, the USSR developed approximately 53 variants of the T-26, including different combat vehicles based on its chassis (flame-throwing tanks, combat engineer vehicles, remotely controlled tanks, self-propelled guns, artillery tractors, armoured carriers). Twenty-three of these were series-produced, others were experimental models.

Though nearly obsolete by the beginning of World War II, the T-26 was the most important tank of the Spanish Civil War and played a significant role during the Battle of Lake Khasan in 1938 as well as in the Winter War in 1939-40. The T-26 was the most numerous tank in the Red Army's armored force during the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941. The Soviet T-26 light tanks last saw use in August 1945, during the Soviet invasion of Manchuria.

The T-26 was exported and used extensively in the armies of Spain, China and Turkey. In addition, captured T-26 light tanks were used by the Finnish, German, Romanian and Hungarian armies.

The T-26 was reliable and simple to maintain, and its design was continually modernised between 1931 and 1941. However, no new models of the T-26 were developed after 1940.

Specifications (T-26 mod. 1933)
Weight 9.6 tonnes (10.6 short tons)
Length 4.65 m (15 ft 3 in)
Width 2.44 m (8 ft)
Height 2.24 m (7 ft 4 in)
Crew 3 (commander, gunner, driver)
Armour Bottom: 6 mm (0.24 in)
Roof: 6–10 mm (0.24–0.39 in)
Hull and Turret: 15 mm (0.59 in) (front, rear, sides)
Main armament 45 mm 20K mod. 1932/34 tank gun (122 rds.)
Secondary armament 7.62 mm DT tank machine gun (2,961 rds.)
Engine 4-cylinder gasoline flat air-cooled T-26 (Armstrong Siddeley type); engine volume 6,600 cc
90 hp (67 kW) at 2,100 rpm
Power/weight 9.38 hp/t
Transmission single-disk main dry clutch, drive shaft, gearbox with five gears, steering clutches, final drives
Suspension leaf quarter-elliptic springs
Ground clearance 380 mm (1 ft 3 in)
Fuel capacity 290 L (64 imp gal; 77 U.S. gal) [with additional 110-L fuel tank]
Operational range Road: 220–240 km (140–150 mi)
Off-road: 130–140 km (81–87 mi)
Speed Paved: 31.1 km/h (19.3 mph)
Gravel: 22 km/h (14 mph)
Off-road: 16 km/h (9.9 mph)
 
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Here are some of that early versions of T-26:

The twin-turreted T-26 Model 1931. There were two basic models, the standard T-26 with a DT 7.62mm machine-gun in each turret, and a command tank version, the T-26TU (»Tank Upravleniya«) which had a 37mm gun in the right turret and a DT machine-gun in the left.
The OT-26, based oh the T-26 Model 1931, originally had a flame projector mounted in the right turret, but because of the need to fit larger fuel tanks in the hull, the left turret was omitted from later models.

T-26 Model 1931
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T-26TU command tank
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OT-26 flame-thrower tank
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My favorite in CMBB was the T-26A Model with the 76.2mm snub nose gun
 
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I often wonder what would happen, if the Russian did what the German would do. Re-equipment as SP gun, with 76mm ATG as the German did with Marder's.
 
I often wonder what would happen, if the Russian did what the German would do. Re-equipment as SP gun, with 76mm ATG as the German did with Marder's.
I believe the SU-76 was a SPG built on a T-70 light tank chassie
 
I believe the SU-76 was a SPG built on a T-70 light tank chassie

Good point, but I was thinking of converting they old T-26, into something like a cheap SU-76, Instead of building new SU-76's.
 
I believe the SU-76 was a SPG built on a T-70 light tank chassie

Good point, but I was thinking of converting they old T-26, into something like a cheap SU-76, Instead of building new SU-76's.
 
Actually, there is several SPG versions....From 37mm gun versions to 122 howitzers and 152mm mortars attached.
 
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