Soviet armoured fighting vehicles of WWII
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"RUSSKIY RENO"
the first tank manufactured in the Soviet Union
a Russian copy of the French Renault FT-17
with a Fiat engine and a 37 mm Hotchkiss gun
TANK BT-2
fast tank capable of running on both tracks and wheels
a Russian copy of the American Christie M1931
production versions and various derived vehicles
TANK T-26
tank that formed the backbone of Soviet armoured units
based on a copy of the British Vickers 6-ton chassis
a wide range of derived specialist vehicles
TANK T-37
light amphibious reconnaissance tank
design derived from the British Carden-Lloyd tankette
armed with a single 7.62 mm DT machine gun
TANK T-38
designed as the generational successor to the T-37
TANK T-40
designed as the generational successor to the T-38
variants with a 12.7 mm machine gun or a 20 mm gun
TANK T-46
designed as the generational successor to the T-26
armed with a 45 mm gun and two machine guns
TANK T-25
with a 45 mm gun and one or two machine guns
TANK T-50
a very modern light tank design for its time and place
with sloped hull armour and a commander's cupola
unfortunately complex and demanding to manufacture
TANK T-60
a light tank designed in just 15 days
rushed into mass production in place of the complex T-50
with a 20 mm gun and a 7.62 mm machine gun
TANK T-90
prototype light anti-aircraft tank
based on the T-70 tank chassis
armed with two 12.7 mm heavy machine guns
TANK MOLOTOVA
named after the Foreign Minister for some reason
the first tank produced in the USSR
copy of the French Renault FT-17
with a Fiat engine and a Hotchkiss gun
capable of running without tracks
copy of the American Christie M1931
covering a range of derived vehicles
the backbone light tank type
copy of the British Vickers 6-ton
amphibious light reconnaissance tank
derived from the British Carden-Lloyd
armed with a 7.62 mm machine gun only
designed as the successor to the T-37
designed as the successor to the T-38
machine gun and gun-armed variants
designed as the successor to the T-26
45 mm gun and two machine guns
developed as the successor to the T-26
armed with a 45 mm gun
a very modern light tank design
sloped armour and commander's cupola
too complex to manufacture
rushed into development as the war started
introduced in place of the complex T-50
armed with a 20 mm gun
anti-aircraft tank prototype
based on the T-70 chassis
with two 12.7 mm machine guns
amphibious reconnaissance tank
developed as the successor to the T-37
named after the Foreign Minister
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