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T-26 Light Tank: Backbone of the Red Army

By Steven J. Zaloga

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Year
2015
ISBN
1472806255, 9781472806253
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3360225 bytes)
Series
New Vanguard
Pages
48\49
Library
Avax Home
Time added
2015-02-14 14:57:28

Description

This book surveys the development of the T-26 as well as its combat record in the Spanish Civil War, the war in China, the border wars with Poland and Finland in 1939-40, and the disastrous battles of 1941 during Operation Barbarossa.The T-26 was the first major Soviet program of the 1930s, beginning as a license-built version of the British Vickers 6-ton export tank. Although the T-26 retained the basic Vickers hull and suspension, the Red Army began to make extensive changes to the turret and armament, starting with the addition of a 45mm tank gun in 1933. The T-26 was built in larger numbers than any other tank prior to World War II. Indeed, more T-26 tanks were manufactured than the combined tank production of Germany, France, Britain, and the United States in 1931-40.

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