T-26 Light Tank (Osprey New Vanguard 218)
T-26 Light Tank (Osprey New Vanguard 218)
Osprey Publishing | 2015 | ISBN: 1472806255 | English | 49 Pages | True PDF | 3 MB
Osprey Publishing | 2015 | ISBN: 1472806255 | English | 49 Pages | True PDF | 3 MB
The T-26 was the first major Soviet armour 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. 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.