Название: Osprey New Vanguard 218 - T-26 Light Tank: Backbone of the Red Army
Автор: Steven J. Zaloga
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год: 2015
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 49
Размер: 3,2 МБ
Язык: Английский

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.