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  2. 7TP - Wikipedia

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    The 7TP was the Polish development of the British Vickers 6-ton Mark E tank licence. Comparing to Vickers, the main new features of 7TP were: a better, more reliable and powerful diesel engine , a 37 mm anti-tank gun , thicker armour (17 mm instead of 13 mm on the front), modified ventilation, the Gundlach tank periscope , and a radio.

  3. Tanks of the Polish Armoured Forces - Wikipedia

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    Poland designed tanks from those it acquired and the Polish armoured forces were given the single turret 7TP tank which was the best Polish tank available in numbers when the war broke out, derived from the Vickers Mark E tank. The Polish forces with the 7TP Light Tank series put up a valiant defense against the invading German Army in the ...

  4. List of World War II military equipment of Poland - Wikipedia

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    Polish Armament in 1939–45 article is a list of equipment used by Polish army before and during the Invasion of Poland, foreign service in British Commonwealth forces and last campaign to Germany with the Red Army in 1945. [1] The list includes prototype vehicles.

  5. List of Polish armoured fighting vehicles - Wikipedia

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    7TP jw light tank (based on Vickers 6-Ton light tank (also known as Vickers Mark E light tank)) 10TP light fast tank (Only one prototype built) T-70 light tank (In period between July 1943 to January 1945, Polish units in the east ( Ludowe Wojsko Polskie ) used 53 T-70s.

  6. Invasion of Poland - Wikipedia

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    A standard tank of the Polish Army during the invasion of 1939 was the 7TP light tank. It was the first tank in the world to be equipped with a diesel engine and 360° Gundlach periscope . [ 71 ] The 7TP was significantly better armed than its most common opponents, the German Panzer I and II , but only 140 tanks were produced between 1935 and ...

  7. Defense of Ochota and Wola (1939) - Wikipedia

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    In the area of Słupecka and Sękocińska streets, an anti-tank gun crew from the 40th Infantry Regiment, not expecting their own tanks, fired two shots at one of the 7TP tanks, damaging it. [111] Ultimately, the Poles succeeded in pushing the enemy back and reclaiming the front line along Opaczewska Street, including the building of the Free ...

  8. T-26 - Wikipedia

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    The T-26 (along with the Polish 7TP) was a Soviet development of the British Vickers 6-Ton (Vickers Mk.E variant) tank, which was designed by the Vickers-Armstrongs company in 1928–29. The simple and easy-to-maintain Vickers 6-Ton was intended for export to less technically advanced countries: the Soviet Union , Poland , Brazil , Argentina ...

  9. Vickers 6-ton - Wikipedia

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    The Vickers 6-ton tank or Vickers Mark E, also known as the "Six-tonner", was a British light tank designed in 1928 in a private project at Vickers. Though not adopted by the British Army, it was picked up by several other armed forces, and licensed by the Soviet Union as the T-26. It was also the direct predecessor of the Polish 7TP tank.