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The T-26 tank was a Soviet light tank used during many conflicts of the Interwar period and in World War II. It was a development of the British Vickers 6-Ton tank and was one of the most successful tank designs of the 1930s until its light armour became vulnerable to newer anti-tank guns. [3]
The first unit equipped with the T-26 was the 1st Mechanized Brigade named after K.V. Kalinovsky (the Moscow Military District).Tanks delivered to the Red Army through the end of 1931 were unarmed and intended for training, and the T-26 entered active service in 1932 only.
The ST-26 was intended to provide for crossing of trenches and streams 6–6.5 m (20–21 ft) wide and barriers up to 2 m (6.6 ft) high by T-27, T-26 and BT light tanks: the bridge had a maximum load rating of 14 tonnes (15 short tons). The bridge could be laid with the help of the cable winch in 25–40 seconds without crew exit; the raising ...
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.
The Republicans attacked with a force of 15 T-26 tanks, armed with a 45mm cannon, led by a Latvian tank specialist, Captain Pols ArmÄns, and driven by Soviets with Spanish gunners, and the 1st Mixed Brigade, a newly established mixed brigade led by Enrique Líster.
OKMO (Opytniy Konstruktorsko-Mekhanicheskiy Otdel, 'Experimental Design Mechanical Department') was the tank design team in the Soviet Union during the early 1930s.Located in Leningrad, it produced the design of the T-26 infantry tank, of which about 12,000 would be produced.
T-26, a Soviet tank; T-26 Garand, an American prototype rifle; T26 Pershing, ... Slingsby T.26 Kite 2, a British glider; Talbot Lago Record, an executive car
A destroyed T-26 of the type used by the corps. The 26th Mechanized Corps was formed in March 1941 in the North Caucasus Military District.The corps included the 52nd and 56th Tank Divisions, and the 103rd Motorized Division (the former 103rd Rifle Division). [2]