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T-26 Light Tank: Backbone of the Red Army

T-26 Light Tank: Backbone of the Red Army

Zaloga, Steven J.
Morshead, Henry

Paperback

Series: New Vanguard, Book 218

Technology & EngineeringWeaponry & VehiclesWorld War II

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ISBN10: 1472806255
ISBN13: 9781472806253
Publisher: Osprey Pub Inc
Published: Jan 20 2015
Pages: 48
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.20 Width: 7.00 Depth: 9.50
Language: English

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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