From the Warlord Games Website
Yet another new resin Bolt Action vehicle is unleashed onto the field
of battle this week – this time something for the Soviets and Chinese.
This model of the T-26 was also captured and repurposed by the Finns,
Germans, Romanians and Hungarians). It also served in the Spanish Civil
War.
The T-26 tank was a Soviet light infantry tank used during many
conflicts of the 1930s 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.
It was produced in greater numbers than any other tank of the period,
during the 1930s, the USSR developed 53 variants of the T-26, including
flame-throwing tanks, combat engineer vehicles, remotely controlled
tanks, self-propelled guns, artillery tractors, and armoured carriers.
Twenty-three of these were series-produced, others were experimental
models.
In 1933, the Soviets unveiled the T-26 mod. 1933. The Model 1933, with a
new single cylindrical turret carrying one 45 mm cannon and one 7.62 mm
machine gun becoming the most common T-26 variant. The increased
firepower was intended to aid crews in defeating dedicated anti-tank
teams, as the original machine gun armament had been found insufficient.
Friday, October 24, 2014
Warlord Games Press Release - New: T-26B Mod 1933 Light Tank (Cylindrical Turret)
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