Soviet T-26

T-26
T-26 mod. 1933 at the museum "Breaching of the Leningrad Blockade" near Kirovsk, Leningrad Oblast. This tank was raised from a river bottom at Nevsky Pyatachok in May 2003.
Type	Light infantry tank
Place of origin	Soviet Union
Service history
In service	1931–1945 in USSR 1936–1953 in Spain 1940–1961 in Finland
Used by	Soviet Union  Spanish Republic  Finland  Republic of China  Turkey  Nazi Germany  Kingdom of Romania  Kingdom of Hungary  Afghanistan
Wars	Spanish Civil War Second Sino-Japanese War Soviet–Japanese Border Wars World War II Soviet invasion of Poland Winter War Eastern Front (World War II) Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran Soviet invasion of Manchuria Chinese Civil War
Production history
Designer	Vickers-Armstrongs, OKMO ofBolshevik Plant in Leningrad
Designed	1928–1931
Manufacturer	Factory No. 174 named after K.E. Voroshilov in Leningrad,Stalingrad Tractor Factory
Produced	1931–41
Number built	10,300 tanks and 1,701 other vehicles[1]
Specifications (T-26 mod. 1933[2])
Weight	9.6 tonnes (10.6 short tons)
Length	4.65 m (15 ft 3 in)
Width	2.44 m (8 ft)
Height	2.24 m (7 ft 4 in)
Crew	3 (commander, gunner, driver)
Armour	Bottom: 6 mm (0.24 in) Roof: 6–10 mm (0.24–0.39 in) Hull and Turret: 15 mm (0.59 in) (front, rear, sides)
Main armament	45 mm 20K mod. 1932/34 tank gun (122 rds.)
Secondary armament	7.62 mm DT tank machine gun(2,961 rds.)
Engine	4-cylinder gasoline flat air-cooledT-26 (Armstrong Siddeley type); engine volume 6,600 cc 90 hp (67 kW) at 2,100 rpm
Power/weight	9.38 hp/t
Transmission	single-disk main dry clutch, drive shaft, gearbox with five gears, steering clutches, final drives
Suspension	leaf quarter-elliptic springs
Ground clearance	380 mm (1 ft 3 in)
Fuel capacity	290 L (64 imp gal; 77 U.S. gal) [with additional 110-L fuel tank]
Operational range	Road: 220–240 km (140–150 mi) Off-road: 130–140 km (81–87 mi)
Speed	Paved: 31.1 km/h (19.3 mph) Gravel: 22 km/h (14 mph) Off-road: 16 km/h (9.9 mph)