Рабоче-крестьянская Красная армия
The Soviet Union
Ford-A Izhorskiy
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The FAI was built on the chassis of the GAZ-A car, a licensed copy of the American Ford A. This chassis was the major weakness of the FAI. Most commercial car chassis were not powerful enough to move a useful amount of armour or firepower on the battlefield.
BA-3 Armoured Car
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The BA-3 (Broneavtomobil 3) was a heavy armored car developed in the Soviet Union in 1933, 221 BA-3 cars were built at the Izhorskij and Vyksunskij factories, until production ended in 1935. Based mostly on BA-I, the most important development being the new turret, equipped with the 45 mm main gun.
BA-6 Armoured Car
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386 BA-6 cars were produced between 1936 and 1938 in Izhorskij factory. The only real visual difference was that the rear door present on the BA-3 was missing. Of more note was the lighter design and the provision of cork sponge filled tyres improving mobility greatly.
BT-5 fast tank
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The BT-5, weighing 11.5 tonnes and powered by a Khpz Model M-5 400 bhp aircraft engine that gave the tank a top road speed of 72 km/h (44.7 mph) when it was driven with its tracks removed. The American Christie suspension system was revolutionary. Seen here with the cylindrical turret with box bustle.
BT-5 fast tank
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The BT-5 turret was cylindrical with a single hatch and a small rectangular bustle, but later models had a faired-out overhang. Twin optical sights were provided (TOP telescopes and a PT-1 periscope). Two shapes of the gun mantlet existed, an early welded one as well as a late forged cast one.
T-26B Light Tank
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The dropforged turret was the result of combat reports critical of the use of rivets in tanks as a result of casualties suffered against the Japanese in the far east. Tukhachevskiy closed production down until a solution could be reached. the New turrets were welded with a number of new features.
T-26B Light Tank
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By 1933, only commander tanks were equipped with radios, the early model presenting the cumbersome hand-rail radio antenna on the turret. Experience during the Spanish Civil War , showed that visible commander tanks were more likely to be targeted thus leading to the whip aerial adoption.
T-26B Light Tank
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On their search for a new light infantry tank, the Russian tank designers put their focus on the British Vickers-Armstrong 6-ton E light tank. In 1930, the first samples arrived in Russia and the own conversion experiments soon started at the Bolshevik factory in Leningrad.
Stalinetz S-60
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The Son of Stalin (Stalinez) S-60 was produced from 1933-1937 as a copy of the US Caterpillar 60, fitted with a 4-cylinder, 60 hp. petrol engine yielding a max speed of only 6 km/h. This was the Soviet Unions first prime mover responisble for hauling the biggest artillery pieces. Its lack of speed would prove damning!
ZiS-5
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In 1931 Moscow Avtomobilnoe Moskovskoe Obshchestvo (Moscow Automotive Enterprise) truck plant was re-equipped and expanded with the help of the American A.J. Brandt Co., and began to produce a new truck with designation of AMO-2. AMO-2 was intended as a replacement of the previous AMO-F-15
ZiS-5
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The ZIS-5 (ЗИС-5) was produced in the ZIS factory between 1932 to 1948. In 1933 AMO was rebuilt and renamed Factory No. 2 Zavod Imeni Stalina (or Plant of Stalin’s name, abbreviated in ZIS or ZiS) In Summer, the AMO-2 and AMO-3 trucks were modernized and re-branded as the ZIS-5 trucks.
