T-26 with Conical Turret

(Blueprints)

UpdatedFebruary 25, 2007
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T-26M38T-26M38The T-26 tank (year 1938 production series) in testing. NIIBT polygon summer 1938

T-26M38 equipped with radio transmitter. The vehicle has a conical turret with welded gun mask, battle searchlights, a hatch for P-40 machine-gun ring, commanders "PTK" periscope and a machine-gun in a rear recess [1]

Photo: shows the T-26 tank (year 1938 production series) during testing. NIIBT polygon summer 1938. (the photo from M.Svirin's collection) [1]
T-26-1 mod. 1940 T-26-1 mod. 1940The T-26-1 tank on the road to battle. Western Front, December 1941.[1]

Tank T-26-1 mod. 1940, equipped with radio transmitter. It has a sloping hull below the turret and a conical turret with punched gun mask, commander’s "PTK" periscope and whip antenna.[1]

Photo: The T-26-1 tank on the road to battle. Western Front, December 1941.[1]

 
Finnish version of T-26 tank Finnish version of T-26 tank Finnish version of T-26 tank - a conic turret of linear tank is mounted on the hull of HT-130 with spherical mount for DT machine-gun. Autumn, 1942.

Finnish version of T-26 tank - a conic turret of T-26-1 line tank is mounted on the hull of OT-133 with spherical mount for DT machine-gun. [1]

 

Photo: Finnish version of T-26 tank - a conical turret of line tank is mounted on the hull of OT-130 with spherical mount for DT machine-gun. Autumn, 1942. [1]
T-26-1's section [1]

Slit of T-26-1 (mod. 1940) [1]
Diagramme Key:

  • Engine section;
  • Combat section;
  • Control section;
  1. Armored hull;
  2. Turret;
  3. Engine;
  4. Transmission;
  5. Side clutch;
  6. Brakes;
  7. Board gear (behind armored shield);
  8. Running gear;
  1. Bulkhead between Engine and Combat sections;
  2. Armored louvre over oil radiator;
  3. Ventilating cover;
  4. 45mm gun 20K;
  5. Batteries;
  6. Hinged driver protection shield;
  7. Supporting wheels;
  8. Suspension carriage;
  9. Muffler.
Composition of T-26 mod. 1939 Composition of T-26 mod. 1939 [4]
  1. Armored hull;
  2. Turret;
  3. Gun;
  4. Machine-gun;
  5. Anti-aircraft machine-gun;
  6. Gun layer’s hatch;
  7. Commander's hatch with machine-gun ring;
  8. Rear machine-gun;
  9. Ventilation hatch;
  10. Sloping hull below the turret;
  11. Armored louvres;
  12. Ventilating cover;
  1. Muffler;
  2. Gasoline & oil tank fillers access hatch;
  3. Magneto and generator hatch;
  4. Engine access hatch;
  5. Toolbox;
  6. Idler wheel;
  7. Suspension carriage;
  8. Supporting wheels;
  9. Driving-wheel;
  10. Supporting rollers;
  11. Hinged door;
  12. Hinged frontal cover;
  13. Transmission hatch;
Composition of conic turret Composition of conic turret [4]
  1. 45mm gun;
  2. Front shield;
  3. Telescopic sight;
  4. Periscope PTK;
  5. Racking for 5 shells;
  6. Right sight device;
  7. Rear machine-gun;
  1. Radio receiver set;
  2. Shell catcher;
  3. Ventilating cover;
  4. 56-U322B machine-gun mount;
  5. Eye;
  6. Combat searchlight
T-26 with conical turret armoring scheme Armour plating diagramme of a T-26 with conical turret [2]
Machine-gun ring mounting [?]

Literature
  1. M. Kolomiets, M. Svirin,"T-26 Legkiy Tank" Frontovaya Illystratsiya, No. 1, 2003
  2. Pavlov I.V. Pavlov M.V. "Sovetskiye Tanki I Samokhodno-Artilleriyskiye Ustanovki 1939-1945" M. 1996.
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