Mono-turreted T-26

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UpdatedFebruary 25, 2007
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On the photo one can see T-26 first edition guns are at the parade. 1933

T-26 first series of the tank on parade in 1933. One tank is equipped with an earlier version turret (with smaller rear section and single hatch.[1]

 

T-26M34 tanks at the parade. Supposingly Khabarovsk, Nov. 07 1935.

T-26M34 tanks on parade. Probably Khabarovsk, Nov. 7 1935. [1]

 
Photo: T-26M35 tank equipped with radio station at Kiev's manoeuvres, 1935 [1]

T-26M35 tank equipped with radio transmitter during the Kiev manoeuvres in 1935 [1]
T-26 year 1936 production series at the manoeuvres of Moscow Military District.

T-26 year 1936 production series at the manoeuvres of Moscow Military District. The tank has welded hull and punched gun mask. [1]
The general view of T-26M35 tank (produced in 1936) equipped with radio station with welded hull and turret. [1] The general view of T-26M35 tank (produced in 1936) equipped with radio station with welded hull and turret. [1] The general view of T-26M35 tank (produced in 1936) equipped with radio station with welded hull and turret. [1] The general view of T-26M35 tank (produced in 1936) equipped with radio station with welded hull and turret. [1]

The general view of T-26M35 tank (produced in 1936) equipped with radio transmitter and welded hull & turret. [1]
T-26 model 1933 light tanks of the Separate Tank Battalion/36th Motorised Rifle Division. The Khalkhin-gol (Nomonhan) region, late July 1939.[6]
Repair of T-26 mod. 1933 organic to the 24th Separate Tank Regiment. The Crimean Front

Repair to a T-26 (1933 series) assigned to 24th Separate Tank Regiment. The Crimean Front, April 1942.[3]
T-26 tank (year 1933 version with cylindrical turret)

T-26 tank (1933 version with cylindrical turret) was the most universally used tank in the Red Army before the war. The unit in the photo shows a unit equipped with radio transmitter, handrail style antenna and search lights for night firing.[4]
T-26 organic to the 35th Light Tank Brigade T-26 assigned to the 35th Light Tank Brigade moving into an attack line, Feb., 1940[5]
Knocked down T-26 (photo 69). A white stripe is marked on the perimeter of the upper part of the turret. A gap in the stripe enables one to see number "6". Most probably these digits are not tactical numbers, but an element code. Southern Front, Uman area, the 39th Tank Division/16th Mechanised Corps, August 1941. [7]
T-26 in winter colors T-26 in winter camouflage. Nevskaya Dubrovka, Leningrad Front, 1942 [5]
T-26M33 as a monument in Korovitino village (Novgorod region).

T-26M33 on display as a monument in Korovitino village (Novgorod region). Note the non-original tracks [5]
Finnish "modernization" of T-26: the turret from a linear tank, mounted on the hull of KhT-26

Finnish "modernization" of T-26: the turret from a line tank, mounted on the hull of OT-26 on the right. Karelia, 1943 [1]

Literature
  1. M. Kolomiets, M. Svirin,"T-26 Legkiy Tank" Frontovaya Illystratsiya, No 1, 2003
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  3. I. Moshchansky, A. Savin, "Bor'ba za Krym. Sentyabr' 1941 - Iyul 1942.", Voyennaya Letopis', No.1, 2002
  4. M. Kolomiets, M. Makarov, "Preljudia k "Barbarosse", Fronovaya Illyustratsiya, No. 4, 2001
  5. Legkiy tank T-26, Bronekollektsia, spetsialnyi vypusk No. 2
  6. "Boi v rajone reki Khalkhin-Gol.11 Maja -16 Sentibrya 1939 goda ",Voyennaya Letopis/Military Chronicle No. 2, 2001
  7. I. Moshchanskiy, I Khokhlov. "Yuzhnoye napravleniye. Oboronitelnaya operatsiya Yuzhnogo fronta i Otdelnoy Primorskoy Armii 22 Iyunia - 16 oktiabrya 1941 goda", Moscow, Voyennaya Letopis'/Military Chronicle 3/2005.
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