Mono-turreted T-26

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UpdatedFebruary 25, 2007
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T-26 mod.1933. Judging by the specific registration number "6089" the vehicle was operated by the Kiev Special Military District since the mid 30s. South-Western Front, vicinity of Kiev, August-September 1941.
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T-26 model 1933 light tanks of the Separate Tank Battalion/36th Motorised Rifle Division. The Khalkhin-gol (Nomonhan) region, late July 1939.[1]
À T-26 model 1933 light tank organic to an independent armoured battalion. 36th Motorized Rifle Division

A T-26 model 1933 light tank assigned to a Separate Tank Battalion/36th Motorised Rifle Division. The Khalkhin-gol (Nomonhan) region, late July 1939.[1]
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.[2]
T-26M33 of the 24th Separate Tank Regiment. T-26 Mod. 1933 of the 24th Separate Tank Regiment. The Crimean Front, March 1942.[2]
BT-7 and T-26 with additional armor are moving to the frontline. 5th Tank Brigade/Western Front, Nov.'41 [3]
T-26 tank (with additional armour plating)

T-26 tank (with additional armour plating) from the 5th Tank Brigade. Western Front, November 1941.[3]

rem. AMVAS: Probably it's reconstruction of T-26 from the background of previous photo

T-26s of different modifications for the 20th Tank Brigade/Western Front, Nov.'41 [3]

T-26 tank from the 20th Tank Brigade. Western Front, November 1941

T-26 tank from the 20th Tank Brigade. Western Front, November 1941. [3]

Rem. AMVAS: probably it's reconstruction of the tank from the background of previous photo.

Different ways of laying down tactical numbers on turrets of T-26s

Different ways of displaying tactical numbers on turrets of T-26s.

 Different ways of displaying tactical numbers on turrets of T-26s. [4]
T-26M33 hand-painted white T-26 Mod. 1933 hand-painted with white winter camouflage. Unknown unit. Karelian Isthimus, December 1939 [4]
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 tank with a cylindrical turret of the 39th Tank Division/16th Mechanised Corps. Uman area. early August, 1941. [7]

T-34 mod. 1934 [5]

T-26 Mod. 1934 equipped with radio after modernization [5]
T-26 equipped with swivel antiaircraft machine-gun [5]
T-26 Mod. 1936-37 equipped with P-40 machine-gun ring [5]

Literature
  1. "Boi v rajone reki Khalkhin-Gol.11 Maja -16 Sentibrya 1939 goda ",Voyennaya Letopis/Military Chronicle No. 2, 2001
  2. I. Moshchansky, A. Savin, "Bor'ba za Krym. Sentyabr' 1941 - Iyul 1942.", Voyennaya Letopis', No.1, 2002
  3. M. Kolomiets, "Bitva za Moskvu", Frontovaya Illyustratsiya, No 1, 2002
  4. M. Kolomiets. "Tanki v Zimnei Voine 1939-40", Frontovaya Illyustratsia, 3/2001
  5. "Tankovye Vojska RKKA vo Vtoroy Mirovoy Vojne. Serijnye Mashiny 1930-45 gg. Chast I. Lyogkiye tanki", Tankomaster, special issue 3-4/2006, Moscow
  6. T. Abashidze, I. Moschansky, "Katastropha pod Kievom,. Kievskaya strategicheskaya oboronitelnaya operatsiya. 7 Iyulia - 26 Sentiabrya 1941 goda. Part 3", Voennaya Letopis/Military Chronicle No. 6, 2003
  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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