Flame Throwers Based on T-26's Chassis

Updated November 15, 2004
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T-26
Serial T-26 equipped with Tank Chemical Devices TKhP-3

Serial T-26 equipped with Tank Chemical Apparatuses TKhP-3 (later re-designated TDP-3 appartus) for generation of smoke and providing "flame screens". By 1936 year 1,503 such apparatuses were produced [1]
 
upOT-26 (KhT-26)
OT-26 (KhT-26) OT-26 (KhT-26) flame thrower tank [1]
OT-26 (KhT-26) flamethrower tank OT-26 (KhT-26) flamethrower tank OT-26 (KhT-26) flamethrower tank OT-26 (KhT-26) flame thrower tank [3]
check also Radiocontrolled TT-26 flame thrower tanks

upOT-130 (KhT-130)
OT-130 flamethrower tank OT-130 flamethrower tank OT-130 flamethrower tank OT-130 flamethrower tank OT-130 flame thrower tank [3]
OT-130 blueprints OT-130 blueprints [1]
OT-130 on NIIBT testing area, 1940 OT-130 on NIIBT testing area, 1940 [1]

OT-130 of the 210th Separate Chemical Tank Battalion in action. Finland, 1940

OT-130 of the 210th Separate Chemical Tank Battalion in action. Finland, 1940

OT-130 of the 210th Separate Chemical Tank Battalion in action. Finland, 1940 [1,6]
Last remaining OT-130 on display at Borzya

Last remaining OT-130 on display at Borzya, Chita region home of military unit No. 05776 . Note that the unit has tracks and driving-wheels from a British "Stuart" tank and that one of the centre suspension members is missing. [1]

upOT-133
OT-133 (HT-133) flamethrower tank operated by the 37th Army units.OT-133 (HT-133) flamethrower tank operated by the 37th Army units.

OT-133 (KhT-133) flamethrower tank operated by the 37th Army units. Inside the triangle tactical insignia are the figures identifying the company number ("2"), of the flame thrower battalion, the number of platoon ("4") and the original number of tank in the battalion ("13"). Kiev vicinity September, 1941. [2,4]
OT-133 OT-133 OT-133 [3]
OT-133 tank on the autumn maneuvers of Kiev Special Military District, 1940 OT-133 tank during the autumn maneuvers of Kiev Special Military District, 1940.[5]
OT-133 fitted with additional armour OT-133 fitted with additional armour and deflector plates [3]
Schematic of additional armour on OT-133 Schematic of additional armour on OT-133 [1]

 

upOT-134 (KhT-134)
Tank OT-134 being tested in Kubinka in summer of 1940.

OT-134. Tank OT-134 being tested in Kubinka in summer of 1940. The flame-thrower is clearly seen in the mid section of the sloping armour plating to the hull. The vehicle originated came from the Karelian isthmus and had been combat. To reduce weight the additional armor had been removed [6]

Tanks from the 210th Separate Chemical Tank Battalion (OT-133 and OT-134) after conclusion of battle

Tanks from the 210th Separate Chemical Tank Battalion (OT-133 and OT-134) after conclusion of battle. OT-134 tank (equipped with additional armour) is the only one with winter camouflage. Karelian Isthmus, March, 1940 [6]


Literature
  1. Legkiy tank T-26, Bronekollektsia, spetsialnyi vypusk No. 2
  2. T. Abashidze, I. Moschansky, "Okruzhenie Yugo-Zapadnogo Fronta. Kievskaya strategicheskaya oboronitelnaya operatsiya. 7 Iyulia - 26 Sentiabrya 1941 goda. Part 2", Voennaya Letopis No. 4, 2003
  3. A.G. Soliankin, M.V. Pavlov, I.V. Pavlov, I.G. Zheltov, "Otechestvennye bronirovannye mashiny. XX vek", Vol. 1, "Otechestvennye bronirovannye mashiny. 1905-1941", Moscow, Exprint, 2002
  4. 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
  5. M. Kolomiets, M. Makarov, "Preljudia k "Barbarosse", Fronovaya Illyustratsiya, No. 4, 2001
  6. M. Kolomiets. "Tanki v Zimnei Voine 1939-40", Frontovaya Illyustratsia, 3/2001
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