2. Acobmn of 137 arphbion scout ants fonmanoeuses. The ead ‘erie 62-371 ‘commen vile with the ery cores ine antenna runing sours the nul se cage 76 LG AYES Z32¢ 198 Published in 1984 by ‘Arms and Armour Press, Lionel Leventhal Limited, 2-6 Hampstead High Street, London NW3 19Q. Australasia: 4-12 Tattersalls Lane, ‘Melbourne, Victoria 3000. South Africa: Sanso Centre, 8 Adderley Street, P.O. Bor 94, Cape Town 8000. United States: Cameron and Kelker Streets, P.O, Box 1831, Harrisburg, Pa. 17105. © Steven J. Zaloga and James Grandsen, 1984 © Lionel Leventhal Lirnted, 1984. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form by any means electrical, mechanical or otherwise without first seeking the written permission > of the copyright owner and of the publisher 1234567890 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data: Zaloga, Steven J Soviet tanks of World War Two. 1, Tanks (Military science) - Soviet Union ~ History [Title TL. Grandsen, James 623.747520947—- UG446.5 ISBN 0-85368-6068 Layout by Anthony A. Evans. Edited by Michael Boxall Typeset by Typsetters (Birmingham) Limited. Camerawork by Chelmer Litho Reproductions, Maldon. Princed and bound in Great Britain by Robert Hartnoll Limited, Bodmin. 4 CONTENTS Contents Preface Red Army Mechanization 1920-40 Armoured Vehicles of the Imperial Russian Army Imported Light Armoured Cars Russian Light Armoured Cars Halftracked Armoured Cars Heavy Armoured Cars Armoured Trains Tsarist Tanks Armoured Vehicles in the Civil War Armoured Vehicles in the Early 1920s Mechanization of the Red Army during the 1920s Foreign Influences in Soviet Tank Design of the 1930s The T-27 Tankette The T-26 Light Infantry Tank ‘The BT Fast Tanks The Light Amphibious Tanks Indigenous Tank Designs of the Early 1930s The T-35 Heavy Tank Armoured Cars of the 1930s Self-propelied Artillery of the 1930s ‘Mechanization of Artillery during the 1930s Organization of Mechanized Units during the 1930s Foreign Involvement of the RKKA Armoured Force Soviet Armour of the Great Patriotic War 1941-45 Soviet Tank Design on the Eve of War Organization of the Soviet ‘Armoured Force The Summer Catastrophe The T-34 Medium Tank Light Tanks The KV Heavy Tank 10 13 18, 20 24 25 27 34 41 48 49 51 66 14 80 85 88 95 101 106 108 110 no 123 126 129 138 142K4-B22347 25 Tank Unit Organization 146 ‘Mechanized Artillery Develop- pee ady ee ment 150 7 8 Katyusha Rocket Launchers 150 | | 1} ha Ros ght Infantry Tanks, 1920-41 64 i]s SU: Te Hiei Mechanised 155 | | Light Armoured Cars, 1920-40 9 a 5 diam Heavy Armoured Cars, ss ‘Mechanized Gun 160 A oF The KV-7 Mechanized Gun in| eee 95 Mechanized Artillery Units 162 | | gore Arnenned Vehiie La ie cai i Production, 1928-41 108 ‘ank Destroyers Poti eras The Battle of Kursk-Orel 166 | | penta peaks Deol i The T-34-85 Medium Tank 166 | | Sirall Araphitious Tanke and Aes 2 Bese Tank 170 |_|" small Scout Tanks, 1930-41 116 } Hemy Assault Gung 176 | | Heavy Tanks, 1935-41 119 | Light Mechanized Guns 180 | | ean a3 | Tank Destroyers of 1944 180 “id , The T-44 Medium Tank | | Rint aos The K-90 Amphibious Tank 185 ; Light Fighting Vehicles 185 | | The Fate of the Soviet Tank | Engineer Tanks 190 . Airborne Fighting Vehicles ee ee gs i Flame-thrower Tanks 194 uns, ‘Armoured Recovery Vehicles 197 | | Light and Medium Tanks, im Re icy Ios | | Lend-Lease Armoured Vehicles Aunt creooree 199 | | Supplied to the Soviet | Armoured Trains 200 219 | eae joe | | The Armoured Equipment Oe neristie of Red Army Mechanized Soviet Tanks in Retrospect 222 | || eta me erento 222 Bibliegrephy 728 | | German: Soviet Armoured Index aa4 | | Vehicle Combat Loss Ratio, os Soviet Armoured List of Diagrams Vehicle Strength Comparison 223 Soviet Tank Brigade - Soviet Armoured Vehicle December 1941 147 | | Production in the Second Soviet Tank Brigade - July | 225 1942 148 |_| Performance of Soviet Soviet Tank Brigade — Armoured Vehicle Guns 225 November 1943 149 | | Soviet Armoured Vehicle Soviet Tank Strength 1941-45 224 227 Tsarist and Soviet Armoured Soviet Armoured Corps Order Vehicle Factories 1916-45 226 of Battle, 1942-45 227 CONTENTS 5