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Originally uploaded on 14 jul. 2018. History video here The T-26 tank was a Soviet light tank used during many conflicts of the Interwar period and in WWII. It was a development of the British Vickers 6-Ton tank which was designed by the Vickers-Armstrongs company in 1928–29. This would be one of the most successful tank designs of the 1930s until its light armour became vulnerable to newer anti-tank guns. The Soviets did not simply replicate the Vickers 6-Ton. However, like its British counterpart, the T-26 mod. 1931 had a twin-turreted configuration and was designed to carry two machine guns, mounting one in each turret. A major difference was that the Soviet T-26 mod. 1 931 had higher turrets than the British 6-Ton. Beginning in 1937, there was an effort to equip many tanks with a second machine gun in the rear of the turret and an anti-aircraft machine gun on top of it, as well as the addition of two searchlights above the gun for night gunnery, a new VKU-3 command system, and a TPU-3 intercom. Some tanks had a vertically stabilised TOP-1 gun telescopic sight. The T-26 was superior to anything in the Spanish Civil War, they were also used in the Second Sino-Japanese War, were they where less successful. In the Winter War from December 1939 – March 1940. the T-26 proved to be obsolete. In the beginning of WWII, T-26s served mainly in separate light tank brigades and in separate tank battalions of the rifle divisions. most of the Red Army's vast numbers of tanks were suffering from serious wear and tear. Poor quality roads, the vulnerabilities of track design in the early 1930s and inadequate maintenance, recovery and repair services all took their toll. But the T-26 could still withstand most German tanks in 1941 but were inferior to the Panzer III and Panzer IV participating in Operation Barbarossa in June 1941. The T-26 would be produced until February 1941, but would see action until August 1945. This T-26 probably participated in the Leningrad Blockade in 1941-42 and was knocked out or abandoned standing on the frozen Ladoga lake, after the ice started to melt the tank disappeared into the lake. It was found again in 1998 on the bottom of the Ladoga lake, near the city of Pitkyaranta. It was supposed to be used in a monument to the RKKA, but a replica took it's place and they sold this one, to probably fund the build of the monument. It was then sold again and ended up in the MM Park, Museum in France. ■ So want to help keep me and the channel going? Please consider buying a cup of coffee! supporting me on Patreon and Buymeacoffee will get you access to extra content for three channels in total. ■ Support me on my Patreon ■ Or buy me a Coffee on ■ Store: ■ Information obtained from several sites. ■ Wikipedia ■ tanks-encyclopedia ■ ■ preservedtanks ■ ■ ■ Some music is from the YouTube Audio Library. ■ Music used: Copyright fair use notice All media used in this video is used for the purpose of education under the terms of fair use. All footage and images used belong to their copyright holders.
