Sunday, February 26, 2017

BT Fast Tank - The Red Army's Cavalry Tank 1931-1945, Steven J. Zaloga.

BT Fast Tank - The Red Army's Cavalry Tank 1931-1945, Steven J. Zaloga. 
Looks at the fast BT series tanks, based on the American Christie tank. Produced in vast numbers in the Soviet Union in several main variants, the BT tanks were used in Spain, against Japan on the Mongolian border and during the Winter War, before being destroyed in equally vast numbers during the first year of the Great Patriotic War. Traces the development of the Soviet version of the tank, the many versions produced, and its mainly unimpressive combat career.
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