Russian T26 and their VARIANTS

Source text: "Soviet Tanks and Combat Vehicles of World War Two", from Steven J.Zaloga and James Grandsen.

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---T26A with Dts - The original T-26A Model 1931 had twin machine-gun turrets,armed with DT 7.62mm machine-guns - Ostmodels kit R4
---T26A with 37mm short gun - A small percentage of the T-26 Model 1931 tanks were armed with a short 37mm gun in the left turret. These were sometimes called the T-26TU and were generally assigned to platoon and company commanders. - Ostmodels kit R5
---T-26A 37mm PII - Plans were underway to fit T-26 Command vehicles with a longer 37mm gun to improve anti-tank performerance, but instead a new version of the T-26 with a singele larger turret was adopted. - Ostmodels kit R R6
---Flametrower OT26 based on the T26 model 1931 - One of the most common Soviet Flametrower tanks, the OT-26 was based on the T-26 model 1931 with one of its turrets removed. This tank carried a prominent flame-gun in the turret and have large fuel cells in place of the deleted turret - Ostmodels kit R49
---Flametrower OT-130 early model - The OT-130 flametrower tank early version of the T26 Model 1933, as showed here, used the same flame projector as the OT-26 in a largerly unmodifed turret. - Scratchbuilding Ostmodels kit R9

---Flametrower OT130 based on the T26 model 1933 - The OT-130 flametrower tank late version of the T26 Model 1933. The later version of the OT-130, as showed here, had a redesigned turret front with a special armoured flame projector. Note that the turret was moved to the right side of the hull from its usual position on the left - Ostmodels kit R9
---T-26A, artillery tank - In an attempt to provide fire support to infantry tank battalions, prototypes were built mounting a T-28 medium tank turret on a T-26 hull as the T-26A artillery tank. A small series of these were built, but the turret overloaded the chassis and largescale production was thereby ruled out. - Ostmodels kit R7
---T26Bm 1933 Early production with horseshoe antenna - Although there were plans to equip all T-26 Model 1933 tanks with radio, this was never possible. As a result radio-equipped tanks , sometimes called T-26TU Model 1933 were used mainly by unit commanders. The horseshoe antenna gave this version of the T-26 a very distinctive appearance. - Ostmodels kit R2
---T26B Late production - The final production of the T-26 Model 1933 were of all welded construction and had a redesigned turret with an additional rearward firing machine-gun and a new fully traversable hatch with DT machine-gun for use against aircraft.These alternations were the result of encounters Soviet T-26s and Japanese troops in the Far East in 1934 and 1935 which uncouvered technical shortcomings in the T-26. - Ostmodels kit R3
---T26S Model 1937 - In 1937, the T-26 was heavily redesigned.The most obvious change was the use of a new turret with sloping armour to offer better protection.This vesrion was called the T-26S Model 1937. - Scratchbuilding Ostmodels kit R1

---T26Sm Model 1939 - In 1939, further improvements were made on the T26, including a new dropforged front for the turret and a redisigned hull supertructure with sloping armour. -Ostmodels kit R1
---T-26T Artillery Tractor- The only fully armoured transporter version of the T-26 tank to enter service was the T-26T which was used by 76.2mm divisional gun units. - Ostmodels kit R8

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1931 ST-26 Bridgelayer on T-26 chassis
1931 T-26 Light Command tank
1931 T-26 Light Tank
1932 OT-26 Flamethrower on T-26 chassis
1932 ST-30 Bridgelayer on T-26 chassis
1932 T-26 Light Command Tank

1932 T-26 Light Tank
1933 OT-26 Flamethrower on T-26 chassis
1933 T-26 Light Tank
1933 T-26T2 Tank Retriever on T-26 chassis
1934 T-26 Light Command Tank
1934 T-26A Light Artillery Command tank

1934 T-26A Light Artillery tank
1934 T-26T Tank Retriever on T-26 chassis
1935 AT-1 Self-Propelled Gun on T-26 chassis
1935 T-26 Light Command tank
1935 T-26T2 Command Tank Retriever on T-26 chassis
1935 TN-1 Reconnaisance Tank

1937 T-26 Light Command Tank
1937 T-26 Tank
1938 Polish 7TP F Light Tank
1938 OT-130 Flamethrower on T-26 chassis
1939 OT-133 Flamethrower on T-26 chassis
1939 T-26 Light Tank

1940 OT-134 Flamethrower on T-26 chassis

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