Picture of the day. (3 Viewers)

[v2]

...

 

[Wurger]

The BT family of tanks developed by the Soviets on Mr Christie's proprietary suspension ... used in Spain, Nomonhan, Manchuria and in Russia ... was a cavalry tank intended to operate without tracks on finished roads.

Was it an effective weapon ...?

View attachment 365765

IMHO .. when the BT series of soviet tanks appeared these might have been considered the best one of the kind of tanks. However it should be kept in mind that not all roads were the finished ones at that time. Also most of military operations aren't/weren't carried out along the main finished roads but acctually at the field with forests, bushes, morrasses, etc... The quick moving along the higways for instance was undoubtedly the advantage but also the disadvantage because of the possiility of an air attacks on the armoured armades. See the air attacks of Polish AF on the German tank columns going along the main roads towards Łódź in the September 1939 that stopped the German's advance for a couple of days. The hight speed was provided by reducing of the armour thickness what made these tanks very vulnerable to the anti-tank gun fire if the kind of artilery was used for struggling. Again please see the effects of using the Bofors 37mm anti-armour gun wz.36 and wz.37 used by the Polish Army in 1939. The most of German Nazi tanks and armoured vehicles damaged or destroyed during the Polish Campaign was hit just by the stuff. According to that it can be stated that initially , it was the effective weapon especially at the time when there wasn't any stuff that could have been used against these tanks. But later rather wasn't.

 

[Wurger]

 

[v2]

....

 

[Wurger]

 

[v2]

...

 

[vikingBerserker]

Excellent pics

 

[Wurger]

 

[michaelmaltby]

 

[michaelmaltby]

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

 

[fubar57]

View attachment 365847

That had to have been one hell of a ride

 

[Wurger]

I thought soviets could have use the Godzilla. The guy was always able to destroy in the way.

 

[vikingBerserker]

 

[michaelmaltby]

"...That had to have been one hell of a ride"

Tossed by artillery fire, maybe. There's a 2-drawer filing cabinet out in front .... perhaps the structure was being used as a local HQ.

 

[michaelmaltby]

what's the Prime Mover in 4809, anyone ..?

 

[v2]

....

 

[fubar57]

what's the Prime Mover in 4809, anyone ..?

Might belong to the Skoda family but the rear fenders don't look right

 

[Old Wizard]