Soviet light tank T-70

virtual tour to the pavilion N3 (light Soviet tanks, SU, BMD and BTR-D), as it was in the tank museum of Kubinka from 1972 to 2014.

Light tank T-70 (USSR), serial

The tank was developed in 1942 as a continuation of the series T-30, T-60. It was produced serially from 1942 to 1943. He was in service with the Red Army. Used in the battles of the Great Patriotic War, mainly in a “turning point”. For the use as a tactic of the offensive “number” against better German tanks during the Kursk arc, the enemy wore the nickname “locust”. For the characteristic sounds when you hit it with German shells caliber 75 mm. and above had the second name “walnut”. By the end of the Second World War, most T-70 tanks had already been destroyed. Most of the T-70 tanks now in museums are found on the battlefields in the Pskov and Rostov regions by search units.

The tank is in running order. Repeatedly participated in the holidays, military parades on Red Square, the military historical reconstruction of the Battle of Stalingrad and the “Kursk Bulge”

For 2016 the exhibit in pavilion N3 is absent

Soviet light tank T-70, a tank museum in Kubinka

Soviet light tank T-70, a tank museum in Kubinka. Archive photo 2007 year

Tactical and technical characteristics of the T-70 tank

Weight – 9.2 tons
Number of crew – 2 people
Overall dimensions (length x width x height) – 4285 x 2420 x 2040 mm.
Armament: gun – 1 piece, caliber – 45 mm., Ammunition – 90 shots
machine gun – 1 piece, caliber – 7.62 mm., ammunition – 945 rounds
Armored protection – 45 mm.
Engine power – 140 (2 x 70) horsepower
The maximum speed is 45 km / h
Cruising range on the highway – 350 km.
The depth of the water barriers to be surfaced is 0.9 meters
Design Features

Base – the tank is created on the basis of automobile units with use of separate elements of the chassis from T-60

General layout – the power plant is located in the middle part of the car.

Armament – trigger guns and machine guns – mechanical, controlled by pedals, the angle of the gun’s elevation is 20 degrees, the angle of decline is 6 degrees.

Protection – housing made of rolled armor plates installed at different angles, thickness of sheets 10, 15, 25, 35 and 45 mm, welded body.

Chassis – power unit consists of two carburetor, six-cylinder engines, paired in series; independent tank suspension, torsion bar; on the five suspension nodes, buffer springs are installed; The role of the limit stops of the first and third support rollers is carried out by the supporting rollers; the second and fourth track rollers do not have a travel stop.

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