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BT Fast Tank - The Red Army's Cavalry Tank 1931-45 (Paperback)
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BT Fast Tank - The Red Army's Cavalry Tank 1931-45 (Paperback)
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When the Red Army needed to mechanize its cavalry branch in the
1930s, the BT fast tank was its solution. Based on the American
Christie high-speed tank, the Red Army began a program to adapt the
design to its own needs. Early versions were mechanically
unreliable and poorly armed but by the mid-1930s, the BT-5 emerged,
armed with an excellent dual-purpose 45mm gun. It saw its combat
debut in the Spanish Civil War in 1937 and was later used in the
border battles with the Japanese Kwangtung Army in the late 1930s.
The final production series, the BT-7, was the most refined version
of the family. One of the most common types in Red Army service in
the first years of the Second World War, BT tanks saw extensive
combat in Poland, Finland, and the opening phases of Operation
Barbarossa in 1941 and latterly during the 1945 campaign against
the Japanese in Manchuria - this is the story of their design and
development history.
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