Введение
Советский легкий танк Т-26 — советский легкий танк, использовавшийся во многих конфликтах межвоенного периода и во Второй мировой войне. Он был разработан на базе британского танка Vickers 6 Ton и являлся одной из самых успешных танковых конструкций 1930-х годов, пока его легкая броня не стала уязвимой для новых противотанковых орудий. Было произведено больше единиц Т-26, чем любого другого танка того времени — свыше 11 000, что сделало его самым массовым танком межвоенного периода. В 1930-х годах СССР разработал 53 варианта Т-26, включая огнеметные танки, боевые инженерные машины, дистанционно управляемые танки, самоходные орудия, артиллерийские тягачи и бронетранспортеры. Двадцать три из них были запущены в серийное производство, остальные оставались опытными образцами. Т-26 и БТ были основными танками бронетанковых войск Красной Армии в межвоенный период. Т-26 сыграл важнейшую роль в Гражданской войне в Испании, а также принимал значительное участие в битве у озера Хасан в 1938 году и в Зимней войне 1939–1940 годов. Несмотря на устаревание к началу Второй мировой войны, Т-26 был самым многочисленным танком в бронетанковых войсках Красной Армии во время немецкого вторжения в Советский Союз в июне 1941 года. Т-26 сражался с немцами и их союзниками в битве за Москву в 1941–1942 годах, в Сталинградской битве и в битве за Кавказ в 1942–1943 годах; отдельные танковые части Ленинградского фронта использовали Т-26 до 1944 года. Советские легкие танки Т-26 последний раз применялись в августе 1945 года при разгроме японской Квантунской армии в Маньчжурии. Т-26 экспортировался и широко использовался в Испании, Китае и Турции. Захваченные Т-26 состояли на вооружении финской, немецкой, румынской и венгерской армий. Танк был надежен и прост в обслуживании, а его конструкция постоянно модернизировалась с 1931 по 1941 год. После 1940 года новые модели Т-26 не разрабатывались.
Soviet light infantry tank
The T 26 tank was a Soviet light tank used during many conflicts of the Interwar period and in World War II. It was a development of the British Vickers 6 Ton tank and was one of the most successful tank designs of the 1930s until its light armour became vulnerable to newer anti tank guns. It was produced in greater numbers than any other tank of the period, with more than 11,000 units manufactured giving it the title of the most produced tank during the interwar period. During the 1930s, the USSR developed 53 variants of the T 26, including flame throwing tanks, combat engineer vehicles, remotely controlled tanks, self propelled guns, artillery tractors, and armoured carriers. Twenty three of these were series produced, others were experimental models. The T 26 and BT were the main tanks of the Red Army's armoured forces during the interwar period. The T 26 was the most important tank of the Spanish Civil War and played a significant role during the Battle of Lake Khasan in 1938, as well as in the Winter War in 1939–40. Though nearly obsolete by the beginning of World War II, the T 26 was the most numerous tank in the Red Army's armoured force during the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941. The T 26 fought the Germans and their allies during the Battle of Moscow in 1941–42, the Battle of Stalingrad and the Battle of the Caucasus in 1942–1943; some tank units of the Leningrad Front used their T 26s until 1944. Soviet T 26 light tanks last saw use in August 1945, during the defeat of the Japanese Kwantung Army in Manchuria. The T 26 was exported and used extensively by Spain, China and Turkey. Captured T 26s were used by the Finnish, German, Romanian and Hungarian armies. The tank was reliable and simple to maintain, and its design was continually modernised between 1931 and 1941. No new models of the T 26 were developed after 1940.
The T 26 tank was a Soviet light tank used during many conflicts of the Interwar period and in World War II. It was a development of the British Vickers 6 Ton tank and was one of the most successful tank designs of the 1930s until its light armour became vulnerable to newer anti tank guns. It was produced in greater numbers than any other tank of the period, with more than 11,000 units manufactured giving it the title of the most produced tank during the interwar period. During the 1930s, the USSR developed 53 variants of the T 26, including flame throwing tanks, combat engineer vehicles, remotely controlled tanks, self propelled guns, artillery tractors, and armoured carriers. Twenty three of these were series produced, others were experimental models. The T 26 and BT were the main tanks of the Red Army's armoured forces during the interwar period. The T 26 was the most important tank of the Spanish Civil War and played a significant role during the Battle of Lake Khasan in 1938, as well as in the Winter War in 1939–40. Though nearly obsolete by the beginning of World War II, the T 26 was the most numerous tank in the Red Army's armoured force during the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941. The T 26 fought the Germans and their allies during the Battle of Moscow in 1941–42, the Battle of Stalingrad and the Battle of the Caucasus in 1942–1943; some tank units of the Leningrad Front used their T 26s until 1944. Soviet T 26 light tanks last saw use in August 1945, during the defeat of the Japanese Kwantung Army in Manchuria. The T 26 was exported and used extensively by Spain, China and Turkey. Captured T 26s were used by the Finnish, German, Romanian and Hungarian armies. The tank was reliable and simple to maintain, and its design was continually modernised between 1931 and 1941. No new models of the T 26 were developed after 1940.
Британское происхождение
Т-26 (наряду с польским 7TP) был советской разработкой британского Vickers 6 Ton (вариант Vickers Mk. E) танка, разработанного компанией Vickers Armstrongs в 1928–29 годах. Простой и легкий в обслуживании Vickers 6 Ton предназначался для экспорта в менее технически развитые страны: Советский Союз, Польшу, Бразилию, Аргентину, Японию, Таиланд, Китай и многие другие. Vickers рекламировал танк в военных изданиях, и Советский Союз, и Польша проявили интерес к конструкции Vickers. В начале 1930 года советский закупочный комитет под руководством Семена Гинзбурга прибыл в Великобританию для выбора танков, тракторов и автомобилей для Красной Армии. Vickers 6 Ton был одним из четырех танков, выбранных советскими представителями во время посещения Vickers Armstrongs. По контракту, подписанному 28 мая 1930 года, компания поставила в СССР 15 двухбашенных Vickers Mk. E (тип A, вооруженных двумя 7,71-мм пулеметами Vickers с водяным охлаждением) вместе с полной технической документацией для организации серийного производства танка в СССР. Возможность независимого поворота двух башен типа A позволяла вести огонь одновременно влево и вправо, что считалось преимуществом при прорыве полевых укреплений. Несколько советских инженеров участвовали в сборке танков на заводе Vickers в 1930 году. Первые четыре Vickers 6 Ton прибыли в СССР в конце 1930 года. Последние танки были доставлены в 1932 году, когда серийное производство Т-26 уже шло. Британские танки были отправлены на советские заводы для изучения в рамках подготовки к серийному производству, а также в военные учебные заведения и учебные части. Позже некоторые танки были переданы военным складам и полигонам. Построенные Vickers 6-тонные танки в СССР назывались V 26. Три британских танка были испытаны на проходимость на небольшом полигоне под Москвой на Поклонной горе в январе 1931 года. Климент Ворошилов приказал создать "Специальную комиссию по новым танкам РККА" под руководством С. Гинзбурга для определения типа танка, подходящего для Красной Армии. 8-тонный легкий пехотный танк Т-19, разработанный С. Гинзбургом в рамках этой программы на заводе "Большевик" в Ленинграде, был конкурентом британскому Vickers 6 Ton. Первый прототип сложного и дорогостоящего Т-19 был завершен в августе 1931 года. Поскольку оба танка имели преимущества и недостатки, С. Гинзбург предложил разработать более мощный гибридный танк (так называемый "улучшенный" Т-19) с корпусом, отечественным двигателем и вооружением от Т-19, а также трансмиссией и шасси от британского Vickers 6 Ton. 26 января 1931 года И. Халепский, начальник отдела механизации и моторизации РККА, написал письмо С. Гинзбургу с информацией, полученной через разведку, о том, что польское правительство решило закупить легкие танки пехоты Vickers 6 Ton и кавалерийские танки Christie M1931, а также организовать их массовое производство при содействии британцев и французов. Поскольку Польша в советской военной доктрине считалась главным противником СССР, Советский Революционный Военный Совет решил принять иностранные танки на вооружение РККА, начав их производство немедленно, не дожидаясь завершения разработок, чтобы противостоять возможной агрессии. В то время в РККА было всего несколько десятков устаревших тяжелых танков Mark V и средних танков Mk. A и Renault FT, захваченных во время Гражданской войны, а также различные бронированные автомобили и устаревшие отечественные легкие танки пехоты MS 1 (T 18). 13 февраля 1931 года легкий танк пехоты Vickers 6 Ton под обозначением Т-26 официально поступил на вооружение Красной Армии как "основной танк для тесного взаимодействия с родами войск и танковыми подразделениями резерва Верховного командования". Один из танков Vickers 6 Ton (оснащенный советскими башнями для опытной партии Т-26) был испытан на огнестойкость в августе 1931 года. Корпус подвергся обстрелу из винтовки и пулемета "Максим" обычными и бронебойными пулями с дистанции около 30 м. Было установлено, что броня выдержала обстрел с минимальными повреждениями (повреждены лишь некоторые заклепки). Химический анализ показал, что передние бронеплиты были изготовлены из высококачественной цементированной брони ("S. t. a Plat" по классификации Vickers Armstrongs), а однородные верхние и нижние бронеплиты – из стали среднего качества. Тем не менее, британская броня была лучше брони, производимой Ижорским заводом для первых Т-26, из-за нехватки современного металлургического оборудования в СССР в то время. Одновременно факультет механизации и моторизации Военно-технической академии имени Ф. Э. Дзержинского разработал две модели танков (ТММ 1 и ТММ 2) на базе Vickers 6 Ton, но с американским шестицилиндровым двигателем Hercules с водяным охлаждением, усиленной передней броней (до 15–20 мм) и положением водителя слева. ТММ расшифровывалось как "танк малой мощности". ТММ 1 был оснащен деталями трансмиссии от отечественного грузовика Я-5 и шаровой установкой для пулемета ДТ в передней части корпуса, а ТММ 2 – улучшенной коробкой передач, бесступенчатым рулевым управлением и 37-мм пушкой Hotchkiss в правой башне. Представители основных советских танковых заводов и должностные лица мобилизационного управления РККА сочли двигатель Hercules слишком сложным в производстве, а также склонным к перегреву в моторном отсеке. Испытания прототипов ТММ 1 и ТММ 2 в начале 1932 года не выявили преимуществ перед Vickers 6 Ton и Т-26 (маневренность ТММ 2 оказалась даже хуже).
The T 26 (along with the Polish 7TP) was a Soviet development of the British Vickers 6 Ton (Vickers Mk. E variant) tank, which was designed by the Vickers Armstrongs company in 1928–29. The simple and easy to maintain Vickers 6 Ton was intended for export to less technically advanced countries: the Soviet Union, Poland, Brazil, Argentina, Japan, Thailand, China, and many others. Vickers advertised the tank in military publications, and both the Soviet Union and Poland expressed interest in the Vickers design. In early 1930, the Soviet buying committee, under the direction of Semyon Ginzburg, arrived in the UK to select tanks, tractors, and cars for use in the Red Army. The Vickers 6 Ton was among four tank models selected by Soviet representatives during their visit to Vickers Armstrongs. Under the contract signed on 28 May 1930, the company delivered to the USSR 15 twin turreted Vickers Mk. E (Type A, armed with two .303 in (7.71 mm) water cooled Vickers machine guns) tanks together with full technical documentation to enable series production of the tank in the USSR. The ability of the two turrets of the Type A to turn independently made it possible to fire to both the left and right at once, which was considered advantageous for breakthroughs of field entrenchments. Several Soviet engineers participated in assembly of the tanks at the Vickers factory in 1930. The first four Vickers 6 Ton tanks arrived in the USSR at the end of 1930. The last tanks arrived in 1932, when series production of the T 26 was already in progress. The British tanks were sent to Soviet factories for study in preparation for series production and to military educational institutions and training units. Later, some tanks were given to military supply depots and proving grounds. The Vickers built 6 Ton tanks were called V 26 in the USSR. Three British tanks were tested for cross country ability at the small proving ground near Moscow on Poklonnaya Hill in January 1931. Kliment Voroshilov ordered the creation of the "Special Commission for the Red Army (RKKA) new tanks" under the direction of S. Ginzburg to define the tank type suitable for the Red Army. The T 19 8 ton light infantry tank, developed by S. Ginzburg under that programme at the Bolshevik Plant in Leningrad, was a competitor to the British Vickers 6 Ton. The first prototype of the complex and expensive T 19 was finished in August 1931. Because both tanks had advantages and disadvantages, S. Ginzburg suggested developing a more powerful, hybrid tank (the so called "improved" T 19) with the hull, home developed engine and armament from the native T 19, and the transmission and chassis from the British Vickers 6 Ton. On 26 January 1931, I. Khalepsky, Head of the Department of Mechanisation and Motorisation of the RKKA, wrote a letter to S. Ginzburg with information obtained via the intelligence service that the Polish government had decided to purchase Vickers 6 Ton light infantry tanks as well as Christie M1931 cavalry tanks and to mass produce them with the assistance of both the British and French. Because Poland was then considered, in Soviet military doctrine, to be the USSR's main enemy, the Soviet Revolutionary Military Council decided to pass the foreign tanks into Red Army service, starting their production immediately without waiting for the completion of development works, in order to counter possible aggression. At that time, the RKKA had only several dozen outdated Mark V heavy tanks and Medium Mk. A and Renault FT tanks, captured during the Russian Civil War, together with various armoured cars and obsolescent domestic MS 1 (T 18) light infantry tanks. On 13 February 1931, the Vickers 6 Ton light infantry tank, under the designator T 26, officially entered service in the Red Army as the "main tank for close support of combined arms units and tank units of High Command Reserve". One of the Vickers 6 Ton tanks (equipped with Soviet made turrets for the pilot batch of T 26 tanks) was tested for gunfire resistance in August 1931. The hull was subjected to rifle and Maxim machine gun fire with the use of normal and armour piercing bullets at a range of It was found that the armour withstood gunfire with minimal damage (only some rivets were damaged). Chemical analysis showed that the front armour plates were made from high quality cemented armour ("S. t. a Plat" according to Vickers Armstrongs classification), whereas the homogenous roof and bottom armour plates were made from mediocre steel. Even so, the British armour was better than armour produced by Izhora Factory for the first T 26s because of a shortage of modern metallurgical equipment in the USSR at that time. At the same time, the Faculty of Mechanisation and Motorisation of the Military Technical Academy named after F. E. Dzerzhinsky developed two tank models (TMM 1 and TMM 2) based on the Vickers 6 Ton tank design but with an American Hercules six cylinder water cooled engine, improved front armour (to 15–20 mm), and a driver's position on the left side. TMM stands for tank maloy moshchnosti or "tank of low power". The TMM 1 was equipped with transmission details from the native Ya 5 truck [ru] and a ball mount for the DT tank machine gun in front of the hull, whereas the TMM 2 was equipped with an improved gearbox, a clutchless steering device and a 37 mm Hotchkiss gun in the right turret. Representatives from the main Soviet tank manufacturers together with officials from the RKKA Mobilization Department considered the Hercules engine to be too difficult to produce, and the engine tended to overheat inside the engine compartment. Tests of TMM 1 and TMM 2 prototypes performed in the beginning of 1932 demonstrated no advantage over the Vickers 6 Ton and the T 26 (the TMM 2's maneuverability was found to be even worse).
Дизайн
Советские не просто копировали "Викерс 6 тонн". Однако, как и его британский аналог, T 26 mod. 1931 имел двухбашенную конфигурацию и был предназначен для установки двух пулеметов, по одному в каждой башне. Основным отличием было то, что советский T 26 mod. 1931 имел более высокие башни (с обзорным люком), чем британский 6 Ton. Советские башни имели круглое амбразурное отверстие для легкого пулемета Дегтярева, в отличие от прямоугольных амбразур, использованных в оригинальной британской конструкции для пулемета "Виккерс". Передняя часть корпуса также была незначительно модифицирована. Корпуса двухбашенных T 26 собирались из броневых плит, приклепанных к раме из металлических уголков. Некоторые танки, выпущенные в 1931 году, имели герметизирующие цинковые прокладки в нижней части корпуса между броневыми плитами для преодоления водных преград. После проблем с попаданием дождя в моторное отделение, после марта 1932 года над воздухозаборным окном был установлен специальный кожух. Некоторые T 26, выпущенные в конце 1932–1933 годов, имели корпус, выполненный клепкой и сваркой. T 26 mod. 1931 имел две цилиндрические башни, установленные на шаровых опорах; каждая башня вращалась независимо на 240°. Обе башни могли вести огонь одновременно в переднем и заднем секторах (по 100° каждый). Недостатком такой конфигурации было то, что не вся огневая мощь танка могла быть использована одновременно с одного борта. Существовало четыре модификации башен, которые устанавливались на танки в различных комбинациях (например, танк с клепаным корпусом мог иметь клепаные и сварные башни). Корпус и башни T 26 mod. 1931 имели максимальную толщину брони 13–15 мм (до 1938 года, см. ниже), что было достаточно для защиты от огня легких пулеметов. Многие двухбашенные танки первой серии имели 10-мм броневые плиты низкого качества, которые могли быть пробиты 7,62-мм бронебойными пулями.
The Soviets did not simply replicate the Vickers 6 Ton. However, like its British counterpart, the T 26 mod. 1931 had a twin turreted configuration and was designed to carry two machine guns, mounting one in each turret. A major difference was that the Soviet T 26 mod. 1931 had higher turrets (with an observation slit) than the British 6 Ton. Soviet turrets had a round firing port for the Degtyarev light machine gun, as opposed to the rectangular ports used by the original British design for the Vickers machine gun. The front part of the hull was also slightly modified. Hulls of twin turreted T 26s were assembled using armoured plates riveted to a frame from metal angles. Some tanks, produced in 1931, had sealing zinc shims at the hull bottom between armoured plates for fording water obstacles. After problems with rain entering the engine compartment, a special cover was installed over an air outlet window after March 1932. Some T 26s produced at the end of 1932–1933 had a riveted and welded hull. The T 26 mod. 1931 had two cylindrical turrets mounted on ball bearings; each turret turned independently through 240°. Both turrets could provide common fire in front and rear arcs of fire (100° each). The disadvantage of such a configuration was that not all of the tank's firepower could be used at once on the same side. Four turret modifications existed, and they were mounted on tanks in different combinations (for instance, a tank with a riveted hull could have riveted and welded turrets). The hull and turrets of the T 26 mod. 1931 had a maximum armour thickness of 13–15 mm (until 1938, see below), which was sufficient to withstand light machine gun fire. Many twin turreted tanks of the first series had 10 mm armour plates of low quality, which could be penetrated by 7.62 mm armour piercing bullets from
В 1933 году советские представили T 26 mod. 1933. Эта модель, оснащенная новой одноцилиндрической башней, несла одну 45-мм пушку L/46 (длина в калибрах, что обеспечивало довольно высокую начальную скорость, более 700–800 м/с в зависимости от боеприпаса) и один 7,62-мм пулемет.
T 26V V=Vetäjä (Тягач): Финский вариант, предложенный для буксировки противотанковых орудий. Похож на артиллерийский тягач T 26T. 3 прототипа, переделанные из захваченных T 26 в 1944 году. Vânătorul de care R35: Румынский истребитель танков на базе Renault R35, использовавший 45-мм пушку T 26 образца 20К. Первый прототип даже использовал башню захваченного T 26.
In 1933, the Soviets unveiled the T 26 mod. 1933. This model, which had a new single cylindrical turret carrying one 45 mm cannon L/46 (length in calibers, which meant quite high initial velocity, over 700–800 m/s depending on ammunition) and one 7.62 mm machine gun,
T 26V V=Vetäjä (Towing): Finnish variant proposed for towing anti tank guns. Similar to the T 26T artillery tractor. 3 prototypes converted from captured T 26s in 1944. Vânătorul de care R35: Romanian tank destroyer based on the Renault R35, using the T 26's 45 mm 20 K gun. The first prototype even used the turret of a captured T 26.
T 26V V=Vetäjä (Towing): Finnish variant proposed for towing anti tank guns. Similar to the T 26T artillery tractor. 3 prototypes converted from captured T 26s in 1944. Vânătorul de care R35: Romanian tank destroyer based on the Renault R35, using the T 26's 45 mm 20 K gun. The first prototype even used the turret of a captured T 26.
Выжившие
В различных музеях и военных школах (в основном в России, Испании, Турции и Финляндии) сохранилось около 45 танков Т-26 различных моделей. Наиболее заметными из них являются:
There are about 45 T 26 tanks of various models preserved in different museums and military schools (mainly Russian, Spanish, Turkish and Finnish). The most notable of them are:
Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 in the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow (Russia): this tank from the 115th Rifle Division with shell holes was raised from a river bottom on the site of river crossing at Nevsky Pyatachok in July 1989 by Katran diving club. The vehicle was restored at the Pärnu Training Tank Regiment of the Leningrad Military District. It was donated to the museum in February 1998. Only two such vehicles are preserved at the present time. Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 with gun plus machine gun armament and riveted hull in the Kubinka Tank Museum in Moscow Oblast (Russia). The single surviving twin turreted T 26 armed with the 37 mm gun. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow (Russia): this late production variant was transferred from Kubinka Tank Museum in the 1980s. T 26 mod. 1933 in the museum diorama "Breaching of the Leningrad Blockade" in Mar'ino village near Kirovsk, Leningrad Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from a river bottom at Nevsky Pyatachok in May 2003, without its turret and with a large shell hole on the right side of the hull. It is now displayed with a turret, but the shell hole in the hull is still present. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museum of the Northwestern Front in Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from the Lovat River in 1981 and became a monument to Soviet tankers in Korovitchino village (Novgorod Oblast). The vehicle was given to the museum in May 2004. The tank has inauthentic tracks. T 26 mod. 1933 in the El Goloso Barracks Museum in Madrid (Spain): the tank (Spanish tactical number 135) with Nationalist Spanish markings with pressed gun mask is armed with a Hotchkiss machine gun instead of a DT tank machine gun. Produced in 1936. The anti aircraft machine gun and the hand rail radio antenna are late dummies. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museo Histórico Militar de Cartagena, Spain with Nationalist Spanish markings, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): Finnish tactical number Ps 163–33, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): this tank is described in many sources as early version of the T 26 mod. 1933. But in reality this is the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–16) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank (which can be identified by rivets for mounting of a burning mixture tank, rivets for hinges of a filling hatch on the left side and a welded drain port on the right side behind a front track bogie) with a mounted riveted turret with a small rear niche from the early BT 5 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): the Finnish wartime modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–28) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the BT 7 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in front of the Istanbul Military Museum (Turkey). One of the 64 T 26 Tanks that were purchased from Russia in 1934. The T 26 remained in service with the Turkish army until 1943. T 26 mod. 1939 in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): this tank with pressed turret front armoured plate is in drivable condition (the GAZ 41 engine from the BRDM 2 was installed in 2005). The tank has combat damage taken during the Great Patriotic War (many marks from armour piercing bullets and a welded hole on the right side of the turret from a 50 mm shell). T 26 mod. 1939 in the Parola Tank Museum, (Finland): the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 164–7); a hull from a KhT 133 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the T 26 mod. 1938/1939 and a ball mount for the DT tank machine gun in a hull front armoured plate. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): in reality this is the TU 26 teletank control vehicle with a dummy flame thrower. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Military Unit No. 05776 in Borzya, Chita Oblast (Russia): monument (since 1995) with an incomplete chassis (one track bogie is missing; tracks and driving wheels were taken from the M3 Stuart American light tank). Before 1990 the vehicle stood in the territory of one of military units of the Soviet 39th Army (located in Mongolia) of the Transbaikal Military District. The single preserved KhT 130 at the present time. T 26 Model 1933 in the Bovington tank museum, UK. T 26A vehicle. Recovered, converted into a T 26B and used by Finnish forces.
Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 in the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow (Russia): this tank from the 115th Rifle Division with shell holes was raised from a river bottom on the site of river crossing at Nevsky Pyatachok in July 1989 by Katran diving club. The vehicle was restored at the Pärnu Training Tank Regiment of the Leningrad Military District. It was donated to the museum in February 1998. Only two such vehicles are preserved at the present time. Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 with gun plus machine gun armament and riveted hull in the Kubinka Tank Museum in Moscow Oblast (Russia). The single surviving twin turreted T 26 armed with the 37 mm gun. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow (Russia): this late production variant was transferred from Kubinka Tank Museum in the 1980s. T 26 mod. 1933 in the museum diorama "Breaching of the Leningrad Blockade" in Mar'ino village near Kirovsk, Leningrad Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from a river bottom at Nevsky Pyatachok in May 2003, without its turret and with a large shell hole on the right side of the hull. It is now displayed with a turret, but the shell hole in the hull is still present. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museum of the Northwestern Front in Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from the Lovat River in 1981 and became a monument to Soviet tankers in Korovitchino village (Novgorod Oblast). The vehicle was given to the museum in May 2004. The tank has inauthentic tracks. T 26 mod. 1933 in the El Goloso Barracks Museum in Madrid (Spain): the tank (Spanish tactical number 135) with Nationalist Spanish markings with pressed gun mask is armed with a Hotchkiss machine gun instead of a DT tank machine gun. Produced in 1936. The anti aircraft machine gun and the hand rail radio antenna are late dummies. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museo Histórico Militar de Cartagena, Spain with Nationalist Spanish markings, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): Finnish tactical number Ps 163–33, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): this tank is described in many sources as early version of the T 26 mod. 1933. But in reality this is the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–16) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank (which can be identified by rivets for mounting of a burning mixture tank, rivets for hinges of a filling hatch on the left side and a welded drain port on the right side behind a front track bogie) with a mounted riveted turret with a small rear niche from the early BT 5 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): the Finnish wartime modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–28) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the BT 7 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in front of the Istanbul Military Museum (Turkey). One of the 64 T 26 Tanks that were purchased from Russia in 1934. The T 26 remained in service with the Turkish army until 1943. T 26 mod. 1939 in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): this tank with pressed turret front armoured plate is in drivable condition (the GAZ 41 engine from the BRDM 2 was installed in 2005). The tank has combat damage taken during the Great Patriotic War (many marks from armour piercing bullets and a welded hole on the right side of the turret from a 50 mm shell). T 26 mod. 1939 in the Parola Tank Museum, (Finland): the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 164–7); a hull from a KhT 133 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the T 26 mod. 1938/1939 and a ball mount for the DT tank machine gun in a hull front armoured plate. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): in reality this is the TU 26 teletank control vehicle with a dummy flame thrower. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Military Unit No. 05776 in Borzya, Chita Oblast (Russia): monument (since 1995) with an incomplete chassis (one track bogie is missing; tracks and driving wheels were taken from the M3 Stuart American light tank). Before 1990 the vehicle stood in the territory of one of military units of the Soviet 39th Army (located in Mongolia) of the Transbaikal Military District. The single preserved KhT 130 at the present time. T 26 Model 1933 in the Bovington tank museum, UK. T 26A vehicle. Recovered, converted into a T 26B and used by Finnish forces.
Двухбашенный Т-26 обр. 1931 в Центральном музее Великой Отечественной войны в Москве (Россия): этот танк из 115-й стрелковой дивизии с пробоинами был поднят со дна реки на месте переправы через реку в Невском Пятачке в июле 1989 года дайвинг-клубом "Катран". Машина была восстановлена в Пярнуском учебном танковом полку Ленинградского военного округа и передана в музей в феврале 1998 года. В настоящее время сохранилось только два таких экземпляра.
There are about 45 T 26 tanks of various models preserved in different museums and military schools (mainly Russian, Spanish, Turkish and Finnish). The most notable of them are:
Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 in the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow (Russia): this tank from the 115th Rifle Division with shell holes was raised from a river bottom on the site of river crossing at Nevsky Pyatachok in July 1989 by Katran diving club. The vehicle was restored at the Pärnu Training Tank Regiment of the Leningrad Military District. It was donated to the museum in February 1998. Only two such vehicles are preserved at the present time. Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 with gun plus machine gun armament and riveted hull in the Kubinka Tank Museum in Moscow Oblast (Russia). The single surviving twin turreted T 26 armed with the 37 mm gun. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow (Russia): this late production variant was transferred from Kubinka Tank Museum in the 1980s. T 26 mod. 1933 in the museum diorama "Breaching of the Leningrad Blockade" in Mar'ino village near Kirovsk, Leningrad Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from a river bottom at Nevsky Pyatachok in May 2003, without its turret and with a large shell hole on the right side of the hull. It is now displayed with a turret, but the shell hole in the hull is still present. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museum of the Northwestern Front in Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from the Lovat River in 1981 and became a monument to Soviet tankers in Korovitchino village (Novgorod Oblast). The vehicle was given to the museum in May 2004. The tank has inauthentic tracks. T 26 mod. 1933 in the El Goloso Barracks Museum in Madrid (Spain): the tank (Spanish tactical number 135) with Nationalist Spanish markings with pressed gun mask is armed with a Hotchkiss machine gun instead of a DT tank machine gun. Produced in 1936. The anti aircraft machine gun and the hand rail radio antenna are late dummies. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museo Histórico Militar de Cartagena, Spain with Nationalist Spanish markings, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): Finnish tactical number Ps 163–33, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): this tank is described in many sources as early version of the T 26 mod. 1933. But in reality this is the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–16) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank (which can be identified by rivets for mounting of a burning mixture tank, rivets for hinges of a filling hatch on the left side and a welded drain port on the right side behind a front track bogie) with a mounted riveted turret with a small rear niche from the early BT 5 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): the Finnish wartime modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–28) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the BT 7 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in front of the Istanbul Military Museum (Turkey). One of the 64 T 26 Tanks that were purchased from Russia in 1934. The T 26 remained in service with the Turkish army until 1943. T 26 mod. 1939 in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): this tank with pressed turret front armoured plate is in drivable condition (the GAZ 41 engine from the BRDM 2 was installed in 2005). The tank has combat damage taken during the Great Patriotic War (many marks from armour piercing bullets and a welded hole on the right side of the turret from a 50 mm shell). T 26 mod. 1939 in the Parola Tank Museum, (Finland): the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 164–7); a hull from a KhT 133 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the T 26 mod. 1938/1939 and a ball mount for the DT tank machine gun in a hull front armoured plate. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): in reality this is the TU 26 teletank control vehicle with a dummy flame thrower. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Military Unit No. 05776 in Borzya, Chita Oblast (Russia): monument (since 1995) with an incomplete chassis (one track bogie is missing; tracks and driving wheels were taken from the M3 Stuart American light tank). Before 1990 the vehicle stood in the territory of one of military units of the Soviet 39th Army (located in Mongolia) of the Transbaikal Military District. The single preserved KhT 130 at the present time. T 26 Model 1933 in the Bovington tank museum, UK. T 26A vehicle. Recovered, converted into a T 26B and used by Finnish forces.
Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 in the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow (Russia): this tank from the 115th Rifle Division with shell holes was raised from a river bottom on the site of river crossing at Nevsky Pyatachok in July 1989 by Katran diving club. The vehicle was restored at the Pärnu Training Tank Regiment of the Leningrad Military District. It was donated to the museum in February 1998. Only two such vehicles are preserved at the present time. Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 with gun plus machine gun armament and riveted hull in the Kubinka Tank Museum in Moscow Oblast (Russia). The single surviving twin turreted T 26 armed with the 37 mm gun. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow (Russia): this late production variant was transferred from Kubinka Tank Museum in the 1980s. T 26 mod. 1933 in the museum diorama "Breaching of the Leningrad Blockade" in Mar'ino village near Kirovsk, Leningrad Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from a river bottom at Nevsky Pyatachok in May 2003, without its turret and with a large shell hole on the right side of the hull. It is now displayed with a turret, but the shell hole in the hull is still present. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museum of the Northwestern Front in Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from the Lovat River in 1981 and became a monument to Soviet tankers in Korovitchino village (Novgorod Oblast). The vehicle was given to the museum in May 2004. The tank has inauthentic tracks. T 26 mod. 1933 in the El Goloso Barracks Museum in Madrid (Spain): the tank (Spanish tactical number 135) with Nationalist Spanish markings with pressed gun mask is armed with a Hotchkiss machine gun instead of a DT tank machine gun. Produced in 1936. The anti aircraft machine gun and the hand rail radio antenna are late dummies. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museo Histórico Militar de Cartagena, Spain with Nationalist Spanish markings, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): Finnish tactical number Ps 163–33, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): this tank is described in many sources as early version of the T 26 mod. 1933. But in reality this is the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–16) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank (which can be identified by rivets for mounting of a burning mixture tank, rivets for hinges of a filling hatch on the left side and a welded drain port on the right side behind a front track bogie) with a mounted riveted turret with a small rear niche from the early BT 5 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): the Finnish wartime modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–28) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the BT 7 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in front of the Istanbul Military Museum (Turkey). One of the 64 T 26 Tanks that were purchased from Russia in 1934. The T 26 remained in service with the Turkish army until 1943. T 26 mod. 1939 in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): this tank with pressed turret front armoured plate is in drivable condition (the GAZ 41 engine from the BRDM 2 was installed in 2005). The tank has combat damage taken during the Great Patriotic War (many marks from armour piercing bullets and a welded hole on the right side of the turret from a 50 mm shell). T 26 mod. 1939 in the Parola Tank Museum, (Finland): the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 164–7); a hull from a KhT 133 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the T 26 mod. 1938/1939 and a ball mount for the DT tank machine gun in a hull front armoured plate. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): in reality this is the TU 26 teletank control vehicle with a dummy flame thrower. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Military Unit No. 05776 in Borzya, Chita Oblast (Russia): monument (since 1995) with an incomplete chassis (one track bogie is missing; tracks and driving wheels were taken from the M3 Stuart American light tank). Before 1990 the vehicle stood in the territory of one of military units of the Soviet 39th Army (located in Mongolia) of the Transbaikal Military District. The single preserved KhT 130 at the present time. T 26 Model 1933 in the Bovington tank museum, UK. T 26A vehicle. Recovered, converted into a T 26B and used by Finnish forces.
Двухбашенный Т-26 обр. 1931 с пушечно-пулеметным вооружением и клепаным корпусом в Музее танков Кубинки Московской области (Россия). Единственный сохранившийся двухбашенный Т-26, вооруженный 37-мм пушкой.
There are about 45 T 26 tanks of various models preserved in different museums and military schools (mainly Russian, Spanish, Turkish and Finnish). The most notable of them are:
Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 in the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow (Russia): this tank from the 115th Rifle Division with shell holes was raised from a river bottom on the site of river crossing at Nevsky Pyatachok in July 1989 by Katran diving club. The vehicle was restored at the Pärnu Training Tank Regiment of the Leningrad Military District. It was donated to the museum in February 1998. Only two such vehicles are preserved at the present time. Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 with gun plus machine gun armament and riveted hull in the Kubinka Tank Museum in Moscow Oblast (Russia). The single surviving twin turreted T 26 armed with the 37 mm gun. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow (Russia): this late production variant was transferred from Kubinka Tank Museum in the 1980s. T 26 mod. 1933 in the museum diorama "Breaching of the Leningrad Blockade" in Mar'ino village near Kirovsk, Leningrad Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from a river bottom at Nevsky Pyatachok in May 2003, without its turret and with a large shell hole on the right side of the hull. It is now displayed with a turret, but the shell hole in the hull is still present. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museum of the Northwestern Front in Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from the Lovat River in 1981 and became a monument to Soviet tankers in Korovitchino village (Novgorod Oblast). The vehicle was given to the museum in May 2004. The tank has inauthentic tracks. T 26 mod. 1933 in the El Goloso Barracks Museum in Madrid (Spain): the tank (Spanish tactical number 135) with Nationalist Spanish markings with pressed gun mask is armed with a Hotchkiss machine gun instead of a DT tank machine gun. Produced in 1936. The anti aircraft machine gun and the hand rail radio antenna are late dummies. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museo Histórico Militar de Cartagena, Spain with Nationalist Spanish markings, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): Finnish tactical number Ps 163–33, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): this tank is described in many sources as early version of the T 26 mod. 1933. But in reality this is the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–16) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank (which can be identified by rivets for mounting of a burning mixture tank, rivets for hinges of a filling hatch on the left side and a welded drain port on the right side behind a front track bogie) with a mounted riveted turret with a small rear niche from the early BT 5 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): the Finnish wartime modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–28) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the BT 7 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in front of the Istanbul Military Museum (Turkey). One of the 64 T 26 Tanks that were purchased from Russia in 1934. The T 26 remained in service with the Turkish army until 1943. T 26 mod. 1939 in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): this tank with pressed turret front armoured plate is in drivable condition (the GAZ 41 engine from the BRDM 2 was installed in 2005). The tank has combat damage taken during the Great Patriotic War (many marks from armour piercing bullets and a welded hole on the right side of the turret from a 50 mm shell). T 26 mod. 1939 in the Parola Tank Museum, (Finland): the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 164–7); a hull from a KhT 133 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the T 26 mod. 1938/1939 and a ball mount for the DT tank machine gun in a hull front armoured plate. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): in reality this is the TU 26 teletank control vehicle with a dummy flame thrower. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Military Unit No. 05776 in Borzya, Chita Oblast (Russia): monument (since 1995) with an incomplete chassis (one track bogie is missing; tracks and driving wheels were taken from the M3 Stuart American light tank). Before 1990 the vehicle stood in the territory of one of military units of the Soviet 39th Army (located in Mongolia) of the Transbaikal Military District. The single preserved KhT 130 at the present time. T 26 Model 1933 in the Bovington tank museum, UK. T 26A vehicle. Recovered, converted into a T 26B and used by Finnish forces.
Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 in the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow (Russia): this tank from the 115th Rifle Division with shell holes was raised from a river bottom on the site of river crossing at Nevsky Pyatachok in July 1989 by Katran diving club. The vehicle was restored at the Pärnu Training Tank Regiment of the Leningrad Military District. It was donated to the museum in February 1998. Only two such vehicles are preserved at the present time. Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 with gun plus machine gun armament and riveted hull in the Kubinka Tank Museum in Moscow Oblast (Russia). The single surviving twin turreted T 26 armed with the 37 mm gun. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow (Russia): this late production variant was transferred from Kubinka Tank Museum in the 1980s. T 26 mod. 1933 in the museum diorama "Breaching of the Leningrad Blockade" in Mar'ino village near Kirovsk, Leningrad Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from a river bottom at Nevsky Pyatachok in May 2003, without its turret and with a large shell hole on the right side of the hull. It is now displayed with a turret, but the shell hole in the hull is still present. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museum of the Northwestern Front in Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from the Lovat River in 1981 and became a monument to Soviet tankers in Korovitchino village (Novgorod Oblast). The vehicle was given to the museum in May 2004. The tank has inauthentic tracks. T 26 mod. 1933 in the El Goloso Barracks Museum in Madrid (Spain): the tank (Spanish tactical number 135) with Nationalist Spanish markings with pressed gun mask is armed with a Hotchkiss machine gun instead of a DT tank machine gun. Produced in 1936. The anti aircraft machine gun and the hand rail radio antenna are late dummies. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museo Histórico Militar de Cartagena, Spain with Nationalist Spanish markings, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): Finnish tactical number Ps 163–33, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): this tank is described in many sources as early version of the T 26 mod. 1933. But in reality this is the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–16) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank (which can be identified by rivets for mounting of a burning mixture tank, rivets for hinges of a filling hatch on the left side and a welded drain port on the right side behind a front track bogie) with a mounted riveted turret with a small rear niche from the early BT 5 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): the Finnish wartime modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–28) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the BT 7 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in front of the Istanbul Military Museum (Turkey). One of the 64 T 26 Tanks that were purchased from Russia in 1934. The T 26 remained in service with the Turkish army until 1943. T 26 mod. 1939 in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): this tank with pressed turret front armoured plate is in drivable condition (the GAZ 41 engine from the BRDM 2 was installed in 2005). The tank has combat damage taken during the Great Patriotic War (many marks from armour piercing bullets and a welded hole on the right side of the turret from a 50 mm shell). T 26 mod. 1939 in the Parola Tank Museum, (Finland): the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 164–7); a hull from a KhT 133 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the T 26 mod. 1938/1939 and a ball mount for the DT tank machine gun in a hull front armoured plate. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): in reality this is the TU 26 teletank control vehicle with a dummy flame thrower. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Military Unit No. 05776 in Borzya, Chita Oblast (Russia): monument (since 1995) with an incomplete chassis (one track bogie is missing; tracks and driving wheels were taken from the M3 Stuart American light tank). Before 1990 the vehicle stood in the territory of one of military units of the Soviet 39th Army (located in Mongolia) of the Transbaikal Military District. The single preserved KhT 130 at the present time. T 26 Model 1933 in the Bovington tank museum, UK. T 26A vehicle. Recovered, converted into a T 26B and used by Finnish forces.
Т-26 обр. 1933 в Центральном музее Вооруженных Сил в Москве (Россия): этот поздний вариант производства был передан из Музея танков Кубинки в 1980-х годах.
There are about 45 T 26 tanks of various models preserved in different museums and military schools (mainly Russian, Spanish, Turkish and Finnish). The most notable of them are:
Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 in the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow (Russia): this tank from the 115th Rifle Division with shell holes was raised from a river bottom on the site of river crossing at Nevsky Pyatachok in July 1989 by Katran diving club. The vehicle was restored at the Pärnu Training Tank Regiment of the Leningrad Military District. It was donated to the museum in February 1998. Only two such vehicles are preserved at the present time. Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 with gun plus machine gun armament and riveted hull in the Kubinka Tank Museum in Moscow Oblast (Russia). The single surviving twin turreted T 26 armed with the 37 mm gun. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow (Russia): this late production variant was transferred from Kubinka Tank Museum in the 1980s. T 26 mod. 1933 in the museum diorama "Breaching of the Leningrad Blockade" in Mar'ino village near Kirovsk, Leningrad Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from a river bottom at Nevsky Pyatachok in May 2003, without its turret and with a large shell hole on the right side of the hull. It is now displayed with a turret, but the shell hole in the hull is still present. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museum of the Northwestern Front in Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from the Lovat River in 1981 and became a monument to Soviet tankers in Korovitchino village (Novgorod Oblast). The vehicle was given to the museum in May 2004. The tank has inauthentic tracks. T 26 mod. 1933 in the El Goloso Barracks Museum in Madrid (Spain): the tank (Spanish tactical number 135) with Nationalist Spanish markings with pressed gun mask is armed with a Hotchkiss machine gun instead of a DT tank machine gun. Produced in 1936. The anti aircraft machine gun and the hand rail radio antenna are late dummies. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museo Histórico Militar de Cartagena, Spain with Nationalist Spanish markings, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): Finnish tactical number Ps 163–33, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): this tank is described in many sources as early version of the T 26 mod. 1933. But in reality this is the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–16) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank (which can be identified by rivets for mounting of a burning mixture tank, rivets for hinges of a filling hatch on the left side and a welded drain port on the right side behind a front track bogie) with a mounted riveted turret with a small rear niche from the early BT 5 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): the Finnish wartime modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–28) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the BT 7 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in front of the Istanbul Military Museum (Turkey). One of the 64 T 26 Tanks that were purchased from Russia in 1934. The T 26 remained in service with the Turkish army until 1943. T 26 mod. 1939 in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): this tank with pressed turret front armoured plate is in drivable condition (the GAZ 41 engine from the BRDM 2 was installed in 2005). The tank has combat damage taken during the Great Patriotic War (many marks from armour piercing bullets and a welded hole on the right side of the turret from a 50 mm shell). T 26 mod. 1939 in the Parola Tank Museum, (Finland): the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 164–7); a hull from a KhT 133 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the T 26 mod. 1938/1939 and a ball mount for the DT tank machine gun in a hull front armoured plate. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): in reality this is the TU 26 teletank control vehicle with a dummy flame thrower. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Military Unit No. 05776 in Borzya, Chita Oblast (Russia): monument (since 1995) with an incomplete chassis (one track bogie is missing; tracks and driving wheels were taken from the M3 Stuart American light tank). Before 1990 the vehicle stood in the territory of one of military units of the Soviet 39th Army (located in Mongolia) of the Transbaikal Military District. The single preserved KhT 130 at the present time. T 26 Model 1933 in the Bovington tank museum, UK. T 26A vehicle. Recovered, converted into a T 26B and used by Finnish forces.
Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 in the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow (Russia): this tank from the 115th Rifle Division with shell holes was raised from a river bottom on the site of river crossing at Nevsky Pyatachok in July 1989 by Katran diving club. The vehicle was restored at the Pärnu Training Tank Regiment of the Leningrad Military District. It was donated to the museum in February 1998. Only two such vehicles are preserved at the present time. Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 with gun plus machine gun armament and riveted hull in the Kubinka Tank Museum in Moscow Oblast (Russia). The single surviving twin turreted T 26 armed with the 37 mm gun. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow (Russia): this late production variant was transferred from Kubinka Tank Museum in the 1980s. T 26 mod. 1933 in the museum diorama "Breaching of the Leningrad Blockade" in Mar'ino village near Kirovsk, Leningrad Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from a river bottom at Nevsky Pyatachok in May 2003, without its turret and with a large shell hole on the right side of the hull. It is now displayed with a turret, but the shell hole in the hull is still present. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museum of the Northwestern Front in Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from the Lovat River in 1981 and became a monument to Soviet tankers in Korovitchino village (Novgorod Oblast). The vehicle was given to the museum in May 2004. The tank has inauthentic tracks. T 26 mod. 1933 in the El Goloso Barracks Museum in Madrid (Spain): the tank (Spanish tactical number 135) with Nationalist Spanish markings with pressed gun mask is armed with a Hotchkiss machine gun instead of a DT tank machine gun. Produced in 1936. The anti aircraft machine gun and the hand rail radio antenna are late dummies. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museo Histórico Militar de Cartagena, Spain with Nationalist Spanish markings, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): Finnish tactical number Ps 163–33, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): this tank is described in many sources as early version of the T 26 mod. 1933. But in reality this is the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–16) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank (which can be identified by rivets for mounting of a burning mixture tank, rivets for hinges of a filling hatch on the left side and a welded drain port on the right side behind a front track bogie) with a mounted riveted turret with a small rear niche from the early BT 5 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): the Finnish wartime modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–28) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the BT 7 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in front of the Istanbul Military Museum (Turkey). One of the 64 T 26 Tanks that were purchased from Russia in 1934. The T 26 remained in service with the Turkish army until 1943. T 26 mod. 1939 in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): this tank with pressed turret front armoured plate is in drivable condition (the GAZ 41 engine from the BRDM 2 was installed in 2005). The tank has combat damage taken during the Great Patriotic War (many marks from armour piercing bullets and a welded hole on the right side of the turret from a 50 mm shell). T 26 mod. 1939 in the Parola Tank Museum, (Finland): the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 164–7); a hull from a KhT 133 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the T 26 mod. 1938/1939 and a ball mount for the DT tank machine gun in a hull front armoured plate. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): in reality this is the TU 26 teletank control vehicle with a dummy flame thrower. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Military Unit No. 05776 in Borzya, Chita Oblast (Russia): monument (since 1995) with an incomplete chassis (one track bogie is missing; tracks and driving wheels were taken from the M3 Stuart American light tank). Before 1990 the vehicle stood in the territory of one of military units of the Soviet 39th Army (located in Mongolia) of the Transbaikal Military District. The single preserved KhT 130 at the present time. T 26 Model 1933 in the Bovington tank museum, UK. T 26A vehicle. Recovered, converted into a T 26B and used by Finnish forces.
Т-26 обр. 1933 в музейной диораме "Прорыв блокады Ленинграда" в деревне Марьино под Кировском, Ленинградская область (Россия): этот танк был поднят со дна реки в Невском Пятачке в мае 2003 года без башни и с крупной пробоиной на правой стороне корпуса. Сейчас он экспонируется с башней, но пробоина в корпусе сохранилась.
There are about 45 T 26 tanks of various models preserved in different museums and military schools (mainly Russian, Spanish, Turkish and Finnish). The most notable of them are:
Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 in the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow (Russia): this tank from the 115th Rifle Division with shell holes was raised from a river bottom on the site of river crossing at Nevsky Pyatachok in July 1989 by Katran diving club. The vehicle was restored at the Pärnu Training Tank Regiment of the Leningrad Military District. It was donated to the museum in February 1998. Only two such vehicles are preserved at the present time. Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 with gun plus machine gun armament and riveted hull in the Kubinka Tank Museum in Moscow Oblast (Russia). The single surviving twin turreted T 26 armed with the 37 mm gun. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow (Russia): this late production variant was transferred from Kubinka Tank Museum in the 1980s. T 26 mod. 1933 in the museum diorama "Breaching of the Leningrad Blockade" in Mar'ino village near Kirovsk, Leningrad Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from a river bottom at Nevsky Pyatachok in May 2003, without its turret and with a large shell hole on the right side of the hull. It is now displayed with a turret, but the shell hole in the hull is still present. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museum of the Northwestern Front in Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from the Lovat River in 1981 and became a monument to Soviet tankers in Korovitchino village (Novgorod Oblast). The vehicle was given to the museum in May 2004. The tank has inauthentic tracks. T 26 mod. 1933 in the El Goloso Barracks Museum in Madrid (Spain): the tank (Spanish tactical number 135) with Nationalist Spanish markings with pressed gun mask is armed with a Hotchkiss machine gun instead of a DT tank machine gun. Produced in 1936. The anti aircraft machine gun and the hand rail radio antenna are late dummies. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museo Histórico Militar de Cartagena, Spain with Nationalist Spanish markings, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): Finnish tactical number Ps 163–33, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): this tank is described in many sources as early version of the T 26 mod. 1933. But in reality this is the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–16) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank (which can be identified by rivets for mounting of a burning mixture tank, rivets for hinges of a filling hatch on the left side and a welded drain port on the right side behind a front track bogie) with a mounted riveted turret with a small rear niche from the early BT 5 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): the Finnish wartime modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–28) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the BT 7 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in front of the Istanbul Military Museum (Turkey). One of the 64 T 26 Tanks that were purchased from Russia in 1934. The T 26 remained in service with the Turkish army until 1943. T 26 mod. 1939 in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): this tank with pressed turret front armoured plate is in drivable condition (the GAZ 41 engine from the BRDM 2 was installed in 2005). The tank has combat damage taken during the Great Patriotic War (many marks from armour piercing bullets and a welded hole on the right side of the turret from a 50 mm shell). T 26 mod. 1939 in the Parola Tank Museum, (Finland): the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 164–7); a hull from a KhT 133 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the T 26 mod. 1938/1939 and a ball mount for the DT tank machine gun in a hull front armoured plate. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): in reality this is the TU 26 teletank control vehicle with a dummy flame thrower. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Military Unit No. 05776 in Borzya, Chita Oblast (Russia): monument (since 1995) with an incomplete chassis (one track bogie is missing; tracks and driving wheels were taken from the M3 Stuart American light tank). Before 1990 the vehicle stood in the territory of one of military units of the Soviet 39th Army (located in Mongolia) of the Transbaikal Military District. The single preserved KhT 130 at the present time. T 26 Model 1933 in the Bovington tank museum, UK. T 26A vehicle. Recovered, converted into a T 26B and used by Finnish forces.
Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 in the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow (Russia): this tank from the 115th Rifle Division with shell holes was raised from a river bottom on the site of river crossing at Nevsky Pyatachok in July 1989 by Katran diving club. The vehicle was restored at the Pärnu Training Tank Regiment of the Leningrad Military District. It was donated to the museum in February 1998. Only two such vehicles are preserved at the present time. Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 with gun plus machine gun armament and riveted hull in the Kubinka Tank Museum in Moscow Oblast (Russia). The single surviving twin turreted T 26 armed with the 37 mm gun. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow (Russia): this late production variant was transferred from Kubinka Tank Museum in the 1980s. T 26 mod. 1933 in the museum diorama "Breaching of the Leningrad Blockade" in Mar'ino village near Kirovsk, Leningrad Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from a river bottom at Nevsky Pyatachok in May 2003, without its turret and with a large shell hole on the right side of the hull. It is now displayed with a turret, but the shell hole in the hull is still present. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museum of the Northwestern Front in Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from the Lovat River in 1981 and became a monument to Soviet tankers in Korovitchino village (Novgorod Oblast). The vehicle was given to the museum in May 2004. The tank has inauthentic tracks. T 26 mod. 1933 in the El Goloso Barracks Museum in Madrid (Spain): the tank (Spanish tactical number 135) with Nationalist Spanish markings with pressed gun mask is armed with a Hotchkiss machine gun instead of a DT tank machine gun. Produced in 1936. The anti aircraft machine gun and the hand rail radio antenna are late dummies. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museo Histórico Militar de Cartagena, Spain with Nationalist Spanish markings, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): Finnish tactical number Ps 163–33, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): this tank is described in many sources as early version of the T 26 mod. 1933. But in reality this is the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–16) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank (which can be identified by rivets for mounting of a burning mixture tank, rivets for hinges of a filling hatch on the left side and a welded drain port on the right side behind a front track bogie) with a mounted riveted turret with a small rear niche from the early BT 5 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): the Finnish wartime modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–28) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the BT 7 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in front of the Istanbul Military Museum (Turkey). One of the 64 T 26 Tanks that were purchased from Russia in 1934. The T 26 remained in service with the Turkish army until 1943. T 26 mod. 1939 in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): this tank with pressed turret front armoured plate is in drivable condition (the GAZ 41 engine from the BRDM 2 was installed in 2005). The tank has combat damage taken during the Great Patriotic War (many marks from armour piercing bullets and a welded hole on the right side of the turret from a 50 mm shell). T 26 mod. 1939 in the Parola Tank Museum, (Finland): the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 164–7); a hull from a KhT 133 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the T 26 mod. 1938/1939 and a ball mount for the DT tank machine gun in a hull front armoured plate. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): in reality this is the TU 26 teletank control vehicle with a dummy flame thrower. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Military Unit No. 05776 in Borzya, Chita Oblast (Russia): monument (since 1995) with an incomplete chassis (one track bogie is missing; tracks and driving wheels were taken from the M3 Stuart American light tank). Before 1990 the vehicle stood in the territory of one of military units of the Soviet 39th Army (located in Mongolia) of the Transbaikal Military District. The single preserved KhT 130 at the present time. T 26 Model 1933 in the Bovington tank museum, UK. T 26A vehicle. Recovered, converted into a T 26B and used by Finnish forces.
Т-26 обр. 1933 в Музее Северо-Западного фронта в Старой Руссе, Новгородская область (Россия): этот танк был поднят из реки Ловать в 1981 году и стал памятником советским танкистам в деревне Коровичино (Новгородская область). Машина была передана в музей в мае 2004 года. На танке установлены неаутентичные траки.
There are about 45 T 26 tanks of various models preserved in different museums and military schools (mainly Russian, Spanish, Turkish and Finnish). The most notable of them are:
Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 in the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow (Russia): this tank from the 115th Rifle Division with shell holes was raised from a river bottom on the site of river crossing at Nevsky Pyatachok in July 1989 by Katran diving club. The vehicle was restored at the Pärnu Training Tank Regiment of the Leningrad Military District. It was donated to the museum in February 1998. Only two such vehicles are preserved at the present time. Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 with gun plus machine gun armament and riveted hull in the Kubinka Tank Museum in Moscow Oblast (Russia). The single surviving twin turreted T 26 armed with the 37 mm gun. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow (Russia): this late production variant was transferred from Kubinka Tank Museum in the 1980s. T 26 mod. 1933 in the museum diorama "Breaching of the Leningrad Blockade" in Mar'ino village near Kirovsk, Leningrad Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from a river bottom at Nevsky Pyatachok in May 2003, without its turret and with a large shell hole on the right side of the hull. It is now displayed with a turret, but the shell hole in the hull is still present. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museum of the Northwestern Front in Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from the Lovat River in 1981 and became a monument to Soviet tankers in Korovitchino village (Novgorod Oblast). The vehicle was given to the museum in May 2004. The tank has inauthentic tracks. T 26 mod. 1933 in the El Goloso Barracks Museum in Madrid (Spain): the tank (Spanish tactical number 135) with Nationalist Spanish markings with pressed gun mask is armed with a Hotchkiss machine gun instead of a DT tank machine gun. Produced in 1936. The anti aircraft machine gun and the hand rail radio antenna are late dummies. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museo Histórico Militar de Cartagena, Spain with Nationalist Spanish markings, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): Finnish tactical number Ps 163–33, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): this tank is described in many sources as early version of the T 26 mod. 1933. But in reality this is the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–16) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank (which can be identified by rivets for mounting of a burning mixture tank, rivets for hinges of a filling hatch on the left side and a welded drain port on the right side behind a front track bogie) with a mounted riveted turret with a small rear niche from the early BT 5 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): the Finnish wartime modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–28) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the BT 7 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in front of the Istanbul Military Museum (Turkey). One of the 64 T 26 Tanks that were purchased from Russia in 1934. The T 26 remained in service with the Turkish army until 1943. T 26 mod. 1939 in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): this tank with pressed turret front armoured plate is in drivable condition (the GAZ 41 engine from the BRDM 2 was installed in 2005). The tank has combat damage taken during the Great Patriotic War (many marks from armour piercing bullets and a welded hole on the right side of the turret from a 50 mm shell). T 26 mod. 1939 in the Parola Tank Museum, (Finland): the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 164–7); a hull from a KhT 133 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the T 26 mod. 1938/1939 and a ball mount for the DT tank machine gun in a hull front armoured plate. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): in reality this is the TU 26 teletank control vehicle with a dummy flame thrower. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Military Unit No. 05776 in Borzya, Chita Oblast (Russia): monument (since 1995) with an incomplete chassis (one track bogie is missing; tracks and driving wheels were taken from the M3 Stuart American light tank). Before 1990 the vehicle stood in the territory of one of military units of the Soviet 39th Army (located in Mongolia) of the Transbaikal Military District. The single preserved KhT 130 at the present time. T 26 Model 1933 in the Bovington tank museum, UK. T 26A vehicle. Recovered, converted into a T 26B and used by Finnish forces.
Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 in the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow (Russia): this tank from the 115th Rifle Division with shell holes was raised from a river bottom on the site of river crossing at Nevsky Pyatachok in July 1989 by Katran diving club. The vehicle was restored at the Pärnu Training Tank Regiment of the Leningrad Military District. It was donated to the museum in February 1998. Only two such vehicles are preserved at the present time. Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 with gun plus machine gun armament and riveted hull in the Kubinka Tank Museum in Moscow Oblast (Russia). The single surviving twin turreted T 26 armed with the 37 mm gun. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow (Russia): this late production variant was transferred from Kubinka Tank Museum in the 1980s. T 26 mod. 1933 in the museum diorama "Breaching of the Leningrad Blockade" in Mar'ino village near Kirovsk, Leningrad Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from a river bottom at Nevsky Pyatachok in May 2003, without its turret and with a large shell hole on the right side of the hull. It is now displayed with a turret, but the shell hole in the hull is still present. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museum of the Northwestern Front in Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from the Lovat River in 1981 and became a monument to Soviet tankers in Korovitchino village (Novgorod Oblast). The vehicle was given to the museum in May 2004. The tank has inauthentic tracks. T 26 mod. 1933 in the El Goloso Barracks Museum in Madrid (Spain): the tank (Spanish tactical number 135) with Nationalist Spanish markings with pressed gun mask is armed with a Hotchkiss machine gun instead of a DT tank machine gun. Produced in 1936. The anti aircraft machine gun and the hand rail radio antenna are late dummies. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museo Histórico Militar de Cartagena, Spain with Nationalist Spanish markings, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): Finnish tactical number Ps 163–33, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): this tank is described in many sources as early version of the T 26 mod. 1933. But in reality this is the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–16) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank (which can be identified by rivets for mounting of a burning mixture tank, rivets for hinges of a filling hatch on the left side and a welded drain port on the right side behind a front track bogie) with a mounted riveted turret with a small rear niche from the early BT 5 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): the Finnish wartime modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–28) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the BT 7 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in front of the Istanbul Military Museum (Turkey). One of the 64 T 26 Tanks that were purchased from Russia in 1934. The T 26 remained in service with the Turkish army until 1943. T 26 mod. 1939 in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): this tank with pressed turret front armoured plate is in drivable condition (the GAZ 41 engine from the BRDM 2 was installed in 2005). The tank has combat damage taken during the Great Patriotic War (many marks from armour piercing bullets and a welded hole on the right side of the turret from a 50 mm shell). T 26 mod. 1939 in the Parola Tank Museum, (Finland): the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 164–7); a hull from a KhT 133 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the T 26 mod. 1938/1939 and a ball mount for the DT tank machine gun in a hull front armoured plate. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): in reality this is the TU 26 teletank control vehicle with a dummy flame thrower. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Military Unit No. 05776 in Borzya, Chita Oblast (Russia): monument (since 1995) with an incomplete chassis (one track bogie is missing; tracks and driving wheels were taken from the M3 Stuart American light tank). Before 1990 the vehicle stood in the territory of one of military units of the Soviet 39th Army (located in Mongolia) of the Transbaikal Military District. The single preserved KhT 130 at the present time. T 26 Model 1933 in the Bovington tank museum, UK. T 26A vehicle. Recovered, converted into a T 26B and used by Finnish forces.
Т-26 обр. 1933 в Музее казарм Эль Голосо в Мадриде (Испания): танк (испанский тактический номер 135) с испанской националистической маркировкой и прижимной маской для пушки, вооруженный пулеметом Hotchkiss вместо танкового пулемета ДТ. Произведен в 1936 году. Противовоздушный пулемет и радиоантенна на поручнях – поздние имитации.
There are about 45 T 26 tanks of various models preserved in different museums and military schools (mainly Russian, Spanish, Turkish and Finnish). The most notable of them are:
Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 in the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow (Russia): this tank from the 115th Rifle Division with shell holes was raised from a river bottom on the site of river crossing at Nevsky Pyatachok in July 1989 by Katran diving club. The vehicle was restored at the Pärnu Training Tank Regiment of the Leningrad Military District. It was donated to the museum in February 1998. Only two such vehicles are preserved at the present time. Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 with gun plus machine gun armament and riveted hull in the Kubinka Tank Museum in Moscow Oblast (Russia). The single surviving twin turreted T 26 armed with the 37 mm gun. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow (Russia): this late production variant was transferred from Kubinka Tank Museum in the 1980s. T 26 mod. 1933 in the museum diorama "Breaching of the Leningrad Blockade" in Mar'ino village near Kirovsk, Leningrad Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from a river bottom at Nevsky Pyatachok in May 2003, without its turret and with a large shell hole on the right side of the hull. It is now displayed with a turret, but the shell hole in the hull is still present. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museum of the Northwestern Front in Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from the Lovat River in 1981 and became a monument to Soviet tankers in Korovitchino village (Novgorod Oblast). The vehicle was given to the museum in May 2004. The tank has inauthentic tracks. T 26 mod. 1933 in the El Goloso Barracks Museum in Madrid (Spain): the tank (Spanish tactical number 135) with Nationalist Spanish markings with pressed gun mask is armed with a Hotchkiss machine gun instead of a DT tank machine gun. Produced in 1936. The anti aircraft machine gun and the hand rail radio antenna are late dummies. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museo Histórico Militar de Cartagena, Spain with Nationalist Spanish markings, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): Finnish tactical number Ps 163–33, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): this tank is described in many sources as early version of the T 26 mod. 1933. But in reality this is the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–16) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank (which can be identified by rivets for mounting of a burning mixture tank, rivets for hinges of a filling hatch on the left side and a welded drain port on the right side behind a front track bogie) with a mounted riveted turret with a small rear niche from the early BT 5 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): the Finnish wartime modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–28) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the BT 7 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in front of the Istanbul Military Museum (Turkey). One of the 64 T 26 Tanks that were purchased from Russia in 1934. The T 26 remained in service with the Turkish army until 1943. T 26 mod. 1939 in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): this tank with pressed turret front armoured plate is in drivable condition (the GAZ 41 engine from the BRDM 2 was installed in 2005). The tank has combat damage taken during the Great Patriotic War (many marks from armour piercing bullets and a welded hole on the right side of the turret from a 50 mm shell). T 26 mod. 1939 in the Parola Tank Museum, (Finland): the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 164–7); a hull from a KhT 133 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the T 26 mod. 1938/1939 and a ball mount for the DT tank machine gun in a hull front armoured plate. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): in reality this is the TU 26 teletank control vehicle with a dummy flame thrower. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Military Unit No. 05776 in Borzya, Chita Oblast (Russia): monument (since 1995) with an incomplete chassis (one track bogie is missing; tracks and driving wheels were taken from the M3 Stuart American light tank). Before 1990 the vehicle stood in the territory of one of military units of the Soviet 39th Army (located in Mongolia) of the Transbaikal Military District. The single preserved KhT 130 at the present time. T 26 Model 1933 in the Bovington tank museum, UK. T 26A vehicle. Recovered, converted into a T 26B and used by Finnish forces.
Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 in the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow (Russia): this tank from the 115th Rifle Division with shell holes was raised from a river bottom on the site of river crossing at Nevsky Pyatachok in July 1989 by Katran diving club. The vehicle was restored at the Pärnu Training Tank Regiment of the Leningrad Military District. It was donated to the museum in February 1998. Only two such vehicles are preserved at the present time. Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 with gun plus machine gun armament and riveted hull in the Kubinka Tank Museum in Moscow Oblast (Russia). The single surviving twin turreted T 26 armed with the 37 mm gun. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow (Russia): this late production variant was transferred from Kubinka Tank Museum in the 1980s. T 26 mod. 1933 in the museum diorama "Breaching of the Leningrad Blockade" in Mar'ino village near Kirovsk, Leningrad Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from a river bottom at Nevsky Pyatachok in May 2003, without its turret and with a large shell hole on the right side of the hull. It is now displayed with a turret, but the shell hole in the hull is still present. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museum of the Northwestern Front in Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from the Lovat River in 1981 and became a monument to Soviet tankers in Korovitchino village (Novgorod Oblast). The vehicle was given to the museum in May 2004. The tank has inauthentic tracks. T 26 mod. 1933 in the El Goloso Barracks Museum in Madrid (Spain): the tank (Spanish tactical number 135) with Nationalist Spanish markings with pressed gun mask is armed with a Hotchkiss machine gun instead of a DT tank machine gun. Produced in 1936. The anti aircraft machine gun and the hand rail radio antenna are late dummies. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museo Histórico Militar de Cartagena, Spain with Nationalist Spanish markings, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): Finnish tactical number Ps 163–33, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): this tank is described in many sources as early version of the T 26 mod. 1933. But in reality this is the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–16) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank (which can be identified by rivets for mounting of a burning mixture tank, rivets for hinges of a filling hatch on the left side and a welded drain port on the right side behind a front track bogie) with a mounted riveted turret with a small rear niche from the early BT 5 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): the Finnish wartime modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–28) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the BT 7 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in front of the Istanbul Military Museum (Turkey). One of the 64 T 26 Tanks that were purchased from Russia in 1934. The T 26 remained in service with the Turkish army until 1943. T 26 mod. 1939 in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): this tank with pressed turret front armoured plate is in drivable condition (the GAZ 41 engine from the BRDM 2 was installed in 2005). The tank has combat damage taken during the Great Patriotic War (many marks from armour piercing bullets and a welded hole on the right side of the turret from a 50 mm shell). T 26 mod. 1939 in the Parola Tank Museum, (Finland): the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 164–7); a hull from a KhT 133 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the T 26 mod. 1938/1939 and a ball mount for the DT tank machine gun in a hull front armoured plate. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): in reality this is the TU 26 teletank control vehicle with a dummy flame thrower. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Military Unit No. 05776 in Borzya, Chita Oblast (Russia): monument (since 1995) with an incomplete chassis (one track bogie is missing; tracks and driving wheels were taken from the M3 Stuart American light tank). Before 1990 the vehicle stood in the territory of one of military units of the Soviet 39th Army (located in Mongolia) of the Transbaikal Military District. The single preserved KhT 130 at the present time. T 26 Model 1933 in the Bovington tank museum, UK. T 26A vehicle. Recovered, converted into a T 26B and used by Finnish forces.
Т-26 обр. 1933 в Музее Истории Военного Дела в Картахене, Испания, с испанской националистической маркировкой, в ходовом состоянии.
There are about 45 T 26 tanks of various models preserved in different museums and military schools (mainly Russian, Spanish, Turkish and Finnish). The most notable of them are:
Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 in the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow (Russia): this tank from the 115th Rifle Division with shell holes was raised from a river bottom on the site of river crossing at Nevsky Pyatachok in July 1989 by Katran diving club. The vehicle was restored at the Pärnu Training Tank Regiment of the Leningrad Military District. It was donated to the museum in February 1998. Only two such vehicles are preserved at the present time. Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 with gun plus machine gun armament and riveted hull in the Kubinka Tank Museum in Moscow Oblast (Russia). The single surviving twin turreted T 26 armed with the 37 mm gun. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow (Russia): this late production variant was transferred from Kubinka Tank Museum in the 1980s. T 26 mod. 1933 in the museum diorama "Breaching of the Leningrad Blockade" in Mar'ino village near Kirovsk, Leningrad Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from a river bottom at Nevsky Pyatachok in May 2003, without its turret and with a large shell hole on the right side of the hull. It is now displayed with a turret, but the shell hole in the hull is still present. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museum of the Northwestern Front in Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from the Lovat River in 1981 and became a monument to Soviet tankers in Korovitchino village (Novgorod Oblast). The vehicle was given to the museum in May 2004. The tank has inauthentic tracks. T 26 mod. 1933 in the El Goloso Barracks Museum in Madrid (Spain): the tank (Spanish tactical number 135) with Nationalist Spanish markings with pressed gun mask is armed with a Hotchkiss machine gun instead of a DT tank machine gun. Produced in 1936. The anti aircraft machine gun and the hand rail radio antenna are late dummies. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museo Histórico Militar de Cartagena, Spain with Nationalist Spanish markings, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): Finnish tactical number Ps 163–33, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): this tank is described in many sources as early version of the T 26 mod. 1933. But in reality this is the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–16) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank (which can be identified by rivets for mounting of a burning mixture tank, rivets for hinges of a filling hatch on the left side and a welded drain port on the right side behind a front track bogie) with a mounted riveted turret with a small rear niche from the early BT 5 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): the Finnish wartime modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–28) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the BT 7 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in front of the Istanbul Military Museum (Turkey). One of the 64 T 26 Tanks that were purchased from Russia in 1934. The T 26 remained in service with the Turkish army until 1943. T 26 mod. 1939 in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): this tank with pressed turret front armoured plate is in drivable condition (the GAZ 41 engine from the BRDM 2 was installed in 2005). The tank has combat damage taken during the Great Patriotic War (many marks from armour piercing bullets and a welded hole on the right side of the turret from a 50 mm shell). T 26 mod. 1939 in the Parola Tank Museum, (Finland): the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 164–7); a hull from a KhT 133 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the T 26 mod. 1938/1939 and a ball mount for the DT tank machine gun in a hull front armoured plate. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): in reality this is the TU 26 teletank control vehicle with a dummy flame thrower. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Military Unit No. 05776 in Borzya, Chita Oblast (Russia): monument (since 1995) with an incomplete chassis (one track bogie is missing; tracks and driving wheels were taken from the M3 Stuart American light tank). Before 1990 the vehicle stood in the territory of one of military units of the Soviet 39th Army (located in Mongolia) of the Transbaikal Military District. The single preserved KhT 130 at the present time. T 26 Model 1933 in the Bovington tank museum, UK. T 26A vehicle. Recovered, converted into a T 26B and used by Finnish forces.
Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 in the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow (Russia): this tank from the 115th Rifle Division with shell holes was raised from a river bottom on the site of river crossing at Nevsky Pyatachok in July 1989 by Katran diving club. The vehicle was restored at the Pärnu Training Tank Regiment of the Leningrad Military District. It was donated to the museum in February 1998. Only two such vehicles are preserved at the present time. Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 with gun plus machine gun armament and riveted hull in the Kubinka Tank Museum in Moscow Oblast (Russia). The single surviving twin turreted T 26 armed with the 37 mm gun. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow (Russia): this late production variant was transferred from Kubinka Tank Museum in the 1980s. T 26 mod. 1933 in the museum diorama "Breaching of the Leningrad Blockade" in Mar'ino village near Kirovsk, Leningrad Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from a river bottom at Nevsky Pyatachok in May 2003, without its turret and with a large shell hole on the right side of the hull. It is now displayed with a turret, but the shell hole in the hull is still present. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museum of the Northwestern Front in Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from the Lovat River in 1981 and became a monument to Soviet tankers in Korovitchino village (Novgorod Oblast). The vehicle was given to the museum in May 2004. The tank has inauthentic tracks. T 26 mod. 1933 in the El Goloso Barracks Museum in Madrid (Spain): the tank (Spanish tactical number 135) with Nationalist Spanish markings with pressed gun mask is armed with a Hotchkiss machine gun instead of a DT tank machine gun. Produced in 1936. The anti aircraft machine gun and the hand rail radio antenna are late dummies. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museo Histórico Militar de Cartagena, Spain with Nationalist Spanish markings, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): Finnish tactical number Ps 163–33, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): this tank is described in many sources as early version of the T 26 mod. 1933. But in reality this is the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–16) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank (which can be identified by rivets for mounting of a burning mixture tank, rivets for hinges of a filling hatch on the left side and a welded drain port on the right side behind a front track bogie) with a mounted riveted turret with a small rear niche from the early BT 5 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): the Finnish wartime modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–28) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the BT 7 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in front of the Istanbul Military Museum (Turkey). One of the 64 T 26 Tanks that were purchased from Russia in 1934. The T 26 remained in service with the Turkish army until 1943. T 26 mod. 1939 in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): this tank with pressed turret front armoured plate is in drivable condition (the GAZ 41 engine from the BRDM 2 was installed in 2005). The tank has combat damage taken during the Great Patriotic War (many marks from armour piercing bullets and a welded hole on the right side of the turret from a 50 mm shell). T 26 mod. 1939 in the Parola Tank Museum, (Finland): the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 164–7); a hull from a KhT 133 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the T 26 mod. 1938/1939 and a ball mount for the DT tank machine gun in a hull front armoured plate. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): in reality this is the TU 26 teletank control vehicle with a dummy flame thrower. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Military Unit No. 05776 in Borzya, Chita Oblast (Russia): monument (since 1995) with an incomplete chassis (one track bogie is missing; tracks and driving wheels were taken from the M3 Stuart American light tank). Before 1990 the vehicle stood in the territory of one of military units of the Soviet 39th Army (located in Mongolia) of the Transbaikal Military District. The single preserved KhT 130 at the present time. T 26 Model 1933 in the Bovington tank museum, UK. T 26A vehicle. Recovered, converted into a T 26B and used by Finnish forces.
Т-26 обр. 1933 в Музее танков Парола (Финляндия): финский тактический номер Ps 163–33, в ходовом состоянии.
There are about 45 T 26 tanks of various models preserved in different museums and military schools (mainly Russian, Spanish, Turkish and Finnish). The most notable of them are:
Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 in the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow (Russia): this tank from the 115th Rifle Division with shell holes was raised from a river bottom on the site of river crossing at Nevsky Pyatachok in July 1989 by Katran diving club. The vehicle was restored at the Pärnu Training Tank Regiment of the Leningrad Military District. It was donated to the museum in February 1998. Only two such vehicles are preserved at the present time. Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 with gun plus machine gun armament and riveted hull in the Kubinka Tank Museum in Moscow Oblast (Russia). The single surviving twin turreted T 26 armed with the 37 mm gun. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow (Russia): this late production variant was transferred from Kubinka Tank Museum in the 1980s. T 26 mod. 1933 in the museum diorama "Breaching of the Leningrad Blockade" in Mar'ino village near Kirovsk, Leningrad Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from a river bottom at Nevsky Pyatachok in May 2003, without its turret and with a large shell hole on the right side of the hull. It is now displayed with a turret, but the shell hole in the hull is still present. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museum of the Northwestern Front in Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from the Lovat River in 1981 and became a monument to Soviet tankers in Korovitchino village (Novgorod Oblast). The vehicle was given to the museum in May 2004. The tank has inauthentic tracks. T 26 mod. 1933 in the El Goloso Barracks Museum in Madrid (Spain): the tank (Spanish tactical number 135) with Nationalist Spanish markings with pressed gun mask is armed with a Hotchkiss machine gun instead of a DT tank machine gun. Produced in 1936. The anti aircraft machine gun and the hand rail radio antenna are late dummies. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museo Histórico Militar de Cartagena, Spain with Nationalist Spanish markings, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): Finnish tactical number Ps 163–33, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): this tank is described in many sources as early version of the T 26 mod. 1933. But in reality this is the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–16) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank (which can be identified by rivets for mounting of a burning mixture tank, rivets for hinges of a filling hatch on the left side and a welded drain port on the right side behind a front track bogie) with a mounted riveted turret with a small rear niche from the early BT 5 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): the Finnish wartime modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–28) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the BT 7 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in front of the Istanbul Military Museum (Turkey). One of the 64 T 26 Tanks that were purchased from Russia in 1934. The T 26 remained in service with the Turkish army until 1943. T 26 mod. 1939 in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): this tank with pressed turret front armoured plate is in drivable condition (the GAZ 41 engine from the BRDM 2 was installed in 2005). The tank has combat damage taken during the Great Patriotic War (many marks from armour piercing bullets and a welded hole on the right side of the turret from a 50 mm shell). T 26 mod. 1939 in the Parola Tank Museum, (Finland): the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 164–7); a hull from a KhT 133 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the T 26 mod. 1938/1939 and a ball mount for the DT tank machine gun in a hull front armoured plate. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): in reality this is the TU 26 teletank control vehicle with a dummy flame thrower. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Military Unit No. 05776 in Borzya, Chita Oblast (Russia): monument (since 1995) with an incomplete chassis (one track bogie is missing; tracks and driving wheels were taken from the M3 Stuart American light tank). Before 1990 the vehicle stood in the territory of one of military units of the Soviet 39th Army (located in Mongolia) of the Transbaikal Military District. The single preserved KhT 130 at the present time. T 26 Model 1933 in the Bovington tank museum, UK. T 26A vehicle. Recovered, converted into a T 26B and used by Finnish forces.
Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 in the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow (Russia): this tank from the 115th Rifle Division with shell holes was raised from a river bottom on the site of river crossing at Nevsky Pyatachok in July 1989 by Katran diving club. The vehicle was restored at the Pärnu Training Tank Regiment of the Leningrad Military District. It was donated to the museum in February 1998. Only two such vehicles are preserved at the present time. Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 with gun plus machine gun armament and riveted hull in the Kubinka Tank Museum in Moscow Oblast (Russia). The single surviving twin turreted T 26 armed with the 37 mm gun. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow (Russia): this late production variant was transferred from Kubinka Tank Museum in the 1980s. T 26 mod. 1933 in the museum diorama "Breaching of the Leningrad Blockade" in Mar'ino village near Kirovsk, Leningrad Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from a river bottom at Nevsky Pyatachok in May 2003, without its turret and with a large shell hole on the right side of the hull. It is now displayed with a turret, but the shell hole in the hull is still present. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museum of the Northwestern Front in Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from the Lovat River in 1981 and became a monument to Soviet tankers in Korovitchino village (Novgorod Oblast). The vehicle was given to the museum in May 2004. The tank has inauthentic tracks. T 26 mod. 1933 in the El Goloso Barracks Museum in Madrid (Spain): the tank (Spanish tactical number 135) with Nationalist Spanish markings with pressed gun mask is armed with a Hotchkiss machine gun instead of a DT tank machine gun. Produced in 1936. The anti aircraft machine gun and the hand rail radio antenna are late dummies. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museo Histórico Militar de Cartagena, Spain with Nationalist Spanish markings, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): Finnish tactical number Ps 163–33, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): this tank is described in many sources as early version of the T 26 mod. 1933. But in reality this is the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–16) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank (which can be identified by rivets for mounting of a burning mixture tank, rivets for hinges of a filling hatch on the left side and a welded drain port on the right side behind a front track bogie) with a mounted riveted turret with a small rear niche from the early BT 5 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): the Finnish wartime modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–28) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the BT 7 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in front of the Istanbul Military Museum (Turkey). One of the 64 T 26 Tanks that were purchased from Russia in 1934. The T 26 remained in service with the Turkish army until 1943. T 26 mod. 1939 in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): this tank with pressed turret front armoured plate is in drivable condition (the GAZ 41 engine from the BRDM 2 was installed in 2005). The tank has combat damage taken during the Great Patriotic War (many marks from armour piercing bullets and a welded hole on the right side of the turret from a 50 mm shell). T 26 mod. 1939 in the Parola Tank Museum, (Finland): the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 164–7); a hull from a KhT 133 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the T 26 mod. 1938/1939 and a ball mount for the DT tank machine gun in a hull front armoured plate. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): in reality this is the TU 26 teletank control vehicle with a dummy flame thrower. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Military Unit No. 05776 in Borzya, Chita Oblast (Russia): monument (since 1995) with an incomplete chassis (one track bogie is missing; tracks and driving wheels were taken from the M3 Stuart American light tank). Before 1990 the vehicle stood in the territory of one of military units of the Soviet 39th Army (located in Mongolia) of the Transbaikal Military District. The single preserved KhT 130 at the present time. T 26 Model 1933 in the Bovington tank museum, UK. T 26A vehicle. Recovered, converted into a T 26B and used by Finnish forces.
Т-26 обр. 1933 в Музее танков Парола (Финляндия): этот танк в ряде источников описывается как ранняя версия Т-26 обр. 1933. Однако на самом деле это финская военная модернизация (финский тактический номер Ps 163–16) корпуса от огнемётного танка ХТ-26 (который можно идентифицировать по заклепкам для крепления бака с горючей смесью, заклепкам для петель загрузочного люка с левой стороны и сварному сливному отверстию с правой стороны за передним поддерживающим катком) с установленной клепаной башней с небольшой задней нишей от раннего легкого танка БТ-5.
There are about 45 T 26 tanks of various models preserved in different museums and military schools (mainly Russian, Spanish, Turkish and Finnish). The most notable of them are:
Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 in the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow (Russia): this tank from the 115th Rifle Division with shell holes was raised from a river bottom on the site of river crossing at Nevsky Pyatachok in July 1989 by Katran diving club. The vehicle was restored at the Pärnu Training Tank Regiment of the Leningrad Military District. It was donated to the museum in February 1998. Only two such vehicles are preserved at the present time. Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 with gun plus machine gun armament and riveted hull in the Kubinka Tank Museum in Moscow Oblast (Russia). The single surviving twin turreted T 26 armed with the 37 mm gun. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow (Russia): this late production variant was transferred from Kubinka Tank Museum in the 1980s. T 26 mod. 1933 in the museum diorama "Breaching of the Leningrad Blockade" in Mar'ino village near Kirovsk, Leningrad Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from a river bottom at Nevsky Pyatachok in May 2003, without its turret and with a large shell hole on the right side of the hull. It is now displayed with a turret, but the shell hole in the hull is still present. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museum of the Northwestern Front in Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from the Lovat River in 1981 and became a monument to Soviet tankers in Korovitchino village (Novgorod Oblast). The vehicle was given to the museum in May 2004. The tank has inauthentic tracks. T 26 mod. 1933 in the El Goloso Barracks Museum in Madrid (Spain): the tank (Spanish tactical number 135) with Nationalist Spanish markings with pressed gun mask is armed with a Hotchkiss machine gun instead of a DT tank machine gun. Produced in 1936. The anti aircraft machine gun and the hand rail radio antenna are late dummies. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museo Histórico Militar de Cartagena, Spain with Nationalist Spanish markings, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): Finnish tactical number Ps 163–33, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): this tank is described in many sources as early version of the T 26 mod. 1933. But in reality this is the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–16) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank (which can be identified by rivets for mounting of a burning mixture tank, rivets for hinges of a filling hatch on the left side and a welded drain port on the right side behind a front track bogie) with a mounted riveted turret with a small rear niche from the early BT 5 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): the Finnish wartime modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–28) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the BT 7 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in front of the Istanbul Military Museum (Turkey). One of the 64 T 26 Tanks that were purchased from Russia in 1934. The T 26 remained in service with the Turkish army until 1943. T 26 mod. 1939 in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): this tank with pressed turret front armoured plate is in drivable condition (the GAZ 41 engine from the BRDM 2 was installed in 2005). The tank has combat damage taken during the Great Patriotic War (many marks from armour piercing bullets and a welded hole on the right side of the turret from a 50 mm shell). T 26 mod. 1939 in the Parola Tank Museum, (Finland): the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 164–7); a hull from a KhT 133 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the T 26 mod. 1938/1939 and a ball mount for the DT tank machine gun in a hull front armoured plate. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): in reality this is the TU 26 teletank control vehicle with a dummy flame thrower. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Military Unit No. 05776 in Borzya, Chita Oblast (Russia): monument (since 1995) with an incomplete chassis (one track bogie is missing; tracks and driving wheels were taken from the M3 Stuart American light tank). Before 1990 the vehicle stood in the territory of one of military units of the Soviet 39th Army (located in Mongolia) of the Transbaikal Military District. The single preserved KhT 130 at the present time. T 26 Model 1933 in the Bovington tank museum, UK. T 26A vehicle. Recovered, converted into a T 26B and used by Finnish forces.
Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 in the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow (Russia): this tank from the 115th Rifle Division with shell holes was raised from a river bottom on the site of river crossing at Nevsky Pyatachok in July 1989 by Katran diving club. The vehicle was restored at the Pärnu Training Tank Regiment of the Leningrad Military District. It was donated to the museum in February 1998. Only two such vehicles are preserved at the present time. Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 with gun plus machine gun armament and riveted hull in the Kubinka Tank Museum in Moscow Oblast (Russia). The single surviving twin turreted T 26 armed with the 37 mm gun. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow (Russia): this late production variant was transferred from Kubinka Tank Museum in the 1980s. T 26 mod. 1933 in the museum diorama "Breaching of the Leningrad Blockade" in Mar'ino village near Kirovsk, Leningrad Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from a river bottom at Nevsky Pyatachok in May 2003, without its turret and with a large shell hole on the right side of the hull. It is now displayed with a turret, but the shell hole in the hull is still present. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museum of the Northwestern Front in Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from the Lovat River in 1981 and became a monument to Soviet tankers in Korovitchino village (Novgorod Oblast). The vehicle was given to the museum in May 2004. The tank has inauthentic tracks. T 26 mod. 1933 in the El Goloso Barracks Museum in Madrid (Spain): the tank (Spanish tactical number 135) with Nationalist Spanish markings with pressed gun mask is armed with a Hotchkiss machine gun instead of a DT tank machine gun. Produced in 1936. The anti aircraft machine gun and the hand rail radio antenna are late dummies. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museo Histórico Militar de Cartagena, Spain with Nationalist Spanish markings, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): Finnish tactical number Ps 163–33, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): this tank is described in many sources as early version of the T 26 mod. 1933. But in reality this is the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–16) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank (which can be identified by rivets for mounting of a burning mixture tank, rivets for hinges of a filling hatch on the left side and a welded drain port on the right side behind a front track bogie) with a mounted riveted turret with a small rear niche from the early BT 5 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): the Finnish wartime modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–28) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the BT 7 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in front of the Istanbul Military Museum (Turkey). One of the 64 T 26 Tanks that were purchased from Russia in 1934. The T 26 remained in service with the Turkish army until 1943. T 26 mod. 1939 in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): this tank with pressed turret front armoured plate is in drivable condition (the GAZ 41 engine from the BRDM 2 was installed in 2005). The tank has combat damage taken during the Great Patriotic War (many marks from armour piercing bullets and a welded hole on the right side of the turret from a 50 mm shell). T 26 mod. 1939 in the Parola Tank Museum, (Finland): the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 164–7); a hull from a KhT 133 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the T 26 mod. 1938/1939 and a ball mount for the DT tank machine gun in a hull front armoured plate. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): in reality this is the TU 26 teletank control vehicle with a dummy flame thrower. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Military Unit No. 05776 in Borzya, Chita Oblast (Russia): monument (since 1995) with an incomplete chassis (one track bogie is missing; tracks and driving wheels were taken from the M3 Stuart American light tank). Before 1990 the vehicle stood in the territory of one of military units of the Soviet 39th Army (located in Mongolia) of the Transbaikal Military District. The single preserved KhT 130 at the present time. T 26 Model 1933 in the Bovington tank museum, UK. T 26A vehicle. Recovered, converted into a T 26B and used by Finnish forces.
Т-26 обр. 1933 в Музее танков Парола (Финляндия): финская военная модернизация (финский тактический номер Ps 163–28) корпуса от огнемётного танка ХТ-26 с установленной башней от легкого танка БТ-7.
There are about 45 T 26 tanks of various models preserved in different museums and military schools (mainly Russian, Spanish, Turkish and Finnish). The most notable of them are:
Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 in the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow (Russia): this tank from the 115th Rifle Division with shell holes was raised from a river bottom on the site of river crossing at Nevsky Pyatachok in July 1989 by Katran diving club. The vehicle was restored at the Pärnu Training Tank Regiment of the Leningrad Military District. It was donated to the museum in February 1998. Only two such vehicles are preserved at the present time. Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 with gun plus machine gun armament and riveted hull in the Kubinka Tank Museum in Moscow Oblast (Russia). The single surviving twin turreted T 26 armed with the 37 mm gun. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow (Russia): this late production variant was transferred from Kubinka Tank Museum in the 1980s. T 26 mod. 1933 in the museum diorama "Breaching of the Leningrad Blockade" in Mar'ino village near Kirovsk, Leningrad Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from a river bottom at Nevsky Pyatachok in May 2003, without its turret and with a large shell hole on the right side of the hull. It is now displayed with a turret, but the shell hole in the hull is still present. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museum of the Northwestern Front in Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from the Lovat River in 1981 and became a monument to Soviet tankers in Korovitchino village (Novgorod Oblast). The vehicle was given to the museum in May 2004. The tank has inauthentic tracks. T 26 mod. 1933 in the El Goloso Barracks Museum in Madrid (Spain): the tank (Spanish tactical number 135) with Nationalist Spanish markings with pressed gun mask is armed with a Hotchkiss machine gun instead of a DT tank machine gun. Produced in 1936. The anti aircraft machine gun and the hand rail radio antenna are late dummies. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museo Histórico Militar de Cartagena, Spain with Nationalist Spanish markings, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): Finnish tactical number Ps 163–33, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): this tank is described in many sources as early version of the T 26 mod. 1933. But in reality this is the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–16) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank (which can be identified by rivets for mounting of a burning mixture tank, rivets for hinges of a filling hatch on the left side and a welded drain port on the right side behind a front track bogie) with a mounted riveted turret with a small rear niche from the early BT 5 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): the Finnish wartime modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–28) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the BT 7 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in front of the Istanbul Military Museum (Turkey). One of the 64 T 26 Tanks that were purchased from Russia in 1934. The T 26 remained in service with the Turkish army until 1943. T 26 mod. 1939 in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): this tank with pressed turret front armoured plate is in drivable condition (the GAZ 41 engine from the BRDM 2 was installed in 2005). The tank has combat damage taken during the Great Patriotic War (many marks from armour piercing bullets and a welded hole on the right side of the turret from a 50 mm shell). T 26 mod. 1939 in the Parola Tank Museum, (Finland): the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 164–7); a hull from a KhT 133 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the T 26 mod. 1938/1939 and a ball mount for the DT tank machine gun in a hull front armoured plate. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): in reality this is the TU 26 teletank control vehicle with a dummy flame thrower. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Military Unit No. 05776 in Borzya, Chita Oblast (Russia): monument (since 1995) with an incomplete chassis (one track bogie is missing; tracks and driving wheels were taken from the M3 Stuart American light tank). Before 1990 the vehicle stood in the territory of one of military units of the Soviet 39th Army (located in Mongolia) of the Transbaikal Military District. The single preserved KhT 130 at the present time. T 26 Model 1933 in the Bovington tank museum, UK. T 26A vehicle. Recovered, converted into a T 26B and used by Finnish forces.
Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 in the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow (Russia): this tank from the 115th Rifle Division with shell holes was raised from a river bottom on the site of river crossing at Nevsky Pyatachok in July 1989 by Katran diving club. The vehicle was restored at the Pärnu Training Tank Regiment of the Leningrad Military District. It was donated to the museum in February 1998. Only two such vehicles are preserved at the present time. Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 with gun plus machine gun armament and riveted hull in the Kubinka Tank Museum in Moscow Oblast (Russia). The single surviving twin turreted T 26 armed with the 37 mm gun. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow (Russia): this late production variant was transferred from Kubinka Tank Museum in the 1980s. T 26 mod. 1933 in the museum diorama "Breaching of the Leningrad Blockade" in Mar'ino village near Kirovsk, Leningrad Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from a river bottom at Nevsky Pyatachok in May 2003, without its turret and with a large shell hole on the right side of the hull. It is now displayed with a turret, but the shell hole in the hull is still present. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museum of the Northwestern Front in Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from the Lovat River in 1981 and became a monument to Soviet tankers in Korovitchino village (Novgorod Oblast). The vehicle was given to the museum in May 2004. The tank has inauthentic tracks. T 26 mod. 1933 in the El Goloso Barracks Museum in Madrid (Spain): the tank (Spanish tactical number 135) with Nationalist Spanish markings with pressed gun mask is armed with a Hotchkiss machine gun instead of a DT tank machine gun. Produced in 1936. The anti aircraft machine gun and the hand rail radio antenna are late dummies. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museo Histórico Militar de Cartagena, Spain with Nationalist Spanish markings, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): Finnish tactical number Ps 163–33, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): this tank is described in many sources as early version of the T 26 mod. 1933. But in reality this is the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–16) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank (which can be identified by rivets for mounting of a burning mixture tank, rivets for hinges of a filling hatch on the left side and a welded drain port on the right side behind a front track bogie) with a mounted riveted turret with a small rear niche from the early BT 5 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): the Finnish wartime modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–28) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the BT 7 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in front of the Istanbul Military Museum (Turkey). One of the 64 T 26 Tanks that were purchased from Russia in 1934. The T 26 remained in service with the Turkish army until 1943. T 26 mod. 1939 in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): this tank with pressed turret front armoured plate is in drivable condition (the GAZ 41 engine from the BRDM 2 was installed in 2005). The tank has combat damage taken during the Great Patriotic War (many marks from armour piercing bullets and a welded hole on the right side of the turret from a 50 mm shell). T 26 mod. 1939 in the Parola Tank Museum, (Finland): the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 164–7); a hull from a KhT 133 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the T 26 mod. 1938/1939 and a ball mount for the DT tank machine gun in a hull front armoured plate. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): in reality this is the TU 26 teletank control vehicle with a dummy flame thrower. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Military Unit No. 05776 in Borzya, Chita Oblast (Russia): monument (since 1995) with an incomplete chassis (one track bogie is missing; tracks and driving wheels were taken from the M3 Stuart American light tank). Before 1990 the vehicle stood in the territory of one of military units of the Soviet 39th Army (located in Mongolia) of the Transbaikal Military District. The single preserved KhT 130 at the present time. T 26 Model 1933 in the Bovington tank museum, UK. T 26A vehicle. Recovered, converted into a T 26B and used by Finnish forces.
Т-26 обр. 1933 перед Стамбульским военным музеем (Турция). Один из 64 танков Т-26, приобретенных у России в 1934 году. Т-26 оставался на вооружении турецкой армии до 1943 года.
There are about 45 T 26 tanks of various models preserved in different museums and military schools (mainly Russian, Spanish, Turkish and Finnish). The most notable of them are:
Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 in the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow (Russia): this tank from the 115th Rifle Division with shell holes was raised from a river bottom on the site of river crossing at Nevsky Pyatachok in July 1989 by Katran diving club. The vehicle was restored at the Pärnu Training Tank Regiment of the Leningrad Military District. It was donated to the museum in February 1998. Only two such vehicles are preserved at the present time. Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 with gun plus machine gun armament and riveted hull in the Kubinka Tank Museum in Moscow Oblast (Russia). The single surviving twin turreted T 26 armed with the 37 mm gun. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow (Russia): this late production variant was transferred from Kubinka Tank Museum in the 1980s. T 26 mod. 1933 in the museum diorama "Breaching of the Leningrad Blockade" in Mar'ino village near Kirovsk, Leningrad Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from a river bottom at Nevsky Pyatachok in May 2003, without its turret and with a large shell hole on the right side of the hull. It is now displayed with a turret, but the shell hole in the hull is still present. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museum of the Northwestern Front in Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from the Lovat River in 1981 and became a monument to Soviet tankers in Korovitchino village (Novgorod Oblast). The vehicle was given to the museum in May 2004. The tank has inauthentic tracks. T 26 mod. 1933 in the El Goloso Barracks Museum in Madrid (Spain): the tank (Spanish tactical number 135) with Nationalist Spanish markings with pressed gun mask is armed with a Hotchkiss machine gun instead of a DT tank machine gun. Produced in 1936. The anti aircraft machine gun and the hand rail radio antenna are late dummies. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museo Histórico Militar de Cartagena, Spain with Nationalist Spanish markings, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): Finnish tactical number Ps 163–33, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): this tank is described in many sources as early version of the T 26 mod. 1933. But in reality this is the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–16) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank (which can be identified by rivets for mounting of a burning mixture tank, rivets for hinges of a filling hatch on the left side and a welded drain port on the right side behind a front track bogie) with a mounted riveted turret with a small rear niche from the early BT 5 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): the Finnish wartime modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–28) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the BT 7 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in front of the Istanbul Military Museum (Turkey). One of the 64 T 26 Tanks that were purchased from Russia in 1934. The T 26 remained in service with the Turkish army until 1943. T 26 mod. 1939 in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): this tank with pressed turret front armoured plate is in drivable condition (the GAZ 41 engine from the BRDM 2 was installed in 2005). The tank has combat damage taken during the Great Patriotic War (many marks from armour piercing bullets and a welded hole on the right side of the turret from a 50 mm shell). T 26 mod. 1939 in the Parola Tank Museum, (Finland): the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 164–7); a hull from a KhT 133 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the T 26 mod. 1938/1939 and a ball mount for the DT tank machine gun in a hull front armoured plate. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): in reality this is the TU 26 teletank control vehicle with a dummy flame thrower. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Military Unit No. 05776 in Borzya, Chita Oblast (Russia): monument (since 1995) with an incomplete chassis (one track bogie is missing; tracks and driving wheels were taken from the M3 Stuart American light tank). Before 1990 the vehicle stood in the territory of one of military units of the Soviet 39th Army (located in Mongolia) of the Transbaikal Military District. The single preserved KhT 130 at the present time. T 26 Model 1933 in the Bovington tank museum, UK. T 26A vehicle. Recovered, converted into a T 26B and used by Finnish forces.
Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 in the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow (Russia): this tank from the 115th Rifle Division with shell holes was raised from a river bottom on the site of river crossing at Nevsky Pyatachok in July 1989 by Katran diving club. The vehicle was restored at the Pärnu Training Tank Regiment of the Leningrad Military District. It was donated to the museum in February 1998. Only two such vehicles are preserved at the present time. Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 with gun plus machine gun armament and riveted hull in the Kubinka Tank Museum in Moscow Oblast (Russia). The single surviving twin turreted T 26 armed with the 37 mm gun. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow (Russia): this late production variant was transferred from Kubinka Tank Museum in the 1980s. T 26 mod. 1933 in the museum diorama "Breaching of the Leningrad Blockade" in Mar'ino village near Kirovsk, Leningrad Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from a river bottom at Nevsky Pyatachok in May 2003, without its turret and with a large shell hole on the right side of the hull. It is now displayed with a turret, but the shell hole in the hull is still present. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museum of the Northwestern Front in Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from the Lovat River in 1981 and became a monument to Soviet tankers in Korovitchino village (Novgorod Oblast). The vehicle was given to the museum in May 2004. The tank has inauthentic tracks. T 26 mod. 1933 in the El Goloso Barracks Museum in Madrid (Spain): the tank (Spanish tactical number 135) with Nationalist Spanish markings with pressed gun mask is armed with a Hotchkiss machine gun instead of a DT tank machine gun. Produced in 1936. The anti aircraft machine gun and the hand rail radio antenna are late dummies. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museo Histórico Militar de Cartagena, Spain with Nationalist Spanish markings, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): Finnish tactical number Ps 163–33, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): this tank is described in many sources as early version of the T 26 mod. 1933. But in reality this is the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–16) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank (which can be identified by rivets for mounting of a burning mixture tank, rivets for hinges of a filling hatch on the left side and a welded drain port on the right side behind a front track bogie) with a mounted riveted turret with a small rear niche from the early BT 5 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): the Finnish wartime modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–28) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the BT 7 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in front of the Istanbul Military Museum (Turkey). One of the 64 T 26 Tanks that were purchased from Russia in 1934. The T 26 remained in service with the Turkish army until 1943. T 26 mod. 1939 in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): this tank with pressed turret front armoured plate is in drivable condition (the GAZ 41 engine from the BRDM 2 was installed in 2005). The tank has combat damage taken during the Great Patriotic War (many marks from armour piercing bullets and a welded hole on the right side of the turret from a 50 mm shell). T 26 mod. 1939 in the Parola Tank Museum, (Finland): the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 164–7); a hull from a KhT 133 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the T 26 mod. 1938/1939 and a ball mount for the DT tank machine gun in a hull front armoured plate. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): in reality this is the TU 26 teletank control vehicle with a dummy flame thrower. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Military Unit No. 05776 in Borzya, Chita Oblast (Russia): monument (since 1995) with an incomplete chassis (one track bogie is missing; tracks and driving wheels were taken from the M3 Stuart American light tank). Before 1990 the vehicle stood in the territory of one of military units of the Soviet 39th Army (located in Mongolia) of the Transbaikal Military District. The single preserved KhT 130 at the present time. T 26 Model 1933 in the Bovington tank museum, UK. T 26A vehicle. Recovered, converted into a T 26B and used by Finnish forces.
Т-26 обр. 1939 в Музее танков Кубинки Московской области (Россия): этот танк с прижимной передней бронеплитой башни находится в ходовом состоянии (двигатель ГАЗ-41 от БРДМ-2 был установлен в 2005 году). На танке имеются боевые повреждения, полученные в годы Великой Отечественной войны (множественные следы от бронебойных пуль и сварное отверстие на правой стороне башни от 50-мм снаряда).
There are about 45 T 26 tanks of various models preserved in different museums and military schools (mainly Russian, Spanish, Turkish and Finnish). The most notable of them are:
Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 in the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow (Russia): this tank from the 115th Rifle Division with shell holes was raised from a river bottom on the site of river crossing at Nevsky Pyatachok in July 1989 by Katran diving club. The vehicle was restored at the Pärnu Training Tank Regiment of the Leningrad Military District. It was donated to the museum in February 1998. Only two such vehicles are preserved at the present time. Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 with gun plus machine gun armament and riveted hull in the Kubinka Tank Museum in Moscow Oblast (Russia). The single surviving twin turreted T 26 armed with the 37 mm gun. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow (Russia): this late production variant was transferred from Kubinka Tank Museum in the 1980s. T 26 mod. 1933 in the museum diorama "Breaching of the Leningrad Blockade" in Mar'ino village near Kirovsk, Leningrad Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from a river bottom at Nevsky Pyatachok in May 2003, without its turret and with a large shell hole on the right side of the hull. It is now displayed with a turret, but the shell hole in the hull is still present. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museum of the Northwestern Front in Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from the Lovat River in 1981 and became a monument to Soviet tankers in Korovitchino village (Novgorod Oblast). The vehicle was given to the museum in May 2004. The tank has inauthentic tracks. T 26 mod. 1933 in the El Goloso Barracks Museum in Madrid (Spain): the tank (Spanish tactical number 135) with Nationalist Spanish markings with pressed gun mask is armed with a Hotchkiss machine gun instead of a DT tank machine gun. Produced in 1936. The anti aircraft machine gun and the hand rail radio antenna are late dummies. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museo Histórico Militar de Cartagena, Spain with Nationalist Spanish markings, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): Finnish tactical number Ps 163–33, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): this tank is described in many sources as early version of the T 26 mod. 1933. But in reality this is the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–16) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank (which can be identified by rivets for mounting of a burning mixture tank, rivets for hinges of a filling hatch on the left side and a welded drain port on the right side behind a front track bogie) with a mounted riveted turret with a small rear niche from the early BT 5 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): the Finnish wartime modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–28) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the BT 7 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in front of the Istanbul Military Museum (Turkey). One of the 64 T 26 Tanks that were purchased from Russia in 1934. The T 26 remained in service with the Turkish army until 1943. T 26 mod. 1939 in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): this tank with pressed turret front armoured plate is in drivable condition (the GAZ 41 engine from the BRDM 2 was installed in 2005). The tank has combat damage taken during the Great Patriotic War (many marks from armour piercing bullets and a welded hole on the right side of the turret from a 50 mm shell). T 26 mod. 1939 in the Parola Tank Museum, (Finland): the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 164–7); a hull from a KhT 133 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the T 26 mod. 1938/1939 and a ball mount for the DT tank machine gun in a hull front armoured plate. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): in reality this is the TU 26 teletank control vehicle with a dummy flame thrower. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Military Unit No. 05776 in Borzya, Chita Oblast (Russia): monument (since 1995) with an incomplete chassis (one track bogie is missing; tracks and driving wheels were taken from the M3 Stuart American light tank). Before 1990 the vehicle stood in the territory of one of military units of the Soviet 39th Army (located in Mongolia) of the Transbaikal Military District. The single preserved KhT 130 at the present time. T 26 Model 1933 in the Bovington tank museum, UK. T 26A vehicle. Recovered, converted into a T 26B and used by Finnish forces.
Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 in the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow (Russia): this tank from the 115th Rifle Division with shell holes was raised from a river bottom on the site of river crossing at Nevsky Pyatachok in July 1989 by Katran diving club. The vehicle was restored at the Pärnu Training Tank Regiment of the Leningrad Military District. It was donated to the museum in February 1998. Only two such vehicles are preserved at the present time. Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 with gun plus machine gun armament and riveted hull in the Kubinka Tank Museum in Moscow Oblast (Russia). The single surviving twin turreted T 26 armed with the 37 mm gun. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow (Russia): this late production variant was transferred from Kubinka Tank Museum in the 1980s. T 26 mod. 1933 in the museum diorama "Breaching of the Leningrad Blockade" in Mar'ino village near Kirovsk, Leningrad Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from a river bottom at Nevsky Pyatachok in May 2003, without its turret and with a large shell hole on the right side of the hull. It is now displayed with a turret, but the shell hole in the hull is still present. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museum of the Northwestern Front in Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from the Lovat River in 1981 and became a monument to Soviet tankers in Korovitchino village (Novgorod Oblast). The vehicle was given to the museum in May 2004. The tank has inauthentic tracks. T 26 mod. 1933 in the El Goloso Barracks Museum in Madrid (Spain): the tank (Spanish tactical number 135) with Nationalist Spanish markings with pressed gun mask is armed with a Hotchkiss machine gun instead of a DT tank machine gun. Produced in 1936. The anti aircraft machine gun and the hand rail radio antenna are late dummies. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museo Histórico Militar de Cartagena, Spain with Nationalist Spanish markings, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): Finnish tactical number Ps 163–33, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): this tank is described in many sources as early version of the T 26 mod. 1933. But in reality this is the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–16) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank (which can be identified by rivets for mounting of a burning mixture tank, rivets for hinges of a filling hatch on the left side and a welded drain port on the right side behind a front track bogie) with a mounted riveted turret with a small rear niche from the early BT 5 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): the Finnish wartime modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–28) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the BT 7 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in front of the Istanbul Military Museum (Turkey). One of the 64 T 26 Tanks that were purchased from Russia in 1934. The T 26 remained in service with the Turkish army until 1943. T 26 mod. 1939 in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): this tank with pressed turret front armoured plate is in drivable condition (the GAZ 41 engine from the BRDM 2 was installed in 2005). The tank has combat damage taken during the Great Patriotic War (many marks from armour piercing bullets and a welded hole on the right side of the turret from a 50 mm shell). T 26 mod. 1939 in the Parola Tank Museum, (Finland): the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 164–7); a hull from a KhT 133 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the T 26 mod. 1938/1939 and a ball mount for the DT tank machine gun in a hull front armoured plate. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): in reality this is the TU 26 teletank control vehicle with a dummy flame thrower. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Military Unit No. 05776 in Borzya, Chita Oblast (Russia): monument (since 1995) with an incomplete chassis (one track bogie is missing; tracks and driving wheels were taken from the M3 Stuart American light tank). Before 1990 the vehicle stood in the territory of one of military units of the Soviet 39th Army (located in Mongolia) of the Transbaikal Military District. The single preserved KhT 130 at the present time. T 26 Model 1933 in the Bovington tank museum, UK. T 26A vehicle. Recovered, converted into a T 26B and used by Finnish forces.
Т-26 обр. 1939 в Музее танков Парола (Финляндия): финская военная модернизация (финский тактический номер Ps 164–7); корпус от огнемётного танка ХТ-133 с установленной башней от Т-26 обр. 1938/1939 и шаровой установкой для танкового пулемета ДТ в корпусе передней бронеплиты.
There are about 45 T 26 tanks of various models preserved in different museums and military schools (mainly Russian, Spanish, Turkish and Finnish). The most notable of them are:
Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 in the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow (Russia): this tank from the 115th Rifle Division with shell holes was raised from a river bottom on the site of river crossing at Nevsky Pyatachok in July 1989 by Katran diving club. The vehicle was restored at the Pärnu Training Tank Regiment of the Leningrad Military District. It was donated to the museum in February 1998. Only two such vehicles are preserved at the present time. Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 with gun plus machine gun armament and riveted hull in the Kubinka Tank Museum in Moscow Oblast (Russia). The single surviving twin turreted T 26 armed with the 37 mm gun. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow (Russia): this late production variant was transferred from Kubinka Tank Museum in the 1980s. T 26 mod. 1933 in the museum diorama "Breaching of the Leningrad Blockade" in Mar'ino village near Kirovsk, Leningrad Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from a river bottom at Nevsky Pyatachok in May 2003, without its turret and with a large shell hole on the right side of the hull. It is now displayed with a turret, but the shell hole in the hull is still present. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museum of the Northwestern Front in Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from the Lovat River in 1981 and became a monument to Soviet tankers in Korovitchino village (Novgorod Oblast). The vehicle was given to the museum in May 2004. The tank has inauthentic tracks. T 26 mod. 1933 in the El Goloso Barracks Museum in Madrid (Spain): the tank (Spanish tactical number 135) with Nationalist Spanish markings with pressed gun mask is armed with a Hotchkiss machine gun instead of a DT tank machine gun. Produced in 1936. The anti aircraft machine gun and the hand rail radio antenna are late dummies. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museo Histórico Militar de Cartagena, Spain with Nationalist Spanish markings, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): Finnish tactical number Ps 163–33, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): this tank is described in many sources as early version of the T 26 mod. 1933. But in reality this is the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–16) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank (which can be identified by rivets for mounting of a burning mixture tank, rivets for hinges of a filling hatch on the left side and a welded drain port on the right side behind a front track bogie) with a mounted riveted turret with a small rear niche from the early BT 5 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): the Finnish wartime modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–28) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the BT 7 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in front of the Istanbul Military Museum (Turkey). One of the 64 T 26 Tanks that were purchased from Russia in 1934. The T 26 remained in service with the Turkish army until 1943. T 26 mod. 1939 in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): this tank with pressed turret front armoured plate is in drivable condition (the GAZ 41 engine from the BRDM 2 was installed in 2005). The tank has combat damage taken during the Great Patriotic War (many marks from armour piercing bullets and a welded hole on the right side of the turret from a 50 mm shell). T 26 mod. 1939 in the Parola Tank Museum, (Finland): the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 164–7); a hull from a KhT 133 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the T 26 mod. 1938/1939 and a ball mount for the DT tank machine gun in a hull front armoured plate. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): in reality this is the TU 26 teletank control vehicle with a dummy flame thrower. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Military Unit No. 05776 in Borzya, Chita Oblast (Russia): monument (since 1995) with an incomplete chassis (one track bogie is missing; tracks and driving wheels were taken from the M3 Stuart American light tank). Before 1990 the vehicle stood in the territory of one of military units of the Soviet 39th Army (located in Mongolia) of the Transbaikal Military District. The single preserved KhT 130 at the present time. T 26 Model 1933 in the Bovington tank museum, UK. T 26A vehicle. Recovered, converted into a T 26B and used by Finnish forces.
Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 in the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow (Russia): this tank from the 115th Rifle Division with shell holes was raised from a river bottom on the site of river crossing at Nevsky Pyatachok in July 1989 by Katran diving club. The vehicle was restored at the Pärnu Training Tank Regiment of the Leningrad Military District. It was donated to the museum in February 1998. Only two such vehicles are preserved at the present time. Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 with gun plus machine gun armament and riveted hull in the Kubinka Tank Museum in Moscow Oblast (Russia). The single surviving twin turreted T 26 armed with the 37 mm gun. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow (Russia): this late production variant was transferred from Kubinka Tank Museum in the 1980s. T 26 mod. 1933 in the museum diorama "Breaching of the Leningrad Blockade" in Mar'ino village near Kirovsk, Leningrad Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from a river bottom at Nevsky Pyatachok in May 2003, without its turret and with a large shell hole on the right side of the hull. It is now displayed with a turret, but the shell hole in the hull is still present. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museum of the Northwestern Front in Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from the Lovat River in 1981 and became a monument to Soviet tankers in Korovitchino village (Novgorod Oblast). The vehicle was given to the museum in May 2004. The tank has inauthentic tracks. T 26 mod. 1933 in the El Goloso Barracks Museum in Madrid (Spain): the tank (Spanish tactical number 135) with Nationalist Spanish markings with pressed gun mask is armed with a Hotchkiss machine gun instead of a DT tank machine gun. Produced in 1936. The anti aircraft machine gun and the hand rail radio antenna are late dummies. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museo Histórico Militar de Cartagena, Spain with Nationalist Spanish markings, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): Finnish tactical number Ps 163–33, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): this tank is described in many sources as early version of the T 26 mod. 1933. But in reality this is the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–16) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank (which can be identified by rivets for mounting of a burning mixture tank, rivets for hinges of a filling hatch on the left side and a welded drain port on the right side behind a front track bogie) with a mounted riveted turret with a small rear niche from the early BT 5 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): the Finnish wartime modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–28) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the BT 7 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in front of the Istanbul Military Museum (Turkey). One of the 64 T 26 Tanks that were purchased from Russia in 1934. The T 26 remained in service with the Turkish army until 1943. T 26 mod. 1939 in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): this tank with pressed turret front armoured plate is in drivable condition (the GAZ 41 engine from the BRDM 2 was installed in 2005). The tank has combat damage taken during the Great Patriotic War (many marks from armour piercing bullets and a welded hole on the right side of the turret from a 50 mm shell). T 26 mod. 1939 in the Parola Tank Museum, (Finland): the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 164–7); a hull from a KhT 133 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the T 26 mod. 1938/1939 and a ball mount for the DT tank machine gun in a hull front armoured plate. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): in reality this is the TU 26 teletank control vehicle with a dummy flame thrower. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Military Unit No. 05776 in Borzya, Chita Oblast (Russia): monument (since 1995) with an incomplete chassis (one track bogie is missing; tracks and driving wheels were taken from the M3 Stuart American light tank). Before 1990 the vehicle stood in the territory of one of military units of the Soviet 39th Army (located in Mongolia) of the Transbaikal Military District. The single preserved KhT 130 at the present time. T 26 Model 1933 in the Bovington tank museum, UK. T 26A vehicle. Recovered, converted into a T 26B and used by Finnish forces.
Огнемётный танк ХТ-130 в Музее танков Кубинки Московской области (Россия): на самом деле это телеуправляемый танк ТУ-26 с макетной огнемётной установкой.
There are about 45 T 26 tanks of various models preserved in different museums and military schools (mainly Russian, Spanish, Turkish and Finnish). The most notable of them are:
Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 in the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow (Russia): this tank from the 115th Rifle Division with shell holes was raised from a river bottom on the site of river crossing at Nevsky Pyatachok in July 1989 by Katran diving club. The vehicle was restored at the Pärnu Training Tank Regiment of the Leningrad Military District. It was donated to the museum in February 1998. Only two such vehicles are preserved at the present time. Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 with gun plus machine gun armament and riveted hull in the Kubinka Tank Museum in Moscow Oblast (Russia). The single surviving twin turreted T 26 armed with the 37 mm gun. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow (Russia): this late production variant was transferred from Kubinka Tank Museum in the 1980s. T 26 mod. 1933 in the museum diorama "Breaching of the Leningrad Blockade" in Mar'ino village near Kirovsk, Leningrad Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from a river bottom at Nevsky Pyatachok in May 2003, without its turret and with a large shell hole on the right side of the hull. It is now displayed with a turret, but the shell hole in the hull is still present. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museum of the Northwestern Front in Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from the Lovat River in 1981 and became a monument to Soviet tankers in Korovitchino village (Novgorod Oblast). The vehicle was given to the museum in May 2004. The tank has inauthentic tracks. T 26 mod. 1933 in the El Goloso Barracks Museum in Madrid (Spain): the tank (Spanish tactical number 135) with Nationalist Spanish markings with pressed gun mask is armed with a Hotchkiss machine gun instead of a DT tank machine gun. Produced in 1936. The anti aircraft machine gun and the hand rail radio antenna are late dummies. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museo Histórico Militar de Cartagena, Spain with Nationalist Spanish markings, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): Finnish tactical number Ps 163–33, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): this tank is described in many sources as early version of the T 26 mod. 1933. But in reality this is the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–16) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank (which can be identified by rivets for mounting of a burning mixture tank, rivets for hinges of a filling hatch on the left side and a welded drain port on the right side behind a front track bogie) with a mounted riveted turret with a small rear niche from the early BT 5 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): the Finnish wartime modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–28) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the BT 7 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in front of the Istanbul Military Museum (Turkey). One of the 64 T 26 Tanks that were purchased from Russia in 1934. The T 26 remained in service with the Turkish army until 1943. T 26 mod. 1939 in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): this tank with pressed turret front armoured plate is in drivable condition (the GAZ 41 engine from the BRDM 2 was installed in 2005). The tank has combat damage taken during the Great Patriotic War (many marks from armour piercing bullets and a welded hole on the right side of the turret from a 50 mm shell). T 26 mod. 1939 in the Parola Tank Museum, (Finland): the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 164–7); a hull from a KhT 133 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the T 26 mod. 1938/1939 and a ball mount for the DT tank machine gun in a hull front armoured plate. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): in reality this is the TU 26 teletank control vehicle with a dummy flame thrower. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Military Unit No. 05776 in Borzya, Chita Oblast (Russia): monument (since 1995) with an incomplete chassis (one track bogie is missing; tracks and driving wheels were taken from the M3 Stuart American light tank). Before 1990 the vehicle stood in the territory of one of military units of the Soviet 39th Army (located in Mongolia) of the Transbaikal Military District. The single preserved KhT 130 at the present time. T 26 Model 1933 in the Bovington tank museum, UK. T 26A vehicle. Recovered, converted into a T 26B and used by Finnish forces.
Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 in the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow (Russia): this tank from the 115th Rifle Division with shell holes was raised from a river bottom on the site of river crossing at Nevsky Pyatachok in July 1989 by Katran diving club. The vehicle was restored at the Pärnu Training Tank Regiment of the Leningrad Military District. It was donated to the museum in February 1998. Only two such vehicles are preserved at the present time. Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 with gun plus machine gun armament and riveted hull in the Kubinka Tank Museum in Moscow Oblast (Russia). The single surviving twin turreted T 26 armed with the 37 mm gun. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow (Russia): this late production variant was transferred from Kubinka Tank Museum in the 1980s. T 26 mod. 1933 in the museum diorama "Breaching of the Leningrad Blockade" in Mar'ino village near Kirovsk, Leningrad Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from a river bottom at Nevsky Pyatachok in May 2003, without its turret and with a large shell hole on the right side of the hull. It is now displayed with a turret, but the shell hole in the hull is still present. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museum of the Northwestern Front in Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from the Lovat River in 1981 and became a monument to Soviet tankers in Korovitchino village (Novgorod Oblast). The vehicle was given to the museum in May 2004. The tank has inauthentic tracks. T 26 mod. 1933 in the El Goloso Barracks Museum in Madrid (Spain): the tank (Spanish tactical number 135) with Nationalist Spanish markings with pressed gun mask is armed with a Hotchkiss machine gun instead of a DT tank machine gun. Produced in 1936. The anti aircraft machine gun and the hand rail radio antenna are late dummies. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museo Histórico Militar de Cartagena, Spain with Nationalist Spanish markings, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): Finnish tactical number Ps 163–33, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): this tank is described in many sources as early version of the T 26 mod. 1933. But in reality this is the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–16) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank (which can be identified by rivets for mounting of a burning mixture tank, rivets for hinges of a filling hatch on the left side and a welded drain port on the right side behind a front track bogie) with a mounted riveted turret with a small rear niche from the early BT 5 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): the Finnish wartime modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–28) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the BT 7 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in front of the Istanbul Military Museum (Turkey). One of the 64 T 26 Tanks that were purchased from Russia in 1934. The T 26 remained in service with the Turkish army until 1943. T 26 mod. 1939 in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): this tank with pressed turret front armoured plate is in drivable condition (the GAZ 41 engine from the BRDM 2 was installed in 2005). The tank has combat damage taken during the Great Patriotic War (many marks from armour piercing bullets and a welded hole on the right side of the turret from a 50 mm shell). T 26 mod. 1939 in the Parola Tank Museum, (Finland): the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 164–7); a hull from a KhT 133 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the T 26 mod. 1938/1939 and a ball mount for the DT tank machine gun in a hull front armoured plate. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): in reality this is the TU 26 teletank control vehicle with a dummy flame thrower. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Military Unit No. 05776 in Borzya, Chita Oblast (Russia): monument (since 1995) with an incomplete chassis (one track bogie is missing; tracks and driving wheels were taken from the M3 Stuart American light tank). Before 1990 the vehicle stood in the territory of one of military units of the Soviet 39th Army (located in Mongolia) of the Transbaikal Military District. The single preserved KhT 130 at the present time. T 26 Model 1933 in the Bovington tank museum, UK. T 26A vehicle. Recovered, converted into a T 26B and used by Finnish forces.
Огнемётный танк ХТ-130 в Военной части № 05776 в Борзе, Читинская область (Россия): памятник (с 1995 года) с неполным шасси (отсутствует один поддерживающий каток; траки и ведущие колеса были взяты с американского легкого танка M3 Stuart). До 1990 года машина стояла на территории одной из воинских частей советской 39-й армии (располагавшейся в Монголии) Забайкальского военного округа. Единственный сохранившийся ХТ-130 на сегодняшний день.
There are about 45 T 26 tanks of various models preserved in different museums and military schools (mainly Russian, Spanish, Turkish and Finnish). The most notable of them are:
Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 in the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow (Russia): this tank from the 115th Rifle Division with shell holes was raised from a river bottom on the site of river crossing at Nevsky Pyatachok in July 1989 by Katran diving club. The vehicle was restored at the Pärnu Training Tank Regiment of the Leningrad Military District. It was donated to the museum in February 1998. Only two such vehicles are preserved at the present time. Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 with gun plus machine gun armament and riveted hull in the Kubinka Tank Museum in Moscow Oblast (Russia). The single surviving twin turreted T 26 armed with the 37 mm gun. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow (Russia): this late production variant was transferred from Kubinka Tank Museum in the 1980s. T 26 mod. 1933 in the museum diorama "Breaching of the Leningrad Blockade" in Mar'ino village near Kirovsk, Leningrad Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from a river bottom at Nevsky Pyatachok in May 2003, without its turret and with a large shell hole on the right side of the hull. It is now displayed with a turret, but the shell hole in the hull is still present. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museum of the Northwestern Front in Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from the Lovat River in 1981 and became a monument to Soviet tankers in Korovitchino village (Novgorod Oblast). The vehicle was given to the museum in May 2004. The tank has inauthentic tracks. T 26 mod. 1933 in the El Goloso Barracks Museum in Madrid (Spain): the tank (Spanish tactical number 135) with Nationalist Spanish markings with pressed gun mask is armed with a Hotchkiss machine gun instead of a DT tank machine gun. Produced in 1936. The anti aircraft machine gun and the hand rail radio antenna are late dummies. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museo Histórico Militar de Cartagena, Spain with Nationalist Spanish markings, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): Finnish tactical number Ps 163–33, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): this tank is described in many sources as early version of the T 26 mod. 1933. But in reality this is the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–16) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank (which can be identified by rivets for mounting of a burning mixture tank, rivets for hinges of a filling hatch on the left side and a welded drain port on the right side behind a front track bogie) with a mounted riveted turret with a small rear niche from the early BT 5 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): the Finnish wartime modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–28) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the BT 7 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in front of the Istanbul Military Museum (Turkey). One of the 64 T 26 Tanks that were purchased from Russia in 1934. The T 26 remained in service with the Turkish army until 1943. T 26 mod. 1939 in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): this tank with pressed turret front armoured plate is in drivable condition (the GAZ 41 engine from the BRDM 2 was installed in 2005). The tank has combat damage taken during the Great Patriotic War (many marks from armour piercing bullets and a welded hole on the right side of the turret from a 50 mm shell). T 26 mod. 1939 in the Parola Tank Museum, (Finland): the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 164–7); a hull from a KhT 133 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the T 26 mod. 1938/1939 and a ball mount for the DT tank machine gun in a hull front armoured plate. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): in reality this is the TU 26 teletank control vehicle with a dummy flame thrower. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Military Unit No. 05776 in Borzya, Chita Oblast (Russia): monument (since 1995) with an incomplete chassis (one track bogie is missing; tracks and driving wheels were taken from the M3 Stuart American light tank). Before 1990 the vehicle stood in the territory of one of military units of the Soviet 39th Army (located in Mongolia) of the Transbaikal Military District. The single preserved KhT 130 at the present time. T 26 Model 1933 in the Bovington tank museum, UK. T 26A vehicle. Recovered, converted into a T 26B and used by Finnish forces.
Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 in the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow (Russia): this tank from the 115th Rifle Division with shell holes was raised from a river bottom on the site of river crossing at Nevsky Pyatachok in July 1989 by Katran diving club. The vehicle was restored at the Pärnu Training Tank Regiment of the Leningrad Military District. It was donated to the museum in February 1998. Only two such vehicles are preserved at the present time. Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 with gun plus machine gun armament and riveted hull in the Kubinka Tank Museum in Moscow Oblast (Russia). The single surviving twin turreted T 26 armed with the 37 mm gun. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow (Russia): this late production variant was transferred from Kubinka Tank Museum in the 1980s. T 26 mod. 1933 in the museum diorama "Breaching of the Leningrad Blockade" in Mar'ino village near Kirovsk, Leningrad Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from a river bottom at Nevsky Pyatachok in May 2003, without its turret and with a large shell hole on the right side of the hull. It is now displayed with a turret, but the shell hole in the hull is still present. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museum of the Northwestern Front in Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from the Lovat River in 1981 and became a monument to Soviet tankers in Korovitchino village (Novgorod Oblast). The vehicle was given to the museum in May 2004. The tank has inauthentic tracks. T 26 mod. 1933 in the El Goloso Barracks Museum in Madrid (Spain): the tank (Spanish tactical number 135) with Nationalist Spanish markings with pressed gun mask is armed with a Hotchkiss machine gun instead of a DT tank machine gun. Produced in 1936. The anti aircraft machine gun and the hand rail radio antenna are late dummies. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museo Histórico Militar de Cartagena, Spain with Nationalist Spanish markings, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): Finnish tactical number Ps 163–33, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): this tank is described in many sources as early version of the T 26 mod. 1933. But in reality this is the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–16) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank (which can be identified by rivets for mounting of a burning mixture tank, rivets for hinges of a filling hatch on the left side and a welded drain port on the right side behind a front track bogie) with a mounted riveted turret with a small rear niche from the early BT 5 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): the Finnish wartime modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–28) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the BT 7 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in front of the Istanbul Military Museum (Turkey). One of the 64 T 26 Tanks that were purchased from Russia in 1934. The T 26 remained in service with the Turkish army until 1943. T 26 mod. 1939 in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): this tank with pressed turret front armoured plate is in drivable condition (the GAZ 41 engine from the BRDM 2 was installed in 2005). The tank has combat damage taken during the Great Patriotic War (many marks from armour piercing bullets and a welded hole on the right side of the turret from a 50 mm shell). T 26 mod. 1939 in the Parola Tank Museum, (Finland): the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 164–7); a hull from a KhT 133 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the T 26 mod. 1938/1939 and a ball mount for the DT tank machine gun in a hull front armoured plate. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): in reality this is the TU 26 teletank control vehicle with a dummy flame thrower. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Military Unit No. 05776 in Borzya, Chita Oblast (Russia): monument (since 1995) with an incomplete chassis (one track bogie is missing; tracks and driving wheels were taken from the M3 Stuart American light tank). Before 1990 the vehicle stood in the territory of one of military units of the Soviet 39th Army (located in Mongolia) of the Transbaikal Military District. The single preserved KhT 130 at the present time. T 26 Model 1933 in the Bovington tank museum, UK. T 26A vehicle. Recovered, converted into a T 26B and used by Finnish forces.
Т-26 обр. 1933 в музее танков Бовингтон, Великобритания. Машина Т-26А. Восстановлена, переоборудована в Т-26Б и использовалась финскими войсками.
There are about 45 T 26 tanks of various models preserved in different museums and military schools (mainly Russian, Spanish, Turkish and Finnish). The most notable of them are:
Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 in the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow (Russia): this tank from the 115th Rifle Division with shell holes was raised from a river bottom on the site of river crossing at Nevsky Pyatachok in July 1989 by Katran diving club. The vehicle was restored at the Pärnu Training Tank Regiment of the Leningrad Military District. It was donated to the museum in February 1998. Only two such vehicles are preserved at the present time. Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 with gun plus machine gun armament and riveted hull in the Kubinka Tank Museum in Moscow Oblast (Russia). The single surviving twin turreted T 26 armed with the 37 mm gun. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow (Russia): this late production variant was transferred from Kubinka Tank Museum in the 1980s. T 26 mod. 1933 in the museum diorama "Breaching of the Leningrad Blockade" in Mar'ino village near Kirovsk, Leningrad Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from a river bottom at Nevsky Pyatachok in May 2003, without its turret and with a large shell hole on the right side of the hull. It is now displayed with a turret, but the shell hole in the hull is still present. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museum of the Northwestern Front in Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from the Lovat River in 1981 and became a monument to Soviet tankers in Korovitchino village (Novgorod Oblast). The vehicle was given to the museum in May 2004. The tank has inauthentic tracks. T 26 mod. 1933 in the El Goloso Barracks Museum in Madrid (Spain): the tank (Spanish tactical number 135) with Nationalist Spanish markings with pressed gun mask is armed with a Hotchkiss machine gun instead of a DT tank machine gun. Produced in 1936. The anti aircraft machine gun and the hand rail radio antenna are late dummies. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museo Histórico Militar de Cartagena, Spain with Nationalist Spanish markings, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): Finnish tactical number Ps 163–33, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): this tank is described in many sources as early version of the T 26 mod. 1933. But in reality this is the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–16) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank (which can be identified by rivets for mounting of a burning mixture tank, rivets for hinges of a filling hatch on the left side and a welded drain port on the right side behind a front track bogie) with a mounted riveted turret with a small rear niche from the early BT 5 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): the Finnish wartime modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–28) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the BT 7 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in front of the Istanbul Military Museum (Turkey). One of the 64 T 26 Tanks that were purchased from Russia in 1934. The T 26 remained in service with the Turkish army until 1943. T 26 mod. 1939 in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): this tank with pressed turret front armoured plate is in drivable condition (the GAZ 41 engine from the BRDM 2 was installed in 2005). The tank has combat damage taken during the Great Patriotic War (many marks from armour piercing bullets and a welded hole on the right side of the turret from a 50 mm shell). T 26 mod. 1939 in the Parola Tank Museum, (Finland): the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 164–7); a hull from a KhT 133 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the T 26 mod. 1938/1939 and a ball mount for the DT tank machine gun in a hull front armoured plate. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): in reality this is the TU 26 teletank control vehicle with a dummy flame thrower. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Military Unit No. 05776 in Borzya, Chita Oblast (Russia): monument (since 1995) with an incomplete chassis (one track bogie is missing; tracks and driving wheels were taken from the M3 Stuart American light tank). Before 1990 the vehicle stood in the territory of one of military units of the Soviet 39th Army (located in Mongolia) of the Transbaikal Military District. The single preserved KhT 130 at the present time. T 26 Model 1933 in the Bovington tank museum, UK. T 26A vehicle. Recovered, converted into a T 26B and used by Finnish forces.
Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 in the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow (Russia): this tank from the 115th Rifle Division with shell holes was raised from a river bottom on the site of river crossing at Nevsky Pyatachok in July 1989 by Katran diving club. The vehicle was restored at the Pärnu Training Tank Regiment of the Leningrad Military District. It was donated to the museum in February 1998. Only two such vehicles are preserved at the present time. Twin turreted T 26 mod. 1931 with gun plus machine gun armament and riveted hull in the Kubinka Tank Museum in Moscow Oblast (Russia). The single surviving twin turreted T 26 armed with the 37 mm gun. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow (Russia): this late production variant was transferred from Kubinka Tank Museum in the 1980s. T 26 mod. 1933 in the museum diorama "Breaching of the Leningrad Blockade" in Mar'ino village near Kirovsk, Leningrad Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from a river bottom at Nevsky Pyatachok in May 2003, without its turret and with a large shell hole on the right side of the hull. It is now displayed with a turret, but the shell hole in the hull is still present. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museum of the Northwestern Front in Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast (Russia): this tank was raised from the Lovat River in 1981 and became a monument to Soviet tankers in Korovitchino village (Novgorod Oblast). The vehicle was given to the museum in May 2004. The tank has inauthentic tracks. T 26 mod. 1933 in the El Goloso Barracks Museum in Madrid (Spain): the tank (Spanish tactical number 135) with Nationalist Spanish markings with pressed gun mask is armed with a Hotchkiss machine gun instead of a DT tank machine gun. Produced in 1936. The anti aircraft machine gun and the hand rail radio antenna are late dummies. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Museo Histórico Militar de Cartagena, Spain with Nationalist Spanish markings, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): Finnish tactical number Ps 163–33, in drivable condition. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): this tank is described in many sources as early version of the T 26 mod. 1933. But in reality this is the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–16) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank (which can be identified by rivets for mounting of a burning mixture tank, rivets for hinges of a filling hatch on the left side and a welded drain port on the right side behind a front track bogie) with a mounted riveted turret with a small rear niche from the early BT 5 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in the Parola Tank Museum (Finland): the Finnish wartime modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 163–28) of a hull from KhT 26 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the BT 7 light tank. T 26 mod. 1933 in front of the Istanbul Military Museum (Turkey). One of the 64 T 26 Tanks that were purchased from Russia in 1934. The T 26 remained in service with the Turkish army until 1943. T 26 mod. 1939 in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): this tank with pressed turret front armoured plate is in drivable condition (the GAZ 41 engine from the BRDM 2 was installed in 2005). The tank has combat damage taken during the Great Patriotic War (many marks from armour piercing bullets and a welded hole on the right side of the turret from a 50 mm shell). T 26 mod. 1939 in the Parola Tank Museum, (Finland): the Finnish war time modernization (Finnish tactical number Ps 164–7); a hull from a KhT 133 flame throwing tank with a mounted turret from the T 26 mod. 1938/1939 and a ball mount for the DT tank machine gun in a hull front armoured plate. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow Oblast (Russia): in reality this is the TU 26 teletank control vehicle with a dummy flame thrower. KhT 130 flame throwing tank in the Military Unit No. 05776 in Borzya, Chita Oblast (Russia): monument (since 1995) with an incomplete chassis (one track bogie is missing; tracks and driving wheels were taken from the M3 Stuart American light tank). Before 1990 the vehicle stood in the territory of one of military units of the Soviet 39th Army (located in Mongolia) of the Transbaikal Military District. The single preserved KhT 130 at the present time. T 26 Model 1933 in the Bovington tank museum, UK. T 26A vehicle. Recovered, converted into a T 26B and used by Finnish forces.
Опубликованные источники
Специальный выпуск № 2. Индекс подписки в каталоге «Роспечать» 73474. Дейли, Джон (1999). «Советские и немецкие советники испытывают доктрину» в журнале «Armor», 1 мая 1999 года. Форт-Нокс, Кентукки: Бронетанковый центр Армии США. ISSN 0004 2420. Хьюз Уилсон, Джон (2006). «Снег и бойня у Суомуссальми» в журнале «Military History», 1 января 2006 года. ISSN 0889 7328. Вудль, Розмари С. (апрель 2003). «Замерзая в аду» в журнале «Military History», том 20, выпуск 1. ISSN 0889 7328. Залога, Стивен Дж. «Советские танковые операции в Гражданской войне в Испании» в журнале «Journal of Slavic Military Studies», том 12, № 3, сентябрь 1999 года. Залога, Стивен Дж., Джеймс Грандсен (1981). Советские тяжелые танки. Лондон: Osprey Publishing. Залога, Стивен Дж., Джеймс Грандсен (1984). Советские танки и боевые машины Второй мировой войны. Лондон: Arms and Armour Press.
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Танк Т-26, Т-26 модификации 1939 года в рабочем состоянии из Музея танков Кубинки, Россия (с кратким историческим обзором бронетанковых войск СССР того времени, на русском языке).
Танк Т-26, Т-26 модификации 1939 года в рабочем состоянии из Музея танков Кубинки (Россия).
Танк Т-26, реплика Т-26 модификации 1933 года (с исторической диорамой, на русском языке).
Танк Т-26, Т-26 модификации 1939 года в рабочем состоянии из Танкового музея Парола (Финляндия).
Танк Т-26, Т-26 модификации 1939 года в рабочем состоянии из Танкового музея Парола (Финляндия).
Tank T 26, T 26 mod. 1939 in drivable condition from the Kubinka Tank Museum, Russia (with short historical background about the armoured forces of the USSR at that time, in Russian)
Tank T 26, T 26 mod. 1939 in drivable condition from the Kubinka Tank Museum (Russia)
Tank T 26, replica of T 26 mod. 1933 (with a historical scene, in Russian)
Tank T 26, T 26 mod. 1939 in drivable condition from the Parola Tank Museum (Finland)
Tank T 26, T 26 mod. 1939 in drivable condition from the Parola Tank Museum (Finland)
Tank T 26, T 26 mod. 1939 in drivable condition from the Kubinka Tank Museum (Russia)
Tank T 26, replica of T 26 mod. 1933 (with a historical scene, in Russian)
Tank T 26, T 26 mod. 1939 in drivable condition from the Parola Tank Museum (Finland)
Tank T 26, T 26 mod. 1939 in drivable condition from the Parola Tank Museum (Finland)