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BT Fast Tank: The Red Army's Cavalry Tank 1931-45 (New Vanguard)
BT Fast Tank The Red Army's Cavalry Tank 193145 - New Vanguard Author:Steven J. Zaloga An authoritative look at an important Soviet tank, which fought across the battlegroundsof the 1930s and World War II. — When the Red Army needed to mechanize its cavalry branch in the 1930s, the BT fasttank was its solution. Based on the American Christie high-speed tank, the Red Armybegan a program to adapt the design to its own needs. Early ve... more »rsions weremechanically unreliable and poorly armed but by the mid-1930s, the BT-5 emerged,armed with an excellent dual-purpose 45mm gun. It saw its combat debut in theSpanish Civil war in 1937 and was later used in the border battles with the JapaneseKwangtung Army in the late 1930s. The final production series, the BT-7, was the mostrefined version of the family.
One of the most common types in Red Army service in the first years of the SecondWorld War, BT tanks saw extensive combat in Poland, Finland, and the opening phasesof Operation Barbarossa in 1941 and latterly during the 1945 campaign against theJapanese in Manchuria ? this is the story of their design and development history.« less
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