BT tank - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Bt Tank: Encyclopedia - Bt Tank
BT-5 command tank, with horseshoe antenna around the turret top The Bystrokhodniy Tank (Fast Tank), was a series of Soviet 'cavalry tank...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bt Tank: Encyclopedia Ii - Bt Tank - Production History
In 1931 two experimental M1930 Christie tanks without turrets, designated BT-1, were purchased from the U.S. and delivered to the Kharkov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bt: Encyclopedia - Bt
BT may stand for: B.T. (tabloid), a Danish tabloid newspaper BT Group plc, formerly British Telecommunications BT tank, a series of Sovi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christie Suspension: Encyclopedia - Christie Suspension
The Christie suspension is a suspension system developed by Walter Christie for his tank designs. It allowed considerably longer movement...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cruiser Tank: Encyclopedia - Cruiser Tank
The cruiser tank (also called cavalry tank or fast tank) was a British tank design concept of the inter-war period. This concept was the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau: Encyclopedia Ii - Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau - History
KMDB started as the Tank Design Team of the Kharkov Locomotive Factory Komintern (KhPZ, now Malyshev Factory) in 1927, in Kharkov, Soviet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tank Classification: Encyclopedia Ii - Tank Classification - Tank Types
There were many names given to different tank types, and similar names do not assure the same design goals. Some light tanks were relativ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tank Classification: Encyclopedia Ii - Tank Classification - Specialist Tanks
Tanks have often been modified for special purposes. Often they provide armoured capability for combat engineers. These include tanks wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tank Classification: Encyclopedia Ii - Tank Classification - Classifying Tanks
Many classification systems have been used for tanks over the nearly one hundred years of their history. Classification has always been d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bt Tank: Encyclopedia Ii - Bt Tank - Technical Legacy
The BT series was numerous, forming the 'cavalry tank' arm of the pre-war Red Army, and had much better mobility than other contemporary ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bt Tank: Encyclopedia Ii - Bt Tank - Combat History
BT tanks were used in combat on several occasions prior to World War II. A battalion of BT-5s saw action on the Republican side in the Sp...   » Read the article