Armoured Fighting Vehicles of the Interwar Period - Combat History of the T-26, L3-35, Davidson-Cadillac Armored Car, Tks, Sdkfz 265 Panzerbefehlswagen, Arsenal Crossley, Carden Loyd Tankette, Lancia Izm, T-27 (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Combat history of the T-26, L3/35, Davidson-Cadillac armored car, TKS, SdKfz 265 Panzerbefehlswagen, Arsenal Crossley, Carden Loyd tankette, Lancia IZM, T-27, List of interwar armoured fighting vehicles, Ford FT-B, L3/33, King Armored Car, FAI armoured car, Samochod pancerny wz. 29, Jeffery armored car, White armored car, D-8 Armored Car, Samochod pancerny wz. 34, ADGZ. Excerpt: Though nearly obsolete by the beginning of World War II, 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. 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 Soviet T-26 light tanks last saw use in August 1945, in Manchuria. The T-26 was used extensively in the armies of Spain, China and Turkey. In addition, captured T-26 light tanks were used by the Finnish, German, Romanian and Hungarian armies. T-26 mod. 1931 light tanks in pre-war Soviet markings (colours of lines stand for corresponding tank unit numbers). The 1 Mechanized Brigade on tactical exercises. The Moscow Military District. 1933.The first unit equipped with the T-26 was the 1 Mechanized Brigade named after K.B. Kalinovsky (the Moscow Military District). Tanks delivered to the Red Army through the end of 1931 were unarmed and intended for training, and the T-26 entered active service in 1932 only. The first series-produced T-26 tanks were showed to the public during the military parade on Red Square in Moscow on November 7 1931. New mechanized brigades, each equipped with 178 T-26 tanks, were also organized at that time. The RKKA Staff decided to form larger tank units based on experience gained in military exercises of 1931-1932: so mechanized corps were created in the Moscow...