The official AHF Equipment of Allies & Neutrals quiz
Excellent answer, Juha!
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That was Soviet light tank of infantry support T-19. Two prototypes were built in 1931 (and third was not finished) as the possible serial replacement of light tank MS-1 (so the supposition of Davide was quite close!). T-19 was a very good tank but extremelly complicated in production (as many bearings were used in construction) and two times more expensive than British Vickers 6-ton (which was produced as license copy T-26 in USSR), so its production never started and the production of T-26 began instead.
Specifications: 8 t; 3 men; 4-16mm armor (sloping armor for the first time); 1x37mm + 2x7.62mm; 100 hp engine T-19; 27 km/h; 192 km range.
T-19 had several interesting technical features - it was equipped for the first time with interior ventilator of positive pressure and special filters as the equipment of chemical defense against all known poison gases (in 3 hours filters should be replaced anew); also special dropped pneumatic pontoons (which were in serial production later) could be used with T-19 during operations across water; the most unusual feature was the possibility of connection two tanks ("coupling tanks") for wide trench crossing.
In 1930-1931 several experimental AFVs were built, using T-19 chassis: 76.2mm SPG, AA SPG with 4x7.62mm MGs; AT SPG with 37mm gun; radio tank; tank with smoke generator; bridge-laying tank.
http://armor.kiev.ua/Tanks/WWI/1sov/t19_1.jpg
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Where did you find the answer?
That was Soviet light tank of infantry support T-19. Two prototypes were built in 1931 (and third was not finished) as the possible serial replacement of light tank MS-1 (so the supposition of Davide was quite close!). T-19 was a very good tank but extremelly complicated in production (as many bearings were used in construction) and two times more expensive than British Vickers 6-ton (which was produced as license copy T-26 in USSR), so its production never started and the production of T-26 began instead.
Specifications: 8 t; 3 men; 4-16mm armor (sloping armor for the first time); 1x37mm + 2x7.62mm; 100 hp engine T-19; 27 km/h; 192 km range.
T-19 had several interesting technical features - it was equipped for the first time with interior ventilator of positive pressure and special filters as the equipment of chemical defense against all known poison gases (in 3 hours filters should be replaced anew); also special dropped pneumatic pontoons (which were in serial production later) could be used with T-19 during operations across water; the most unusual feature was the possibility of connection two tanks ("coupling tanks") for wide trench crossing.
In 1930-1931 several experimental AFVs were built, using T-19 chassis: 76.2mm SPG, AA SPG with 4x7.62mm MGs; AT SPG with 37mm gun; radio tank; tank with smoke generator; bridge-laying tank.
http://armor.kiev.ua/Tanks/WWI/1sov/t19_1.jpg
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Thank you BPBIGpanzer wrote:Excellent answer, Juha!
From the web.Where did you find the answer?
Well... the riveted turret and specially the commanders cupola resembled very much of those at the Soviet T-18 tank. After searching for the different variations of that type, and finding out that the hull at all of them was too "narrow", I cheked the successors...after 18 comes...19. [/quote]
http://www.battlefield.ru/index.php?opt ... 50&lang=ru
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And the next question, from the Republic of Finland, is...what is this "object" at the photo?
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True.Michael Emrys wrote:Whatever it is, it looks like it's been out in the weather for a while.
Sorry but not an electronic device.I'd guess a radio or similar electronic device on a wheeled carriage to make it more portable (those things were heavy back in those days).
The "X" is even more heavy than an old time radio (that's why the solid iron wheels) The carriage resembles the series production "version" of it.
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.... ....conversion...BIGpanzer wrote:I don't know as I saw such "device" for the first time.. It looks like a set of perforated plates - some kind of radiator or heating system, seems strange?....
Any hints?
Conversation or conversion?Juha wrote:
This is a AFAIK experimental "field conversation" device, a combination of two items.
This has inspired the carriage builders...
http://www.fscwv.edu/users/lboggess/moscow98.htm
...and the upper part ...?
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Dear Juha! It seems obvious that the carriage of that thing was inspired by HMG mounting (I also thought about Sokolov or Vladimirov mounting for Maxim mod.1910 HMG, but the primitive carriage on your photo is not from Maxim, may be it was self-made), but what about upper part - I have no ideas...........
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PS The design of Maxim HMG Sokolov mounting - it was found in 2005:
http://iskatel.tulanews.ru/gallery/main ... alNumber=2
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PS The design of Maxim HMG Sokolov mounting - it was found in 2005:
http://iskatel.tulanews.ru/gallery/main ... alNumber=2
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