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Yes, dear Varjag, of course you are right!
That was Soviet flame throwing wheeled-tracked tank T-46-1. Two prototypes were built by Kirov pilot engineering plant No. 185 (Leningrad) in 1935-1936. They were successfully tested by the army and it was planned to start their large serial production by Voroshilov plant No. 174 instead of light tanks T-26. In December 1936 four serial tanks (50 were ordered as the first series) were produced but then the production stopped because the tank was very complicated.
T-46-1 could be equipped with 45mm gun or 76.2mm gun PS-3, also it had smoke curtain installation and radio station. The tank could move on wheels immediately after the damage of tracks.
Specifications: 17.2 t; 3 men crew; 1x45mm gun mod. 1934 (101 shells) + 3x7.62mm MGs (including one AA, 2709 rounds) + flame thrower KS-45 (50 l of burning mixture); 8-15 mm armor; 330 hp engine MT-5-1; 58 km/h on tracks or 80 km/h on wheels; 225-400 km range (428 l of petrol).
Several experimental AFVs were developed, using T-46 chassis: telemechanical tank T-46-2 (1937); chemical tank XT-46 with modified flame thrower (500 l, range 60 m) for flame throwing + smoke generation + area contamination by poison gas (1937); T-46-3 with sloped armor plates (1938); SPG AT-2 with 76.2 mm gun PS-3 (1937); command tank T-46-4 (1937). Also special diesel was developed for T-46 tanks. But all works were stopped in 1938.
http://mtg.domek.org/rosja/foto/t46.jpg (wheeled-tracked flame throwing tank T-46-1)
The photo of restored T-46-1 above was from Moscow museum of Great Patriotic war. That unique tank was lost during the Winter war and was found in the Karelian isthmus in 2002 - http://www.pobeda-60.ru/site/reportagi/183/pic11.jpg
That was Soviet flame throwing wheeled-tracked tank T-46-1. Two prototypes were built by Kirov pilot engineering plant No. 185 (Leningrad) in 1935-1936. They were successfully tested by the army and it was planned to start their large serial production by Voroshilov plant No. 174 instead of light tanks T-26. In December 1936 four serial tanks (50 were ordered as the first series) were produced but then the production stopped because the tank was very complicated.
T-46-1 could be equipped with 45mm gun or 76.2mm gun PS-3, also it had smoke curtain installation and radio station. The tank could move on wheels immediately after the damage of tracks.
Specifications: 17.2 t; 3 men crew; 1x45mm gun mod. 1934 (101 shells) + 3x7.62mm MGs (including one AA, 2709 rounds) + flame thrower KS-45 (50 l of burning mixture); 8-15 mm armor; 330 hp engine MT-5-1; 58 km/h on tracks or 80 km/h on wheels; 225-400 km range (428 l of petrol).
Several experimental AFVs were developed, using T-46 chassis: telemechanical tank T-46-2 (1937); chemical tank XT-46 with modified flame thrower (500 l, range 60 m) for flame throwing + smoke generation + area contamination by poison gas (1937); T-46-3 with sloped armor plates (1938); SPG AT-2 with 76.2 mm gun PS-3 (1937); command tank T-46-4 (1937). Also special diesel was developed for T-46 tanks. But all works were stopped in 1938.
http://mtg.domek.org/rosja/foto/t46.jpg (wheeled-tracked flame throwing tank T-46-1)
The photo of restored T-46-1 above was from Moscow museum of Great Patriotic war. That unique tank was lost during the Winter war and was found in the Karelian isthmus in 2002 - http://www.pobeda-60.ru/site/reportagi/183/pic11.jpg
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YABINT is right! ("only" the year is little wrong, its 1942 model)
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