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BT-7M

GENERAL DATA
BT-7 Model 1838/1939 (M = Modernized)
Fast/Convertible Tank (Medium/Cruiser)
None/71-TK-1*
Factory No. 183 Kharkov Locomotive Works (KhPZ)

3 (Command/loader, gunner, driver)

583 (48 Command Tanks)
1938-1941

(*) Command Tank only

DIMENSIONS
14650 kg
0.78 kg/cm²
5.66 m
5.66 m
0 m
2.42 m
2.29 m
0.40 m

 

ARMAMENT
45 mm Gun M1938 L/46 (1)
172*/188
360° (manual)
-4° to +40° (manual)
-
?
3 x 7.62 mm DT MG (2)
2394
1: Turret - 2: Rear Turret, Coaxial (gun), AA

(*) Command Tank only

ARMOR
Welding & riveting
22 mm / round
13 mm / 90°
13 mm / 32° (lower)
13 mm / 80° (upper)
6-10 mm / 0°
15 mm / 30° (glacis)
22 mm / 72° (driver)
-
10 mm / 35°
10 mm / 0°
15 mm / 78°
13 mm / 78°
15 mm / 75°
15 mm / 0-5°
15 mm / round
-
-
-

 

AUTOMOTIVE
W-2
V12
500 hp at 2200 rpm
34.13 hp / ton
3 forward, 1 reverse
790 L Diesel

 

SUSPENSION
Christie coil spring
4 independent double-road wheels
-
Rear, double
Front, double
-
Central guides, smooth steel links
260 mm
? mm
73
3.60 m

 

PERFORMANCES
50-86 km/h on wheels
38-62 km/h on tracks
700 km on wheels
500 km on tracks
? L/100 km on wheels
? L/100 km on tracks
40° (from horizontal)
2.0 m
0.55-0.75 m
1.2 m
12.2 m

 

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