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7TP
The 7TP (siedmiotonowy polski, lit. 'Polish 7-tonne') was a Polish light tank of the Second World War. It was developed from the British Vickers 6-ton. A standard tank of the Polish Army during the 1939 Polish Campaign, its production did not exceed 150 vehicles. Its chassis was used as the base for the C7P artillery tractor.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- 7TP
- Weapon.image
- File:Lekki czołg 7 TP podczas pokonywania nasypu (1-W-1657-1).jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300px
- Weapon.caption
- Single-turret 7TP
- Weapon.origin
- Second Polish Republic
- Weapon.used_by
- Second Polish RepublicNazi Germany (captured)
- Weapon.type
- Light tank
- Weapon.is_vehicle
- yes
- Weapon.wars
- World War II
- Weapon.production_date
- 1935-1939
- Weapon.number
- 149 (+13 9TP prototypes)
- Weapon.variants
- twin-turret 7TP single-turret 7TP9TP (prototypes only)
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- Design
- Foreign interest
- Combat history
- Reconstruction
- Operators
- See also
- Bibliography
- References
- External links
The 7TP (siedmiotonowy polski, lit. 'Polish 7-tonne') was a Polish light tank of the Second World War. It was developed from the British Vickers 6-ton. A standard tank of the Polish Army during the 1939 Polish Campaign, its production did not exceed 150 vehicles. Its chassis was used as the base for the C7P artillery tractor.
==Design== thumb|left|A twin-turreted version of the 7TP, pictured reclaiming Trans-Olza in October 1938 following the [[Munich Agreement]] The 7TP was the Polish development of the British Vickers 6-ton Mark E tank licence. Comparing to Vickers, the main new features of 7TP were: a better, more reliable and powerful diesel engine, a 37 mm anti-tank gun, thicker armour (17 mm instead of 13 mm on the front), modified ventilation, the Gundlach tank periscope, and a radio. About 132 tanks were produced between 1935 and the outbreak of the war, plus four iron prototypes. The designation 7TP meant "7 Tonne, Polish" (in fact its weight increased to 9 tonnes after the initial prototype).