T-19
Sign in to saveThe T-19 was a Soviet light tank design of the interwar years. Conceived as the mainstay of the new Soviet tank armies, it was a development of the T-18, ultimately based on the First World War-era French Renault FT. When ready for production in 1931, it was already obsolete; the project was terminated in favour of the Vickers based T-26.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- T-19
- Weapon.caption
- T-19
- Weapon.image
- T-19_Light_Tank.png
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.origin
- Soviet Union
- Weapon.type
- Light tank
- Weapon.is_vehicle
- yes
- Weapon.designer
- Ginzburg
- Weapon.design_date
- 1929
- Weapon.production_date
- 1931
- Weapon.number
- Unknown
- Weapon.weight
- 7.20-8.10 tons
- Weapon.length
- 4.50 m
- Weapon.width
- 2.30 m
- Weapon.height
- 2.18 m
- Weapon.crew
- 3
- Weapon.primary_armament
- 37 mm gun
- Weapon.secondary_armament
- 2 x DT machine gun
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- light tank
- Country of origin
- Soviet Union
- Designed by
- Semyon Ginzburg
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- T-19
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Technical requirements
- Armor
- Armament
- Self containment
- Maneuverability
- Political decision
- Production
- References
- External links
The T-19 was a Soviet light tank design of the interwar years. Conceived as the mainstay of the new Soviet tank armies, it was a development of the T-18, ultimately based on the First World War-era French Renault FT. When ready for production in 1931, it was already obsolete; the project was terminated in favour of the Vickers based T-26.
==Technical requirements== The T-19 was to become the mainstay of the mobile subdivisions of the USSR. The main requirements for the T-19 were: The ability to overcome the majority of field fortifications and wire entanglements without the aid of a “tail” and at maximum speed firepower should ensure superiority on the battlefield over all known combat vehicles of similar mass armor should protect its crew from rifle and machine-gun bullets at all distances, and from the fire of 37 mm guns beyond 1000 meters
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “T-19” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.