T-27
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The T-27 was a tankette produced in the 1930s by the Soviet Union. It was based on the design of the Carden Loyd tankette, bought under license from the United Kingdom in 1930.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- T-27
- Weapon.image
- T-27 tank.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- A replica of the T-27 tankette on display in Kyiv, Ukraine
- Weapon.origin
- Soviet Union
- Weapon.type
- Tankette
- Weapon.is_vehicle
- yes
- Weapon.is_UK
- yes
- Weapon.service
- 1931–1941
- Weapon.used_by
- Hungary (captured) Romania (captured)
- Weapon.wars
- World War II
- Weapon.designer
- Sir John Carden-Vivian Loyd, N. Kozyrev, Factory No. 37, Moscow
- Weapon.manufacturer
- Bolshevik Factory, GAZ
- Weapon.production_date
- 1931–33
- Weapon.number
- 2,540
- Weapon.variants
- T-27A
- Weapon.spec_label
- T-27A
- Weapon.weight
- 2.7 tonnes
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Design
- Service
- Variants
- See also
- Comparable vehicles
- References
- Sources
- External links
The T-27 was a tankette produced in the 1930s by the Soviet Union. It was based on the design of the Carden Loyd tankette, bought under license from the United Kingdom in 1930.
==Design== The Soviets were not fully satisfied with the Carden Loyd design and made a number of changes before putting it into mass production under the designation of T-27. Compared with the British original, the hull was larger, the running gear was improved and the weapon mount was modified to take a Soviet 7.62 mm DT machine gun. A number of other changes were made by Chief Engineer N. Kozyrev and Lead Engineer K. Sirken to improve the tankette's ability to cope with the Russian climate and terrain. It lacked any communication devices, as communication between vehicles was intended to be carried out using signal flags.
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