Key facts
- Type
- Light tank
- Place of origin
- Soviet Union
- In service
- 1941–45
- Used by
- Soviet Union , Nazi Germany (captured), Poland (only for training), Romania (captured)
- Wars
- World War II
- Designer
- Nicholas Astrov
- Designed
- 1938–41
- Manufacturer
- Factory 37, Moscow/Sverdlovsk, GAZ , Gorky, Factory 38, Kirov , Factory 264, Stalingrad
- Produced
- 1941–43
- Number span no built
- 594 "T-40" T-60, 5417 "true" + 260 chassis for BM-8-24 (12 "T-40" and 248 "true")
- Mass
- 5.8 tonnes
- Length
- 4.10 m
- Width
- 2.30 m
- Height
- 1.75 m
- Armor
- 7–20 mm
- Main armament
- 20 mm TNSh cannon (750 rds.)
- Secondary armament
- 7.62 mm coax DT machine gun
- Engine
- GAZ -202 6-cylinder, 70 hp (52 kW)
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- light tank
- Country of origin
- Soviet Union
- Followed by
- T-70
- Follows
- T-40
- Mass
- 5.8
- Manufacturer
- GAZ
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- Танк Т-60 в Музее отечественной военной истории.jpg
- Height
- 1750
- Width
- 2392
- Length
- 4100
- Speed
- 44
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- Commons category
- T-60
- Commons gallery
- T-60
- service entry
- 1941-01-01
- service retirement
- 1945-01-01
- total produced
- 6292
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Encyclopedic overview
The T-60 scout tank was a light tank produced by the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1942. During this period, 6,292 units were built. The tank was designed to replace the obsolete T-38 amphibious scout tank and saw action during World War II.
The Kingdom of Romania used the T-60 chassis to build some locally-designed tank destroyers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “T-60” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.