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BT-5 wheel-track tank with cylindrical turret 1/72 UMT 360

BT-5 wheel-track tank with cylindrical turret 1/72 UMT 360
BT-5 wheel-track tank with cylindrical turret 1/72 UMT 360

BT-5 wheel-track tank with cylindrical turret 
1/72scale plastic model kit
 UMT360

Manufacturer: UMmt (Ukraine)
Scale: 1/72
Material: Plastic
Condition: New in Box

The BT tanks (Russian: Ð‘ыстроходный танк (БТ), Bystrokhodny tank, lit. "fast moving tank" or "high-speed tank") were a series of Soviet cavalry tanksproduced in large numbers between 1932 and 1941. They were lightly armoured, but reasonably well-armed for their time, and had the best mobility of all contemporary tanks of the world. The BT tanks were known by the nickname Betka from the acronym, or its diminutive Betushka.

The direct successor of the BT tanks would be the famous T-34 medium tank, introduced in 1940, which would replace all of the Soviet fast tanks, infantry tanks, and medium tanks in service.The BT tanks were "convertible tanks". This was a feature designed by J. Walter Christie to reduce wear of the unreliable tank tracks of the 1930s. In about thirty minutes the crew could remove the tracks and engage a chain driveto the rearmost road wheel on each side, allowing the tank to travel at very high speeds on roads. In wheeled mode the tank was steered by pivoting the front road wheels. However, Soviet tank forces soon found the convertible option of little practical use in a country with few paved roads, and it consumed space and added needless complexity and weight. The feature was dropped from later Soviet designs.

BT-5: larger cylindrical turret, 45mm 20-K gun, coaxial DT machine gun.

  • BT-5 Model 1933: new turret with twin hatches and larger bustle.
  • BT-5PKh: snorkelling variant (prototypes only).
  • BT-5A: artillery support version with 76.2mm howitzer (few made).
  • RBT-5: rocket launcher artillery version, equipped with two 420mm tank torpedoes (prototypes only).
  • BT-5 flamethrower tank: (prototypes only).
  • BT-5-IS: experimental model with heavily sloped front armor, it served as "sloped armor testbed" together with the BT-SW-2 experimental tank.

BT-5

BT-5

Type Light cavalry tank
Place of origin  Soviet Union
Service history
In service 1932–45
Wars Spanish Civil War, Soviet–Japanese border conflicts, Winter War. World War II
Production history
Designer J. Walter Christie, Morozov
Designed 1930–31
Manufacturer KhPZ
Produced 1932–41
Number built BT-2: 650 BT-5: 1884 BT-7: 5556
Variants BT-2, BT-5, BT-7, BT-7M
Specifications (BT-5)
Weight 11.5 tonnes (12.676 tons)
Length 5.58 m (18 ft 4 in)
Width 2.23 m (7 ft 4 in)
Height 2.25 m (7 ft 5 in)
Crew 3

General Product Info
Material NOT SET
Scale 1/72
Type Tank

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