Char léger T-46 - WalkAround

Serbatoio T-46
Paese	URSS
digitare	Carro leggero
Descrizione	Album de 66 foto walk-around du char T-46 ·

Galerie photo sur un Char léger T-46, Le tank russe T-46 · est un dérivé de son prédécesseur le char T-26. C’était un char convertible avec la possibilité de basculer soit en “mode chenilles”, soit en “mode roues” ce qui lui procurait un gain substantiel de vitesse. La tourelle et divers équipements furent conservés par rapport au T2-6 donc ce char n’est considéré que comme un prolongement du T-26 et non comme une réelle création, d’ailleurs sa production ne dépassa pas les quelques dizaines d’unités car il sera très rapidement surclassé par l’arrivée de la série des chars BT-5 et BT-7.

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The T-46 was an experimental Soviet light tank developed in the mid-1930s with the goal of increasing the mobility of the existing T-26 light tank. It was ultimately deemed too complex and expensive for mass production, leading to its cancellation after only a small number of prototypes and pre-production units were manufactured.

Key Characteristics and Design

The T-46 was essentially an attempt to merge the T-26’s general layout and armament with the high-speed mobility of the BT-series “fast tanks”:

Mobility Feature: The tank was designed with a **Christie suspension** system, which allowed it to operate on either its tracks or its large road wheels (a feature known as “wheeling”). This was intended to dramatically increase its speed on prepared roads.
Motore: It was powered by a liquid-cooled engine, with variants using up to ~330 hp, giving it a good power-to-weight ratio for a light tank.
Speed: Top speeds were around 58 km/h (36 mph) on tracks, and potentially higher on wheels.
Weight: Its combat weight was approximately 10.3 tonnes.

Armament and Armor

The tank carried standard Soviet light tank armament, but its armor offered minimal protection:

Primary Armament: One 45 mm 20-K cannon, a high-velocity weapon common on Soviet tanks of the period.
Secondary Armament: Typically included multiple 7.62 mm DT machine guns (coaxial and possibly hull-mounted). Some planned variants also incorporated a flamethrower.
Armatura: The armor was very thin, usually around 15 mm on the hull and turret front, providing protection only against small arms fire and shrapnel, but not dedicated anti-tank weapons.

Service and Legacy

The T-46 never entered full production because it was deemed technologically complex and costly, and it offered too few advantages over the existing BT-series. However, some of the handful of existing vehicles saw limited action:

A small number were used in the Winter War against Finland in 1940.
During the desperate defense of Moscow in 1941, some were stripped of their wheels and tracks and buried as static firing points (pillboxes) to bolster defense lines.

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