T-30 - Bilder og video

Bildegalleri av en T-30, T-30A, prototype for the T-40 amphibious light tank. The T-40 amphibious scout tank was an amphibious light tank used by the Soviet Union during World War II. It was armed with one 12.7 mm (0.5 in) DShK machine gun. It was one of the few tanks that could ford a river without a bridge.

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Den T-30 amfibisk speidertank var en sovjetisk lett stridsvogn utviklet i 1938 som en erstatning for T-38 stridsvognen. Den ble designet av Nicholas Astrovs team på fabrikk nr 37 i Moskva og delte samme chassis og motor som T-40-tanken. Hovedforskjellen mellom T-30 og T-40 var at førstnevnte hadde et ikke-amfibisk skrog med tykkere panser og et større tårn.
Den T-30 was armed with a 7.62mm DT machine gun and a 20mm TNSh autocannon, which gave it more firepower than its predecessor. The T-30 entered production in 1941 and saw limited service during World War II, mainly in reconnaissance and infantry support roles. However, it was soon found to be obsolete against the German tanks and was replaced by the T-60 tank in 1942. Only 335 T-30 tanks were built before production ceased in October 1941.