Armored Tractors

UpdatedJune 22, 2009
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Odessa, so called _Tank NI_

Odessa, so called "Tank NI" ("Na Ispug" - "To cause fear") equipped with T-26 type turret. It should be noted that a 7.62mm machine-gun "DT" is mounted instead of the original PS-1 gun [1]


NI Turret of "Tank NI" [3]
NI

Early variation of the STZ-5 armored tractor "Tank NI". Odessa. August 1941.[3]

NI

"Tanks NI" moving out of the gates of the "Yanvarskoye Vosstaniye" ["January rebellion"] factory [3]

Rem. AMVAS: I heard opinion this photo to be taken for the movie "Poezd v dalyokiy Avgust" of V. Lysenko, Odessa, 1971 and thus those vehicles are modern reproductions. This info need to be verified.

NI scheme "NI" scheme [2]
NI tractor

"NI" ("Na Ispug") Armored tractor. Odessa, 1941 (Not 1942 -AMVAS) [?]

  1. Hull;
  2. Sides;
  3. Engine bay cross-section;
  4. Turret;
  5. Mud guards;
  6. Armored protection to the running gear;
  7. Machine-gun shield;
  8. "DShK" machine-gun;
  9. Assembly eyebolt;
  10. Tool box;
  11. Exhaust;
  12. Side console of chassis;
  13. Frontal plate of chassis;
  14. Rear plate of chassis;
  15. Hitch;
  16. Tow hook;
  17. Idler;
  18. Main roller;
  19. Carriage axles;
  20. Driving-wheel;
  21. Carriage;
  22. Road wheels;
  23. "DT" machine-gun;


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KhTZ-16

Captured KhTZ-16 [4]NEW
KhTZ-16 Armored Tractor, 1942

KhTZ-16 Armored Tractor, Spring, 1942 (May be also be well known in the western literature as SU-45) [1]




Literature
  1. Legkiy tank T-26, Bronekollektsia, spetsialnyi vypusk No. 2
  2. S. Fedoseev, "Ser'yoznye shutki Odessitov",Voyennye Znaniya No. 8/1993
  3. I. Moshchanskiy, I Khokhlov. "Yuzhnoye napravleniye. Oboronitelnaya operatsiya Yuzhnogo fronta i Otdelnoy Primorskoy Armii 22 Iyunia - 16 oktiabrya 1941 goda", Moscow, Voyennaya Letopis'/Military Chronicle 3/2005.
  4. Bíró Ádám et.al., A Magyar Királyi Honvédség külföldi gyártású páncélos hárcjarmüvei 1920-1945, PETIT REAL Konyvkiado Budapest, 2006

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