OT-133 (KhT-133)

(Flame Thrower Tank)

Updated February 25, 2007
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OT-133 (KhT-133) flamethrower tank operated by the 37th Army units.OT-133 (KhT-133) flamethrower tank operated by the 37th Army units.

OT-133 (KhT-133) flame thrower tank operated by the 37th Army units. Inside the triangle tactical insignia are the figures identifying the company number ("2"), of the flame thrower battalion, the number of platoon ("4") and the original number of tank in the battalion ("13"). Kiev vicinity September, 1941. [2,4]

The same tank as above.

OT-133. Unknown unit of the South-Western Front. Sept. 1941 [6] NEW
OT-133 OT-133 OT-133 [3]
OT-133 tank on the autumn maneuvers of Kiev Special Military District, 1940 OT-133 tank during the autumn maneuvers of Kiev Special Military District, 1940.[5]
Destroyed OT-133 flame thrower tank, Western Front, June 1941, 14th Mechanised Corps.[7] NEW

Finnish soldiers examing captured OT-133 tank. Karelia, Sept. 1941. This vehicle probably belonged to the 107th Separate Tank Battalion.On Aug. 11'41 it had 11 OT-133 tanks including at least one with additional armor. [6] NEW

 
OT-133 with additional armor organic to the 107th Separate Tank Battalion/Karelian Front. Sept. 1941 [6] NEW
OT-133 fitted with additional armour OT-133 fitted with additional armour and deflector plates [3]
Schematic of additional armour on OT-133 Schematic of additional armour on OT-133 [1]
OT-133 mod. 1940 [6] NEW
OT-133 slit [6] NEW
  1. Front tank;
  2. Rare tank;
  3. Air cylinder;
  4. Smoke exhaust valve;
  5. Pipeline;
  6. Liquid exhaust valve;
  7. Test-pressure gage;
  8. Rotating pipeline;
  9. Nozzle for smoke exchaust, poison-gas spraying or degassing
  10. Armored jacket;
  1. Nozzle dashboard;
  2. Petrol tank;
  3. Drive unit of turret;
  4. Electricity cable;
  5. Air pipe;
  6. Pedal trigger;
  7. Nose-piece;
  8. Lighter;
  9. Armored jacket;

Literature
  1. Legkiy tank T-26, Bronekollektsia, spetsialnyi vypusk No. 2
  2. T. Abashidze, I. Moschansky, "Okruzhenie Yugo-Zapadnogo Fronta. Kievskaya strategicheskaya oboronitelnaya operatsiya. 7 Iyulia - 26 Sentiabrya 1941 goda. Part 2", Voennaya Letopis No. 4, 2003
  3. A.G. Soliankin, M.V. Pavlov, I.V. Pavlov, I.G. Zheltov, "Otechestvennye bronirovannye mashiny. XX vek", Vol. 1, "Otechestvennye bronirovannye mashiny. 1905-1941", Moscow, Exprint, 2002
  4. T. Abashidze, I. Moschansky, "Katastropha pod Kievom,. Kievskaya strategicheskaya oboronitelnaya operatsiya. 7 Iyulia - 26 Sentiabrya 1941 goda. Part 3", Voennaya Letopis/Military Chronicle No. 6, 2003
  5. M. Kolomiets, M. Makarov, "Preljudia k "Barbarosse", Fronovaya Illyustratsiya, No. 4, 2001
  6. M. Kolomiets, M. Svirin, "T-26. Mashiny na ego baze", Moscow, Frontovaya Illustratsiya/Frontline Illustration, 4/2003
  7. I. Moshchanskiy, "1941, Taktika Tankovoy voyny", Voyennaya Letopis'/Military Chronicle, Bronetankovyi Muzei, No. 1, Moscow, 2001
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