Russian light tank T-26
GAS50187

Complete kit of the Russian T-26 light tank in 1/48th scale

The kit contains:

• Resin parts
• Brass rods
• Assembly instructions with parts list and color photos: Download instructions

You can also contact us to have this model assembled and painted with the camouflage of your choice.

History of the Russian T-26 light tank

From 1938 to 1939, 2,400 examples of T-26C were produced by factories 100, 185, 232 (Leningrad) and 174 (Omsk). A 90 hp GAZ T-26 gasoline engine took this 10.5 ton vehicle to the more at 30 km/h, the range was 180 km with 285 liters of fuel.

The three tankers were protected by at best 15 mm of steel. The armament consisted of a 45 mm M1938 L/46 cannon and was supplemented by two 7.62 mm Degtjarev Tankovyi (DT) machine guns equipped with 3654 cartridges. 165 45 mm shells supplied the gun, each shell weighed 1.43 kg, had an initial speed of 820 m/s and pierced 50 mm of steel at 1000 m.

This light tank was used in Spain by the Republicans, in China, in Turkey and naturally in the USSR until its withdrawal from the front lines in mid-1942.