Name that tank!

Do you have a side view picture, so I can identify the suspension

 

As requested, I will try and find a complete side view but I am not at home and the pics are on my portable hard drive.

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A Canadian B1 snow track

 

View attachment 14927 It's one of these at Kubinka, But I can't read Russian, AArrrrgh

 

Close enough

Its a Mk 1 Canadian Armoured Snowmobile. The last pic I posted was of the one in kubinka. Some went to Russia, some to the UK but they found a niche use in the boggy ground in Italy where there is at least one still on display



A SURVEY OF ARMY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 1939-45, dated 14th feb 1955. Section 58 to 64
http://www.canadianregister.co.uk/ahq073.pdf

Historic tracks in the snow

Muse Bombardier | J-Armand Bombardier

 

Give this a go
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No guesses guys

 

Russian?

 

Yes Ulrich, how did you guess

 

Ok I have found a line drawing of this vehicle in 'Russian Tanks of WW2, Stalins Armoured Might, by Tim Bean and Will Fowler'.

It is described as a T46 although the description in the write up does not fit too well with the image, or of images I have found for other T46's (the Soviets did use the same designation more than once though) showing them with Christie suspension. My starting point for searching the last few days has been the T50 light tank which has a similar track layout.

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I can still only find actual photos of the T46-1 and T46-5 and more mentions of a T46 but alas no pic, which look to be based on the T26 and BT Series one is stated at around 14 tonnes the other 28 tonnes and are replacements for either the T26 or the BT.

This image from AHF

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I will yield to your post as the pic I posted was the T111 AKA T46-5

Your go

 

That was a bit of work time for a rest.

Try this one for size.

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Looks British to me but could be wrong

 

Sorry not British

 

well its obvious amphibious,how about us t87gmc

 

Close but no cigar with the T87

 

Any more for any more?

gunbunny was very close, any more hints wished.

 

i'll take another stab, hehe, could it be a t86gmc with a 105mm gun? the first time i looked at it i didn't see a certain item

 

Getting closer but not the T86. The T87 had the 105mm gun. Much much closer but this vehicle had some important differences.


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T86 76mm

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T87 105mm