![]() ![]() The T-26 (along with the Polish 7TP) was a Soviet development of the British Vickers 6-Ton (Vickers Mk.E variant) tank, which was designed by the Vickers-Armstrongs company in 1928–29. No new models of the T-26 were developed after 1940. The tank was reliable and simple to maintain, and its design was continually modernised between 19. Captured T-26s were used by the Finnish, German, Romanian and Hungarian armies. The T-26 was exported and used extensively by Spain, China and Turkey. ![]() Soviet T-26 light tanks last saw use in August 1945, during the defeat of the Japanese Kwantung Army in Manchuria. The T-26 fought the Germans and their allies during the Battle of Moscow in 1941–42, the Battle of Stalingrad and the Battle of the Caucasus in 1942–1943 some tank units of the Leningrad Front used their T-26s until 1944. Though nearly obsolete by the beginning of World War II, the T-26 was the most numerous tank in the Red Army's armoured force during the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941. The T-26 was the most important tank of the Spanish Civil War and played a significant role during the Battle of Lake Khasan in 1938, as well as in the Winter War in 1939–40. The T-26 and BT were the main tanks of the Red Army's armoured forces during the interwar period. Twenty-three of these were series-produced, others were experimental models. ![]() During the 1930s, the USSR developed 53 variants of the T-26, including flame-throwing tanks, combat engineer vehicles, remotely controlled tanks, self-propelled guns, artillery tractors, and armoured carriers. It was produced in greater numbers than any other tank of the period, with more than 11,000 units manufactured giving it the title of the most produced tank during the interwar period. It was a development of the British Vickers 6-Ton tank and was one of the most successful tank designs of the 1930s until its light armour became vulnerable to newer anti-tank guns. The T-26 tank was a Soviet light tank used during many conflicts of the Interwar period and in World War II. ![]()
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