"Did the Soviets Use the BT-7 Tank as an Artillery Tractor?" Topic
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Bunkermeister  | 19 Sep 2014 7:58 p.m. PST |
Once the BT-7 was replaced were they used as artillery tractors, without turrets? I know the engine life was short, but they did make vast numbers of them, and I can't see them sitting is parking lots waiting for the scrapper. I have a bunch of them and am looking for variants to make. Photos are always welcome. Mike Bunkermeister Creek
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| Rod I Robertson | 19 Sep 2014 8:51 p.m. PST |
Bunkermeister:
I have never seen or heard of a BT-7 arty tractor but there was a command variat which was turretless. Have a look at the BT Experimental Variants section on the linked page below:
henk.fox3000.com/BT.htm
Cheers.
Rod Robertson |
| Porkmann | 20 Sep 2014 4:15 a.m. PST |
Germany certainly did! I have seen everything from a T37 to a T26 as tractors ! |
| Griefbringer | 20 Sep 2014 5:49 a.m. PST |
On another note, how many working BT-7 were left in Soviet hands in Europe by the early 1942? My understanding is that they were lost in massive numbers to invading Germans and mechanical problems. That said, there were quite a number that were assigned to Soviet Far East, and remained in operational readiness there until the end of the war. For all their desperation in west, Soviet planners were happy to keep these in the east rather than bringing them as extra speed bumbs to the west. |
| tuscaloosa | 20 Sep 2014 6:33 a.m. PST |
There's lots of photographic evidence that T-60s were used as artillery tractors. Never saw a BT-7, though. |
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bases more of his German artillery tractors.
