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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP11 Dec 2017 10:16 p.m. PST

…It Can Swim.

"The vehicle entered production in 1951 as the PT-76, named after the rifled 76-millimeter D-56 gun in the turret, which had the same caliber and barrel length as the F34 gun on World War II T-34 tanks. However, the D-56 could use more powerful ammunition. While most of the 40 onboard shells were high explosives or armor piercing shells that could penetrate 100 to 127 millimeters of armor, later PT-76s received special low-velocity BK-350M shaped-charge HEAT rounds that could penetrate 200 to 280 millimeters. These could threaten the heavier tanks of the era, though only at short range.

The PT-76 seems like a minor oddity of the Cold War — a Soviet amphibious light tank with thin armor and an unimpressive gun. Certainly it seemed bound for rough treatment on modern battlefields full of heavy weapons and heavier tanks…"
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Caedite Eos12 Dec 2017 3:41 a.m. PST

What's this doing in Ultramodern?

Florida Tory12 Dec 2017 4:46 a.m. PST

Wikipedia lists 22 countries as current operators of the vehicle.

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Caedite Eos12 Dec 2017 6:58 a.m. PST

Looking at the list of operators and the age of the purchases you can probably count the number of units running on one hand.

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP12 Dec 2017 11:21 a.m. PST

(smile)

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ScoutJock12 Dec 2017 2:50 p.m. PST

The M551 Sheriden could swim too.

Once anyway. As long as the flotation screen was intact.

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