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RUSSIANARMORED

FIGHTING VEHICLES

GEORGE BRADFORD

STACKPOLEBOOKS


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Copyright 2007 by George Bradford

Published bySTACKPOLE BOOKS5067 Ritter RoadMechanicsburg, PA 17055www.stackpolebooks.com

All rights reserved, including theright to reproduce this book or portionsthereof inany form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, includingphotocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval sys-t em , w it hout p ermi ss io n i n w ri ti ng f rom t he publisher, All inqumesshould be addressed to Stackpole Books, 5067 Ritter Road, Mechanics-burg, Pennsylvania 17055.

Cover design by Wendy A. Reynolds

Printed in theUnited States ofAmerica

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 I

FIRST EDITION

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bradford, George.Russian armored f ight ing vehic les / George Bradford. - 1sted .

p . cm. - (Wo rl d War I IAFY p la ns )Includes bibliographical references.ISBN-I3: 978-0-8117-3356-4ISBN-I0: 0-8117-3356-41. Armored vehic les, Mil itary-Soviet Union-Drawings. 2 .Tanks(Military science)-Soviet Union-Drawings. I. Title.

UG4465.B268262007623.7'4750947-dc22

2006101099

Contents

BA-27 (1928) Armored Car 7 T-40 Amphibious Light Tank (1940)

FAl-M Armored Car 8 T-34/76 (M.1940) 36-37

BA-27M Armored Car 9 KV-2 (M.1939) 3T-26 Light Tank (M.1931) 10 KV-2 (M.1940)

T-24 Medium Tank (1932) 11 KV-2 (M.1940)

BT-2 Fast Tank 12 BA-6 Medium Armored Car 41

BT-5 Fast Tank (M.1934) 13-14 KV-l (M .1941) (welded turret) 42--43

OT-26 Flamethrower Tank 15 KV-l (M.1941) (cast turret) 44--45

BA-IOM Armored Car 16-17 T-60 Light Tank

T-28 Medium Tank 18 T-34/76 (M.1942/43)

T-35 Heavy Tank 19 KV-l Ekranami 48--4

T-28 and T-35 Heavy Tanks 20-21 T-34/76 (M.1943)

T-26 Light (M.1933) 22 Komsomolyets STZ-3 Tractor 51

T-26TU Command Tank (M.1933) 23-24 KV-ls 52-53

BA-20V Armored Car 25 SU-122 (M.1943)

T-26 Light Tank (M.1933 late) 26 KV-8 Flamethrower 5

T-26A Artillery Support Tank 27 SU-76i 56

OT-130 Flamethrower Tank 28 BTR-40T-38 Amphibious Light Tank (M.1937) 29-30 SU-152

T-26S Light Tank (M.1937) 31 lSU-122 59

T-26S Light Tank (M.1939) 32 KV-IC (M.1942) 60-

BA-64B Light Armored Car 33 lSU-152

BT-7 (M.1937) 34 SU-76M (early) 63
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KV-85 64 T-34/85 76 Introduction-34/76 (M.1943/44) 65 KV-13 76SU-76M (late) 66-67 IS-3 Heavy Tank 78-79

ZIS-42 Half-Track 68 T-44 80-81

T-50 Light Tank 69 SU-IOI Tank Destroyer 82

SU-85 Tank Destroyer 70-71 IS-7 Heavy Tank 83

SU-IOO Tank Destroyer 72 Bibliography 84

VT-34ARV 73 Basic Tank Components 85

S-2 Heavy Tank 74-75 Modeling Scales Chart 86

4 Rus si an A rmor ed F ig ht in g Veh ic le s

T h is t hi rd volume in thi s s er ie s o f books on sca le d raw-i ng s o f a rmo re d f ig ht in g v eh ic le s o f Wor ld War I I i sdevot ed to Rus si an mil it ar y veh ic le s whi ch appea redjus t befor e and dur ing Wor ld War I I. Many o f t he se veh ic le sw er e e it he r i n u se o r i n d ev el opme nt we ll b ef or e w ar b rok eo ut , a nd a re s hown h er e r ou gh ly i n c hr on ol og ic al o rd er o fappearance on the scene. However, there was much overlap inveh ic le p roduct ion, and thi s makes i t s omewha t d if fi cu lt t oestabl ish a sequence which is total ly perfect .

The re fo re , i f you a re l ooking for a rmored veh ic le s t ha tu sed by Rus si an for ce s befor e and dur ing Wor ld War I I, t henyou should be abl e t o f ind mos t o f t hem in thi s book. Amongthe veh ic le s cover ed you wil l f ind some o f t he p ro to type s t ha tnever r ea ll y s aw act ion, p lu s some o f t he veh ic le s t ha t wer ej us t t oo l at e t opa rt ic ip at e i n t he war.You wil l a ls o f ind that wecover mainly a rmored f ight ing veh ic le s, but a lso w it h a f ewsupport vehicles that fought along side of them thrown in.

The u lt imat e purpose o f t hi s s er ie s o f books i s t o t ry andp re sent a s equence o fWorld War I I m il it ar y veh ic le p lan v iewscale drawings all in one place. Most ofthese drawings display4 -v iew p lans , but w it h some o f t he sma ll er veh ic le s we wereable to show five or more views. However, no matter how wellt he p lans a re d rawn i t i s a lways neces sa ry t o have suf fi ci en tpho to r ef er ence books a s wel l. The re a re a numbe r o f "wa lka rou nd " a nd c lo se up v iew s er ie s o n t he ma rk et t o g iv e t hesuper detailers al l the finer detail they could ask for.

Over the years , scale drawings of various armored vehicleshave appea red in magaz ines and books , but never a ll i n one

p la ce whe re t hey wou ld beea sy for t he r es ea rche r o r modto access them. Many different scales have fought for thel il ig ht , b ut t he mo re p op ul ar o ne s of l at e h av e b oi le d d owmainly 1:35, 1:48 and 1:72in the armor modeling world. Wt hi s i n m in d w e h av e t ri ed t o k ee p t he d rawi ng s a s l ar gpos si bl e w it h a p reponder ance o f 1 :35 sca le d rawings,por ted by 1 :48 sca le whe re app ropr ia te , and a lso for veh ithat are simply too big tofi t on these pages comfortably asscale drawings. The 1:72 scale plans are mainly used tofi l la page here and there, and give the modeler some choice.

You wil l a ls o f ind a cha rt a t t h e beg inning o f t h is bookr educ ing o r enl argi ng any o f t he se d rawings t o o ther popsca le s. The qua li ty and accur acy o f modern pho tocopyshould make it possible for you to achieve whatever f inal syou r equi re . However, i n some cases whe re enl argementrequired, you may only be able to squeeze one view onto lesize paper and may have to uti l ize 11" x 17" paper whereable.

Th es e d rawi ng s h av e b ee n c re at ed u si ng ve ct or bdrawing applicat ions with l ine weights ranging from .25 pt o 1 p o in t, a nd t hu s s ho ul d e as il y h ol d t he f in er d et ai l wcopying . The bulk o f t he se d rawings were done ove r a pero f t en y ea rs a nd a re c ur re nt ly amo ng t he mo st p re ci seaccurate AFV drawings available. You wil l also notice a vance in t he d rawings a s t he a rt s ty le changes s li gh tl y ove ryea rs , but eventua ll y suppo rt s shading in t he major it y o flater works.


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SCALECONVERSIONS

REDUCING

1:35 to 1:48 Scale = 73%

1:35 to 1:76 Scale = 46%

1:35 to 1:72 Scale = 49%

1:35 to 1:87 Scale = 41%

1:48 to 1:76 Scale = 63%

1:48 to 1:72 Scale = 66%

1:48 to 1:87 Scale = 55%

1:72 to 1:76 Scale = 95%

ENLARGING

1:35 to 1:32 Scale = 109%1:35 to 1:16 Scale = 218%1:48 to 1:35 Scale = 138%1:48 to 1:32 Scale = 150%1:48 to 1:16 Scale = 300%1:72 to 1:35 Scale = 207%1:72 to 1:48 Scale = 150%

1:72 to 1:16 Scale = 450%

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T h e p e ti te S TZ -3 w a s i n tr o du c ed a s a n a r ti ll er yt ra c to r b e tw e en 1 9 38 a n d 1 9 40 . I t w a s d e si gn e dt ow t he 4 5mm a nt i- ta nk g un a nd l im be rs f ormo to ri z ed un i ts . The r e was a l s o a f u e l- c a rr y ingv e rs i on w i th a l ar ge c o nt a in e r r ep la c in g t h e s e a ta re a , w h ic h w a s i nt en d ed t o r ef ue l t a nk s i n t h ef ie l d .The a r ti l le r y ve rs i on was ava il a bl e du r ingt h e R u ss o -F in n is h Wa r a n d t he F i nn s c a pt ur ed ag o od ly q u an t it y o f t h em t o s e r v e t he ir ow np u rp o se s . T h e K om s omo ly e ts S TZ -3 a ls o s awa c ti on a t t h e b e gi nn in g o fWo r ld Wa r I I, b u t o n c ew as o bv io us t ha t t h e R us si an 4 5mm A lTan k g unw a s o bs o le te , t h ey w e re r e le g at e d t o o th e r u s es .



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KV-ls

l ow t ow o r k i n c o n ju n ct io n w i th t h e f a s te ~ T- 3 4The original K V-1 proved to be t oo s d d es ign began to appear.lhese were

tnis a new liqhter-armore . dmed iums . To ove rcome I, " fa s t" -d e no t in g t h ei r f as t er s p ee .. t d KV-1 s the " s"-forskorostnoy,ores iqna e as ,

1:35 scale

o 15


T h e KV-1 s b e ga n p ro d uc t io n i nA u g us t1 9 42 a n d 1 , 10 6 w e re b u il t b y t h e t i m ep r od u ct io n c e as e d a y e ar l at e r. T h ey

m a d e t h ei r f ir st a p pe a ra n ce a tStalingrad.

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U-122 (Mod el 1 943)

FEET 1:35 scale----.,_-------~o 5 10 15 20

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KV-8Flamethrowerw ith 4 5mm g un

FEET

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U-76i T h es e v e hi cl es w e re b u il t o nc a pt ur ed G e rm a n P z. K pfw. I IIchassis .

FEET 1:35 scale


BTR-40Reconn a is s an c e S c ou t& Troop Ca rr ie r

o 0

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o 5 10 15



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A g ro u p o f K V-1 C h e a v y t a n k s m o v e f o r wa r d d u ri ng t he 1 9 43 b a tt le s i n t h e S ta li ng ra d a r ea .

o 5 10 15 20

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A g o o d f ro n t v ie w o f a K V-1 C o n d is p la y i n R u s s ia s h ow in g t he a d di ti on a l a r mo r p la te a d de d t o t h e b o w.

0 R u ss ia n A rm o re d F ig h ti ng Ve hi cl es R u ss ia n A rm o re d F ig h ti ng Ve h


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SU-1S2

FEET

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o 5 10 15 20


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Th r ee Seve reWea the r Pane ls l ik et he a bo v e c o ul d b ef it te d o ve r t h e s i d e a iri nt ak e s t o k e e p o u ts n ow a n d o t he rdebris.

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V-85

o ul d b e s a i d t ha t t he KV-8 5 w a s t he

t R u s s ia n t a n k u p g u n ne d s p e c if i ca l lyak e o n t h e n e w G e rm an T ig er I a n d

t he r t an k s t ha t w e re n o w m a k in gm se lv e s f el t o n t he E a st er n F ro n t.T he K V- 85 w a s a f in al a tt em p t toun th e K V- 1 s e ri es a nd g iv e i t ag er s e rv ic e l if e, b u t n e w d e si g ns w e re

i n t h e w o rk s , a n d e v en tu a ll y, t he-8 5 w o u ld b e p h as e d o u t a f te r a

d uc ti on r un o f o n l y 1 3 0 v e h ic le s .O n e o f t h es e n ew d es ig ns w o ul d b e

b as is f or t he i m pr o ve d " IS " s e ri es ,n tu a ll y l e ad in g t o t h e I S -2 h e av y t an k

h 1 2 2mmm a in a rm am en t. H o we v er , i ne a rl y s ta g es a n I S -1 w a s d e ve lo p edun ti ng t he 0 -5 T85mm g un . S in ce t hew I S s e ri e s c h as s is w o u ld n o t b emi ng o ff t he l in e s f or s o me m o n th s , t he

e t o f t h e I S -1 w a s f it te d t o a m o d if ie d

-1 S c h as si s a s a s to p ga p h y br id , a n dt ed t o c o m e o ff t he l in e s i n S e p te m -1 9 4 3. T h e l a rg e r t ur re t r e qu i re d s id ets t o h a n d le a l ar g er t ur re t r ac e ,a n der i n te r n al c h a n ge s .T h e m a jo ri ty o f t h e se KV-8 5 s w e re

d i n t h e h e av y f ig h ti n g d u ri n g t het er o f 1 9 4 3 -4 4 a n d v e ry f ew s u rv iv e dba t tl e s .

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T h e KV-8 5 w a s f it te d w i th a f ix e d m a ch i ne g un ,

n ow m ov ed t o t he r ig ht s id e o f t he b ow p la te .

1 : 4 8 sca le

5 10 15 20

KV-1Sn omen c l a tu r e

u ld n o t b e c o nf us e d w i thI S s e r ie s . I t w a s t he f in a ls e o f KV- 1 d e v e l o pmen tt he s ' s to o d f or

ee d y " ( s : s k o ro s tn y i ). I ts a l ig h te n ed v e rs io n o f

b a si c K V-1 M o d el 1 9 42 ,w a s f as te r t ha n t heie r vers ions .


T-34n6Mode l1 9 4 3 / 4 4

1 : 3 5

L a te 1 94 3 p ro d uc tio nwi th" h a rd e d g e "t u r r e t .



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U-76Mate Mo de l

! Ih r ee Seve ree a th e r Pane lsk e t h e aboveul d b e f it te d

ve r t he s id e a irt ak e s t o k e eput s no w a ndher debris .

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IS -42 Ha lf -Tr ack1942-1944)

FEET 1:35 scale

o 5 10 15 20


T-SO L ig ht Tan k(MalyKl im) l it tl e K l im

FEET 1:35 scale

o 5 10 15



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U-85

FEE T- = = _ - = = _ - = = _ .: " 1 = = - - = = == - - = = = - - = = - - - = = - - = = = 1 = 11:4 8sca le205 10 15


A g re a t s h o t o f a c a pt ur ed R u ss ia n S U -8 5 i n t he h a nd s o f i t s G e rm a n c a pt or s. T h es e c a pt ur ed v e h ic le s w e re

r e fe r re d t o a s " B e ut e p an z e r" a n d w e r e d i st in g u is h e d b y t h e ir o v e rs i ze B a lk e n k re u z .

A n i nt er e st in g h ig h -a n g le v ie w o f t h e r ea r d e c k o f t h e S U -1 0 0 t an k d e st ro y er . T h e m o s t o b v io u s d is ti ng u is h in g f ea t

i t a n d t he S U -8 5 a r e t h e l ar g er g u n a n d t h e p ro tr ud in g c u po la o n t he r ig h t f ro n t o f t h e f ig h ti ng c o m pa rt m en

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o 5 10 15


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FEET

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S-2mMod el 1 94 4

h e I S- 2 b eg a n i ts0 .o u nd A p nl 19 4 4 p e ra ti on a l c a re e r

with the 11u ard s H ea vy T ank R. th S epa ra teas form ed to t k e qim ent, w hic ha n ks a t Ta r no ~ o~ ~ ~ t h e G e rm a n T i ge rig er c re ws w h . e y s urpris ed th e

e n t he yxtre me ran ge s exc ha ng ed fire at

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ese new S t I .o ac ai a In heavy ta kp a gain during the fi . . n s s howedn d a bo u t t h is t im e t h~ h tl ngIn Romania,m e t o exam ine G erm ans foundxa m pl es a nd s ev er al k no ck ed o ut

, realized hp a gainst How w at they w ere. ever the-2 h ea vy ta nk u .t' n ew ly form ed

m s w e re s ti ll q u it e

ex pe rie nc ed a nd h ad li .m pa c t o n t he f ig h ti n l it tl e Imme d ia tehe y w e re w ell . g . N ev ert he le ss

received b 'omm anders and y t he Russiancreased t production w as

o supply .S -2 s t o e a cht k o ne r eg im en t o f

a n c or ps i n t he f ie ld .

74 R u ss ia n Arm o re d F ig h t in g Ve h ic l es

IS-2mMo de l 1 94 4

O ne o f th e fe w r e m ai n in g I S -2 he avy ta n ks .n d is p la y a t th K .ublnka t a nk m u s eum , n o r t h o fM o s c o w.

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Chamberlain, P.,and C. Ellis. Tanks of the World, 1915--45. London:Arms and Armour Press, 1l}72 .

Crow, D., and R. J. leks. Encyclopedia ofArmoured Cars. Secaucus,NJ: Chartwell Books Inc ., I 97ri.

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- -- . S ovi et Tan ks a nd C om ba t vehicles ofWorld War Two. Lon-don: Arms and Armour Press , 1984 .

Basic Tank Components

A . Cast Turret 1. Commander's Cupola 15. Front Idler Wheel

B. Sloped Upper Hul l 2. Turret Lift Hook 16. Tail Light3. Gun Mantlet 17. Engine Deck

C. Lower Hu ll 4. Main Gun 18. Radio AerialD . Exhaust Pipes 5. Headlamp 19. Grab RailsE . Front Fender 6. Ventilator 20. Rear Plate

F. Glacis Plate 7. Bow Machinegun 21. Track Shoe8. Drive Sprocket 22. SirenG. Too l Box 9. Transmission Housing 23. Driver's VisorH . Towing Brackets 10. Spare Fuel Cannister 24. PeriscopeI. Saw 11. Pistol Port 25. Coaxial Machine Gun

J. Engine Access Door 12. Track Tooth13. Road Wheel

K . Driver's Hatch 14. Track Links

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