Hello everyone !
Today I'm going to tell you something about a Polish tank , from the beginning of WWII. Of course I'm talking about 7TP. Take a look :
History:
In 1932 Vickers Armstrong delivered 50 Vickers E tanks. Poles weren't satisfied with their new tanks , straight form England , and started research on their own Tank. In 1934 first prototype was ready for field tests. In 1935 serial production of 7TP started. In 1937 Engineers made version with tank canon wz.1937 and mg wz.1930. In 1935-39 they built 132 tanks. 24 with twin turrets and machineguns in them , and 108 with 37mm canon. Twin turret tanks were made into canon versions after considering them non-progresive. In 1939 they were main battle tanks of Poland. First tanks were made with some parts of those Vickers E tanks. When Germany invaded Poland , german panzers hadn't any chances in 1v1 situation. The problem is : you need 1v1 situation. There were too many panzers. When Poland had only 132 tanks , Germany had 1190. It was 1v10 , so germans won.
Technical thingies:
Serial produciton: 1935 - 1939
Amount: 132
Lenght: 4.54m
Weight: 9.400 (Twin turrets) , 9.900 (One turret)
Max speed: 37km/h
Weponary : Two machinguns wz 1930 ( Twin turrets) , 37mm canon wz 1937 and machinegun wz 1930 (One turret)
Crew : 3
Max range 160km (On the road) , 130(On the field)
So , I think this is it.My time in this school ends in two weeks. I have orders from my boss (Who is my teacher by the way) that I have to stop writing those posts for you. I hope you enjoyed reading them (Expect for little grammar issues). I think I'll be missing that.
See ya never again !
//The Typical Loner
