The T-60 scout tank was a light tank produced by the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1942. During this period, 6,292 units were built. The tank was designed to replace the obsolete T-38 amphibious scout tank and saw action during World War II. The Kingdom of Romania used the T-60 chassis to build some locally-designed tank destroyers.

A BM-8-24 system mounted on a T-60. The Romanians modified 34 captured T-60s into TACAM T-60 tank destroyers in 1943. It had a captured Soviet F-22 76.2 mm (3 in) gun housed in a light armored superstructure open at the top and rear, a typical tank destroyer configuration at the time.

The T-60 was a Soviet light tank, developed in the late 1930s as a replacement for the amphibious T-38 scout tank. The team around designer Nicholas Astrov started designing the tank at Moscow Factory No. 37 in 1938, and two prototypes designated T-38A …

2020年12月18日 · In 1942 the T-60 was up-armored to improve its battlefield survivability, while disc pattern road wheels replaced the spoked wheels fitted to the Model 1941 version of the tank. The T-60...

2016年7月31日 · The T-60 was fine as an infantry support tank or a reconnaissance tank. Small, agile, and quiet, this tank played its own role in battle from late 1941 to early 1943. On the Leningrad Front and in Karelia, these tanks served until the fall of 1944.

The T-60 was slightly better-protected, and had a longer range and better mobility on rough terrain, while its German counterparts enjoyed better reliability and were radio-equipped. The first T-60s had spiked road wheels, sometimes without rubber tyres.

Т-60 — советский лёгкий танк периода Второй мировой войны. Разработан в августе 1941 года на московском заводе № 37 под руководством Николая Александровича Астрова, ведущего разработчика всей отечественной линейки лёгких танков того периода.

2018年10月20日 · The T-60 light scout tank was designed and developed to replace the outclassed T-38 series of amphibious light scout tank and was generally regarded as on par with the German Panzer II series.

Held on the conveyor for less than a year, from September 1941 to July 1942, the T-60 became the most massively produced small tank in history. During the heavy summer battles, the Red Army lost...

2024年4月1日 · Join us on a journey through military history in our latest Military History Shorts episode! 🛡️ Explore the little-known but formidable T-60 tank, a silent hero of World War II. Learn about its...