GE Fabbri
BT-5 Tank
Scale model specifications
- Model maker
- GE Fabbri
- Scale
- 1/72
- Model release year
- 2011
- Catalogue number
- Русские танки №24
- Production run
- 58000
- Approximate purchase price, USD
- 7.00 USD
- Currently in the collection
- Yes
Prototype: Танки Т-серии
Model categories: Russian Tanks
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The car’s story
The BT-5 fast wheeled-and-tracked tank has 13 mm frontal armour, 10–13 mm on the sides and rear, 10 mm on the roof, 6 mm on the belly and around 13 mm on the turret. It was a transitional model between the BT-2 and BT-3. Series production began in 1933 at the Kharkiv Locomotive Plant.
Engine: M-5: liquid-cooled twelve-cylinder carburetted engine, 400 PS at 1,650 rpm.
Crew: 3; combat weight: 11.5 tonnes. Maximum speed: 52 km/h on tracks and 72 km/h on wheels; corresponding range: 150/200 km.
Main armament: A 45 mm 20K model 1934 gun; a 7.62 mm DT model 1929 machine gun.
Ammunition: 115 gun rounds; 2,709 rounds of 7.62 mm.
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My model photos
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