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Hobby Boss 83825 Russian T-40 Light Tank

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Scale: 1:35
Manufacturer: Hobby Boss
Product code: HBB83825
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ManufacturerHobby Boss
Product codeHBB83825
Weight:0.33 kg
Ean:6939319238252
Scale1:35
Added to catalog on:2.13.2015
Tags:T-40

The T-40 was an improvement over the T-37 and T-38 in several respects. The coil-spring suspension of the T-38 was replaced by a modern torsion-bar suspension with four pairs of road wheels. The boat-shaped hull was entirely welded, in contrast to the riveted hulls of the T-37 and T-38. The welded, conical turret shape improved protection, although the armor was still very thin. Armament was a 12.7mm DShK heavy machine gun, a much more potent weapon than the 7.62mm DT machine gun mounted on the T-38.
Item No         83825
Item Name         Russian T-40 Light Tank
Bar Code         6939319238252
Scale         1:35
Item Type         Static kit
Model Dimension         Length: 110mm   Width: 65.5mm
Total Plastic Parts         300+
Total Sprues         15 sprues and lower hull
Chromeplate Parts         n/a
Resin Parts         n/a
Metal Parts         brass wire
Photo Etched Parts         1
Film Accessory         n/a
Released Date         2014-11
More Features         the kit consists of over 300 parts
-  multi-directional slide molded turret & lower hull
-  photo-etched parts included
- 182 individual tracks links

The first prototypes of the T-40 light amphibious tank were created in 1939, and a year later mass production started, which ended in 1941 with the production of about 700 examples. The T-40 tank was powered by a 70hp GAZ-202 engine. Its main armament was a 20mm SzWAK cannon (placed in a rotating turret) or - in the first short production series - two 7.62mm and 12.7mm machine guns.

The T-40 tank was created as a successor to another light tank of the Red Army - the T-38. During the design and serial production, many components from the T-38 were used. However, the new tank differed from its predecessor in many elements, including: much better ability to overcome water obstacles, better seafaring and, above all, a much more powerful main armament. The T-40 underwent its baptism of fire in the first months of Operation Barbarossa in 1941. However, despite its considerable maneuverability and good driving properties, it suffered high losses due to its use by Soviet armored officers not for reconnaissance and reconnaissance (for which it was designed) but to support attacks by infantry units. Although the T-40 was withdrawn from the front line at the end of 1941, it was used in 1943 and 1944 in the Dniester and Dnieper crossing operations.

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