The 7TP (siedmiotonowy polski - 7-tonne Polish) was a Polish light tank of the Second World War. It was developed from the British Vickers 6-ton. A standard...
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Soviet Union as the T-26. It was also the direct predecessor of the Polish 7TP tank. The first Mark E was built in 1928 by a design team that included the...
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Polish light tank of early World War II era. A development of the earlier 7TP tank, it was to replace its predecessor in Polish service in 1940. Due to...
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ISBN 0-7643-0141-1. Twenty captured 7TP were used by Germans as PzKpfw 7TP 731 (p). David R. Higgins and Ricard Chasemore. Panzer II vs 7TP: Poland 1939, Osprey Publishing...
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revolutionary invention by Polish engineer Rudolf Gundlach, manufactured for Polish 7TP tanks from the end of 1935 and patented in 1936 as the Peryskop obrotowy...
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it acquired and the Polish armoured forces were given the single turret 7TP tank which was the best Polish tank available in numbers when the war broke...
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Polish Army 7TP tanks on military manoeuvres shortly before the invasion of Poland in 1939...
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armored cars and tanks such as the Dutch M39 Pantserwagen and the Polish 7TP to name a few. As the armor of tanks was increased during World War II the...
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1939 was the 7TP light tank. It was the first tank in the world to be equipped with a diesel engine and 360° Gundlach periscope. The 7TP was significantly...
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7TP was a development of the British Vickers 6-ton (Mk. E) which the Poles purchased and licensed for local production. The main new features of 7TP were:...
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