T-28 Tank Company (EW)
(SBX96)
The demand for a medium tank design in the Soviet Union had led to the development of the TG-1 in 1929. However, its power plant proved highly unreliable leading to the abandonment of the project in 1931. But the need for an infantry support tank that was still capable of dealing with enemy tanks remained.
The team at the testing department for the mechanical design at the Leningrad Machine Factory promptly bought together the required elements in a new multi-turreted tank design. By 1932, test models were ready for field trials; designated as the T-28 it was amongst some of the world’s first medium tank designs.
When the T-28 tank went into service in 1933 it was a cutting edge design for its time and remained a formidable sight on the battlefield during the battles of 1939.
When the Spanish Civil War highlighted the importance of tanks being able to fight enemy tanks, the Red Army began a programme of upgrading the armament of the T-28 from the short-barrelled 76mm to a longer-barrelled L-10 76mm. Once it was armed with the long 76mm gun on the introduction of the 1938 model, it could easily knock out most enemy tanks.
It was the Winter War against the Finns that led to the final variant of the T-28, the T-28e (e for ekranami or screened). Although the T-28 was well armoured when it was designed, it still proved vulnerable to Finnish anti-tank guns, so the Red Army started fitting extra armour to increase its protection. Unfortunately, the tank’s complex shape, typical of the 1930s, made it impossible to do more than put patches on where they would fit, leaving other areas as they were.
In Finnish Service
The Finns also fielded a platoon of two uparmoured T-28 tanks in 1941. These were also captured during the Winter War.
THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS:
5x resin and metal T-28 Tanks
These miniatures are supplied unassembled and unpainted
15mm, resin/metal
Battlefront Miniatures
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