PPG tankette

PPG tankette
PPG tankette
TypeTankette
Place of origin Soviet Union
Production history
No. built100+5 prototypes
Specifications
Mass1.73 tonnes
Length2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in)
Width1.63 metres (5 ft 4 in)
Height0.86 metres (2 ft 10 in)
Crew2

Armor5-8mm (0.197-0.315 in)
Main
armament
2 x DT machine guns
EnginePMZ motorcycle engine
16 horsepower (12 kW)
Power/weight10 hp/tonne
Suspensionrigid; no suspension
Operational
range
100km (62 mi)
Maximum speed Maximum, road: 18 km/h (11.1 mph) Cross country: 7km/h (4.35 mph)

The PPG tankette (Russian: ППГ; Подвижное пулемётное гнездо, romanizedPPG; Podvizhnoye pulemyotnoye gnezdo; literally "mobile machine-gun nest"), also known by the prototype name Object 217, was a Soviet tankette produced for fighting in the Winter War.