T-18 tank

MS-1 light tank
MS-1 at the Moscow museum of Armed Forces
TypeLight tank
Place of originSoviet Union
Service history
Used bySoviet Union
Production history
Produced1928–1931
No. built~960 by the end of 1931[1]
Specifications
Mass5.9 tonnes
Length4.38 m (14 ft 4 in)
Width1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Height2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)
Crew2

Armor6-16 mm
Main
armament
37mm Model 28
Secondary
armament
2 Fedorov Avtomat Automatic rifles
EngineT-18
35 hp (26 kW)
Power/weight5.9 hp/tonne
Suspensionvertically sprung
Operational
range
50 km (31 mi)
Maximum speed 17 km/h (10 mph)

The T-18 light tank (also called MS-1, Russian: малый сопровождения, первый, romanized: maliy soprovozhdeniya, pearviy, "Small [Vehicle for] Support, First [type/example]") was the first Soviet-designed tank. Produced from 1928 to 1931, it was based on the Renault FT, with the addition of a vertically sprung suspension.[2]

The T-18 and its derivatives were essentially unsuccessful designs, but they gave Soviet industry its first experiences in designing armoured vehicles, and in the meantime a number of foreign tank designs were available for production.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Patrascu, Daniel (2018-06-23). "War Machines: Red Army Tanks". autoevolution. Retrieved 2020-08-04.