BA-10

BA-10
BA-10M armored car, displayed in Finnish Tank Museum, Parola.
Type	Armored car
Place of origin	Soviet Union
Service history
Used by	Soviet Union  Manchukuo (captured)  Finland (captured)  Nazi Germany (captured)  Sweden (ex-Finnish)
Production history
No. built	3311
Specifications
Mass	5.14 tonnes (5.67 short tons)
Length	4.65 m (15.3 ft)
Width	2.00 m (6.56 ft)
Height	2.20 m (7.2 ft)
Crew	4
Armor	6–15 mm
Main armament	45 mm gun 20-K (49 rounds)
Secondary armament	2× 7.62 DT machine guns (2079 rounds).
Engine	GAZ-MM 50 hp (37 kW)
Power/weight	10 hp/tonne
Suspension	wheeled
Operational range	300 km (190 miles)
Maximum speed	53 km/h (33 mph)

The BA-10 (Russian: Broneavtomobil 10) was an armored car developed in the Soviet Union in 1938 and produced through 1941. It was the most produced Soviet pre-1941 heavy armored car – 3311 were built in three versions. These versions were the BA-10, the BA-10M (improved version with new radio), and the BA-10ZhD (equipped for dual railway/road use). The basic BA-10 design was developed from the BA-3 and BA-6 heavy armored cars. It had an improved GAZ-AAA chassis and improved armor (up to 15mm at front and turret). It was intended that the BA-10 would be replaced in 1941 by the BA-11 with diesel engine and more sophisticated armor design, but the outbreak of war prevented BA-11 production. The BA-10 was in Red Army service until 1945. Significant numbers of captured BA-10s were used by Finland (at least 24, 3 of which were sold to Sweden^[1]), Germany and other Axis powers in Europe.