Short History At the turn of 1939-1940, two prototypes of the OT-134 flamethrower light tank were produced in the Leningrad Zavod No. 174 named K. Je. Voroshilov, according to other sources, the tank bore the designation ChT-134. The tank was structurally based on a single-tower variant of the T-26 tank, Fig. 1939, and was equipped with additional armor. There were changes in the deployment of armaments, the turret received a tank cannon and the flamethrower was moved in front of the frontal armor to the left of the driver. The driving characteristics were identical to the modernized version of the light tank T-26 Fig. 1939 g. Equipped with "screens" - that is, additional armor. The published photographs show that during tests in January 1940, one of the prototypes rode at the polygon in Kubinka without hull additional armor.
In the so-called winter war with Finland, at least one of the prototypes was assigned to the 210th Independent Chemical Battalion, and at the beginning of the war with Germany, both prototypes were in the state of the Moscow military district.
Deployment of RKKA flamethrower tanks on June 1, 1941
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ZapVO
ZabVO
ZakVO
MoVO
PřibVO
SKVO
SibVO
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ChVO
DVF
in repair
total
ChT-26
128
19
19
50
14 [ col] 3
0
1
0
12
62
308
ChT-130
180
81
7
31
2 [ col] 0
10
3
4
170
12
500
ChT-133
179
0
105
37
3 [ col] 0
0
0
0
0
0
324
ChT-134
0
0
0
2
0 [ col] 0
0
0
0
0
0
2
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131
120
19
3
10
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4
182
74
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Combat capacity of RKKA flamethrower tanks as of June 1, 1941
- combat weight: 10.8 Mg (tons) - crew: 3 people - hull length: 4660 mm - width: 2440 mm - height: 2330 mm - clear height: 380 mm
Armament - cannon, number, type: 1x 45 mm rifle Fig. 1932/38 g., d/46 - stockpile of ammunition carried: 140 rounds - machine gun, number, type: 1x 7.62 mm DT (some sources speak of two machine guns: coupled and rear) - machine gun ammunition: 7.62x54R - stock of carried ammunition: 3150 pieces (50 drum magazines) - flamethrower, number and type: 1x 18 mm KS-25 - range: 45-50 m - blast time: up to 6 sec. - tank capacity: 140 dm3 (the tank was part of the hull superstructure)
Armor - hull: 15 + 30 mm - hull, from above: 10 mm - hull, bottom: 6 mm - tower, front and sides: 15 + 30 mm
Drive unit - power: 66.2 kW (90 hp) at 2200 rpm
Performances - speed on the road: up to 30 km/h-1 - speed in the field: 18-20 km/h - Range: 130-170 km - specific pressure: 70.6 kPa (0.72 kg.cm-2) - climb: up to 40 ° (up to 20 ° in winter) - lateral tilt: up to 40 ° - output, degree: 0.75 m - crossing, trench: 2.6 m - boat: 0.8 m
Explanation of abbreviations used DVF - Far Eastern Front ChVO - Kharkiv Military District MoVO - Moscow Military District PřibVO - Přibaltice military district SAVO - Central Asian Military District SibVO - Siberian Military District SKVO - North Caucasus Military District ZabVO - Zabaykalsky Military District ZakVO - Transcaucasian military district ZapVO - Western Military District
Category Explanations According to the RKKA farming manual, issued on April 1, 1940, military equipment, including tanks, was divided into five quality classes. These were five levels that distinguished the combat capability of the observed technique:
1st category - a new as yet unused combat-ready technique Category 2 - combat-ready equipment requiring routine maintenance Category 3 - equipment requiring medium repair in departmental workshops Category 4 - equipment requiring major repairs in central workshops and factories Category 5 - incompetent technique
Note The photos used are from the sources listed below. Jiří Tintěra: personal notes from the years 1970-1990 Janusz Magnuski, private archive, Warsaw, Soviet manuals Technical data processed according to ČSN 011300: Tables SI, Prague 1977
Publications kolektiv: Adjustment after equipment, operation and park service of special field of study of fire tanks (OT-130, OT-133, OT-26), Vojenizdat, Moscow 1941, ISBN none A. Bjeskurnikov: Pjervaja bronja, Modjelist konstruktor 1981, No. 9, ISSN: 0131-2243 M. Barjatinsky: Njepriznannyj vikkjers, Modjelist konstruktor 1992, No. 11, ISSN: 0131-2243 M. Barjatinskij: Ljogkij tank T-26, Bronjekolljekcija 1995, special No. 2, ISSN: 0131-2243 S. Fyodorov: Ot Vickers to T-26, Artjefakt, Moscow 1998, ISBN no M. Kolomijec, M. Svirin: T-26 - machines on its basis, Front Illustration 17, No. 4, ISBN 5-901266-01-3
OT-134 v zimní kamufláži mezi tanky 210. samostatného chemické praporu v březnu 1940, po skončení bojů s Finskem.
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