TR-4
Immediately after unsuccessful tests TR-1 in 1933 they started in the 185 Im plant. Kir's work on the new construction. This time, the original location of the crew and engine was preserved in the hull of the T-26-1933 tank, but the tower was replaced by a high box-shaped superstructure, connected by riveting and welding, on the sides extending above the fenders. The forehead, sides and stern formed a 10 mm sheet metal and a ceiling 6 mm. The crew consisted of two men and the superstructure could accommodate up to 11 infantry (one rifle-machine gun team), who used to enter and exit the two-part side door, which opens to the side, on the left side of the vehicle. The lower manhole in the chassis between support rollers 2 and 3 was used for the emergency exit. Normal boarding and disembarking should last a maximum of 12 seconds, emergency 1 minute and 25 seconds.
If the vehicle was used as an ambulance, it could carry four lying wounded and one seated. During the transport of ammunition or material, 30-32 twenty-kilogram boxes could fit in the hull. The transport of non-flammable materials was not recommended, as fire also penetrated the carburetor into the body area during the backlashes.
The vehicle was mounted two machine guns DT 7.62 mm (one at the front and rear in the body) with 2,814 rounds. When using the transporter as an ambulance, they would probably be removed, but in a country that denounced the Geneva Conventions inherited from Tsarist Russia, one never knows.
During tests in the autumn of 1934, the transporter weighing 9,700 kg, powered by a four-cylinder T-26 petrol boxer with a capacity of 6,600 cc, reached a maximum road speed of 28.5 km/h. And the conclusion of the commission - if it succeeds in eliminating excessive heating of the superstructure by heat from the engine, it can be accepted into the DRRA armament as an infantry transporter, ammunition, ambulance and artillery tractor.
Source
KOLOMIJEC, M: T-26-mining suction legkogo tanka, Eksmo, Moscow 2007
BARYATINSKY, M: Legkij Tank T-26, Broněkollekcija spec.no.2, Modělist-Konstrukťor, Moscow 2003
KOLOMIJEC, M., SVIRIN, M .: T-26-machines on its base, KM Strategy, Moscow 1999
Immediately after unsuccessful tests TR-1 in 1933 they started in the 185 Im plant. Kir's work on the new construction. This time, the original location of the crew and engine was preserved in the hull of the T-26-1933 tank, but the tower was replaced by a high box-shaped superstructure, connected by riveting and welding, on the sides extending above the fenders. The forehead, sides and stern formed a 10 mm sheet metal and a ceiling 6 mm. The crew consisted of two men and the superstructure could accommodate up to 11 infantry (one rifle-machine gun team), who used to enter and exit the two-part side door, which opens to the side, on the left side of the vehicle. The lower manhole in the chassis between support rollers 2 and 3 was used for the emergency exit. Normal boarding and disembarking should last a maximum of 12 seconds, emergency 1 minute and 25 seconds.
If the vehicle was used as an ambulance, it could carry four lying wounded and one seated. During the transport of ammunition or material, 30-32 twenty-kilogram boxes could fit in the hull. The transport of non-flammable materials was not recommended, as fire also penetrated the carburetor into the body area during the backlashes.
The vehicle was mounted two machine guns DT 7.62 mm (one at the front and rear in the body) with 2,814 rounds. When using the transporter as an ambulance, they would probably be removed, but in a country that denounced the Geneva Conventions inherited from Tsarist Russia, one never knows.
During tests in the autumn of 1934, the transporter weighing 9,700 kg, powered by a four-cylinder T-26 petrol boxer with a capacity of 6,600 cc, reached a maximum road speed of 28.5 km/h. And the conclusion of the commission - if it succeeds in eliminating excessive heating of the superstructure by heat from the engine, it can be accepted into the DRRA armament as an infantry transporter, ammunition, ambulance and artillery tractor.
Source
KOLOMIJEC, M: T-26-mining suction legkogo tanka, Eksmo, Moscow 2007
BARYATINSKY, M: Legkij Tank T-26, Broněkollekcija spec.no.2, Modělist-Konstrukťor, Moscow 2003
KOLOMIJEC, M., SVIRIN, M .: T-26-machines on its base, KM Strategy, Moscow 1999
