Friday, September 16, 2011

T-10 Heavy Tank

T-10 Heavy Tank

The T-10 was a Soviet heavy tank of the Cold War, the final development of the KV and IS tank series. It was accepted into production in 1952 as the IS-10 (Iosif Stalin, Russian form of Joseph Stalin), but due to the political climate in the wake of Stalin's death in 1953, it was renamed T-10.

The biggest differences from its direct ancestor, the IS-3, were a longer hull, seven pairs of road wheels instead of six, a larger turret mounting a new gun with fume extractor, an improved diesel engine, and increased armour. General performance was similar, although the T-10 could carry more ammunition.

T-10s (like the IS tanks they replaced) were deployed in independent tank regiments belonging to armies, and independent tank battalions belonging to divisions. These independent tank units could be attached to mechanized units, to support infantry operations and perform breakthroughs.

T-10 Heavy Tank
Type Heavy tank
Place of origin Soviet Union
Service history
In service 1953–late 1970s
Used by Soviet Union
Wars 1973 October War
Production history
Designer Zhozef Kotin
Designed 1948–52
Manufacturer Factory 185, Factory 174
Produced 1953–66
Number built 8,000
Specifications
Weight 52 tonnes
Length 7.41 m, 9.87 m over gun
Width 3.56 m
Height 2.43 m
Crew 4

Armour 250 mm
Main
armament
122 mm D-25TA
Secondary
armament
2 × 12.7 mm DShKM machine guns
Engine 39-l 12-cyl. diesel model V-2-IS
700 hp (522 kW)
Power/weight 13 hp/tonneLink
Suspension torsion-bar
Operational
range
250 km
Speed 42 km/h

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