“Weapons of War”-BT-5, BT-7, BT-7M |War Thunder

29 Apr “Weapons of War”-BT-5, BT-7, BT-7M |War Thunder

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Hmm … even for a long time the posts did not go out. I have already managed to finish the ball and find my job, well, and gain in weight, as without it in our gaming community (oh, just do not need excuses, go better to the stroke: D). In general, I really love games and history (as you noticed on all my blogs – it really doesn’t matter the company or weapons), because of this I decided to make a series of posts about military equipment or a series of techniques in such D … in such a beautiful game as War Thunder. Right now they are waiting for you: historical references, amazing facts, well, what is now playing on this technique.

P.WITH. Thanks to the new text editor, my old review on FSW is now impossible to read. Half of the images now do not look very much there, but now we have a beautiful and simple interface (apparently you go according to the testaments of Steve Jobs).

Today I decided to tell you not about one tank, but as many as three tanks, if not more. These tanks are one of the most popular in the game, some belly take them to tops to prove what these tanks are imba. Meet, BT-5, BT-7 and BT-7M.

Background

Let’s start from the very beginning. It is generally accepted that the BT-2, that is, the speedy tank 2, was the first BT, but this is not entirely.

In October 1928, the head of the motorization department and the mechanization of the Red Army Innocent Halepsky arrived in the United States as a representative of the amtorg trading agency. Despite the absence of any diplomatic relations and ideological confrontation, trading barriers between the United States and the USSR were removed.

Khalepsky Innokenty Andreevich – Soviet military and statesman, Order of Lenin and the Red Banner. Former the People’s Commissar of the USSR, shot in 1938 on charges of conspiracy, rehabilitated in 1956.

Initially, Khalepsky visited the United States for negotiations with Ford for the purchase of equipment for the Nizhny Novgorod Automobile Plant, but during his stay he visited all sorts of military arsenals and landfills, including the Aberdine training ground, at which he became interested in T1 tank with Cunningham. Subsequently, at the end of 1929, the USSR requested maximum prices for the purchase of tanks in the amount of 50 units. US military and US President Hoover approved a deal to stimulate further work of Cunningham in the field of tank building.

In March 1930, Khalepsky was again in the States to conclude a contract with Cunningham for the purchase of light tanks T1, but changed his mind when he saw at the landfill the light wheel tank m.1930 designer John Christie, and decided to negotiate with the designer

John Walter (ChZF! Walter White!?) Christie -American designer and inventor of M19 tanks (20,30,40) and "Christie pendants", which formed the basis of many legendary tank families: BT, T-34, Crusader, Comet and others. This suspension is still relevant and is used in Israeli Merkava tanks.

The key features of Christie’s samples, at that time, were: the wheels’ wheel, maneuverability, excellent cross-country ability and speed. Even on tracks on off -road, the tank could develop up to 45 km/h, and on the road on wheels up to 70 km/h/h.

It was decided to hold the first meeting in June. At the meeting, Christie tried to advance his latest sample m.1931, despite the fact that the Soviet delegation has arrived for m.1930. Here are excerpts from the report of Halepsky about m.1931:

…despite High speed, Which, according to the assurances of the American, is more than 45 km/h on caterpillars and 70 km/h on wheels ..The indicated tank is not suitable for accepting it in the armament system of the Red Army.

Report and.A.Khalepsky about a foreign business trip to the RVS of the Republic, June 1930.

Despite the report of Khalepsky, the Soviet leadership was interested and ordered two more copies in full configuration, with design and technological documentation and the right to manufacture them in the USSR. Moreover, earlier the Soviet Union was ready to pay 60 thousand dollars per m.1930, but in the process of all these negotiations for new m.1931 was decided to give 160 thousand dollars, in general it was spent 220 thousand dollars. The military ministry did not like this and it forbade the sale of any tanks. It was decided to disguise the tanks for tractors (yes, the Americans ahead of the Germans on the questions of tank tractors), withdrawing weapons and towers with him. The most important thing is that before this Christy, with the assistance of the assistant chief of staff of Douglas Makarter (the same), sold the chassis to the amtorg to the tractor concern, under which he further disguised that he allegedly did not sell tanks, but sells tractors on the chassis of M.1930 brands "amtorga".

Walter White from the world of tank building did not have time to collect two samples m.1930 by September 1930, only it was possible to send on December 24 of the same year. AND. What they saw in the USSR, except as a shame, could not be called. They brought to them two samples that were without towers, without guns, and even without machine guns. For such a Soviet leadership, it decided to keep 25 thousand dollars, because Christy did not just deliver the deadlines later, so without weapons and normal documentation. Even despite this, the Soviet leadership proposed moving to John to the Soviet Union, but, offended, Christie refused. By this, he not only wanted to get even with the USSR, but also put pressure on the military ministry. All the same, the US military leadership decided to purchase 7 tanks from Christie. I do not know the further use of John Walter’s achievements in the American army, but if you know, you can share with everyone. Maximum, through the Americans, Christie contacted the British, who, using his achievements, made a bunch of cult (for them) tanks and further use by the Israeli Army Christie Suspensions for Merkava tanks.

We return to the USSR, all the same about their tanks we have a topic. In general, in early 1931, tanks m.1931 in the amount of two pieces, also cut, but Christie did not give out any documentation and drawings. Contrary to John, the Soviet representative in. D. Sviridov bought the drawings from the tank from his assistants without any difficulties. Thanks to this, Soviet tank builders were able to completely study m.1931.

In March 1931, it was decided to conduct additional tests of the tanks who came, which called BT-1. The Kharkiv steam locomotive factory (KhPZ) named after the Comintern was instructed to produce BT-1 tanks, as well as abandon the T-24, which was supposed to produce on the basis of the "Grotta Tank" (TG) from the friendly Germany at that time (neof. Weimar Republic). From the memoirs of Alexander Alexandrovich Morozov, in response to this, the head of the tank group at the plant Ivan Nikanorovich Alexenko left his post, and the workers themselves were dissatisfied with the decision but. The decision of the leadership was due to the lack of technical ability to implement tanks by the Yaroslavl automobile plant, and the Bolshevik plant was full of orders, which is why such a KPZ was chosen. After the testing of the HPZ, one sample m.1930.

All the same, the tank is not a tank at all, but more armored personnel carrier. It was necessary to solve the problem and on the basis of the Kharkov plant it was decided to make modernization. The protocol of the Defense Committee “On Tank Building” was ordered to introduce a BT tank into the Red Army Armament system and expand its production at KhPZ. It was planned that the future tank will have to jointly act with another Soviet tank – T -26.

At the end of May 1931, KhPZ began to work on drawings and specifications for the BT-2 tank. The development of design documentation was carried out taking into account the experience of the T-24 tank, the development of design documentation was carried out on the basis of drawings received from Christie, while the tanks themselves m.1931 arrived at the plant only in January 1932.

The first models appeared on the basis of the Liberty 12-central engine, but subsequently the tips of the Zairers-Enginery and made it “M-5”, which was used up to the BT-6 inclusive. BT-2 itself is BT-1 with a tower specially made under it, a 37-mm B-3 gun and a DT machine gun, and in most cases the M-5 engine. All the same, the speed on the wheels was slightly affected by M.1931 (but still better than m.1930), developed "New Tank" only 52 km/h on caterpillars and 72 km/h on wheels along the highway.

After the BT-2, the BT-3 appeared, which is essentially BT-2, but simply began to measure the details not in inches, but in meters. In theory, all BT-2 turned into “BT-3” in an instant, but somewhere was also designated as BT-2.

BT-4 is essentially the same BT-2, but the rugged case was replaced with clinos-welded, and towing hooks were replaced with towing rings. Here you have a new BT.

In the present new BT became.

Development history and further use

The fact is that the BT-2 is essentially a copy of m.1931, and M itself.1931 HPZ workers were not so loved, basically criticized. Due to this, the USSR needed a new tank that should have looked like m.1931, but exceed it in everything. Already in January 1932, according to the order of the military command, work began on the modernization of the BT-2 tank. 2 BT-2 development options were developed, which received the name BT-4 and BT-5. Everything is already clear about BT-4, but BT-5. Unlike the BT-4 and BT-2, the BT-5 completely switched to the M-5 engine, and also got it: an elliptical tower, the possibility of installing radio equipment (that is, walkie-talkie), a 45 mm 20k gun and an extended ammunition for the main gun of 115 shells (75 with a walkie-talkie). Unlike the BT-4, all the same, the BT-5 remained with the clinked case.

BT-5 serial production began in March 1933, but such a deep modernization was not so simple. It turned out that the flesh until mid-1934, the BT-5 had a percentage of marriage from 9 to 41 percent against 5-8 at BT-2. Even despite this, the BT-5 nevertheless fell in love and he had many modifications, and some bore the name of the BT-5-ES leader. The tankers themselves noted the markedly increased reliability of power units and the quality of the assembly. Rockets were even installed on it, subsequently calling the RBT-5 (rocket launcher 5), which is even in the game and you can buy it on the exchange. Even despite the shortcomings of the RBT-5 in reality, War Thunder players love the RBT-5 and often use in the game as missile artillery.

Bit 5 baptism, Spanish Civil War

1937. Civil War in Spain is in full https://gamblingdata.net/casinos/spin-samurai-casino/ swing. The right forces, led by the Spanish phalanx and Sad, decided to seize power by force, but the government decided to resist the right radicals, forming the Popular Front, consisting of democrats, communists, socialists and anarchists, who were united by only one goal – to destroy the phalangists and prevent what happened to Italy and Germany. The Soviet Union at that time did not decide to stand still and sent military and humanitarian aid, as well as volunteers. And our hero sailed on August 1, where he was baptized in the battle on the Aragon Front with a 1st separate international tank regiment, consisting of volunteers and the Spaniards themselves, consisting of about 30 tanks.

BT-5 of the Spanish Popular Front and color illustration of the tank. On War Thunder Live (an official site with camouflage and other) you can download for free for your BT -5 – https: // live.WARTHUNDER.COM/Post/737040/RU/

The main opponents of the BT-5 in Spain became Italian wedges and light German PZ tanks.KPFW. I and Pz.KPFW. II, over which the BT-5 showed its full superiority, although during the assault on especially fortified areas, most of the cars were lost.

How does the BT-5 feel in the game?

I would like to explain at first that the assessment is from the point of view of one of the most popular modes of the game – TRB (tank realistic battles), taking into account many factors: from the behavior of technology in this mode to its main opponents. And of course I will not say how it is played in stock variation, which is served more as a tank battered by time, and already in complete configuration, that is, a fully pumped.

Since the BT-5 is a backup tank, then it The combat rating is 1.0. As part of the ratings 1.0-2.0 feels cheerful, he is not just one of the fastest on his rating, but in general he can give a light, like all BT in the game, many tanks up to 10 sconces, especially the Chinese and Soviet school, when the same T-72 ate gain 50-60km/h, and the reverse move is 4 km/h/h/h is 4 km/h. The BT-5 itself is gaining 30 km/h very quickly, and after a few seconds it makes it possible to accelerate to 53 km/h, and the reverse move. 11 km/h almost right away.

From weapons, as I said earlier, a 45 mm gun of 20k with a chamber shell of the BR-240 and a continuous BR-240SP, and a machine gun for 1890 cartridges. In total, you can take 86 shells, which is 11 shells more than a standard number of shells taking into account the walkie -talkie. With the maximum pumped crew, reloading the gun is carried out in 3.6C, which is very fast. Many on tops cannot have such a recharge for a shot (although they have much more caliber)

Br-240 is an armor-piercing camernery shell with minimal punching (10 meters at an angle of 0 degrees) at 70mm and maximum 21mm by (2000 km at an angle of 60 degrees). In the area of ​​10 to 200 meters, almost any enemy armored vehicles pierces. The average exposure is average, there are vanshots, but unstable. If the enemy enters the enemy tower, you can make the entire crew of the tower out of order.

Br -240SP – armor -piercing shell, which does not have an explosive. In the common people (in the tundra), such shells are called dummies or continuous shells. Has not quite outstanding indicators compared to BR-240. Despite the difference in its favor by about 3 mm, a shell of 3 m/s flies slower, has a greater chance of ricochet, and the difference is significant, and it also does not have a normal, broken exposure due to the above factors.

I recommend taking only the Br-240 in the amount of 13 pieces due to the layout of the shells, which we will talk about later. As for the DT machine gun, for me, of course, these are not American anti -aircraft machine guns, but everything is better than any machine gun in the initial branch of France. Middle machine gun, he has 7 caliber.7, they can still quickly “crumble” open equipment like anti -aircraft guns or sauce without armor or with open areas.

And now to the disadvantages. Despite good shells, armor and excellent maneuverability on the battlefield, the tank is very fragile, and the crew is quite close to each other (to destroy the tank, the entire crew must be killed or only one member remains from the crew). One thing is enough for you with a chamber shell in (H) ld, tower or side and you will most likely lose your tank. The best case is if you are in the engine that is located behind and is far from the crew. With an angular struggle, that is, when you are on the one hand of the corner, and the enemy on the other, it is recommended not to substitute the caterpillars as many do it, but go backwards or at all to wait for the enemy, because in this case you are likely not to “fly away” with vanshot.

Another disadvantage is the layout of shells. The fact is that the location of the shells plays against you, if you take more than 13-14 shells, then some shells can be in the area of ​​the sides or tower, which can lead to an increase in the chance of your vanshot. And even with 13 shells, the location is not very profitable, but in this case you are preserved from the vanshots with weak treasury shells into board or completely continuous (hello, British and French with their shells), or if you get into the back of the corps, your shells will save the engine and sacred sweaty tanks there.

What does the BT-5 look like with the optimal number of shells in the tank. And in truth reduces and so much chance to die from the first shot.
Yes, tell me what a bad person with the bushes. Harbarium on the caterpillars.

As a result, BT-5 feels very good. It exceeds many light tanks from 1.0 2.0, not to mention the backup. The main thing is to remember that your power is in speed, mobility, a cannon and time of its reloading, and the weakness in a heaped crew and thin armor. You can play on this tank boldly and break into the point, waiting for the enemy, or play more tactfully, quickly taking a profitable position and shooting at a distance from which the enemy will not see you right away.

Now let’s get down to.

Development history and further use

Before we start, you should tell a little about BT-6. BT-6 is a tank unbearable in the series, but all the same, its own number. Logically, the BT-7 was to be called the BT-6, but it did not work. The situation itself is exactly the same as that of the BT-4, but only the BT-5 is used as the base, that is, just other towing hooks and the clinosa-welding housing.

The military leadership immediately realized that this was an extra waste of time and instructed to close the project and pay attention to the modification of the BT-5.

Our story begins in early 1933. The 520th department of the HPZ tank design bureau received an order to develop the latest tank, which was supposed to take into account all the disadvantages of its predecessors. In the project, the future BT-7 was supposed to have an M-17 engine, which was a modified version of the German BMW VI, 76mm gun of the KT-28 type like T-26-4, an increase in the capacity of fuel tanks.

At the beginning of 1934, the production of prototypes of two samples began. The first was produced in March, the other on the Day of the October Revolution (November 7). The prototypes had: the machine gun to the right of the mechanized vehicle, the 76-mm KT-28 gun, as well as the drum location of ammunition in the niche of the tower (or radio station), and the tower in the form of a truncated elliptical cone.

The test commission nevertheless calculated the excess of the terminal machine gun for three people, instructed to make the tower similar to the BT-5 due to the impossibility of installing a tower machine gun, subsequently prevented the drum layout of ammunition in the tower, well, and install the 45 mm gun of 20k (since the BT-7 project immediately supported the replacement of K-28 by 220k).

In 1935, the production of the BT-7 began, but. Wait a minute. The BT-7, which was first made does not look like the one in the game. And you will be right, because the BT-7 did not stand still and had as much as 2 sample except for additional modifications and BT-7M. The one in front of you, as you understand, is the BT-7 model of 1935, when the game is the BT-7-1937.

BT-7 model of 1935.

The 1935 serial BT-7 Corps was a hard-thawed and steel sheets, mainly with a welded way, less often than a cooker, as well as an elongated narrowed rounded front and a trapezoidal background. The outer walls were removable, the internal were 4-mm steel sheets. He had a 45 mm gun of 20-k and a machine gun of DT with it, they were placed in a cylindrical tower with a developed feed niche. And of course a new engine – M -17T (tank). It was not particularly different from Liberti and its analogue M-5, except for the more power at the same speed: 400 liters.With. Against 365 l.With.

Remember I talked about the KT-28 gun? Well, here. All the same, they did not forget about her, the main thing of the USSR Auto-Top Directorate instructed the CPZ to make artillery modification on the basis of the 1935 model. The result was the production of BT-7a, which just had a gun from T-26-4.

He is in the game, but as only premium promotional equipment. I can’t judge somehow, I did not play and did not hear. The only thing, according to Vicki War Thunder, he has another gun – F -32. This suggests that the game version is only one of the experimental BT-7A, since the standard variation provided for the use of only KT-28, rather than F-32 or L-11.

In 1937, the production of the BT-7 with a conical tower began. The armament of the tank has not changed, but the ammunition increased by 44 shells (it reached until 188, and with a radio station – 145 shells). If you are a little “permanent”, then the game has a small discrepancy, because since we have the opportunity to request an artillery blow to enemy positions, then we also have a radio station, but the tank does not have 145 shells, but still 188 pieces. Also, changes were made to the transmission and the springs of balancer pendants of the leading wheels were strengthened.

Baptism of fire. Soviet-Japanese border conflict by Lake Hassan.

July 29, 1938, the Japanese reinforced company of 150 people crosses the border in the area of ​​Lake Hassan (located in the south of the present Primorsky Territory) and with large losses (about 40 people) occupies a height, but by the evening the enemy was squeezed out of the battlefield.

The next day, Japanese troops again attempted to cross the border of the USSR. Japanese artillery fired at the hills (border posts) Nameless and Zaozerny, after which the Japanese troops went on the attack in order to capture them. Border guards were able to fight off the enemy’s army thanks to the arrived regular troops of the USSR. From this moment on, a series of border conflicts near Lake Hassan goes into an active phase.

As you already understood, our hero also managed to visit the participant in these events. On July 29, a tank battalion was formed in the 2nd separate mechanized brigade, which was subsequently sent to Sakhalin Island (at the time of 1938, the island was divided into Soviet and Japanese units). In the tank battalion, tanks were listed: BT-5, BT-7 and T-26.

July 31. The Primorsky Army was completely readiness, in full force the 2nd separate mechanized brigade was thrown, including with their tank battalion.

August 2. The 39th Infantry Corps was created, which includes the 2nd separate Mehbrida. On the same day, the USSR is transferred to the counterattack and the 2nd OMB supported the 32 separate tank battalion of the 40th rifle division, it was on August 2 BT-7 BATLE BEAR.

The conflict ended on August 11, 1938. During the period from August 2 to 11, 19 BT-7 were applied, of which 5 tanks and 1 burned out (BT-7A) were shot down. As a result of the conflict, the Red Army completed the tasks, the enemy was forced to retreat. A truce was concluded between the USSR and the Japanese empire, according to which the border is established on the basis of the 1860 agreement on the Misty River, that is, Japan officially recognizes the USSR within the established borders.

How does the BT-7 feel in the game?

BT-7 feels literally as well as BT-5 with the exception of some points:

BT-7, unlike the BT-5, is felt much harder. And this is not just "oh, it seems to me so". NO! I spent the speed between them. The test was carried out on a direct asphalt road, it was necessary to determine how long the tanks accelerate to 50 km/h. As a result, the BT-5 accelerates in 8.66 seconds, and BT -7 – 9.7.

BT-7 has a more powerful 400 liter engine.With. Against 365 l.With.. This allows BT-7 to climb a little better through some hills, get out of the pits or push someone.

The case and the tower are longer than that of the BT-5. It is very striking. In the case of the case, this is due to. A sacred Soviet fuel tank, thanks to which you can dance when leaving behind the corner or simply survive when the rear. Well, the tower has become longer due to the features of the conical towers themselves.

Well, the opportunity to take more shells, although just in case take as much as on the BT-5. You will be less explosive.

Why is the BT-7 felt literally like BT-5? Because the combat rating is almost the same (1.0 versus 1.3). The bullet of enemies does not change much, and hence the tactics of the game. Despite the second of late, the BT-7 is still one of the fastest tanks of their sconces, its competitors are only other BTSHKs (including Finnish 42), French AMD.35, a couple of Italians, M8 and South African tanks SARC.

BT-7 is a good tank for a setup for 1-1.3 br, as well as BT-5. It’s good to take them in one set, because they both deliver a lot of problems in skilled hands.

The development of a new BT began in 1937. 2 tanks with an already replaced engine were collected, instead of the carburetor M-17T, the BD-2 was already standing. First, this tank goes with the A-7M index (factory index), and subsequently received another-BT-8.

In 1938, tests were carried out. After the tests, it was customary to replace the engine with a also diesel B-2. B-2 itself is a deep modification of the M-17T, which is more powerful and eats a cheap diesel processing instead of gasoline. I think that it was with the B-2 in the Soviet-Russian tank building school that it was customary to use mainly diesel engines.

The serial production of the tank under the new BT-7M index began in December 1939, and the production of the engine began a month earlier, since the B-2 before the BT-7M release did not go into serial production. In itself, the B-2 compared with the predecessors has maximum turnover in 1800 per minute against 1600 M-5 and M-17T, and with these revolutions, B-2 500 liters.With. Against 400 and 365 liters.With.

The main differences is the increase in crew security and the latest engine operating on a diesel engine. Earlier, I did not compare the speed tanks within the framework of history, because the comparison between the BT-5 and BT-7 did not really make sense for me. The difference was a maximum of 1 km/h. Here we already have the difference more significant. Unlike BT-7, BT-7M develops its speed up to 62 km/h on tracks and 86 on wheels against 53 on tracks and 73 on wheels.

Improving safety? It is expressed in an increase in the improvement of tank armor? The armor of the tank has not changed in any way. Improving safety is associated with a decrease in fire hazard. The future marshal of the Soviet Union Zhukov even after the battles at Khalkhin-Gole, although he praised the tank, he noted high fire hazard.

Tank brigades fought very well, especially the 11th, led by the brigade by the hero of the Soviet Union M. P. Yakovlev. But the tanks BT-5 and BT-7 are too fiery hazardous. If there were no two tank and three motorbike brigades at my disposal, we, of course, could not surround and defeat the 6th Japanese army so quickly

The commander of the 1st Army Group and the future commander of the Kyiv Special Military District (at the time of 1940) Zhukov g. TO.

How BT-7M feels in the game?

The game feels a bit differently. To begin with, the BT-7M has a more historical maximum speed. Unlike the BT-5 and BT-7, which has 1 km/h higher speed in the game, the game BT-7M accelerates exactly 62 km/h as in reality. It is sometimes jokingly called "Soviet Drift", referring to a triple fringe.

Random vidosik on request.

The gun as you understand the same, the shells are the same, but the opponents are already different. From the average distance, not everyone can break through (do not forget that 240SP is too situational shell to take it), because we can already meet all sorts of B2 bis and Valentine.

Of the dangerous opponents, we already have not only the above tanks, but also other not very armored, but rather fast copies, of which almost every nation has bred: M22, SD.KFZ.222, AB 43, CM32, SARC MK.YOU.

Now you need to act more carefully on the BT-7M, do not fly immediately to the point, try to flary more often and play in the end, and not take up the position and shoot with about 300-500 meters. This is much more effective, since many do not have time to turn out how you be behind or on the side of the enemy. And of course you already need to look where you shoot, because it is not a fact that you can break through the same Valentine. The car still remains quite strong, but not the same as earlier copies.

And that’s all! Write I liked this kind of blogs or not. I accept any advice (except for delusional ones, to wash themselves off in the toilet or touch the grass) and criticism, so do not hesitate to hint at some flaws. See you in the future issue!