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PPG tankette | |
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![]() PPG tankette | |
Type | Tankette |
Place of origin | ![]() |
Production history | |
No. built | 100+5 prototypes |
Specifications | |
Mass | 1.73 tonnes |
Length | 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in) |
Width | 1.63 metres (5 ft 4 in) |
Height | 0.86 metres (2 ft 10 in) |
Crew | 2 |
Armor | 5-8mm (0.197-0.315 in) |
Main armament | 2 x DT machine guns |
Engine | PMZ motorcycle engine 16 horsepower (12 kW) |
Power/weight | 10 hp/tonne |
Suspension | rigid; no suspension |
Operational range | 100km (62 mi) |
Maximum speed | Maximum, road: 18 km/h (11.1 mph) Cross country: 7km/h (4.35 mph) |
The PPG tankette (Russian: ППГ; Подвижное пулемётное гнездо, romanized: PPG; Podvizhnoye pulemyotnoye gnezdo; literally "mobile machine-gun nest"), also known by the prototype name Object 217, was a Soviet tankette produced for fighting in the Winter War.