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T-50 light infantry tank | |
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![]() T-50 "20" at the Kubinka Tank Museum | |
Type | Light infantry tank |
Place of origin | Soviet Union |
Service history | |
In service | 1941-1945 |
Used by | Soviet Union Finland |
Wars | World War II |
Production history | |
Designer | S. Ginzburg, L. Troyanov, OKMO |
Designed | 1939–41 |
Manufacturer | Factory 174, Leningrad/Chkalov |
Produced | 1941–42 |
No. built | 69 |
Specifications ([1]) | |
Mass | 14 tonnes (14 long tons; 15 short tons) |
Length | 5.20 m (17 ft 1 in) |
Width | 2.47 m (8 ft 1 in) |
Height | 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) |
Crew | 4 |
Armor | 12–37 mm (0.47–1.46 in) |
Main armament | 45 mm Model 1932/38 20-K gun (150 rds.) |
Secondary armament | 7.62 mm DT machine gun |
Engine | diesel inline-six engine 300 hp (220 kW) |
Power/weight | 21 hp/tonne (16 kW/tonne) |
Suspension | torsion bar |
Fuel capacity | 350 L (77 imp gal; 92 US gal) |
Operational range | 220 km (140 mi) |
Maximum speed | 60 km/h (37 mph) |
The T-50 was a light infantry tank built by the Soviet Union at the beginning of World War II. The design for this vehicle had some advanced features, but was complicated and expensive, and only a short production run of 69 tanks was completed.