BT tank series

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BT-2, BT-5, BT-7, BT-7M
BT - 5.jpg
BT-5 Side view
TypeLight cavalry tank
Place of originAutocratic East Europan Imperial Alliance
Service history
In service1929-1945
WarsEstharian Civil War
Second Europan War
Production history
DesignerWolfgang Theimer
Designed1928
ManufacturerKorlgang Factory
Produced1928–39
No. builtBT-2: 650 BT-5: 2,057 BT-7: 6,970
VariantsBT-2, BT-5, BT-7, BT-7M
Specifications (BT-5)
Weight11.5 tonnes (12.676 tons)
Length5.58 m (18 ft 4 in)
Width2.23 m (7 ft 4 in)
Height2.25 m (7 ft 5 in)
Crew3

Armour6–30 mm
Main
armament
45-mm Model 32 tank gun
Secondary
armament
7.62-mm MG05 machine gun
EngineModel M-5
400 hp (298 kW)
Power/weight35 hp/tonne
SuspensionTheimer
Fuel capacity360 litres (95 US gal)
Operational
range
200 km (120 mi)
Speed72 km/h (44.7 mph)

The BT tank series were a series of East Europan light tanks produced from 1930 to 1943. They were lightly armoured, but were well-armed and reasonably fast. An indigenous Gallian tank design, it was sold by Theimer to the East Europan Government due to loss of funding by the Gallian government. Despite it, Theimer's suspension would be utilized by the Lucis Army for its cruiser tank line.

Theimer would go on to design another tank for the Gallian Army, which would later be the M3 Rein tank, and M4 Theimer tank. The Imperials would use the tank until 1931, when it was replaced by the indigenous and far superior Panzer II tank. It was later handed to states such as the Second Estharian Republic, who received more than 5,000 models to boost up its armaments during the Estharian Civil War. The Empire of Quenmin also took interest and bought more than 2,000 models, but mostly BT-2s and BT-5s since the Estharian Republic had already bought most of its stocks.

Development

Combat History

Users

Autocratic East Europan Imperial Alliance (retired in 1935)
Empire of Quenmin (retired in 1936)
Second Estharian Republic
Esthar and Balamb (captured more than 4,500 BT tanks from the Republicans)