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258:Degtyaryov machine guns
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240:76.2 mm L-11 gun
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158:Production history
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415:Description
401:Josef Kotin
372:Development
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308:Operational
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67:August 2010
59:introducing
1160:Categories
1018:Škoda MU-4
947:Prototypes
463:References
366:Winter War
338:heavy tank
297:Suspension
152:Winter War
115:Heavy tank
1048:T2 Medium
1038:ST vz. 39
1013:PZInż 130
900:Matilda I
872:SOMUA S35
821:Cavalry,
717:Panzer II
697:LT vz. 38
692:LT vz. 35
687:LT vz. 34
657:Fiat 3000
556:Tankettes
459:in 1941.
442:KV series
382:T-35 tank
350:Leningrad
292:14 hp/ton
248:Secondary
882:Infantry
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448:Variants
378:Red Army
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163:Designer
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852:BT tank
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190:58 tons
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358:KV-1
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332:The
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256:4 ×
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