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374:
351:World War II
345:used by the
338:
336:
288:Power/weight
144:Factory 37,
141:Manufacturer
114:World War II
96:Soviet Union
92:Used by
73:Soviet Union
1553:SU-100Y SPG
1418:Komsomolets
420:light tanks
315:Operational
300:torsion bar
291:15 hp/tonne
168: built
1629:Categories
1567:Improvised
869:Amphibious
757:T-70 tanks
631:References
552:amphibious
533:lend-lease
343:light tank
296:Suspension
192:9.2 tonnes
63:Light tank
1548:T-43 tank
1423:Komintern
1325:Aerosleds
1318:Aerosleds
1005:IS-2/IS-3
1000:KV-1/KV-2
948:T-70/T-80
902:BT-2/BT-5
853:Tankettes
488:periscope
418:By 1942,
259:Secondary
160:1942—1943
136:1941—1942
87:1942—1948
1459:Kommunar
748:Archived
725:Archived
618:See also
562:Variants
388:7.62-mm
371:infantry
365:and the
347:Red Army
265:7.62 mm
261:armament
247:armament
239:10–60 mm
176:Variants
157:Produced
133:Designed
125:Designer
1584:NI tank
1574:KhTZ-16
1352:ASD-400
1099:ISU-152
1094:ISU-122
386:coaxial
349:during
1538:SU-101
1413:T-26-T
1342:NKL-26
1337:NKL-16
1332:ANT-IV
1233:Medium
1115:ZSU-37
1089:SU-152
1084:SU-122
1079:SU-100
1059:ZiS-30
957:Medium
842:Soviet
794:Soviet
704:
668:9 June
611:ZUT-37
601:ZSU-37
529:turret
484:Mark 4
357:scout
274:Engine
235:Armour
213:Height
197:Length
100:Poland
1533:SU-14
1474:YA-12
1469:STZ-5
1464:STZ-3
1276:BA-11
1269:Heavy
1260:BA-10
1240:BA-27
1224:BA-30
1209:BA-64
1204:BA-20
1177:Light
1125:T-70Z
1120:T-60Z
1074:SU-85
1069:SU-76
988:Heavy
921:Light
876:T-37A
845:tanks
636:Notes
605:M1939
579:ZiS-3
569:SU-76
556:PT-76
544:units
522:shell
462:SU-76
451:track
444:Kirov
341:is a
317:range
205:Width
171:8,226
146:Kirov
41:T-70
1528:S-51
1347:RF-8
1255:BA-6
1250:BA-3
1245:BA-I
1219:PB-7
1214:PB-4
1194:D-13
1189:D-12
1130:T-90
1064:SU-5
995:T-35
979:T-44
974:T-43
969:T-34
964:T-28
943:T-60
938:T-50
933:T-26
928:T-18
912:BT-8
907:BT-7
895:Fast
886:T-40
881:T-38
860:T-27
702:ISBN
670:2015
516:The
475:and
455:T-70
429:T-50
424:T-34
367:T-50
361:for
359:tank
355:T-60
339:T-70
337:The
277:2 ×
245:Main
221:Crew
189:Mass
110:Wars
59:Type
1199:FAI
1184:D-8
799:of
473:GAZ
442:in
279:GAZ
166:No.
150:GAZ
1631::
1579:IZ
661:.
573::
446:.
267:DT
148:,
1508:e
1501:t
1494:v
1386:e
1379:t
1372:v
1310:e
1303:t
1296:v
1164:e
1157:t
1150:v
1039:e
1032:t
1025:v
834:e
827:t
820:v
786:e
779:t
772:v
710:.
672:.
224:2
34:.
20:)
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