BA-27
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BA-27 | |
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General characteristics | |
Crew | 4 |
Length | 4.62 m |
Width | 1.81 m |
Height | 2.52 m |
Weight | 4.4 tonnes |
Armour and armament | |
Armour | 7 mm |
Main armament | 37 mm gun |
Secondary armament | 7.62 mm DT machine gun |
Mobility | |
Power plant | 4-cylinder gasoline AMO 35 hp (26 kW) |
Suspension | 4×4 wheeled |
Road speed | 48 km/h |
Power/weight | 8 hp/tonne |
Range | 350 km |
The BA-27 armoured car was a Soviet heavy armoured car, produced from 1928 to 1931, and used for scouting and infantry support duties early in the Second World War. The BA-27 had a similar turret to the T-18 tank, and both forward and reverse driver's controls.
In 1927, an Izhorsky Factory design team developed a heavy armoured car based on the chassis of the AMO-F-15 truck (a copy of the Fiat F-15). After lengthy trials, it was accepted into Soviet Red Army service in 1929. No more than several hundred were built between 1928–31. The last batch of BA-27s were mounted on Ford Model AA truck chassis.
The chassis was found to be inadequate to carry the heavy armour, and some were later rebuilt on heavier, three-axle Ford-Timken truck chassis at Repair Base No. 2 (Rembaz No. 2). 193 of these BA-27M armoured cars remained in service on June 1, 1941, just before the German invasion of the Soviet Union.
[edit] References
- Zaloga, Steven J., James Grandsen (1984). Soviet Tanks and Combat Vehicles of World War Two, London: Arms and Armour Press. ISBN 0-85368-606-8.
Soviet armoured fighting vehicles of World War II | |
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Experimental and Improvised AFVs
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Soviet armored fighting vehicle production during World War II |