Hobby Boss 82493 Soviet T-24 Medium Tank

The T-24 is a Soviet medium tank from the interwar period and the beginning of World War II. The first prototypes of this vehicle were made in 1930-1931, and the car entered service in 1931 or 1932. Only about 25 vehicles of this type were manufactured during the production process. The combat weight of the tank was up to 18.5 tons. The drive was provided by a single carburettor engine with a capacity of up to 250 HP. The basic armament consisted of a single 45 mm model 1930 gun and 3 DT 7.62 mm machine guns.

The T-24 vehicle was developed as a development of the T-12 tank, and the Kharkiv Steam Engine Factory (CHPZ for short) was responsible for its production. When designing the car, emphasis was placed on the strongest possible armament and good traction. However, the tank turned out to be not very successful - it was plagued by numerous faults, poor reliability of many mechanical components and rather poor ergonomics of the crew compartment. Moreover, it was highly cost-intensive. Due to these drawbacks, the T-24 was quickly withdrawn from production in favor of the BT series. The resulting T-24s were used in combat only in the first weeks the German-Soviet war in 1941, when they were all destroyed.