Surviving Russian light Tanks (part 2) Last update : 5 January 2018

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1 Surviving Russian light Tanks (part 2) Last update : 5 January 2018 Listed here are the T-50, T-60 T-70 and T-80 light tanks that still exist today. Nick Matveev, T-126SP (T-50 prototype) Kubinka Tank Museum (Russia) Sami Niemeläinen, July T-50 Finnish Armour Museum, Parola (Finland) Serial Number K (July 1941). The tank belonged to 2nd tank regiment of 1st Tank Division. The tank has been lost in battles around Petrozavodsk on 24th July 1941 (The first battle loss of T-50 tanks). The additional armour has been installed by Finns. It was used by the Finnish army with Registration number R-110 "Niki", and then Ps ( Soldier_of_Industrial_War )

2 Yuri Pasholok, September T-50 Patriot Park, Kubinka (Russia) Serial Number K (Aug. 1941). The tank was used in battles near Moscow in the autumn of 1941 as a part of 150th Tank Brigade of Operative Group of General Yermakov. After a major repair the tank was used in battles in the North Caucasus in the end of 1942 as a part of 488th separate tank batallion ( Soldier_of_Industrial_War ) Sami Niemeläinen, July T-60 Finnish Armour Museum, Parola (Finland) The gun and the mantlet are reproductions (Alex Pankov)

3 T-60 Victory Park at Poklonnaya Gora, Moscow (Russia) Jim Goetz, August 2015 T-60 Patriot Park, Kubinka (Russia) Yuri Pasholok, September

4 FotosergS, August T-60 National Automobile Museum, Vsevolozhsk, Leningrad Oblast (Russia) Harry J. Daniels, January

5 Harry J. Daniels, January Harry J. Daniels, January At least six T-60s Vadim Zadorozhny Museum, Arhangelskoe Moscow Oblast (Russia) running c. These vehicles could be reproductions or may contain some original parts, any information are the most welcome

6 T-60 Museum of the National Military History, Padikovo, Moscow Oblast (Russia) Vitalliu Krupoderov - T-60 Gluboky, Rostov Oblast (Russia) The tracks are not original and come from a DT-75 agricultural tractor (Alex Pankov)

7 T-60 Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast (Russia) T-60 Engelsd, Saratov Oblast (Russia)

8 sany4, February T-60 Museum of military equipment "Battle Glory of the Urals", Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Sverdlovsk Oblast (Russia) Reconstruction process : T-60 Igor Shishkin Collection (Russia)

9 T-60 Australian Armour and Artillery Museum, Cairns, QLD (Australia) This tank comes from Samara in Russia and is described as 80% original Sami Niemeläinen, July T-70 Finnish Armour Museum, Parola (Finland) The main gun is missing

10 "DaSk", August T-70 Armoured Weapons Museum, Land Forces Training Centre, Poznań (Poland) running condition Rostislav Sherstnev - T-70M Yezyaryshcha, Vitsebsk Voblast (Belarus)

11 T-70M Museum of the Great Patriotic War, Kiev (Ukraine) Alexeï Redlic, May T-70M Uzhgorod, Zakarpattia Oblast (Ukraine)

12 Savcha, May T-70M Nizhyn, Chernihiv Oblast (Ukraine) T-70M Vershatsi, Cherkasy Oblast (Ukraine)

13 Gerald Flick, July 2007 T-70M Museum of History, Dnipropetrovsk, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (Ukraine) Alex Maltsev, April T-70M Melitopol, Zaporizhia Oblast (Ukraine)

14 Т-70M Solonitsevka, Kharkov Oblast (Ukraine) Т-70M Chervonyy Oskol, Kharkov Oblast (Ukraine)

15 Т-70M Konstantinovka, Donetsk Oblast (Ukraine) Sergueï Lotarev - T-70M Victory Park at Poklonnaya Gora, Moscow (Russia) This vehicle is a former exhibit from the Kubinka Museum. The turret on this tank comes from another T-70. The original turret of this tank is now on display at Kubinka, integrated to the Tankers Memorial, which you can see below (Alex Pankov)

16 Alexey Domin, October T-70 Kubinka Tank Museum (Russia) running condition It seems that this tank was recovered from a bog in Russia, have a look there : Harris J. Daniels, January Two T-70s Vadim Zadorozhny Museum, Arhangelskoe, Moscow Oblast (Russia)

17 FotosergS, August T-70 National Automobile Museum, Vsevolozhsk, Leningrad Oblast (Russia) T-70M Pskov, Pskov Oblast (Russia) running condition This tank was assembled from fragments of 5 tanks found in different areas. The restoration lasted more than a year

18 Konstantin Matekhin, May T-70M Veliky Novgorod, Novgorod Oblast (Russia) E. N. Velesov, December T-70M Oryol Offensive Museum, Orel, Oryol Oblast (Russia)

19 T-70 Sergey Chibineev Collection, Pushkino, Moscow Oblast (Russia) Vitalliu Krupoderov, June T-70M Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (Russia)

20 Pavel Blinov - T-70 Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Rostov Oblast (Russia) nei007, April T-70M Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast (Russia) This tank was recovered in 2007 from a lake in the Volgograd Oblast and was sent to the Panoramic Museum to be restored. It is cosmetically restored, but still in a sorry condition (Alex Pankov)

21 Vitalliu Krupoderov - T-70 Kalach-on-the-Don, Volgograd Oblast (Russia) Vitalliu Krupoderov - T-70 Bakhchisaray, Crimean Peninsula (Russia)

22 frocush, October T-70M Sokolova Gora, Saratov, Saratov Oblast (Russia) Photo July T-70 Technical museum, Tolyatti, Samara Oblast (Russia)

23 sany4, February T-70 Museum of military equipment "Battle Glory of the Urals", Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Sverdlovsk Oblast (Russia) Reconstruction process : T-70M Tank School, Chirchik (Uzbekistan)

24 T-70 Australian Armour and Artillery Museum, Cairns, QLD (Australia) This tank comes from Samara in Russia Rocket launcher BM 8-24 (T-60) Museum of military equipment "Battle Glory of the Urals", Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Sverdlovsk Oblast (Russia) This tank was restored at Pushkino, Moscow Oblast

25 Alexey Domin, October T-80 Kubinka Tank Museum (Russia) T-90 Museum of military equipment "Battle Glory of the Urals", Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Sverdlovsk Oblast (Russia) The turret is a reproduction. Only one prototype was built during the war

26 T-70 wreck Rostov, Rostov Oblast (Russia) This tank was recovered from the Don river in July 2009 ( Тов.Петрэску, June T-70M hull Museum of Open Society GAZ, Nizhni Novgorod Nizhni Novgorod Oblast (Russia) The GAZ auto maker company produced some T-70 tanks during the Great Patriotic War of

27 T-60 turret Private collection (Russia) This T-60 turret is being restored Timur Gennadevich T-60 turret Found in Volgograd (Russia) Current location unknown, the turret was found in 2013

28 Photo September T-60 turret Tsemena, Novgorod Oblast (Russia) T-70 turret Svitle, Dobropillia Raion, Donetsk Oblast (Ukraine)

29 Patrick Kraft - T-70 turret Victory Park at Poklonnaya Gora, Moscow (Russia) Vladimir and Alexander, May T-70 turret Tankers Memorial, Kubinka Tank Museum (Russia)

30 T-70 turret Bryansk, Bryansk Oblast (Russia) Ivan Silchenko T-70 turret Found in Ust'-Donetskiy, Rostov-on-Don area (Russia)

31 T-70 turret and parts Igor Shishkin Collection (Russia) Modified T-70 turret Fortification museum in Moscow suburbs, СПУР (Russia)

32 sargon, November T-60 turret Unknown location (Ukraine) any T-50, T-60, T-70 or T-80 tank that I forgot. I m looking for photos of those tanks : This document is a compilation of photos published on the web. I would like to thank especially Rafał Białęcki, who deserved a great part of the job on this document, and also the people who took these photos and put them on their websites, or sent them to me, and those who helped me doing these lists (particularly people of the AFV News Discussion Board). For any question, you can me at soldat_ryan@hotmail.com Main page :