Author: Rainbow photo Kursk
recently on the topic of new light tank army by everyone attention.
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As we all know, a light tank is a tank with lighter armor, weaker firepower, and better maneuverability. Traditional light tanks mainly perform reconnaissance and fire support tasks. However, the super light tank of the new light tank It is a lightweight main battle tank and a powerful combat power that can fight against enemy main battle tanks!
So, does anyone know what kind of tank is the smallest and lightest in the history of our armored forces?
Some people say it is Type 62. This is the first light tank developed by our army in history. The combat weight is only 21 tons. It is equipped with an 85mm tank gun.
But the Type 62 tank is not the lightest tank in our army.
Some people would say that the Japanese-made Type 95 ultralight tanks that our army has once equipped.
This kind of small Japanese tank that flaunted the land of China during the Anti-Japanese War only weighs only 7 tons, but it has become a steel monster that the Chinese army cannot resist.
In the Liberation War, our army once seized and used a large number of this kind of tanks, so is the Japanese Type 95 ultralight tank the smallest and lightest tank that our army has equipped?
is actually not. It is a domestically produced ultralight tank which is smaller than the Type 95 ultralight tank.
In 1975, our army developed a super light tank called WZ141 in order to resist the flood of Soviet tanks and let our tanks go to the enemy's rear.
This tank is actually a paratrooper combat vehicle, but due to its tactical background, it is required to be able to fight against enemy tanks.
A WZ141 ultralight tank weighs only 6 tons, and is equipped with two 105mm recoilless guns and two Red Arrow 73 anti-tank missile launchers.
However, what is surprising is that WZ141 is not the lightest tank our army has ever equipped.
smaller than it is still a seized Japanese tank, that is, the Type 94 ultralight tank.
This ultra-light tank with only 3.45 tons is called the "bean tank" and was also captured and used by our army during the Liberation War!
Currently in the Tank Museum, there is still a 94-type ultralight tank. It is said that the Japanese drove the tank and fell into the creek at that time. It was later salvaged by our army and became a collection in the museum.
You might say that such a small tank is always the lightest tank!
Neither is nor too!
In the historical photos of our army liberating the southwest in 1950, we were surprised to find an Italian ultralight tank-CV35!
This tank is an improved version of the CV33 ultralight tank, fighting The total weight is only 3.15 tons, the main weapon is a machine gun instead of the familiar "Italian gun", and there is no fixed turret.
This ultra-light tank is a product of the Italian Fiat company, mainly used to support infantry operations. Because there is no turret, the body must be rotated to be able to aim the machine gun.
In 1949, our army seized a batch of these ultra-light tanks in Shanghai. For our army, which was the start of the armored force, this kind of vehicle is also a tracked armored force.
So it was also used in combat when the Southwest was liberated in 1950.
Therefore, the lightest tank that our army has ever equipped is actually the Italian CV33/35 ultralight tank!
Did you guess right, netizens?
