T-24 tank
| T-24 Medium Tank | |
|---|---|
| Type | Medium tank |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union |
| Service history | |
| Used by | Soviet Union |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Ivan N. Aleksenko, T2K design bureau |
| Designed | 1930 |
| Manufacturer | KhPZ |
| Produced | 1931 |
| No. built | 25 |
| Variants | T-12 tank prototype, Komintern & Voroshilovets artillery tractors |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 18.5 tonnes |
| Length | 6.50 m (21 ft 4 in) |
| Width | 3.00 m (9 ft 10 in) |
| Height | 2.81 m (9 ft 3 in) |
| Crew | 5 |
| Armour | 8–20 mm |
Main armament | 45 mm gun Model 32 |
Secondary armament | 3 × DT machine gun |
| Engine | 250 hp (190 kW) |
| Power/weight | 13.5 hp/tonne |
| Suspension | vertical spring |
Operational range | 140 km |
| Maximum speed | 25 km/h (16 mph) |
The T-24 was a Soviet medium tank built in 1931. Only twenty-four were built, and none saw combat. This was the first tank produced at the KhPZ factory in Kharkov, which was later responsible for the very successful BT series, T-34 and T-54 Soviet tanks. The T-24's suspension was used successfully in the Soviet Union's first purpose-built artillery tractors.
The T-24's main armament was a 45 mm gun. It had a ball-mount 7.62 mm DT machine gun in the hull, another in the turret, and a third in a secondary turret atop the main turret. The tank was well-armoured for its time, but the engine and transmission had problems.