Surviving Russian light Tanks/Tankettes (part 1) Last update : 7 October 2017
Listed here are the MS-1 (T-18) light tanks and T-27 tankettes that still exist today.
Anatoly Vladimirovich Novak, September 2007 - http://turizm.lib.ru/n/nowak_a_w/vladivostok-iii.shtml
MS-1 (T-18) m1927 – Museum of the Pacific Fleet History
Vladivostok, Primorski Krai (Russia)
Jim Goetz, August 2015
MS-1 (T-18) m1930 – Victory Park at Poklonnaya Gora, Moscow (Russia)
This tank lost the running gear and engine in the thirties, as it was re-used as fixed artillery. It was then upgunned with a 45mm gun (Alex Pankov)
Vladimir Yakubov - http://svsm.org/gallery/ms-1
MS-1 (T-18) m1930 – Central Armed Forces Museum, Moscow (Russia)
This tank, like all the other MS-1 below, doesn’t have its original running gear and arms (Alex Pankov)
http://legion-afv.narod.ru/T-18_Kubinka_2.html
MS-1 (T-18) m1930 – Kubinka Tank Museum (Russia)
“B737NG”, April 2009 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/lexich_76/3479693320/in/set-72157617290866869/
Another MS-1 (T-18) m1930 – Kubinka Tank Museum (Russia) – Running condition
This tank was on display until 1994 at the Central Armed Forces Museum, Moscow (Alex Pankov)
Jim Goetz, August 2015
MS-1 (T-18) m1930 – Military-historical Museum Lenino-Snegiri (Russia)
“sany4”, February 2016 - http://sany4.tourister.ru/photoalbum/26411
MS-1 (T-18) m1930 – Museum of military equipment "Battle Glory of the Urals" Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Sverdlovsk Oblast (Russia)
The running gear is fake. It has apparently been discovered in Leningrad oblast, near to the Finnish border (Alex Pankov) Reconstruction process : http://arergard.com/photoarhive/restavracia-tehniki/category/53-tank-ms1
Sergueï Kisliakov, July 2011 - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MS-1_Khabarovsk.jpg
MS-1 (T-18) m1930 – Khabarovsk, Khabarovsk Krai (Russia)
Monument in Khabarovsk, established in honor of the 55th anniversary of the end of World War II and dedicated soldiers Far East who died in conflicts and wars of 1929-1945 years (Wikipedia)
http://khabarovsk.go2all.ru/imgs/37/13/62445.jpg
MS-1 (T-18) m1930 – Military History Museum, Khabarovsk, Khabarovsk Krai (Russia)
http://cdn.fishki.net/upload/post/201505/10/1527923/dsc_0051.jpg
MS-1 (T-18) – Military History Museum, Khabarovsk, Khabarovsk Krai (Russia)
https://www.drive2.ru/b/2609536/
T-18 - Museum of Soviet Military Equipment, Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai (Russia)
http://telemiks.tv/news/13482
MS-1 (T-18) m1930 – HQ of the 5th Army, Ussuriysk, Primorsky Krai (Russia) – running c.
This vehicle has been photographed during a military parade in 2005, but it is now on static display
http://foto.radikal.ru/f.aspx?c0610c157cad5dc18jpg
MS-1 (T-18) – Novogeorgievka, Primorski Krai (Russia)
”kot94” - http://83.222.2.116/wshow.htm?p=1413
MS-1 (T-18) m1930 – Slavjanka, Primorski Krai (Russia)
http://forum.worldoftanks.ru/
MS-1 (T-18) m1930 – Urban Settlement «Seaside», Khasansky District
Primorski Krai (Russia)
http://foto.radikal.ru/f.aspx?b0611342b682a2aa0jpg
MS-1 (T-18) m1930 – Posiet, Primorski Krai (Russia)
http://foto.radikal.ru/f.aspx?k07012a4d60f57868jpg
Another MS-1 (T-18) m1930 – Posiet, Primorski Krai (Russia)
Rafał Białęcki, September 2008
MS-1 (T-18) hull – Polish Army Museum, Fort IX Czerniakowski, Warsaw (Poland)
It is one of many T-18 used as strong holds on Molotov Line on Russian-German border of 1939-1941. It was part of Przemyśl Fortified Region and was discovered in the 1990s and recovered form Leżachów village near Sieniawa, where it was used as strong
hold near San river (Rafał Białęcki)
“FotosergS”, August 2016 - https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/fotosergs/album/168893/view/647830
MS-1 (T-18) hull and turret – National Automobile Museum, Vsevolozhsk
Leningrad Oblast (Russia)
Vladimir Yakubov - http://svsm.org/gallery/zadorozhny_museum/IMG_7640
MS-1 (T-18) hull and turret – Vadim Zadorozhny Museum, Arhangelskoe
Moscow Oblast (Russia)
“FotosergS”, October 2010 - http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/fotosergs/view/304454?page=48
MS-1 (T-18) hull – Museum of military archeology, Search association "Northwest"
Petrovsky Island, St. Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast (Russia) This hull probably served as a buried bunker on a defense line
http://mc-1.su/020-pogranichnyj-rajon-primorskogo-kraya.html
MS-1 (T-18) hull and turret – Pogranichny (Grodekovo), Primorsky Krai (Russia)
This tank has been found in Spring 2015, buried along the border, where it served as a bunker
http://postimg.org/image/tvj9imdf5/
MS-1 (T-18) turret - 40th Infantry Division Museum, Shkotovsky District
Primorsky Krai (Russia)
Alexey Domin, August 2015 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/142809800@N03/30900162505/in/dateposted/
T-27 – Kubinka Tank Museum (Russia)
http://www.yamoskva.com/node/14784
T-27 – Central Museum of the Second World War, Poklonnaya Gora, Moscow (Russia)
Ivan Vdovin - http://pomnite-nas.ru/mshow.php?GalleryID=1&photoPage=2&s_OID=3638
T-27 – Alakurtti, Murmansk Oblast (Russia)
“sany4”, February 2016 - http://sany4.tourister.ru/photoalbum/26411
T-27 – Museum of military equipment "Battle Glory of the Urals" Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Sverdlovsk Oblast (Russia)
https://vk.com/album-112161094_228667471
T-18 (45mm gun) reproduction – Private collection (Belarus) – running condition
I’m looking for photos of those tanks :
any Russian light tank tank that I forgot….
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 email me at [email protected]
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