The T-60 was a Soviet light tank, also called a scout tank, built from 1941 to 1942 to replace the obsolete T-38 amphibious scout tank and to restock a tank corps that had lost heavily in the first weeks of the German invasion. Nikolai Astrov's design team at Moscow Factory No. 37 derived it from the T-40 chassis, giving up that tank's amphibious ability for heavier armour, and the design was meant to be buildable in works without dedicated tank machinery, such as the GAZ truck plant in Gorky. The Gorky Automobile Plant took up series production in the autumn of 1941 under the factory designation GAZ-60 and built 1,177 of the more than 1,360 tanks made that year; by February 1943 it had assembled 2,962 in all. A two-man tank with a 20 mm TNSh automatic cannon and a coaxial 7.62 mm machine gun, and no radio, it was thinly armoured and was soon replaced by the up-gunned T-70.
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once priority was given to it at the GAZ, at the expense of truck production, hundreds could be built monthly, total production in 1941 alone reaching more than 1360 units; 1177 of them were built at the Gorky factory.
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The T-60 scout tank was a light tank produced by the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1942.
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GlobalSecurity.orgProduction at GAZ
Held on the conveyor for less than a year, from September 1941 to July 1942, the T-60 became the most massively produced small tank in history.
Production at GAZ, body style
GAZ was instructed to master the production of the T-60 light tank, which was developed in Moscow on the basis of the T-40 floating tank.
Production at GAZ, status
From August 1941 to February 1943, the Gorky Automobile Plant collected 2,962 light tanks GAZ-60 (T-60), and then it was replaced by a more powerful light tank T-70.
Engine and performance
The tank could reach a maximum speed of 45 km / h on the highway and had a cruising range of 450 km.
Engine and performance, power
A four-stroke inline carburetor six-cylinder engine with a liquid-cooled 76 hp was installed as a power plant on the tank.
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Design
once priority was given to it at the GAZ, at the expense of truck production, hundreds could be built monthly, total production in 1941 alone reaching more than 1360 units; 1177 of them were built at the Gorky factory.
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The T-60 scout tank was a light tank produced by the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1942.
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