Thursday, January 22, 2009

T-26 Armor Values - Change Recomendation

Armor class change for T-26 tanks
According to the Intelligence Briefing on the Early War Soviet Army (1939-41) Update v2.1 28/08/08 from Battlefront the armor recommendation for the T-26 1931 is Front armor = 0, Side armor = 0, and Top armor = 1. The later two models are 1 on all three arias. I have changed my armor to 1 for all three models. Here is why.
According to wwiivehicles.com the armor on the T26 and T26A (both were twin turret models) had 1 mm more armor than the later models. An official German report on the T-26 tanks that were captured in Spain stated that the Armor quality was “good”.
Here is a comparison of armor thicknesses and their values in Flames of War:


Yes, that is a top value of 1 and 0 on the front and sides for the T-26 1931 model
Yes that it a side value of 0 and top and front of 1 on the Pzkw I Lt tank

These values for the T-26 and Pzkw I came from the early war Intelligence Briefings from battlefront and are not yet official.
I argue that the armor on all three T-26 models should be the same value and have made my game values the same (1) for Front, sides and top values instead of what the advanced early war intelligence sheets recommend.

References: http://www. wwiivehicles.com/ussr/tanks-light/t-26.asp
Ostfront Intelligence Handbook, Battlefront Miniatures LTD
Intelligence Briefing on the Early War Soviet Army (1939-41) Update v2.1 28/08/08
Intelligence Briefing on the Early War German Army (1939-41) Version 2.1 06/11/08

2 comments:

  1. I would think that 1mm would make a difference on any kind of tank.

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  2. 1 in the armor value for the game piece. The T-26 had between 7mm and 16mm of armor thickness. It's what was called bullet proof because it would protect the crew from rifle and machine gun bullets. Anything heavier than that would penetrate the armor.

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