Comments by "" (@TheArklyte) on "KPV 14.5mm Heavy Machine Gun | RUSSIAN GOLIATH" video.

  1. A good comparison on german side would be MG-151/15. And just like MG-151/20, after the war soviet made a lower velocity 23mm autocannon using 14,5*114mm case as a base. Thankfully for soviet tankers, germans never came up with AT rifle that used their 15mm round... sadly for soviet tankers, T-26, BT-5/7 and T-60 weren't immune to already exististing german AT rifles:(
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  2.  @dominuslogik484  they weren't outdated in technological terms for a few more years then that, it's the engine and armor that failed them. I'll explain... Italians had several T-26 as trophies in Spain. Those tanks became a basis of italian medium and heavy tank projects. They also captured one BT-5, but apparently that thing vanished as it had no impact on italian tank development. Anyway, T-26 became basis of "temporary" M11/39 tank and mainline production M13/40, M14/41 and M15/42 medium tanks. The latter had "forked" into P75, which eventually ended up becoming P26/40 heavy tank in italian service. General layout, suspension and even MTU were still heavily T-26 derived and thus are one of the last Vickers 6 ton derivatives designed and put into service.
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