Talk:T-26

Excessive markup
please review WP:SHOUT and avoid filling the talk page with excessive markup like bolding. Sandy Georgia (Talk) 18:22, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
 * No problem, but bolding is necessary sometimes to highlight key phrases supporting the correct and reliable information, for instance. Regards, --Vladimir Historian (talk) 21:28, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Such needs are exceedingly rare; most folks who can edit Wikipedia can also read. Sandy Georgia (Talk) 14:10, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

Not exceedingly rare as they are mentioned in WP:SHOUT ;) Anyway, to highlight important information (but not all text, of course, with this point I agree) bolding is sometimes necessary, this is obvious. This section can be removed even as everything with bolding is clear (I have removed bolding in archive notes) and the further work with the article text is going well. Regards, --Vladimir Historian (talk) 15:38, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

List of Wars excessive.
The list of wars includes Ww2 and several others which are only campaigns during WW2 (Eastern Front, Anglo Soviet Invasion of Iran, Soviet Invasion of Poland.). List of Wars shoulder restricted to wars, or subdivided into bullet points. Hippocrocopig (talk) 14:51, 15 August 2016 (UTC)hippocrocopig


 * Agreed DMorpheus2 (talk) 16:18, 15 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Trimmed the list DMorpheus2 (talk) 13:23, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

Shouldn't the winter war still be on the list? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.93.179.195 (talk) 14:57, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

"Hotchkiss gun"?
"...the TMM-2 was equipped with an improved gearbox, a clutchless steering device and a 37 mm Hotchkiss gun in the right turret." Seems unlikely to me, the only 37mm Hotchkiss guns I am aware of are the large multi-barreled revolving cannon used by turn of the century naval forces for anti-torpedo boat work. The later breech-loading Hotchkiss guns are in different calibers, like 42mm, 47mm and 25mm (25 mm Hotchkiss anti-tank gun),. It seems more likely that it is a 37mm Puteaux gun, since that was what the T-18 used, and was in fact the gun that Hotchkiss themselves used in their Hotchkiss H35 tank. Seems unlikely that they would sell a 37mm tank gun and not use it for their own product. The Puteaux was a standard tank armament on tanks from WWI right up to the mid 30s, when they switched generally to higher velocity 37 and 40mm guns.

Also it mentions that the roof and bottom armor is made of inferior metal. That is typical, not sure why that needs to be pointed out like it was something unusual. Not very much risk of penetrating shots hitting the roof, so it doesn't need to be face hardened super-armor plate or as thick as the glacis armor.

64.223.159.241 (talk) 14:52, 22 May 2022 (UTC)

T-26E
Why would the E designation stand for "экранированный" if the variant is Finnish? Is "T-26E" what the Soviets called it, or what the the Finnish called it? 65.93.108.175 (talk) 06:30, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

Combat capability
The 'Combat history' section includes the following phrase: "The T-26 (mod. 1938/39, especially) could withstand most German tanks in 1941 but were inferior to the Panzer III and Panzer IV participating in Operation Barbarossa in June 1941..."

Hmm. The only other native German tanks were the Panzer I and Panzer II, armed with machine guns and a 20mm cannon respectively, and max. 15mm armour. The Czech-made Panzer 38(t) used by six Panzer divisions had a 37mm gun and armour up to 30/50mm, which was comparable to or better than the Panzer III. So the T-26 was in fact only capable of defeating the light tanks of the German Army, and was inferior to the medium Panzer 38(t), Panzer III and IV and the StuG III which made up the greater majority (around 2/3) of German AFVs. MinorProphet (talk) 11:05, 17 November 2022 (UTC)