Soviet WW2 armored cars

N1 Soviet BA-27 pre- and WW2 armored car

characteristics  of  BA-27 armored car: Weight – 4.5 tons, The crew – 4 people, Overall dimensions (length x width x height) – 4830 x 1930 x 2540 mm.
Armament: gun – 1 piece, caliber – 37 mm., Ammunition, shots – 40 shots,
machine gun – 1 piece, caliber – 7.62 mm., ammunition – 2016 rounds
– Armor protection – 8 mm.
– Engine power – 40 horsepower, Maximum speed – 48 km / h
– Cruising on the highway – 300 km., The depth of the water obstacles fording – 1.0 meter
Design features: The base is the “Ford Timken” chassis, General layout – classic car; the engine is located in front. Armament – the Hotchkiss cannon and the machine gun have shoulder stops for aiming vertically, the turret is rotated using the arrow.
Protection – the hull is riveted, from armored rolled sheets, the turret is borrowed from the light tank MS-1.
Chassis – carbureted engine, four-cylinder, liquid cooling; mechanical transmission, consisting of a single-disk clutch, a four-speed gearbox with a multiplier, cardan shafts and two differentials with the main gears of the “worm” type.
Location: Kubinka tank museum HQ Hall N 4. Since 2015 BA-27 armored car war bordered by the glass. Exhibition had also the mannequin with black pre- and WW2 service uniform, but after 2017 moved to Patriot park VKS area.
Main battles participant: Local wars and conflicts vs. Japan army, China and Mongolia, pre- WW2, Battle for Moscow, Battle for Stalingrad etc. WW2

N2 Soviet BA-3 pre- and WW2 Armored Car (USSR)

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characteristics: Weight – 6 tons, The crew – 4 people, Overall dimensions (length x width x height) – 4770 x 2110 x 2350 mm.
Armament: gun -1 piece, caliber – 45 mm., Ammunition – 40 shots; machine gun – 2 pieces, caliber – 7.62 mm., ammunition load – 3276 shots.
Armor protection – 8 mm. Engine power – 40 horsepower, Maximum speed – 63 km / h, Cruising on the highway – 260 km.
The depth of the water obstacles fording – 1.0 meter
Design features: Base – the chassis of the car GAZ-AAA. General layout – classic car; the engine is located in front. Armament: the gun and machine gun are mounted in the turret, the second machine gun is mounted in a ball mount in the frontal sheet of the hull.
Protection – the hull is made of rolled armor plates, the turret is like that of a T-26 light soviet tank; in the rear of the hull there are double doors.
Chassis – carbureted engine, four-cylinder, liquid cooling; mechanical transmission; rear axles with worm gears; wheels with pneumatic tires; spare wheels served as supporting wheels in overcoming boulders.

N3 Soviet PB-4 Amphibious WW2 armored car

characteristics of the PB-4 armored car: Weight – 5.28 tons, The crew – 4 people, Overall dimensions (length x width x height) – 5300 x 1980 x 2295 mm.
Armament: gun -1 piece, caliber – 45 mm., Ammunition – 52 rounds; machine gun – 2 pieces, caliber – 7.62 mm., ammunition – 2268 rounds.
Armor protection – 7 mm. Engine power – 40 horsepower, Maximum speed – 50 km / h, Cruising on the highway – 197 km.
The speed of overcoming water obstacles afloat – 4 km / h.
Design features: Base – Ford Timken truck, General layout – the hull has shapes and sizes that make it possible to move afloat; pontoons are attached to the hull from the sides.
Armament – horizontal guidance angles 360 “, vertical from -2” to + 20 “.
Protection – hull and turret of rolled armor plates. Chassis – a four-cylinder, carbureted engine, liquid cooling (for cooling afloat, a heat exchanger is washed in the water cooling system, washed by outboard water); mechanical transmission; both rear axles are driving; a three-blade propeller driven by a rear axle is used as a water propulsion; turning afloat by turning the front wheels.
Item location: Original location for a standard military tour 1972 -2014 – Kubinka museum HQ Hall 4, Since 2015 amphibious BA-4 armored car was moved to Patriot park area VSK.

N4 Soviet BA-6 pre- and WW2 serial Armored Car

characteristics of the armored car BA-6: Weight – 5.1 tons, The crew – 4 people, Overall dimensions (length x width x height) – 4900 x 2070 x 2360 mm.
Armament: gun – 1 piece, caliber – 45 mm., Ammunition – 60 rounds; machine gun – 2 pieces, caliber – 7.62 mm., ammunition – 3276 rounds.
Armor protection – 8 mm. Engine power – 40 horsepower, Maximum speed – 43 km / h, Cruising on the highway – 197 km.
The depth of the water obstacles fording – 0.8 meters.
Design features: Base – armored car BA-3 (chassis car GAZ-AAA), The general layout is classic, the engine is located in front. Armament – cannon pointing angles 360 “, vertical from -2” to +22 “; turret mechanical rotation mechanism, with manual transmission. Protection – a hull of the rolled armor plates, in the aft there are double-leaf doors; turret like a soviet T-26 light tank.
Chassis – four-cylinder, carburetor engine, liquid cooling; four-speed gearbox with a multiplier; rear axles – leading with bevel differentials and “worm” main gears; Tires – bulletproof, filled with sponge rubber.

N5 Soviet BA-21 Light experimental armored car

characteristics of the BA-21 armored car: Weight – 3.24 tons, Crew  – 3 people, Overall dimensions (length x width x height) – 4220 x 1778 x 2263 mm.
Armament: machine gun – 2 pieces, caliber – 7.62 mm., Ammunition – 1890 rounds.
Armor protection – 11 mm. Engine power – 50 horsepower, Maximum speed – 52 km / h, Cruising on the highway – 400 km.
The depth of the water obstacles fording – 0.8 meters.
Design features: Base – chassis car GAZ-M-1, The general layout is classic, the engine is located in front.
Armament – the machine gun elevation angle in the turret is + 23 °, the descent angle is -13 °, there is an additional tank machine gun of the Degtyarev system with a shoulder rest mounted in the ball mount of the frontal plate of the hull; the turret is rotated by the force of a shooter sitting on a rotating seat, which is mounted on the floor of the machine.
Protection – hull and turret of rolled armor, welded; cylindrical turret. Chassis – four-cylinder, carburetor engine; four-speed gearbox, two drive axles; bulletproof tires filled with sponge rubber; the armored car is equipped with a radio station. Note: MS-1 small soviet tank turret and the machine gun holder.
Location 2014: Kubinka tank museum HQ, Hall N 4