PT-76 Amphibious Light Tank

PT-76 Amphibious Light Tank.

The PT-76 amphibious light tank is said to have been reactivated for the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine. Apparently, the Russian naval infantry still had mothballed PT-76s in inventory that were to be used for landings along the Ukrainian Black Sea coast.

Available Models

  • PT-76 Amphibious Light Tank (1951), 1:35 Trumpeter 00379
  • PT-76 Amphibious Light Tank, 1:43 AVD Models 3015AVD
  • PT-76 Amphibious Light Tank, 1:43 SSM 83SSM3017
  • PT-76B Amphibious Light Tank, 1:72 PST 72053
  • PT-76B Amphibious Light Tank, 1:72 Revell 03314
  • PT-76 Amphibious Light Tank (1952), 1:76 Red Star Models
  • PT-76 Amphibious Light Tank PT-76 (1952), 1:76 Skytrex FF735
  • PT-76 Amphibious Light Tank PT-76 (1952), 1:87 Espewe 54
  • PT-76 Amphibious Light Tank PT-76 (1952), 1:100 Roskopf 154
  • PT-76 Amphibious Light Tank PT-76 (1952), 1:285 GHQ W2
  • PT-76 Amphibious Light Tank PT-76 (1952), 1:300 Heroics & Ros SM08
  • PT-76 Amphibious Light Tank Typ 63 (China), 1:76 Red Star Models RS 91

Technical Specifications

  • PT-76 Amphibious Light Tank
  • Typ: light tank, amphibious
  • Engine: V-6-Diesel with 240 HP (180 kW)
  • Speed: 44 km/h on Roads, 10 km/h in Water
  • Fuel Capacity: 250 l
  • Range: 400 km, or 510 km with external Fuel Tanks
  • Length: 7630 mm
  • Width: 3500 mm
  • Height: 2325 mm
  • Weight: 15 t
  • Armament: 76,2 mm D-56T Tank Gun with 40 Rounds, 1 coaxial MG 7,62 mm SGMT or PKT.
  • Crew: Commander/Gunner, Driver, Loader
  • Production: 1951–1969

Historical Employment

  • Hungarian Revolution, 1956
  • Vietnam War, 1955–1975
  • Laotian Civil War, 1959–1975
  • Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation, 1963–1966
  • Indo-Pakistani War, 1965
  • South African Border War, 1966–1990
  • Six-Day War, 1967
  • Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, 1968
  • Indo-Pakistani War, 1971
  • Yom Kippur War, 1973
  • Indonesian invasion of East Timor, 1975–1976
  • Angolan Civil War, 1975–2002
  • Iraq-Iran War, 1980–1988
  • Gulf War, 1990–1991
  • Ten-Day War, 1991
  • Croatian War of Independence, 1991–1995
  • Bosnian War, 1992–1995
  • Second Chechen War, 1999–2000
  • Maluku sectarian conflict, 1999–2002
  • Indonesian offensive in Aceh, 2003–2004
  • Iraq War, 2003–
  • Russian Invasion of Ukraine, 2022–

Bibliography

Cold War Miniatures