BA-21 - an experienced Soviet light armored car . It was created in 1937 - 1938 on the chassis of an experimental three-axle car GAZ-21 . The armored hull is welded from rolled armored sheets, an additional machine gun is mounted in the frontal sheet of the hull in the ball mount. The tower from the BA-20 was rotated by the efforts of the shooter. The tower machine gun DT was vertically induced in the sector +23 degrees. −13 deg.
| BA-21 | |
|---|---|
 BA-21 at the Museum of Armored Vehicles, Kubinka. | |
| BA-21 | |
| Classification | light armored car |
| Combat weight, t | 3.24 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Story | |
| Key Operators |  |
| Dimensions | |
| Body length mm | 4220 |
| Width mm | 1778 |
| Height mm | 2263 |
| Clearance mm | 195 |
| Reservation | |
| Type of armor | steel rolled |
| Forehead, mm / city. | 10-11 |
| Tower forehead, mm / city. | ten |
| Roof of the tower, mm | five |
| Armament | |
| Machine guns | 2 × 7.62 mm DT |
| Machine gun ammunition | 1890 |
| Mobility | |
| Engine type | row 4 -th carb carbide fluid. cooling. |
| Engine model | GAZ M-1 |
| Engine power, l with. | 50 |
| Speed on the highway, km / h | 52,5 |
| Cruising on the highway , km | 340-400 |
| Specific Power, l s / t | 21.9 |
| Wheel formula | 6 × 4 |
| Suspension type | on leaf springs |
| Gradeability, hail. | 20-22 |
| Fording , m | 0.8 |
It was made in a single prototype, which began to pass tests. Further development and production were discontinued due to the refusal of serial production of the GAZ-21 .
The only issued copy is currently in the Armored Museum in Kubinka .
Links
- http://vito-auto.ru/tanks/view/10/78/ (inaccessible link)
Literature
- Kolomiets M.V. Armor on wheels. The history of the Soviet armored car 1925-1945. - M .: Yauza, KM Strategy, Eksmo , 2007 .-- 384 p. - (Soviet tanks). - 6000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-699-21870-7 .