Object 0-50

“Object 0-50” is an experimental Soviet single-turret heavy breakthrough tank of the late 1930s.

Object 0-50
Object 0-50
Classification	Breakthrough tank
Combat weight, t	40
Layout scheme	classic single turret
Crew , pers.	four
Story
Years of production	1939 - 1941
Years of operation	not exploited
Number issued, pcs.	not completed
Main operators
Dimensions
Case length, mm	8495
Width, mm	3400
Height mm	3430
Clearance , mm	525
Booking
Armor type	rolled steel
The forehead of the body, mm / deg.	60
Board of the case, mm / hail.	60
Body feed, mm / deg.	60
Bottom, mm	20-30
Roof of the case, mm	20
Front of the tower, mm / deg.	60
Board turret, mm / deg.	60
Tower feed, mm / deg.	60
The roof of the tower, mm	thirty
Armament
Caliber and brand gun	1 76 mm L-11 and 1 45 mm 20-K
Gun type	tank
Barrel length, calibers	30 (L-11) / 44 (20K)
Ammunition guns	120 76 mm / 393 45 mm
Sights	telescopic
Machine guns	1 DT , 4284 cartridges, 1 DC
Mobility
Engine type	B-2-34 Mark B-2-34 Type of diesel supercharged Volume 38,880 cm 3 Maximum power 500 l. with. at 1800 rpm Maximum torque 1960 N · m , at 1200 rpm Configuration V12 Cylinders 12 Combined cycle fuel consumption 165 Bore 150 mm Piston stroke 180 mm Cooling liquid Tact (number of cycles) four Cylinder operation 1l — 6p — 5l — 2p — Zl — 4p — 6l — 1p — 2l — 5p — 4l — Zp Recommended fuel diesel
Engine power, l. with.	500 at 1850 rpm
Speed ​​on the highway, km / h	thirty
Speed ​​over rough terrain, km / h	15
Cruising on the highway , km	300
Cruising over rough terrain, km	250
Suspension type	individual spring
Overcoming rise, hail.	42
Breakable wall, m	1.2
Overcoming ditch, m	four
Overcoming ford , m	1.25

"Object 0-50" was designed as a breakthrough tank in the Design Bureau of Plant No. 185 In fact, it was a one-mounted version of the T-100 tank. The machine was developed under the leadership of I. S. Bushnev as a competitor of a one-tower KV tank. The project was developed in the summer of 1939. I.I. Agafonov was appointed the lead engineer of the “Object 0-50”. The tank had a classic layout, from the T-100 differed in the location of weapons in one turret and the use of diesel as a power plant. Four-stroke, twelve - cylinder V-shaped diesel V-2 with a capacity of 500 liters. with. located longitudinally. Crew 4 people. In the tower installation housed a 76.2-mm cannon L-11, two machine guns: 12.7-mm DK and 7.62-mm machine gun DT . It was possible to replace a single machine gun on a 45-mm cannon. Spit armor from homogeneous armor steel, body welded from rolled armor plates 30, 60, 75 mm, body front 60 mm, torsion bar suspension. The design weight of the tank is 40 tons. The machine was manufactured at the Izhora plant , but was never finished.