Soviet Mid-War T-26S obr 1939

The Soviet T-26 light tank was based on the British Vickers 6-Ton tank Mark E. The Vickers was one of the most successful tank designs of the 1930s and was adopted by a number of countries. A Vickers was tested in Leningrad and a license to build the tank was obtained from Vickers-Armstrong Ltd. The initial models were very similar to the Vickers design.