General info for BT-7

  • Country USSR
  • Vehicle role Light Tank
  • Rank 1
  • Battle rating in
    • arcade battles 1.3
    • realistic battles 1.3
    • simulator battles 1.3

Extended parameters

Arcade Battles
  • Mass 13.7 ton
  • Price 700€
  • Wp bonus 10%
  • Training cost 200€
  • Visibility 83 %
  • Reload time 3.8 s
  • Free repairs 10
  • Horse powers 620 hp at 1650 rpm
  • Max speed 60 km/h
  • Max inclination 38°
  • Full repair cost 70€
  • Weapon
    45 mm 20-K cannon (Ammo: 188)
    7.62 mm DT machine gun (Ammo: 1890)
  • Turn turret speed 15.2°/s
  • armor_piercing_100 62 mm
  • armor_piercing_500 59 mm
  • armor_piercing_1000 45 mm
  • Weapon presets tank 1
  • Full repair time crew 10m
  • Armor thickness hull (back) 13 mm
  • Armor thickness hull (rear) 15 mm
  • Armor thickness hull (front) 20 mm
  • Armor thickness turret (back) 13 mm
  • Armor thickness turret (rear) 15 mm
  • Angle vertical guidance (max) 25°
  • Angle vertical guidance (min) -6°
  • Armor thickness turret (front) 15 mm
Realistic Battles
  • Mass 13.7 ton
  • Price 700€
  • Wp bonus 20%
  • Training cost 200€
  • Visibility 83 %
  • Reload time 3.8 s
  • Free repairs 10
  • Horse powers 354 hp at 1650 rpm
  • Max speed 54 km/h
  • Max inclination 40°
  • Full repair cost 100€
  • Weapon
    45 mm 20-K cannon (Ammo: 188)
    7.62 mm DT machine gun (Ammo: 1890)
  • Turn turret speed 9.5°/s
  • armor_piercing_100 62 mm
  • armor_piercing_500 59 mm
  • armor_piercing_1000 45 mm
  • Weapon presets tank 1
  • Full repair time crew 21m
  • Armor thickness hull (back) 13 mm
  • Armor thickness hull (rear) 15 mm
  • Armor thickness hull (front) 20 mm
  • Armor thickness turret (back) 13 mm
  • Armor thickness turret (rear) 15 mm
  • Angle vertical guidance (max) 25°
  • Angle vertical guidance (min) -6°
  • Armor thickness turret (front) 15 mm
Simulator Battles
  • Mass 13.7 ton
  • Price 700€
  • Wp bonus 20%
  • Training cost 200€
  • Visibility 83 %
  • Reload time 3.8 s
  • Free repairs 10
  • Horse powers 354 hp at 1650 rpm
  • Max speed 54 km/h
  • Max inclination 40°
  • Full repair cost 110€
  • Weapon
    45 mm 20-K cannon (Ammo: 188)
    7.62 mm DT machine gun (Ammo: 1890)
  • Turn turret speed 9.5°/s
  • armor_piercing_100 62 mm
  • armor_piercing_500 59 mm
  • armor_piercing_1000 45 mm
  • Weapon presets tank 1
  • Full repair time crew 21m
  • Armor thickness hull (back) 13 mm
  • Armor thickness hull (rear) 15 mm
  • Armor thickness hull (front) 20 mm
  • Armor thickness turret (back) 13 mm
  • Armor thickness turret (rear) 15 mm
  • Angle vertical guidance (max) 25°
  • Angle vertical guidance (min) -6°
  • Armor thickness turret (front) 15 mm

BT-7 / statistics for the last 1 month

These may be very different from the real, because we are monitoring only those players who use our site.

Arcade Battles
  • Battles 455
  • Win rate 71.38%
  • Air frags per battle N/A
  • Air frags per death N/A
  • Ground frags per battle 2.59
  • Ground frags per death 4.64
Realistic Battles
  • Battles 203
  • Win rate 83.76%
  • Air frags per battle N/A
  • Air frags per death N/A
  • Ground frags per battle 6.31
  • Ground frags per death 4.17
Simulator Battles
  • Battles N/A
  • Win rate N/A
  • Air frags per battle N/A
  • Air frags per death N/A
  • Ground frags per battle N/A
  • Ground frags per death N/A

Wiki info about BT-7

Official War Thunder wiki

In the second half of 1937, the BT-7 tank was mass-produced with a conical turret, a three-speed gearbox and strengthened suspension. In comparison to the BT-7 Mod. 1935, the tank's weaponry became more powerful due to the inclusion of a DT machine gun in the turret. Its ammunition capacity was increased by 44 and totalled 188 rounds in the battle vehicles and 145 rounds in the command vehicles equipped with a radio set. Some of the tanks were equipped with an anti-aircraft gun. The unit command vehicles were equipped with a 71-TK-1 radio set with a hand-rail antenna, and later with a rod antenna. To allow the vehicle to fire its cannon and coaxial machine gun at night, it was equipped with two special projector headlights. Over the course of its modernisation, the thickness of its frontal hull armour reached 22 mm. The turret's armour was also strengthened using vertically sloping armour plates. Its combat-loaded weight grew to 13,925 kg. Factory No. 183 alone manufactured 4,727 tanks of this series. The BT-7 underwent its trial by fire in the Khalkhyn Gol river region as part of the 6th and 11th tank brigades. In the process, the latter undertook a hurried 500 km trek to the scene of the conflict. On the whole, the tanks gained a good reputation, but their drawbacks were noted as well: they were difficult to drive, which meant they required highly trained drivers, and they had insufficient armour and poor communication equipment. All these flaws were confirmed in the Poland Campaign of September 1939 and in the Winter War with Finland. With appropriate tactics and a well-trained crew, the BT-7 could successfully oppose all types of German tanks at the beginning of the war, being inferior to them only in armour. BT-7 tanks participated in combat operations on the Soviet-German front right up until 1944, and in 1945 they served in the war with Japan. A few captured tanks served in the Finnish army until the beginning of the 50s.