General info for T-26E

  • 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 12.0 ton
  • Price 400¤
  • Wp bonus 20%
  • Exp bonus 200%
  • Training cost 450€
  • Visibility 74 %
  • Reload time 3.8 s
  • Free repairs 30
  • Horse powers 141 hp at 2200 rpm
  • Max speed 33 km/h
  • Max inclination 33°
  • Full repair cost 370€
  • Weapon
    45 mm 20-K cannon (Ammo: 205)
    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 9m
  • Armor thickness hull (back) 45 mm
  • Armor thickness hull (rear) 45 mm
  • Armor thickness hull (front) 45 mm
  • Armor thickness turret (back) 45 mm
  • Armor thickness turret (rear) 45 mm
  • Angle vertical guidance (max) 22°
  • Angle vertical guidance (min) -6°
  • Armor thickness turret (front) 45 mm
Realistic Battles
  • Mass 12.0 ton
  • Price 400¤
  • Wp bonus 60%
  • Exp bonus 200%
  • Training cost 450€
  • Visibility 74 %
  • Reload time 3.8 s
  • Free repairs 30
  • Horse powers 80 hp at 2200 rpm
  • Max speed 30 km/h
  • Max inclination 36°
  • Full repair cost 510€
  • Weapon
    45 mm 20-K cannon (Ammo: 205)
    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 19m
  • Armor thickness hull (back) 45 mm
  • Armor thickness hull (rear) 45 mm
  • Armor thickness hull (front) 45 mm
  • Armor thickness turret (back) 45 mm
  • Armor thickness turret (rear) 45 mm
  • Angle vertical guidance (max) 22°
  • Angle vertical guidance (min) -6°
  • Armor thickness turret (front) 45 mm
Simulator Battles
  • Mass 12.0 ton
  • Price 400¤
  • Wp bonus 60%
  • Exp bonus 200%
  • Training cost 450€
  • Visibility 74 %
  • Reload time 3.8 s
  • Free repairs 30
  • Horse powers 80 hp at 2200 rpm
  • Max speed 30 km/h
  • Max inclination 36°
  • Full repair cost 510€
  • Weapon
    45 mm 20-K cannon (Ammo: 205)
    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 19m
  • Armor thickness hull (back) 45 mm
  • Armor thickness hull (rear) 45 mm
  • Armor thickness hull (front) 45 mm
  • Armor thickness turret (back) 45 mm
  • Armor thickness turret (rear) 45 mm
  • Angle vertical guidance (max) 22°
  • Angle vertical guidance (min) -6°
  • Armor thickness turret (front) 45 mm

T-26E / statistics for the last 1 month

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Arcade Battles
  • Battles 64
  • Win rate 52.9%
  • Air frags per battle N/A
  • Air frags per death N/A
  • Ground frags per battle 1.67
  • Ground frags per death 2.47
Realistic Battles
  • Battles 1
  • Win rate 100%
  • Air frags per battle N/A
  • Air frags per death N/A
  • Ground frags per battle 2
  • Ground frags per death 2
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 T-26E

Official War Thunder wiki

The Spanish Civil War showed that the T-26 tank's armour no longer protected it from new low-calibre anti-tank weapons. So in 1937-1938, strengthening the tank's armour became an immediate concern. Designers at factory No. 174 decided to simply introduce a conical-shaped turret and to slope the armour plates on the underturret box. The armour's thickness remained unchanged, as the undercarriage structure, already pushed to its limits as it was, prevented the tank's mass from being increased. The issue of increasing the light tank's armour became a prominent concern again by the Winter War beginning on 30 November 1939. The first battles showed that Finland's anti-tank weapons easily destroyed the tanks. On the 20th of December, work began on up-armouring T-26 tanks with 30-40 mm thick armour plates at factory No. 174. On 30 December 1939, firing tests were carried out on the first up-armoured T-26 at the factory's ballistic range, with positive results. The vehicle withstood fire from a 45 mm anti-tank cannon at a distance of 400-500 m. Having successfully passed testing, the up-armoured design was accepted as a success and the Leningrad Kirovsk factory equipped around 70 tanks with the additional armour. The additional armour was attached to the turret, underturret box, side and front of the tank with screw rivets and electric arc welds. The gun mantlet was also up-armoured. The tank's mass increased to 12 tonnes, which meant the engine and suspension were overloaded. The tank could now only move in low gear and had an increased risk of breaking down. T-26Es were used at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. Several vehicles remained in service on the Leningrad front until 1943. Captured light tanks of this type were used by the Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in 1941-1942.