Far ahead of the advancing Red Army, you might notice a tiny grey turret barely above the tall grass. This is the T-38. This is truly a tank that puts the ‘light’ in light armor. It is tiny, very difficult to spot, yet fast, nimble and very agile. It is excellent for clearing out enemy recon troop and squad leaders directing from behind the front.
T-38 Model 1937
The T-38 is a small Soviet scout tank. It is fast, agile and armed with a single 7.62mm DT machine gun and serves best in the role of infantry support. Oh and did we mention; it is the cheapest of all light tanks to field fitting perfectly with Soviet doctrine of strength in numbers.
Below are the main specifications for the tank. Weapon balancing is not done yet, and we will follow up with more information with f.ex. penetration values etc. once we get closer to the release of the 'Timoshenko' update.
Specifications
T-38 Model 1937
- Hit Points: 1500
- Weight: 3300 kg
- Speed On/Off Road: 45/25 km/h
- Gears: 4 Forward / 1 Reverse
- Hull Traverse: TBA
- Power/Weight Ratio: 12.1 hp/t
- Gradiant: 40°
- Armor Protection: 4-9 mm
NB: The Hull Traverse (ie. tank turn speed) is not yet finalized and all these numbers might be tweaked before release
Armor
Being a light tank, this is not a heavily armored beast, so the crew should be extremely careful when engaging heavier enemies or well equipped infantry.
Hull
- Front Upper: 9 mm
- Front Lower: 9 mm
- Sides Upper: 9 mm
- Sides Lower: 9 mm
- Rear: 15 mm
- Top: 4 mm
- Bottom: 4 mm
Turret
- Front: 9 mm
- Mantlet : 9 mm
- Sides : 9 mm
- Rear : 9 mm
- Top : 6 mm
Unlock
So! How do I get my hands on one of these wonders? This is the first available Soviet light tank, and it becomes available for your Soviet tanker immediately. To see more info on another Soviet light tank, take a look at yesterday's announcement about the T-26 Model 1933.
Timoshen-WHO?
We will post more information about the last Soviet light tank, and all the other awesome new stuff on the way, in the coming days, so as you have probably guessed by now, we are introducing the Soviet Union as a playable faction in the upcoming update named Timoshenko and we will reveal all the exciting details for this new faction, here on the blog, on our Facebook page (so be sure to give us a like), and in our Friday devstreams on Twitch.tv