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PT-76 (Obiekt 740
The armour of PT-76 costs of homogeneous, cold rolled, welded steel. It has 20 mm at 35° in the front of the turret, 16 mm at 35° in the sides of the turret, 11 mm at 33° in the rear of the turret, 8 mm at 0° in top of the turret, 10 mm at 80° in the upper front of the hull, 13 mm at 80° in the lower front of the hull, 14 mm at 0° in the side of the hull, 7 mm at 0° in the rear of the hull, 5 mm at 0° in the bottom of the hull. This gives it protection against 7.62 mm small arms fire and small artillery shell fragments. It doesn't however protect it against 12.7 mm or .50-caliber heavy machine gun fire (even though its armour protects it from 7.62 mm small arms fire, the 7.62 mm machine gun fire can sometimes penetrate it) and bigger artillery shell fragments.
The PT-76 saw action with Indian forces in the
Indo-Pakistani Wars of 1965 and
1971. Despite being obsolete in the
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, the superior tactics and overwhelming numbers of the
Indian Army enabled it to play to vital role in defeating
Pakistan Army. During fights in the Eastern theater the high numbers of PT-76 amphibious light tanks proved superior to Pakistani World War II era
M24 Chaffee light tanks. However during fights in the western theater they proved incapable of facing Pakistani
M48 Patton and
Type 59 main battle tanks especially at the crucial
Battle of Cyhamb.
The tank also saw service in the
Six Day War (1967) during which the Israeli army has destroyed or captured about 200 Egyptian T-54, T-55 and PT-76 tanks. During the
Yom Kippur War (1973) PT-76 amphibious light tanks were used yet again during the crossing of the
Great Bitter Lake by the Egyptian 135th Marines Brigade.
Former USSR
PT-76 Model 1 (Ob'yekt 740) (1951) - Original PT-76 with a 76,2 mm D-56T rifled tank gun (no bore evaluator, long multi-slotted muzzle brake and fume extractor). It was produced in small numbers between 1953 and 1954.
- 150
- 12 as of 1996.
- 30 PT-76B amphibious light tanks as of now are in service with the Marine Corps. 130 were originally bought. 60 were in service with the Marine Corps as of 1996.
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- 9 captured from JNA, later scrapped.
- Bought only 1 PT-76 for testing
- PT-76 Model 2, PT-76 Model 3 and PT-76B, passed on to the unified German state.
North Vietnam - Passed on to the successor state.
- Designed a copy of PT-76, Type 60 but was unsatisfied and therefore it was replaced by a Chinese design, Type 63.
- 30 PT-76 Model 2 and PT-76B amphibious light tanks as of 1996. They served with reconnaissance subunits of tank divisions and mechanized divisions and Coast Defense units including the 7th Lusatian Landing Division (officially known as 7th Coast Defense Division). Poland also used FROG-5 "Luna" tactical missile launcher vehicle. Some of them were converted into WPT-76 ARVs. All PT-76 amphibious light tanks and vehicles based on it were withdrawn from service.
- The US Army used a number of PT-76 amphibious light tanks in the OPFOR role for training.
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