Polish tank 7TP - version
VAU - 33 (brand name PZInž-120)
- prototype of the 7TP tank, made 2 pieces, passed demanding tests, showed minor defects.
- the main reservations were insufficient engine cooling. Furthermore, minor defects in
wiring and injection pump problems.
7TP - dvouvěžový
- standard two-tower design
- was planned as a transitional model, because it had not yet been decided on a cannon for one large
turret armed with a cannon and a coupled machine gun.
7TP - single tower
- standard single-tower design
- compared to the previous model, it is equipped with one turret armed with a 37 mm Bofors cannon
C7P - tractor on 7TP tank chassis
- manufactured on the request of the army, used the chassis groups of mass-produced 7TP tank
- served as an artillery tractor, rescue tractor for tank units and could also perform engineering work
Sources:
- Ivo Pejčoch, Oldřich Pejs - Armored vehicles 5, Ares 2004, ISBN 80-86158-32-2
- HPM 9 and 10/2001
VAU - 33 (brand name PZInž-120)
- prototype of the 7TP tank, made 2 pieces, passed demanding tests, showed minor defects.
- the main reservations were insufficient engine cooling. Furthermore, minor defects in
wiring and injection pump problems.
7TP - dvouvěžový
- standard two-tower design
- was planned as a transitional model, because it had not yet been decided on a cannon for one large
turret armed with a cannon and a coupled machine gun.
7TP - single tower
- standard single-tower design
- compared to the previous model, it is equipped with one turret armed with a 37 mm Bofors cannon
C7P - tractor on 7TP tank chassis
- manufactured on the request of the army, used the chassis groups of mass-produced 7TP tank
- served as an artillery tractor, rescue tractor for tank units and could also perform engineering work
Sources:
- Ivo Pejčoch, Oldřich Pejs - Armored vehicles 5, Ares 2004, ISBN 80-86158-32-2
- HPM 9 and 10/2001