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Encyclopedia > BAI (armoured car)
BA-I

BA-I and D-8 at the rear on the Military Parade in Moscow. November 7, 1934.

BA-I
General characteristics
Crew 3
Length 4.8 m
Width 2.0 m
Height 2.4 m
Weight 5 tonnes
Armour and armament
Armour 8 mm
Main armament 37mm 7K gun
Secondary armament 2x7.62mm DT
Mobility
Power plant GAZ-AA
40 hp (30 kW)
Suspension wheeled
Road speed 63 km/h
Power/weight 8 hp/tonne
Range 150 km

The development of the armoured cars with 3 axes began in Soviet Union in the Thirties. In this case the designers in essence relied on chassis of American truck Ford-Timken, which began to enter the Soviet Union in 1931. In the end of the year assembling of these motor vehicles approached the plant "Gudok Oktyabrya" in Kanavin, near Nizhniy Novgorod. In autumn of the same year at the Repair Base of Nº2 in Moscow to this chassis they established the armored housing of armored car BA-27. Following the first built about 20 more armored cars, received designation BA-27M. Simultaneously with this at The Izhorskij plant, with the use of the same chassis, several dozen armored cars D-13, was released, developed on the project N.I.Dyrenkov. Military vehicles are commonly armoured to withstand the impact of shrapnel, bullets or shells, protecting the soldiers inside from enemy fire. ... Stock art of Gaz Gaz is a fictional character from the Nickelodeon cartoon, Invader Zim. ... Military armored cars A French VBL reconnaissance vehicle. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The driver of this DAF tractor with an auto-transport semi-trailer truck prepares to offload Å koda Octavia cars in Cardiff, Wales A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle for transporting goods. ... Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... Area  - Total 260,000 mi² Population  - City (2003)  - Metropolitan 1,334,249 2 million approx. ... Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 1,081 km² Population  - City (2007)    - Density 10,469,000   8537. ... Polish armoured car Korfanty in 1920. ... BA-27 was a Soviet inter-war heavy armoured car. ...


In 1932 engineer P.N.Syachentov, known by its developments in the region of artillery, BAD-2 (armored car-rail trolley) designed the universal average floating armored car, capable of entire other to be moved on the railroad track. Sole copy was built. However, not one of the machines according to their tactical-technical characteristics indicated they satisfied servicemen. The soldiers wanted that these vehicles are equipped with an average gun. Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... Historically, artillery (from French artillerie) refers to any engine used for the discharge of projectiles during war. ...


In 1932 at The Izhorskij plant under the management of engineer A.D.Kuz'min developed armored car "BA-I" (I-Izhorskij. In some publications the name of this machine is written together "BAI"). With its creation was used entire the same triaxial chassis Ford-Timken. The complete hull of armored car was welded together - for that time this was advanced technology. On the boards of the hull and in its rear portion were doors for the embarkation of crew. Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ...


In the cylindrical welded tower of original construction were established standard 37-mm tank gun (34 rounds) and separately from it machine gun in the ball installation. The second machine gun (DT) was placed in the frontal sheet of the group to the right of of driver. Due to the stepped form of the roof of the hull (undertower sheet it was located noticeably lower than roof of driver cab) it was possible to substantially reduce overall height of combat vehicle. The word cylinder has several meanings. ... A M1 Abrams firing. ... A machine gun is a fully-automatic firearm that is capable of firing bullets in rapid succession. ... A machine gun is a fully-automatic firearm that is capable of firing bullets in rapid succession. ...


One additional interesting innovation (an idea that was borrowed from D-13) in the construction were the wheels of replacement (between the nose gear wheels and the rear wheel-axle unit) were rotary what helped the vehicle to cross the trenches and the reliefs. Subsequently this engineering solution roamed from one BA to another, up to BA-10. Armored car BA-I was produced by a small series in 1932-34 years and was in service of the Red Army. Categories: | | ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Workers and Peasants Red Army (Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия, Raboche-Krestyanskaya Krasnaya Armiya; RKKA or usually simply the Red Army) were the armed forces first organized by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918 and that in 1922 became the army of the Soviet Union. ...

BA-Is (on the front) and FAIs armored cars.
BA-Is (on the front) and FAIs armored cars.

External Links

The Russian Battlefield - BA-3, BA-6, and BA-9 Armored Car


Voiture blindée lourdes à 3 roues/Heavy 3-wheels armored cars BA


Site Tanks of WWII/Soviet Union

Soviet armoured fighting vehicles of World War II
List of armoured fighting vehicles of World War II
Soviet armored fighting vehicle production during World War II


 
 

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