BT-5

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The BT-5 ("Bystrohodnyi tank" or "Fast Tank type 5") was the second tank in the Soviet BT series of tanks. The BT-5 improved on the previous BT-2, such as a new turret fitted with a 45 mm anti-tank gun that was also used on the T-26 and the BT-5's younger brother, the BT-7. The BT-5 would enter service with the Red Army in 1933, first seeing action with the Second Spanish Republic in the Spanish Civil War in 1937 and serving until the end of World War II. Between 1884 and 2108 units were produced, with production of the tank beginning in March 1933 and ending in 1935.

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