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BT-7
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Rank
AB
1.3
RB
1.3
SB
1.3
Battle rating
USSR
Game nation
Light tank
Main role
2,900
RP
Research
700
SL
Purchase
General information

The BT-7 was a Soviet light tank, developed from the previous BT-5 light tank. Both designs shared the same 45 mm 20-K cannon aswell as coaxial DT machine gun. Unlike the BT-5, the BT-7s hull was welded and the shape of hull at front was also redesigned. The frontal armour protection was slightly increased from 13 to 20 mm of armour. New short-pitch tracks were installed and Mikulin M-17T engine which was a licensed copy of German BMW VI V-12 engine was used instead of the M-5-400 found in BT-5 and earlier BT series tanks. New turret turret featuring sloped armour was also adopted. The BT-7 was used during Winter War and Continuation war with Finland aswell as during the early stages of Operation Barbarossa. Their numbers greatly reduced due to combat losses after 1941, the BTs served for the remainder of war. One example in running condition is preserved to this day.

The BT-7 was introduced during the Closed Beta Test for Ground Forces before Update 1.41. The BT-7 features a very powerful gun on a highly mobile chassis, at the cost of no valuable armour. The tank commanders should utilize the speed of the BT to flank their enemies and shoot them from sides and then quickly change position and perform another ambush as the vehicle itself is very lightly armoured and any hit is fatal.


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Survivability and armour
Armour front / side / back
Hull 20 / 15 / 13 mm
Turret 15 / 15 / 13 mm
Visibility 83 %
Crew 3 persons
Mobility
Max speed
Forward 4955 km/h
Backward 1011 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio 29.225.83931.6 hp/t
Engine power 400354534433 hp
Weight 13.7 t
Optics
Gunner
Commander
Driver
Optics zoom
1.9x–3.5x
Armaments
45 mm 20-K cannon
Ammunition 188 rounds
Reload basic crew → aces
3.8 → 2.9 s
Vertical guidance -6 / 25°
Turret Rotation Speed basic crew → aces
Horizontal 11.29.521.115.21613.630.121.8 °/s
Vertical 2.82.29.86.343.2149 °/s

AmmunitionTypeArmor penetration (mm) at a distance:
10 m100 m500 m1000 m1500 m2000 m
APHEBC706758473932
APBC737060504134
7.62 mm DT machine gun (coaxial)
Ammunition 2,394 rounds
Belt capacity 63 rounds
Reload basic crew → aces
10.4 → 8 s
Fire rate 600 shots/min

BeltBelt fillingArmor penetration (mm) at a distance:
10 m100 m500 m1000 m1500 m2000 m
AP-I/API-T13127320
Economy
Repair cost Basic → Reference
AB 100 → 129 SL
RB 96 → 124 SL
SB 112 → 144 SL
Crew training 200 SL
Experts 96,000 SL
Aces 20 GE
Research Aces 1,000 RP
Reward multiplier AB / RB / SB
10 / 10 / 20 % SL
100 % RP
Total cost of modifications 2,970 RP
890 SL
Talisman cost 190 GE

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Mobility
Protection
Firepower
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