TheHumanMage Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 What do you use them for? They just explode And vs infantry they dont do any damage Better just to buy a machine gun So what to do with the T-26, how do I use them? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 Use them during the dry season to create a fire break. When they explode they might catch the steppe grass on fire, keeping the German troops from advancing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David I Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 I come down firmly on the piece of crap side. The most worthless POS in the Russian inventory. It combines crappy armor with a crud gun, and yet manages to be hopelessly slow. Truely a curse to have in a scenario. David 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George MC Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 Originally posted by David I: I come down firmly on the piece of crap side. The most worthless POS in the Russian inventory. It combines crappy armor with a crud gun, and yet manages to be hopelessly slow. Truely a curse to have in a scenario. David Try Strachwitz at Dubno - you've heaps of em. For every panzer you KO you lose about ten of these tin cans. Poor bastards who had to crew em. This LINK illustrates the real life outcome for so many of these guys. Be warned some of the photos are pretty graphic and leave you in no doubt at to the outcome for the crew when their tank was hit. Cheers fur noo George 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave H Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 Funny, they were the Tigers of the Spanish Civil War, back when they were NEW! This is why I always prefer scenarios to the cherry picked units in a quick battle. You'll never see units like this in a QB, even though the Soviet Union cranked them out in the 1930's like potato chips. Something tells me the Soviet crews would have preferred T-34s over their obsolete T-26s. Unfortunately for them, I'll bet nobody thought to give them the choice and they died in the lousy tanks they had. That's the reality of war, not a constant diet of Panthers and Tigers vs. T-34/85s and JS IIs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 The do have some utility. Use them as bait to pull the overconfident Germans within AT gun range. Then, after the armor threat has been eliminated bring them forward to polish-off the infantry with thier mgs. Yeh, I know. Never gonna work 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fußball Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 They are fun tanks nonetheless. Always gives me that early war feel when I fight them in scenarios. Though I must give praise to one T-26c(Ot-134) which flanked my PzIIIG while it was KOing BT-7s and T-60s. Shot it right in the upper left side of its hull. Killed no crew with its weak ammunition but it did KO the tank. Sadly for the T26 my PaK5,0 was waiting for it to reverse, which it did... Tschüß! Erich 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Toe Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Well they may be a bit poo, but I recently had an T-26 flame tank (OT-26 ?) virtually win a QB for me - Knocked out an Sd.Kfz.222 and 20+ infantry kills and routed a load more...mind you the opponent was nice enough to group them all up for me in a patch of trees! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vartuoosi Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 T-26 is a piece of crap but it's better then no tanks at all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apparatchik1 Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 I think they are fun. They are slow, badly armoured and have rubbish weaponry, but they still kill off most of the opposition's armour with a little patience. And they are as cheap as chips. The flamethrower and artillery versions will also surprise the unwary... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count D'Ten Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 It depends on the scenario. German armor isn't everywhere and even AT guns were scarce. Play them early war against Romanians or German infantry. Defensively, they need good locales they can back out of after the first shot and set up again, drawing opponents into flank shots. Offensively, bring the survivors forward to support your infantry (and not where the AT guns are -- that's what the mortars are for). Odds are always bad, but any success is a testimony to your generalship and an embarrassment to your opponent. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elementalism Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Originally posted by MikeyD: Use them during the dry season to create a fire break. When they explode they might catch the steppe grass on fire, keeping the German troops from advancing. Ahh yes the familiar set fire to an entire tile strategy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aco4bn187inf Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 In towns they can be used as mobile fire support for your infantry. Keep them keyholed a few blocks behind your front line and use up their big 45mm ammo load. (Really the only good thing about them.) They won't wipe out the enemy infantry, but they can suppress him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatEtr Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 On a bit of a side note, what the heck is that sticking out of this T-34 pictured here. The pic is from the link given earlier in the thread. I'm guessing it's from another vehicle parked on the other side. Even still, what vehicle would it be with two guns, weird. :confused: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fußball Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 T-26 tanks are also good "door-knocker" fodder. Fun fun fun! Originally posted by MeatEtr: On a bit of a side note, what the heck is that sticking out of this T-34?It is nothing more than two logs my friend. And by the looks of it they are not attached to the T34. Tschüß! Erich 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Either that, or they were attached, have fallen off at the front, while pivoting off the right rear part of the track guard. As for the T-26, I haven't played CMBB much, but there should be a version of the T-26 able to shoot semidecently on the move. SOFAIK, the T-26e was the first tank ever to sport gun stabilization (vertical axis only; photoelectric principle). Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evzone Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Mr. Kettler, did I read correctly? You don't play CMBB much? What is it that you play then? CMAK by any chance? If so, will you meet me at the palm tree? Evzone 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Originally posted by Vartuoosi: T-26 is a piece of crap but it's better then no tanks at all. I'd rather have an extra platoon of infantry. All the best Andreas 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stikkypixie Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Originally posted by John Kettler: semidecently on the move. SOFAIK, the T-26e was the first tank ever to sport gun stabilization (vertical axis only; photoelectric principle). Regards, John Kettler Can you elaborate on that? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vartuoosi Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Originally posted by Andreas: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Vartuoosi: T-26 is a piece of crap but it's better then no tanks at all. I'd rather have an extra platoon of infantry. All the best Andreas </font> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uhu Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 You say this about the T-26? Well...then try from the axis - hungarian - site the Toldi I's in 1941! Althrough, the Toldi I's has one big advantage: they are pretty fast. Many times, I only could destroy russian AT Guns, that I "circle-danced" it with 3-5 Toldi, until the AT crew gave up and surrendered. Originally posted by TheHumanMage: What do you use them for? They just explode And vs infantry they dont do any damage Better just to buy a machine gun So what to do with the T-26, how do I use them? [ September 19, 2006, 03:03 AM: Message edited by: uhu ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Other Means Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 They are a great intermediary link in your escalation chain. i.e. attacker brings in some HT's to harrass you, instead of exposing a gun bring up the T-26, keyholed if possible, and he has to bring forward big armor, withdraw the fire support or expose his own ATG's. Of couse, even then you need to stand off. I'd rather wear a thick coat than a T-26. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uberpickle Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 I really like the T-26: when I'm on the side that gets to trash it! But the T-26 Arty and Flamethrower versions are nothing to be shrugged at. Though they are quite vunerable and have weak offensive power with the machinegun inside, with infantry support and perhaps a mid ranged tank they can excel if they are one of the specialized versions. Only if they don't hit them first. I prefer to use them on the defensive more than the offense because the smoke from say, a mortar can protect the poor thing while I pull it back or reposition it in a more oppourtune position. For ambushing the flamethrower can't be beat. In a light mechanized situation, the OT-26? can't be beat! (by a dummy anyways) But, BUT I don't know about it being completely useless. It can be used to waste up German AT ammo and as excellent distractions for the AI infantry while your guys are making moves. Even though it is slow, crappy and all around just a bad tank for serious situations it proves itself in smaller scraps, I suppose. Wow, I really wanna use this thing again now! Originally posted by Other Means: Of course, even then you need to stand off. I'd rather wear a thick coat than a T-26. Now who wouldn't? [ September 14, 2006, 09:54 AM: Message edited by: Uberpickle ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fußball Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 It is a known fact that Russians often stacked their coats on the T-26 for added armor protection. Tschüß! Erich 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatEtr Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 Originally posted by John Kettler: Either that, or they were attached, have fallen off at the front, while pivoting off the right rear part of the track guard. Regards, John Kettler Yeah that's my guess as well. Wow, I really need to get a new monitor. Can't see **** with this thing. Originally posted by Fußball: It is a known fact that Russians often stacked their coats on the T-26 for added armor protection. Tschüß! Erich They also doubled and sometimes tripled the vodka rations to the tank crews. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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