Unboxing: Bolt Action Soviet BT-7 Fast Tank
August 12, 2015 by dignity
We take to the Russian battlefields as the guys unbox the BT-7 Fast Tank for Bolt Action. A early war Soviet cavalry tank that could reach impressive speeds of up to 53mph.
This tank utilised the American-designed Christie suspension and was produced in large numbers during the pre and early war period.
John thinks with the head lamps on top of the gun it reminds him of a frog. I don't know about you but it reminds me more of a Mosquito.
Frog, Mosquito or something else, what do you think?
Nice looking tank , might have to get one . The boxes on the fenders are for fuel . Same style as on the early T-34/76 . Typical of the Russians , you had to hand pump the fuel from the boxes to the internal fuel tanks as they were no connected in any way .
Epic show, guys. I have a platoon of BT-7s in Zvezda 15mm and they’re some of my favorite pieces. I also appreciate the shout-out at 11:30, although I had this episode playing in my car driving to work when it came up, so I couldn’t get a cup of tea just then. 😀 Another area where the BT-7 performed well, where I always wanted to “explore,” were the pre-war battles between the Soviets and the Japanese (Battle of Lake Khasan in 1938 and the Battle of Khalkhin Gol in 1939). Tanks like the BT-7 positively stomped anything the Japanese had… Read more »
Great unboxing.I am also looking forward to picking up 3 of these for my tank war force.
Pretty sure that another selling point of these early Christie-type suspension tanks was the ability of some models to take off the tracks and simply run the tank on its wheels. ON ROADS, this resulted in truly astonishing speeds. I think this was why the outside of the wheel rims are darker, some kind of hard rubber. Not sure how useful this was, and was soon dropped in later later Christie-inspired designs like the T-34/76. Also, the tall springs that @johnlyons mentions meant that many Christie-style tanks (BT-7, Crusader, A-13, etc) had some scary-high silhouettes. Like John says, they’re really… Read more »
Still in use in 1945 too…
Must be doing something right Victoria puts what ever she is watching on pause when it comes to WW2 armour un-boxing’s. And insists of making a tea to watch it with. Then have a conversation about the effectiveness of what ever is being un-boxed.
Damn it, I have a hard life.
LOL
@dignity seems to be learning a lot about armoured warfare and design in @johnlyons ‘ “Tank Dojo.” You guys are going to leave Warren behind. You have to come up with a way for John’s British and Justin’s Germans to gang up on Warren’s Soviets (when he gets that army going). Maybe some WW2.5-style action? 😀
I have 4 of these.
2 7’s, 2 7A’s with the howitzer.
Great model and for 1939 Battles of Khalkhyn Gol against the Japanese they are well armed, armoured and pointed in game against what the Japanese can really feild back at them and against the Poles they can hold up well too although Pole tankettes are more than a match.
Interestingly, the BA10, and BT5 both shared the same turret.
I am rather impressed with the quality of the model, especially considering how few parts there are and how much is molded as a single piece.
My Orks might have to loot one.