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At the top of my AFV stash there's the Mirage 1:72 T-26 m.1933 kit. However, I wouldn't like to build it as a Spanish Civil War or Nomonhan machine. Some time ago I spotted Rubicon Models 1:56 (presumably a wargaming item) T-26 kit #280070 https://rubiconmodels.co.uk/pl/products/280070-soviet-t-26-light-infantry-tank-1 The tank shown on the box lid has a white number 36 and two white horizontal stripes - one on the rear of the turret and the other on the hull just below the turret. I have never encountered such a T-26 marking before. Do you think it's a pure fiction or is this scheme based on the real machine? And if this is true, what were the circumstances - the 1939 invasion of Poland, the 1939 Winter War or the 1941 Barbarossa? Of some 4,700 tanks deployed by the Soviets (against the 330 that Poland could field) in 1939, the T-26 accounted for some 40%. They were all single-coloured (4BO), but the schemes published so far usually show the m.1938 variant with a conical tower. Have you ever met the picture of the T-26 m.1933 from the invasion of Poland? Or from the 1941 invasion of Iran? Or the 1945 invasion of Manchuria? Any help will be appreciated. Cheers Michael
