BA-27

BA-27
Type	Armoured car
Place of origin	Soviet Union
Specifications
Weight	4.4 tonnes
Length	4.62 m
Width	1.81 m
Height	2.52 m
Crew	4
Armor	7 mm
Primary armament	37 mm gun
Secondary armament	7.62 mm DT machine gun
Engine	4-cylinder gasoline AMO 35 hp (26 kW)
Power/weight	8 hp/tonne
Suspension	4×4 wheeled
Operational range	350 km
Speed	48 km/h

The BA-27 armoured car was a Soviet heavy armoured car, produced from 1928 to 1931, and used for scouting and infantry support duties early in the Second World War. The BA-27 had a similar turret to the T-18 tank, and both forward and reverse driver's controls.

In 1927, an Izhorsky Factory design team developed a heavy armoured car based on the chassis of the AMO-F-15 truck (a copy of the Fiat F-15). After lengthy trials, it was accepted into Soviet Red Army service in 1929. No more than several hundred were built between 1928–31. The last batch of BA-27s were mounted on Ford Model AA truck chassis.

The chassis was found to be inadequate to carry the heavy armour, and some were later rebuilt on heavier, three-axle Ford-Timken truck chassis at Repair Base No. 2 (Rembaz No. 2). 193 of these BA-27M armoured cars remained in service on June 1, 1941, just before the German invasion of the Soviet Union.

References

• Zaloga, Steven J., James Grandsen (1984). Soviet Tanks and Combat Vehicles of World War Two, London: Arms and Armour Press. ISBN 0-85368-606-8.

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