SKF 224 T-55C1 "Bublina" tank with mine sweeper KMT-6

The onset of new technologies, devices, equipment, electronics, all that was new as compared with T-54 tank and added challenges and difficulties. To train drivers, T-55C machine based on T-55A tank was designed. The first variant T-55C1 was a tank without armament with a plugged gun-port. All other components remained unchanged. Armament equipment was dismantled. The space freed was used to arrange a place for an instructor with duplicated driver controls. Tank weight was reduced by 6 tons and the maximum velocity was increased up to 73-75 km/h. The tank has two crew-members: a instructor and a driver. Track-width mine sweeper KMT-6 is designed for antitank mine-field crossing. It can be used at all types of Soviet medium tanks:T-55, T-62, T-64, T-72, T-80. The operating principle is based on the extraction of mines and throwing them away from the track. To combat contact-type bottom attack mines, the sweeper is fitted with two folding bars. For non-contact mines, later modifications of the sweeper have been equipped with an electromagnetic add-on EMT acting on mine fuses by its high intensity electromagnetic field. The standard scope of supply of iiic sweeper includes two plow assemblies, two lifting gears, electric equipment, hoist, hookup device, and set of spare parts, tools and accessories. Total weight: 1 ton. Mine- sweeping speed: 6 to 14 km/h.

Catalog number: SKF 224
Scale: 1/35
Type: Tank
Period: Cold war (1946-1991)
Weight: 500 gramm