World of Tanks: Inside the Chieftain's Hatch. The BT-7

These are two World of Tanks videos of the Soviet "cavalry" tank, the BT-7.



The BT-7 was a revolutionary tank in some ways, in part because its American designed Christie suspension system would be used on all World War Two generation Soviet tanks.  Ironically, the U.S. Army did not use it.



The BT-7 was classified as a cavalry tank, as the Red Army envisioned using it in the cavalry scouting role.  It did not replace horse cavalry in the Red Army, however, as horse cavalry remained in the Red Army establishment until 1953, seeing a fair amount of use during World War Two.