[Nucleicacidman]

I've heard of armor during the civil war and have read upon a variety of sources describing Russian/Soviet tanks of the Civil War (which according to the sources were hampered with poor mechanics, over taxed tranmission, etc...) but I want gather some more from other sources.

Thus, please post on your knowledge of armor during the Russian Civil War.

[Tovarish Spetsnaz]

As far as I know...they only had tanks produced in other countries. The first Soviet-made tanks didn't appear until 1926 (although Russia actually made the FIRST tank in history in 1915...)

They had about 100 French FT-17...captured from the "Allies"...and I'v seen pictures of captured British Male and Female tanks as well...though I dont know how many of them they had.

[Kov]

My favorite was the good old "Tachanka". Shure it is not armor, but not only does it have some cool songs to go with it, but it is a fairly interesting idea.

A "Tachanka" is simply a horce drawn waggon with a driver, and a gunner that sits in the back with a machinegun. I forget how they where used, but they where a common sight. Furthermore Russian (old and maybe new) has some movies and songs specificaly about them.

[Nucleicacidman]

Gives me the impression of a 1921 version of Black Hawk Down and the war in Somalia, with all those pick up trucks with machineguns in the rear.

Thank you Spetsnaz.

[treat2]

Closest thing I can recall was the spkie on the hats. The othr side musta look pretty scary though, in the torn up rags.