When somebody says “wheeled tanks”, the first vehicles most people think of are probably the Italian Centauro or the South-African Rooikat, both of which are pretty recent designs. In reality though, the first vehicles of this type appeared as early as the first half of the 20th century. John Walter Christie, a talented American engineer, came forward with the idea for a design that made them possible, and the Soviet military were daredevil enough to roll with it. And so, in the interwar period, the Red Army received their first highly mobile “convertible” tanks with a unique wheels-and-tracks system. They were known as BT tanks, with “BT” standing for “Bystra-khodnyy Tank”, or “high-speed tank”.

Previously:

• The Centurion family
• The Panther Family
• The KV Family
• The Panzerkampfwagen Family
• The Abrams Family
• The Patton Familly
• The Mi-24 Family
• The Apache Family
• The Chieftain Family

• The Cobra Family
• The M60 Family
• The Tiger Family
• The Sherman Family
• The T-34 Family
• The T-54/T-55 family
• Challenger MBTs
• The Phantom family
• The Sabre Family
• Lend-Lease Aircraft

• The IS Family
• The Mustang Family
• The Spitfire Family.
• The Junkers Family
• The Heinkel Family
• The Centauro Family
• The Vickers Family
• The Stuart Family
• FIAT Aircraft

• The Dornier Family
• The Zero Family
• The Thunderstorm Family
• The Me 262 Family
• The Meteor Family
• The MiG Family
• The Dassault Family
• The Saab Family
• Mitsubishi Aircraft
• Yakovlev Aircraft

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