40M Turán medium tank

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The 40M Turán medium tank was a World War II-era Hungarian-designed armored fighting vehicle used primarily by the Royal Hungarian Army on the Eastern Front.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
40M Turán medium tank canonical 1
41M Turán II 1
41M Turán II medium tank 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armored fighting vehicle ⓘ
medium tank ⓘ
armorThicknessMax 50 mm ⓘ
armorThicknessMin 13 mm ⓘ
basedOn Škoda T-21 tank prototype ⓘ
category Hungarian World War II tanks ⓘ
medium tanks of World War II ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
crew 5 ⓘ
designedIn 1940 ⓘ
designer Weiss Manfréd ⓘ
engine Manfréd Weiss V-8 gasoline engine ⓘ
enginePower 260 hp ⓘ
era World War II ⓘ
fuelType gasoline ⓘ
height 2.39 m ⓘ
hullLayout front-mounted transmission ⓘ
introducedAs 40M Turán I ⓘ
length 5.55 m ⓘ
manufacturer MÁVAG ⓘ
Weiss Manfréd ⓘ
maximumSpeed 47 km/h ⓘ
notableWeakness insufficient armor against late-war anti-tank weapons ⓘ
underpowered main gun against Soviet medium and heavy tanks ⓘ
numberBuilt approximately 285 ⓘ
operationalRange 165 km ⓘ
operator Royal Hungarian Army 1st Armored Division ⓘ
Royal Hungarian Army 2nd Armored Division ⓘ
powerToWeightRatio about 14.4 hp/tonne ⓘ
primaryArmament 40 mm 41M gun ⓘ
primaryUser Hungary ⓘ
productionEnd 1944 ⓘ
productionStart 1941 ⓘ
secondaryArmament 8 mm 34/40M Gebauer machine gun ⓘ
serviceEnd 1945 ⓘ
serviceEntry 1942 ⓘ
successor 41M Turán II ⓘ
43M Turán III ⓘ
suspension leaf spring bogies ⓘ
theater Eastern Front ⓘ
trackType steel tracks ⓘ
turretType single turret ⓘ
usedBy Royal Hungarian Army ⓘ
usedIn defense of Hungary ⓘ
operations against the Soviet Union ⓘ
weight 18 tonnes ⓘ
width 2.44 m ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hungarian Army units → usedEquipment → 40M Turán medium tank ⓘ
Hungarian Army units → usedEquipment → 41M Turán II medium tank ⓘ
linked to: 40M Turán medium tank
43M Zrínyi II → chassisBasedOn → Turán medium tank ⓘ
subject linked to: 43M Zrínyi II assault gun
linked to: 40M Turán medium tank
40M Turán medium tank → successor → 41M Turán II ⓘ
linked to: 40M Turán medium tank