>>7036096If I had to guess why it’s because they played such a small part in the war and more importantly a near none existent part in propaganda. This applies more to the t-60/70/80 as the BT and even the t-26 get some pre/early war recognition, but the T series lights where pretty much just behind the scenes crews with center stage taken by the bigger star machines even if on many occasions they shared the same filed. The t-60 actually held on until the end of the war granted only in rear guard and reconnaissance action while the t-70 and 80 actually stuck it out until post war with the last few going out of service in 48.
They even had one or two moments in the sun
“In this fateful hour, when the Germans had almost defeated us, those ridiculous tanks saved our positions. It was lucky that the rye in the area was almost a meter high, as the T-60s were hidden by it. Using the rye field, both of our T-60 tanks were able to infiltrate the rear of German infantry and open fire on them. After several minutes of intense fire, the German attack was halted.”
General M.E. Katukov Commander of the Ist Tank Corps 1942
