User talk:Vladimir Historian

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WikiChevrons[edit]

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		Good work on the BMP-1, ZSU-23-4, ZSU-57-2 and ZSU-37‎ articles. In recognition of your efforts towards maintaining military history and weaponry articles, please accept these Weaponry Task Force WikiChevrons! --Ŧħę௹ɛя㎥ 20:50, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much, TheGerm, for the award! I will try to post as much detailed, interesting and reliable information in weaponry and technical Wikiarticles as possible. Regards, --Vladimir Historian (talk) 08:54, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That's awesome! Keep up the good work! --ŦħęGɛя㎥ 22:19, 27 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You are now a Reviewer[edit]

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Main Page appearance: T-26[edit]

This is a note to let the main editors of T-26 know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on December 30, 2013. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. If you prefer that the article appear as TFA on a different date, or not at all, please ask Bencherlite (talk · contribs). You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/December 30, 2013. If it needs tweaking, or if it needs rewording to match improvements to the article between now and its main page appearance, please edit it, following the instructions at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/instructions. The blurb as it stands now is below:

The T-26 tank was a Soviet light infantry tank used in the 1930s and World War II. It is widely considered one of the most successful tank designs of the 1930s until its light armor became vulnerable to newer anti-tank guns. It was produced in greater numbers than any other tank of the period, with more than 11,000 manufactured, and it was used extensively in the armies of Spain, China and Turkey. Many variants were produced, including different combat vehicles based on its chassis such as flame-throwing tanks, remotely controlled tanks, and armoured carriers. The T-26 together with the BT was the Red Army's main tank in the interwar period. Though nearly obsolete by the beginning of World War II, it was the most important tank of the Spanish Civil War and played a significant role in the Battle of Lake Khasan in 1938 and the Winter War in 1939–40. The T-26 was the most numerous Soviet tank during the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941. The T-26 was used in the Battle of Moscow in winter 1941/42, the Battle of Stalingrad and the Battle of the Caucasus in 1942–43. The tanks last saw use in August 1945, during the defeat of the Japanese Kwantung Army in Manchuria. (Full article...)

UcuchaBot (talk) 23:02, 19 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

T-26 FAR[edit]

I have nominated T-26 for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 14:50, 7 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open![edit]

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File permission problem with File:Spanish T-26, 1937.jpg[edit]

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