NKL-26

The NKL-26 was an armoured aerosan introduced by the Soviet Union during the Second World War, based on the earlier NKL-6 (OSGA-6).^[1] It was made of plywood and had a ten-millimetre armour plate on the front only, and was armed with a 7.62mm DT machine gun in a ring mount. It was powered by an M-11G aircraft engine.^[2]

Key Information

NKL-26 (Rz 2612)
Place of origin	Soviet Union
Specifications
Crew	2
Armor	10 mm (front only)
Main armament	7.62mm DT machine gun
Engine	8.6L (525 ci) Shvetsov M-11G
Operational range	250 km
Maximum speed	50 km/h (31 mph)
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Each NKL-26 was operated by two crewmen. NKL-26s were organized into battalions of 30 NKL-16s with a transport company of NKL-16s - each with three companies of 10. Each company was organized as three platoons of three vehicles, and a commanders vehicle.

Combat Aerosans often worked with ski infantry battalions, and could carry four ski troops riding outside the vehicle on its skis or towed behind.

• NKL-26 Snowmobile Archived 2013-04-16 at archive.today at the Russian Battlefield
• Aerosan NKL-26 on engines of the red army in ww2
• Aerosan, motorized sled NKL-26

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