D-8: Soviet armoured vehicle

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D-8: Soviet armoured vehicle

26.01.2023 Tanks, Transport and equipment

D-8

Soviet D‑8 Armoured Car

The D‑8 (Dyrenkov‑8) was a 1931–1934 Soviet light reconnaissance armoured car built on a Ford A chassis, designed by N.I. Dyrenkov, with only about 60 produced and used mainly in the Spanish Civil War and Winter War [
The D‑8 emerged from Soviet experience with armoured cars in the Civil War and the need for modern, mobile reconnaissance units. In 1931, engineer N.I. Dyrenkov proposed a light, inexpensive design based on the licensed Ford Model A (GAZ‑A) chassis, produced by the Izhorskiye Factory near Leningrad
The design aimed to be stealthy and lightweight, omitting a turret to reduce profile

  • Role: Light reconnaissance (not heavy combat)
  • Crew: 2 (driver + commander/gunner)
  • Chassis: Ford A / GAZ‑A, two‑axle
  • Armour: 5–7 mm steel plates (0.2–0.28 in) — very light, mainly for small‑arms protection
  • Armament: 1 × 7.62 mm DT machine gun in a rear embrasure; some versions added a second gun
  • Engine: GAZ‑A 4‑cyl petrol, 40 hp [![Wikipedia]
  • Weight: ~1,580 kg
  • Speed: ~85 km/h (53 mph) on good roads ‑8 was quickly superseded by the FAI armoured car [!
  • Its design reflected the Soviet emphasis on light, mobile units for reconnaissance rather than heavy combat .
  • The project was influenced by Ford’s 1931–32 series production technology transfer to the USSR, which boosted Soviet vehicle manufacturing
    In summary: The D‑8 was a small‑scale, light Soviet armoured car of the early 1930s, notable for its Ford‑based chassis, minimal armour, and reconnaissance role. It had limited production and service history, but remains an interesting example of Soviet interwar vehicle design.
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The D-8 was largely replaced at the end of the 1930s, I would suggest something more modern, like variants of the BA-64 or lend-lease M3 Scout Cars.

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i would love to play armored vehicle like these in the rider class

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this is a good bronivik, but as for me, there are some better ones.
but I think it is necessary to move the current ba-11 to the rank of off-road vehicles, while retaining tankers as a feature, also, given that there are 4 crew members in the Kubelwagen, you can add the Puma 234/2 and 234/2 and m-8 greyhound
but that’s in the future, if the developer decides to push jeeps with cannon)
I would like to see the development of the BA-64

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With ДТ-29
With ДШК
With ПТРД-41

It would also be cool to see the BA gun platforms.
BA-10
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BA-9
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LB-62

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BA-30
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And if they do damage to the DShK like the m2 Willis… It will be a victory.

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Some are good but the ones with cannons and closed tops need to be tank
Rifle grenades could work but the leave be 1_2 unprotected
Molotoves is not enough
So anti tank grenades rifle at br1
High pen but a almost no splash so you can’t farm infantry
If it takes a anti tank weapon to kill it it’s tank
That’s why I chose that one to turret, and open windows because it was bad
I don’t want rider just to be up bred tanks

Add sticky or throwable limpet mines
Let any soldier equip at weapons at a one pr penalty
I mean a lot of 'riders, people want are just br1 tanks