Semyon Alexandrovich Ginzburg
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Semyon Alexandrovich Ginzburg (1900–1943), attended the Dzerzhinsky Military Technical Academy
in Leningrad
. He worked in the GKB (the main design bureau) and in the KB-3 in Moscow. In 1930 he was a member of the Soviet purchasing committee in Great Britain that prepared buying a licence for the Vickers 6-Ton
tanks, the basis for the T-26
Soviet tank.
Ginzburg then headed the experimental group preparing the production of the T-26 type. Later on he worked in Leningrad
. He was directly involved in development of experimental types like T-33, T-43, T-29, T-46-5, T-100 and T-126SP, as well as in the series built T-26, T-28, T-35 and T-50 types. A deputy to Zh. Ya. Kotin, himself a deputy to the Minister of the tank industry, S. A. Ginzburg was directly responsible for development work of the SU-76
light self-propelled gun. The poor initial quality of this weapon was a reason for his removal from that position and sending to front. He became a chief technical officer of a tank corps. He died at the front in 1943.
Soviet military academies
There were/are a number of military academies in the Soviet Union/Russia of different specialties.Unlike Western military academies such as West Point, Soviet, now Russian, military and police institutions referred to as "academy" are post-graduate professional military schools for experienced...
in Leningrad
Leningrad
Leningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:- Places :* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province...
. He worked in the GKB (the main design bureau) and in the KB-3 in Moscow. In 1930 he was a member of the Soviet purchasing committee in Great Britain that prepared buying a licence for the Vickers 6-Ton
Vickers 6-Ton
The Vickers 6-Ton Tank or Vickers Mark E was a British light tank designed as a private project at Vickers. It was not purchased by the British Army, but was picked up by a large number of foreign armed forces and was copied almost exactly by the Soviets as the T-26. It was also the direct...
tanks, the basis for the T-26
T-26
The T-26 tank was a Soviet light infantry tank used during many conflicts of the 1930s as well as during World War II. It was a development of the British Vickers 6-Ton tank and is widely considered one of the most successful tank designs of the 1930s....
Soviet tank.
Ginzburg then headed the experimental group preparing the production of the T-26 type. Later on he worked in Leningrad
Leningrad
Leningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:- Places :* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province...
. He was directly involved in development of experimental types like T-33, T-43, T-29, T-46-5, T-100 and T-126SP, as well as in the series built T-26, T-28, T-35 and T-50 types. A deputy to Zh. Ya. Kotin, himself a deputy to the Minister of the tank industry, S. A. Ginzburg was directly responsible for development work of the SU-76
SU-76
The SU-76 was a Soviet self-propelled gun used during and after World War II.- History :The SU-76 was based on a lengthened and widened version of the T-70 tank chassis...
light self-propelled gun. The poor initial quality of this weapon was a reason for his removal from that position and sending to front. He became a chief technical officer of a tank corps. He died at the front in 1943.