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BA-11
BA-11D
TypeArmored car
Place of origin Soviet Union
Service history
Used by Soviet Union
Production history
No. built17
Specifications
Mass8.13–8.65 tonnes
Length5.3 m
Width2.5 m
Height2.4 m
Crew4

Armor13 mm
Main
armament
45 mm gun 20-K
Secondary
armament
2×7.62 DT machine gun
Enginepetrol ZIS-16 or diesel ZIS-D-7
90 hp (67 kW)
Suspensionwheeled
Maximum speed
  • BA-11: 62 km/h (39 mph)
  • BA-11D: 49 km/h (30 mph)

The BA-11 or Broneavtomobil 11 (Russian: БА-11 or Бронеавтомобиль 11) was an armored car developed in the Soviet Union. It was intended to replace the BA-10, but production was prevented by the Nazi German invasion of 1941.[1] The BA-11 was a heavy armored car based on a strengthened ZiS-6K chassis. Used during 1941–1942 on the Leningrad front, it was designed to attack infantry, cavalry, and medium armored cars.

With 13mm of frontal armour, it was only slightly less protected than the most common Soviet light tank of the era, the T-26, which had 15mm of armour. It had very poor off-road mobility due to being overloaded and lacking all-wheel drive, which was compensated by tracks that could be attached to the rear wheels.[2] Only 17 were built and all of them were lost in 1941–42. One BA-11 was modified with a ZiS D-7 96hp diesel engine and designated as a BA-11D. Trials were successful, but the overall lack of serviceability of the BA-11 removed the necessity of a BA-11D serial production.

References

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  1. Bocquelet, David. "Soviet BA-11 armoured car (1939)". tank-afv.com. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  2. "BA-11 – Soviet Medium Armoured Car on the ZIS-6 Chassis and Its Diesel Variant BA-11D | Tankist". www.panzernet.net. Retrieved 31 July 2026.