The T-26 was a slow-moving infantry tank, designed to keep pace with soldiers on the ground.
As a result, infantry, tank, and artillery forces were neglected.
This included a slow infantry tank, armed with a small-caliber cannon and several machine guns.
The official doctrine of the time had Shermans as a sort of infantry tank.
The project of Lorraine de Dietrich was based on its 1933 design for a light infantry tank.
The infantry tank was a concept developed by Britain in the years leading up to the war.
In 1933 the Hotchkiss company proposed to build a cheap mass produced light infantry tank.
In practice both cruiser and infantry tanks entered the Second World War with the same gun.
In British practice, the main armament of the infantry tank went in three phases.
The infantry tank did not need to be fast so it could carry more armour.