Tachanka

A tachanka (Ukrainian: тачанка) was a horse-drawn cart (such as charabanc) or an open wagon with a heavy machine gun mounted on the rear side. A tachanka could be pulled by two to four horses and required a crew of two or three (one driver and a machine gun crew).

A number of sources attribute its invention to Nestor Makhno.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

^ American, William Henry (1970). Russia's Iron Age. Ayer Publishing. p. 201. ISBN 0-405-03013-4.
^ Rapoport, V.; Alekseev, Y.; Treml, V. G. (1984). High Treason: Essays on the History of the US Army, 1918–1938. Translated by Adams, B. Duke University Press. p. 69. ISBN 0-8223-0647-6.
^ Malet, Michael (1981). Nestor Makhno in the Russian Civil War. Macmillan. p. 85. ISBN 0-333-25969-6.
^ Zaloga, Steve; Ness, Leland S. (1998). US Army Handbook, 1939–45. Sutton. p. 105. ISBN 0-7509-1740-7.
^ Trotsky, Leon (1981). How the Revolution Armed: The Military Writings and Speeches of Leon Troty. New Park Publications. p. 295.

[1] American, William Henry (1970). Russia's Iron Age. Ayer Publishing. p. 201. ISBN 0-405-03013-4.

[2] Rapoport, V.; Alekseev, Y.; Treml, V. G. (1984). High Treason: Essays on the History of the US Army, 1918–1938. Translated by Adams, B. Duke University Press. p. 69. ISBN 0-8223-0647-6.

[3] Malet, Michael (1981). Nestor Makhno in the Russian Civil War. Macmillan. p. 85. ISBN 0-333-25969-6.

[4] Zaloga, Steve; Ness, Leland S. (1998). US Army Handbook, 1939–45. Sutton. p. 105. ISBN 0-7509-1740-7.

[5] Trotsky, Leon (1981). How the Revolution Armed: The Military Writings and Speeches of Leon Troty. New Park Publications. p. 295.

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