I have a Hobby Boss BT-2 kit which I am building, and they have all versions of the BT-2 available, even though none of them have survived. But I’m sure there were some times the USSR used armor between Khalkin Gol and the Civil War.
I think you meant vice-versa - Khalkin Gol was 1939. The Russian (?) civil war was 1917 to 1922 or 1923. Otherwise your post makes no sense.
According to this website (which I Googled in 5 seconds)….
https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/soviet/soviet_bt-2.php
…”One of the first combat actions of the BT-2 was during the Soviet invasion of Poland, which started on 16 September 1939. As stated by Zaloga, of 1,764 BT tanks deployed in the campaign, 1,617 were newer BT-7 tanks and the remaining 147 were obsolete BT-2 and BT-5 tanks.”
I doubt that no Hobby Boss versions have survived, but several full-size BT-2’s have certainly survived – see Google Images for examples.
Please – what are you asking/saying which isn’t readily research-able? I think we’d all far prefer to see your build.
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Sometimes as I’ve seen there are bits of information that do not make it to the official sites.
It might be worth undertaking a modicum of research before tackling Armorama; it’s easy enough as Tim describes above. You can then devise your questions a little easier perhaps.
In any case, why not display your build? Not many I’m sure, have tackled this kit (or even be aware of the type of AFV it is) and even if a work-in-progress, will doubtless be of interest to us all.
There are a number of BT-7s, some BT-5s, but no true BT-2s to my knowledge. The one at Patriot park in Russia is thought to be a BT-5 hull with a BT-2 turret, necessitating a plate on the hull roof to fit the smaller turret that wasn’t there in reality. There might be a second BT-2 recently found or reconstructed but my memory is hazy.
KL
OK happy to defer to greater knowledge, I found that Kubinka example in 30 seconds. Whatever the case as to its identity, this was seemingly a subsidiary part of the OP’s posts. If he has found “bits of information that do not make it to the official sites” what are they about? BT-2s? Soviet use of armour (presumably in combat) 1923-1939? He originally said he was sure there were examples - why not share them with us instead of just flying vague kites? I’d certainly be interested.
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Well, the OP didn’t even ask a question, so I’m not sure a response was warranted in the first place.
KL
I was thinking of minor troubles as opposed to major wars. But I guess things like riots tend not to be on record.
The relevant time span would be from 1932 up to the day when the last BT-2 was retired from service.
This link lists the various skirmishes/uprisings/conflicts/squabbles/wars for the USSR,
scroll down to the Chechen uprising of 1932 (bit of a busy corner down there in Chechnya).
If the first BT-2s entered service in 1932 it might take a year before that unit was ready for war.
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Thanks. One on me for looking at the question from the wrong end.
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Also I didn’t know that the Soviet Union had a pre-1980’s Afghanistan invasion and it was also a bust!
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Everyone who has tried something in Afghanistan have sooner or later given up …
That’s for sure, but some are slow learners especially, and sadly, the British: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Anglo/Afghan Wars, and more recently the dismal Operation Herrick, which lasted a dozen or so years.
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I am also minded of the lines from one of Kipling’s poems (“The Young British Soldier”):
When you’re wounded and left on Afghanistan’s plains,
And the women come out to cut up what remains,
Jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains,
An’ go to your Gawd like a soldier.
Apologies for the thread hijack.
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I read George Bush’s “Decision Points” book and he did not expect Afghanistan to be so mountainous.
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I thought the US had excellent satellite data on Afghanistan (and nearly everywhere else …)
Yes, I heard the story that our satellites were supposed to able to read newspapers on Earth, but that is a myth.
Not even the large print
or the braille ones?
Hard to not see mountains in Afghanistan though
They didn’t need satellites, just a couple of history books 
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You mean doing some actual reading, like, real letters printed on paper?
Sheesh …
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