N'agbanyeghị nsogbu ya, T-18 bụ mmelite karịa FT-17 na T-16, ya mere, e nyere iwu ka 108 tankị malite na February 1928. Mmepụta weere ọnọdụ na Leningrad Obukhov Factory (nke e mechara kpọọ aha Bolshevik Factory). A chọpụtara na ogbe mbụ nke tankị 30 nwere nnukwu nsogbu teknụzụ. Mgbe ọtụtụ nkwụsịtụ, na nsonye nke Motovilikhinsky Machine-Building Plant (Onye bụbu Perm Artillery) iji mụbaa mmepụta ụlọ ọrụ abụọ ahụ nwere ike ịnapụta 96 nke tankị 133 e kwere ná nkwa na 1929. Ajụjụ: Ebee ka mmepụta ahụ mere?
Leningrad Obukhov Factory