
Ok now here we got the most popular and well know simbol of II WW- the T-34-85 Medium tank. The T-34 was developed as A-32 in 1940 due the battles with german Panzer IV and Tiger tanks. First tanks of this big family was armed into 76.2 mm gun which had a little troubles to penetrate German Tiger front armor, even side armor could stop russian shells until the T-34 didn't get closer to target, which lenght was 400-500m. To increase firepower of this tank, USSR developers decide to give the T-34 bigger and better armored turret which allowed to instal 85mm gun. This was better than 76.2mm cannon. Certainly all tanks of T-34 class was produced over 20 000, and many of them still are in reserve of tank companies. If you know something about T-34-85 or his older brother T-34-76, feel free and comment. I will glad to get help from you :)
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This was, in my opinion, the best tank of WWII, one of the best weapons of WWII, and one of most influential tank designs of all time. It was not perfect: crude, cramped and very uncomfortable, prone to failures. But it had the right combination of firepower, defense, mobility and price. It was simple enough that many field repairs were performed by their crews. The overall concept is actually the basis of the modern main battle tank: medium, fast, powerful and well-armored, with angled armor which provided better protection. The famous German Panther was developed as a countermeasure to T-34 and you can see many similar design concepts in it. But Panther, while superior to T-34, was even more faulty and much more expensive and the Germans were simply not able to produce enough of them. I had a chance to see a mobile T-34, owned by someone in Slovakia, on show in Vienna once :)
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