T-34 variants
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The T-34 medium tank is one of the most-produced and longest-lived tanks of all time.
T-34 family portrait, 1941 (BT-7, A-20, T-34 Models 1940 and 1941)
The original T-34 Model 1940 can be recognized by the low-slung barrel of the L-11 gun, below a bulge in the mantlet housing its recoil mechanism. This particular vehicle is a pre-production A-34 prototype, recognizable by the small driver's hatch and single-piece front hull.
The model 1943 had an all-new hexagonal turret with bulbous trunnion housing.
A commander's cupola was added during the model 1942 production run to improve all-round vision. This variant was known as T-34 Model 1943.
T-44
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The T-44 was a medium tank developed and produced near the end of World War II by the Soviet Union. It was the successor to the T-34, offering an improved ride and cross-country performance, along wit
T-34 variants
…recoil. A new gun, the LB-100, was then fitted - this had much lower recoil and passed all tests, however by then the war was all but over, and the T-44 was better suited than the old T-34 chassis. SU-85 was a T-34-based tank destroyer armed with an 85 mm D-5T gun. SU-85M was an improved SU-85 with…
A restored T-44 tank
T-44's predecessor, the T-34-85
T-44-122 prototype during comparative trials against captured German Panther
Second of the two first generation T-44-85 prototypes and T-44-122 prototype during comparative trials