T-35
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The T-35 was a Soviet multi-turreted heavy tank of the interwar period and early Second World War that saw limited service with the Red Army. Often called a "land battleship", it was the only five-tur
T-35B tank of 1934-35 production series, date unknown
Joseph Stalin and Kliment Voroshilov depicted saluting a military parade in Red Square with T-35 featured.
German troops posing on a captured T-35, unknown date (likely summer 1941). The impressive size of this tank made it an object of interest to the pursuing German personnel, and captured tanks were frequently photographed.
SMK tank
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The SMK was an armored vehicle prototype developed by the Soviet Union prior to the Second World War. It was named after Sergei Mironovich Kirov, a Communist Party official assassinated in 1934. The S
T-35
…according to Soviet sources it did not. In fact, two other prototypes of multi-turreted heavy tanks had been sent to the front for testing: the T-100 and SMK. Single turret KV-1s also took part in the same test at the Battle of Summa. The SMK tank was disabled by a Finnish land mine and all attempts to recover…
The Soviet SMK heavy tank
The sole prototype of the SMK abandoned in Finland during the Winter War