T-54/T-55
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The T-54 and T-55 tanks are a series of Soviet medium tanks introduced in the years following the Second World War. The first T-54 prototype was completed at Nizhny Tagil by the end of 1945. From the
A T-55 tank on display at the Imperial War Museum
The original T-54-1. It has a turret reminiscent of the T-34-85s, with prominent, undercut shot traps. This example has the fender machine gun boxes replaced with fuel tanks.
The original T-55 lacked an anti-aircraft machine gun mount.
Sri Lanka Army T-55AM2
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-54/T-55
…interrupted during wartime. In 1943, the Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau revived the prewar T-34M development project and produced the T-44. Thanks to a space-efficient torsion bar suspension, a novel transverse engine mount, and the removal of the hull machine-gunner's crew position, the…
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