T-34 Soviet WW2 medium tank

N34 Soviet T-34 medium tank found on WW2 battlefields

Out of 1994 catalogue list, included later

Work on the creation of the tank began in 1938 at the Design Bureau of the Kharkov Locomotive Plant named after the Comintern. Adopted on November 19, 1939. Serial production began in 1940. During the war years, the tank was produced at seven plants. Each plant introduced some changes and additions to the tank design in accordance with its technological capabilities. A total of 35,312 T-34 tanks were produced. On its basis, a flamethrower tank (OT-34), a minesweeper tank, a layman, and a command tank were created. Currently, only a few dozen of this early model (76 mm) have survived in the world.
German intelligence worked very well before the war, but the appearance of this tank “missed”. “Their T-34 was the best in the world,” these are the words of Field Marshal Kleist. The appearance of the T-34 tank on the battlefield shocked the German command. Successful “rational” armor tilts, a powerful 76.2 mm gun, a diesel powerplant and wide tracks are an incomplete list of the obvious advantages of our famous tank over its adversary, the German T-II and T-III with 50 mm guns. . In the fall and winter of 1941, the crews of German tanks with grim envy watched as the T-34 confidently maneuvers through the mud and deep snow, while their tanks confidently … got stuck.
It was these T-34s, and not T-34-85, who participated in the Battle of Moscow, Defense of Leningrad, the Battle of Stalingrad and the Kursk Bulge. And almost all of them died heroically during the war, since in 1944 the USSR began production of the new T-34 with a large turret and 85 mm cannon. Most of the early T-34 (76) tanks were found not so long ago at battlefields and took their rightful place as monuments in tank factories or museums, including Kubinka, Prokhorovka and Poklonnaya Gora.
The history of the tank “Moscow Pioneer”
In November 1942, the All-Union Sunday was held, which was attended by over 10,000 pioneers of the Moscow city and regional organizations. Earned money went to the tank column “Moscow Pioneer” as part of the 215th tank regiment. In the offensive in the winter of 1943, several tanks, including the Moscow Pioneer, were in “irretrievable” losses.
In the summer of 1997, the Pskov regional search association “Panther Track” based on the testimonies of local residents (including one veteran tanker, a participant in these battles) near the village of Senkov at an 8-meter depth, a tank was discovered. In early March 2000, after preliminary work to drain and install “anchors”, the tank was successfully pulled out of the swamp to land. On the driver’s seat lay the remains of a crew member. This was Sergeant Lukoyanov, the driver of the Moscow Pioneer tank, which is now buried in the museum.
Features of this model: Chassis: front and rear rollers are rubberized, middle ones are steel, without rubber tires.
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Soviet T-34 WW2 medium tank (Kubinka museum outdoor exhibition)
In the external exposition of the museum, dedicated to the allies of the Second World War, the tank T-34.

Tactical and technical characteristics of T-34
Weight – 26 tons, Number of crew – 4 people, Overall dimensions (length x width x height), mm .. 5920x3000x2400
Armament: gun – 1 piece, caliber – 76.2 mm., ammunition – 77 shots; machine gun – 2 pieces, caliber – 7.62 mm., ammunition – 2898 cartridges.
Armor protection, mm: the forehead of the hull .. 45, the forehead of the turret.. 45
Engine power – 500 hp, The maximum speed is 55 km / h, Cruising range on the highway – 300 km., Depth of water barriers to be surfaced, m 1,3
Design Features: Base – the original. The general layout is classical (the control compartment is located in the front part of the hull, the fighting compartment is in the middle part of the hull and in the tower, the engine-transmission compartment is at the rear of the hull, the crew is in the control room and in the turret, the main armament is in the turret).
Armament – a cannon with a twin machine gun, a course machine gun, a telescopic and panoramic periscope sight of a circular view and aiming.
Protection – hull welded, from rolled armor plates with rational angles of inclination; the tower is welded with the slope of the side walls.
Chassis – engine 12-cylinder, V-shaped, diesel water cooling; transmission mechanical, main friction multi-disk dry; gearbox four-speed; airborne friction clutches; belt brakes; individual suspension, spring; double track rollers and guide wheels are cut; The caterpillar belt consists of ridges and smooth tracks.
The tank T-34 organically combined powerful weapons, reliable armor protection and high mobility. He was the best tank in the world in the late 30’s.
This instance of the production of plant No. 183 (Kharkov Locomotive Plant)
On the bow of the car there are several numbers at once, According to A. Builov, who reached the cannon and wrote off its number, it was possible to reveal the true number of the car. 0517-4 .. The tank was found in the archives of TsAMO about dispatches of plant No. 183 from May 12, 1941 (machine No. 15 in the column).
TsAMO RF, Fund 38, inventory 11355, file number 245, p.391
According to this document, this echelon in Bialystok left 26 tanks, which went to manning 6 MK. The tank with the serial number 0517-4 was among the losses in June 1941, but this was not the end of his fighting career. He was removed from the chassis and engine, and then installed on a railway platform, turning it into a makeshift armored car. Where this BPSO fought before the spring of 1945. For four decades, the former tank stood somewhere in the Western Army Group. In the late 80’s, when the withdrawal of Soviet units from Germany began and the tank was in the vault where it lay for some time. Later, specialists from NII-38 put on the running gear from T-34-85, attached boxes, simulating spare fuel tanks, and installed where it is today.
PS For the summer of 2016, the tank in the exposition is absent along with most exhibits of the outdoor exposition. Moved to “Park Patriot”.

Soviet tank V-2  WWII  T-34 tank engine

The Kharkiv model V-2 (Russian: В-2, German Transliteration: W-2) was a Soviet diesel tank V-12 engine designed at the Kharkiv Locomotive Factory by Konstantin Chelpan and his team. It is found in the BT-7M (BT-8), T-34, KV, IS and IS-10 (T-10) tanks, and by extension, the vehicles based on them, such as the SU-85 and SU-100 tank destroyers based on the T-34 and the ISU-122 and ISU-152 self-propelled guns based on the IS-2. Throughout its production life, output ranged from roughly 450-700 hp.

Displacement 38.8 L (2,367.7 cu in), bore 150 mm (5.9 in), stroke 180 mm (7.1 in) left cylinder group and 186 mm (7.3 in) right cylinder group, torque 220 kgf·m (2,157.5 N·m; 1,591.3 lbf·ft).

Soviet T-34 WWII medium tank  wheels

The exhibition of the T-34 (and based) tank wheels (Pavilion of the Soviet middle tanks & Assault Guns). Found on the WWII battlefields.

N35 Soviet T-34-85 WW2 medium tank of Dmitry Donskoy column (out of catalogue list)

In the winter of 1944, with the money of the Russian Orthodox Church, a column of tanks “Dmitry Donskoy” was built. Some of the tanks were equipped with flamethrowers. The sample shown in the photo is painted in winter camouflage.

N2 Т-34-85 WW2 soviet medium tank in Hall 2

Tactical and technical characteristics of the medium tank T-34-85: Weight – 32 tons, Number of crew – 5 people.
Overall dimensions (length x width x height) – 8100 x 3000 x 2700 mm.
Armament: gun – 1 piece, caliber – 85 mm., Ammunition – 56 shots; machine gun – 2 pieces, caliber – 7.62 mm., ammunition – 1953 cartridges. Armor protection, mm: forehead hull .. 52, forehead of the tower. 90
Engine power – 500 horsepower, The maximum speed is 55 km / h, Cruising range on the highway – 350 km., Depth of water barriers to be waded – 1,3 meters.
Design Features: Base – tank T-34, The overall layout is classical.
Armament: a cannon with a twin machine gun, a course machine gun, a hinged telescopic sight; the mechanism of turning the tower is an electric drive with control from the commander and the gunner.
Protection – hull is welded, from rolled armor plates with rational angles of inclination; The turret is cast with an increased size of the shoulder (base).
Chassis – engine 12-cylinder, V-shaped, water-cooled diesel engine with air-heater; transmission mechanical, main friction multi-disk dry; gearbox five-speed; airborne friction clutches; belt brakes; suspension individual, spring (springs are placed in special mines); double roller rollers are cut; The caterpillar belt consists of ridges and smooth tracks. The tank T-34-85 was the best tank in the world during the Second World War.
History of creation. What is usual, the story does not say. After the “big losses” in the Kursk Bulge in accordance with the “traditions” of the time, some of the military leaders were to be shot. The first candidate was the commander of the army of the Rotmistors. To avoid shooting, he technically correctly “transferred the arrows” to the tank building minister, Comrade Malyshev. The technical characteristics of the Soviet T-34 with its armor and a 76 mm cannon and a German T-VI “Tiger” with its anti-aircraft gun 88 mm were the arguments. After the “debriefing” it was decided to make a new one based on the T-34 tank, with an additional crew member (gunner) and a more powerful 85 mm cannon. . The T-34-85 tank was developed at the Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard in the autumn of 1943. Produced at three plants: Nizhny Tagil, Krasnoye Sormovo and Omsk. In total, until the end of the war, 21048 T-34-85 were produced. Flamethrower tanks, self-propelled artillery units were produced on its base, and equipment of a roller mine trawl was installed on a part of the machines. The serial release was completed in 1946. It was withdrawn from production, but has not yet been disarmed.
During the Second World War, T-34 of all modifications produced about 60,000 units. After the war, under a Soviet license, Poland and Czechoslovakia produced another 30,000 tanks.
After the Second World War and the defeat of militaristic Japan, the T-34-85 tank successfully fought in Korea and even in Vietnam. The machine at different times was in service with 42 countries. And today about 400 tanks T-34-85 are in service with the army of Cuba. This model of the tank is in Europe on all monuments to “liberator soldiers” in the Baltic states, Serbia and even in Angola
Please note, next to the T-34-85 tank is demonstrated its motor – engine V-2

N3 SU-100 Soviet medium WW2 assault Gun on T-34

SU-100 Assault Gun Tactical and technical characteristics: Weight – 31.6 tons, Number of crew – 4 people, Overall dimensions (length x width x height) – 9450 x 3000 x 2245 mm.
Armament: gun – 1 piece, caliber – 100 mm., Ammunition 33 shots.
Armored protection, mm: forehead and hull. 45
Engine power – 500 hp, The maximum speed is 55 km / h, The power reserve along the highway is 310 km., Depth of water barriers to be surfaced, m 1,3

Design Features: Base – tank T-34-85, The general layout is closed; The control room is located in the front of the hull. Armament – there is a 100-millimeter naval cannon; a panorama for shooting from the closed firing positions is established.
Protection – the hull and battle felling are welded, from rolled parts installed with large angles of inclination.
Chassis – engine 12-cylinder, V-shaped, four-stroke, diesel water cooling; transmission mechanical; main friction multi-disk dry; gearbox five speed; airborne friction clutches; suspension individual, spring (springs are placed in special mines); double roller rollers are cut; The tracks belt consists of ridges and smooth tracks.

N4 Soviet SU-122 WW2 medium Assault Gun on T-34-85

Tactical and technical characteristics: Weight – 30.9 tons, Number of crew – 5 people, Overall dimensions (length x width x height), mm. 6950x3000x2235.
Armament: howitzer – 1 piece, caliber – 122 mm, ammunition, – 40 shots.
Armor protection, mm: forehead and hull. 45, Engine power – 500 hp, The maximum speed is 55 km / h, Cruising range on the highway – 600 km., The depth of the water barriers to be surfaced is 1.3 meters
Design Features: Base – tank T-34, The general layout is closed; The control room is located in the front of the hull. Armament – separate charging.
Protection – hull and battle felling welded, from rolled armored parts.
Chassis – engine 12-cylinder, V-shaped, four-stroke, water-cooled diesel engine with air-heater heated; transmission mechanical, main friction multi-disk dry; gearbox five-speed; airborne friction clutches; belt brakes; suspension individual, spring (springs are placed in special mines); reinforced front suspension components; double roller rollers are cut; track tape made from comb and smooth tracks.
Location of exhibit.

N5 Soviet Т-44 WW2 medium tank

characteristics: Weight – 31.5 tons, Number of crew – 4 people, Overall dimensions (length x width x height), mm. 7650x3100x2400.
Armament: gun – 1 piece, caliber – 85 mm., ammunition – 88 shots; machine guns – 2 pieces, caliber – 7.62 mm., ammunition, cartridges .. 2750. Armored protection, mm. 120
Engine power – 500 hp: The maximum speed is 55 km / h, Cruising range on the highway – 235 km., Depth of water barriers to be surfaced, m 1,3.
Design Features: Base – the original, the overall layout is classical, with a transverse arrangement of the engine.
Armament – a cannon with a twin machine gun, a course machine gun, a hinged telescopic sight; The mechanism of turning the tower is an electric drive with control from the commander.
Protection – a welded hull, from rolled armored parts, a cast turret with a welded roof. Chassis – engine 12-cylinder, V-shaped diesel water cooling; transmission mechanical; main friction multi-disk dry; gearbox five speed; airborne friction clutches; belt brakes; onboard transmissions single-row; driving wheels cast with five driving rollers; steering wheels with steel rims; individual suspension, torsion bar.
Note
On its basis, some “pseudo-Tigers” of the military technical base depicting German tanks in many domestic films are made …

N6 Soviet SU-101 Experimental medium Assault Gun

Tactical and technical characteristics of SU-101; Weight – 34.1 tons, Number of crew – 4 people, Overall dimensions (length x width x height), mm 7030x3110x2730.
Armament: gun – 1 piece, caliber – 100 mm., ammunition – 35 shots; machine gun 1 piece, caliber 12.7 mm., ammunition, ammunition 450. Armored protection, mm: the forehead of the hull. . 90, forehead cutting .. 120
Engine power – 500 hp, The maximum speed is 54 km / h, Cruising on the highway – 167 km., Depth of water barriers to be surfaced, m 1,3.
Design Features: Base – SU-100, using the aggregates of T-34 and T-44 tanks.
The general layout is closed; The battle deck is located at the rear, the engine and transmission – in the front.
Armament – used telescopic sight for direct shooting and panoramic – for shooting from closed fire positions.
Protection – hull is welded, from rolled armored parts with rational angles of inclination; The stern sheet of the hull and the felling are common.
Chassis – engine 12-cylinder, V-shaped, four-stroke water cooled diesel engine longitudinal arrangement; the transmission is similar to the transmission of the T-34 tank; cooling of transmission brake bands with axial fan; suspension is similar to the suspension of the T-44 tank; track propeller is similar to the T-34 tank’s engine.