T-34 part 2

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A german soldier stands on the top of a captured T-34/76 tank

A german soldier stands on the top of a captured T-34 tank

abandoned by the Red Army T-34 and KV-1 tanks

abandoned soviet tank T-34

abandoned soviet tank T-34 76 coded 10 25

abandoned soviet tank T-34 76 mod 1940

This T-34/76 was abandoned by its crew without any visible damage during Operation Barbarossa.

abandoned soviet tank T-34/76

abandoned soviet tank T-34/76 mod 1941

abandoned soviet tank T-34/76 mod 1941 2

abandoned soviet tank T-34/76 mod 1941 3

abandoned soviet tank T-34/76 mod 1941 after capture by German forces, Summer 1941

abandoned soviet tank T-34/76 mod 1941 4

abandoned soviet tank T-34/76 model 1941 5

abandoned soviet tank T-34/76 mod 1941 5

abandoned soviet tank T-34/76 winter

abandoned soviet tanks T-34/76 mod 1941

T-34 model 1940 and BT-7 tanks Operation Barbarossa

Abandoned T-34 model 1940 and BT-7 tanks, 1941 Operation Barbarossa

Burned out Soviet medium tank T-34

burned out soviet tank T-34

burned out soviet tank T-34/76

burned out soviet tank T-34/76 2

burned out soviet tank T-34/76 mod 1940

Burned out T-34 tank mod 1943 with cast hexagonal turret

Burned out T-34 tank mod 1943 armed with the 76 mm gun F-34

burning soviet tank T-34

T-34 tank (early, model 1940) – plant 183 Kharkov

Burning T-34/76 tank early, plant 183 Kharkov

Captured german tank T-34 (beute panzer)

Captured T-34 tank

Captured T-34 tank

destroyed soviet T-34 tank

destroyed soviet T-34/76 mod 1940 tank

destroyed soviet T-34/76 mod 1941 tank

destroyed soviet T-34/76 mod 1941 tank winter

destroyed soviet T-34/76 mod 1940 tank 2

destroyed soviet T-34/76 model 1940 armed with the 76 mm gun L-11

destroyed soviet T-34/76 tank

destroyed T-34 tank 4

Destroyed T-34 tank manufactured at STZ

Early T-34 tank

Early T-34/76 and wehrmacht soldiers

Early T-34 76 knocked out on the roadside during the fighting in Ukraine in 1941

Early T-34/76 model 1940 - Operation Barbarossa

T-34 tank armed with the 76 mm gun F-34 – 1942

Frontal view of the abandoned T-34 tank, Eastern Front 1942

German Panzerkampfwagen T-34 747 (r) 2

German T-34 76 on railroad car

German T-34 panzer 747 (r), winter camo

german T-34 tank Beutepanzer PzKpfW T-34 747(r)

german T-34 tank armed with the 76 mm gun F-34

German T-34 tank model 1941 "531" - Panzerkampfwagen T-34 747(r)

German T-34 armed with the 76 mm gun F-34 – beute panzer

German T-34, beute panzer

German T-34/76 tank - Panzerkampfwagen T-34 747(r)

German T-34/76 tank with Hexagonal Turret winter camo

Knocked Out soviet T-34 tank rear

knocked out soviet tank T-34

Knocked out soviet tank T-34 mod 1940. This tank was destroyed at the beginning of the Russian campaign.

knocked out soviet tank T-34 model 1940

knocked out soviet tank T-34 model 1941 2

knocked out soviet tank T-34/76 model 1940 1941

knocked out tanks T-34 abandoned by the Red Army in the summer of 1941

knocked out soviet tanks T-34 model 1940

knocked out soviet tanks T-34/76

knocked out soviet tanks T-34/76 model 1941

Knocked-out T-34 tank model 1940 on the roadside

Panzerkampfwagen T-34 747 (r)

Panzerkampfwagen T-34 747 (r) 3

Soviet medium tank T-34

Soviet medium tank T-34

Soviet medium tank T-34

Soviet medium tank T-34 18

Soviet medium tank T-34 armed with the 76 mm gun F-34

Soviet T-34 tank model 1940 armed with the 76 mm gun L-11 3

Soviet medium tank T-34 model 1940

Soviet T-34 model 1942 tank manufactured at plant 183

Soviet medium tank T-34 model 1942 with cast hexagonal turret

Soviet medium tank T-34 stuck in the swamp

Soviet medium tank T-34 upside down

Soviet T-34 76 tank after capture by German forces

Soviet T-34 model 1941 tank after capture by German forces

Soviet T-34 tank after capture by German forces, 1941-42

Soviet T-34 tank 2

Soviet T-34 tank 7

Soviet T-34 tank in German Service

Soviet T-34 tank in German Service 2

Soviet T-34 tank in German Service winter camo

Soviet T-34 tank in German service winter camouflage

Soviet T-34 tank model 1940 armed with the 76 mm gun L-11

Soviet T-34 tanks of unknown Wehrmacht unit

Soviet T-34 tanks in German Service

Soviet T-34/76 tank in German Service

Soviet Troops atop T-34 Tanks During Fighting in Crimea

Knocked out soviet T-34/76 tank (model 1941)

T-34 76 knocked out on the roadside during the fighting in Ukraine in June-July 1941

T-34 76 manufactured at STZ

T-34 tank model 1940 armed with the 76 mm gun L-11 2

T-34 76 model 1940 tank 16

T-34 76 model 1941 Wolchow eastern front

T-34 tank with hexagonal turret, zavod 183

T-34 76 model 1942 - tank zavod 183

T-34/76 abandoned by the Red Army – Operation Barbarossa July 1941

T-34 76 Operation Barbarossa July 1941

T-34 and BT-7 tanks

T-34 and KV-1 Finland

A german soldiers sit on the front of a captured T-34 tank. Meschew Eastern Front 1941

T-34 and KV-1 tanks Meschew eastern front 1941

T-34 and KV-1 tanks after capture by German forces, Summer 1941

T-34 and KV-1 tanks, Operation Barbarossa 1941

T-34 Belarus Luninetz

T-34 medum tank

T-34 mod 1942 tank, hexagonal turret, plant 183 1942

T-34 with cast turret Belarus Luninetz 2

T-34 model 1941 Belarus Luninetz 2

T-34 76 model 1943 and Tiger tanks eastern front in winter

T-34 model 1943 with cast hexagonal turret and Tiger, winter

T-34 named Frunze, number 26

T-34 tank

T-34 tank "Mickey Mouse" in german service

T-34 tank after capture by German forces, Winter 1942

T-34 tank 26

T-34 tank after capture by German forces

T-34 tank after capture by German forces

T-34 tank after capture by German forces, Summer 1941

T-34 tank armed with the 76 mm gun F-34

T-34 tank Baranowo August 1942

T-34 tank hull

T-34 tank in German Service 1942 Staraja Russa

T-34 tank in German Service Lujew February 1943 2

T-34 tank in German Service Lujew February 1943, winter camo

T-34 tank armed with the 76 mm gun F-34 – Plant 183

T-34 tank manufactured at plant 183

T-34 tank model 1941

T-34 tank model 1941 2

T-34 tank model 1941 7

T-34 tank named Frunze, number 26

T-34 tank panzeratrappe

T-34 tank with welded turret

T-34 tanks and BT-7

T-34 tanks captured intact

T-34 tanks in German Service Lujew February 1943

T-34-76 tank, eastern front Orel 1941

T-34/76 and wehrmacht soldiers winter

T-34/76 and wehrmacht troops

T-34/76 as a German road sign

T-34/76 front view

T-34/76 Hexagonal Turret

T-34/76 model 1941, tank manufactured at STZ

russian tank T-34 76 with hexagonal turret

T-34/76 model 1942, russian tank, coded white 4

T-34 76 of 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking

T-34/76 of the 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking

T-34/76 tank

T-34/76 tank 1942

T-34/76 tank early model 1941, manufactured at plant 183

T-34/76 tank in german Wehrmacht service, code 531

T-34/76 tank in mud

T-34/76 tank model 1940

T-34/76 tank model 1941 with STZ turret

T-34 tank with welded turret, manufactured at STZ, front view

T-34/76 tank model 1941 with welded turret manufactured at STZ

T-34/76 tank Operation Barbarossa

T-34/76 tank with Hexagonal Turret named Spartak

T-34/76 tanks in mud

T-34/76, tank with welded turret

Medium tank T-34/76 abandoned by the Red Army

This T-34/76 was abandoned by its crew without any visible damage during Operation Barbarossa.

Wehrmacht soldier and Panzerattrappe T-34

Wehrmacht soldiers next to a tank T-34 model 1941

Wehrmacht soldiers next to a T-34 tank

wehrmacht soldiers next to T-34 mod 1941

T-34 was a Soviet medium tank. German Designation: Panzerkampfwagon T-34 747(r). T-34 – a legendary tank – was one of weapons thanks to which the World War II was won. T-34 came into being as an answer for imperfections of BT-7 tank and its forerunners. The first result of modernization of BT tanks were constructions marked as A-20 and A-30 built in 1938 as improvements of BT-IS, but later aborted for the benefit of a more heavily armed and better armoured tank marked A-32. In A-32 most features of future T-34 could be recognized. It had well formed body with a leaning armour and molded tower with leaning walls where cannon of 76,2 mm which gave bullets a large initial velocity was placed. The tank was equipped with a suitably strengthened suspension of Christie type, transferred from BT series. However, possibility of taking tracks off and moving the tank only on wheels was given up. Although A-32 tank was a very good construction, an engineer Mikhail Koshkin won approval of Stalin for creating a better armoured second prototype of A-32 and in that way T-34 came into being. It was introduced to production in 1940. When German attacked the Soviet Union in 1941 the occurrence of T-34 on the battlefields was an unpleasant surprise for Wehrmacht. Suitably leaning and thick armour of T-34 (as for standards of 1941) was proof against most of then German anti-tank weapons and 76,2 mm gun was an effective weapon in the battle with most German tanks. Germans quickly reached for an antidote in the form of e.g. FlaK 88 gun which massacred chaotically counterattacking Soviet tanks. When in the middle of 1942 Germen introduced Panzer IV Ausf F2 tanks to service there was the end of fighting T-34 off. One year later T-34 was declasses by German tanks of a new generation. However, despite awareness of imperfection of the construction of T-34, the tank was still produced in a great number. As the future has shown a decision was right because the production of German tanks was limited to relatively small number of effective but sophisticated in construction vehicles (partially due to changing the production into a self-propelled guns production) which put German troops in a disadvantageous position. Simply, Wehrmacht were not able to fight against such a bulk of tanks, and at the same time they were slowly bleeding to death. On the other hand, Soviets made up losses easily resulting from the imperfectness of low-level construction of tank crews’ training or incompetence of Soviet commanders. Since 1941 many versions and variants of the T-34 tank were designed , many of which were different only in outside details. Production requirements caused that many simplifications were introduced and finishing most of T-34 was severe to the limits of possibilities. Despite evacuation of many factories in 1941 number of tanks leaving the improvised production line was still increasing. Simplified technologies which shortened the production time were used, e.g. body welding was automated. Over time the 76,2 mm gun was replaced with the gun of 85 mm caliber (D-5T or ZiS-S-53), placed in a new turret. That variant was marked as T-34/85. On the chassis of T-34 self-propelled guns were also worked out. They were armed in a cannon of 85,100 or 122 mm caliber, a version with a flame-thrower, a tractor. Also engineer and mine roller (PT-34) version were produced.