The success of the project was predetermined by the use of the newest highly economical V-2 diesel engine, thanks to which the medium thick-armored T-34 inherited from the light, thinly armored BT an unusually high power density (the ratio of engine power to combat weight), which ensured the absolute superiority of the T tank throughout the Great Patriotic War- in cross-country ability, manoeuvrability and mobility… For the first time in the practice of world tank building, a long-barreled (30.5 caliber) 76-mm L-11 cannon (model 1939) was installed on the T-34 medium tank, significantly exceeding the initial velocity of an armor-piercing projectile (635 m/s).

T-34 Development Historyĭeveloped by the design bureau of the tank department of the Kharkov plant number 183 under the leadership of Mikhail Ilyich Koshkin. A large number of these tanks of various modifications have survived to this day in the form of monuments and museum exhibits. The T-34 tank is the most famous Soviet tank and one of the most recognizable symbols of World War II.

Battle of tanks t 34