T-34

The T-34 is a Soviet medium tank from World War II. When introduced, its 76.2 mm tank gun was more powerful than its contemporaries, and its 60-degree sloped armour... Wikipedia

  • Type:  Medium tank
  • Place of origin:  Soviet Union
  • In service:  1940–present
  • Used by:  Soviet Union and 39 others
  • Wars:  World War II, Korean War, East German uprising of 1953, Hungarian Revolution of 1956, Bay of Pigs Invasion, Vietnam War, Suez Crisis, Six-Day War, Yom Kippur War, 1974 Cypriot coup d'état, Turkish invasion of Cyprus, Ethiopian Civil War, Angolan Civil War, Ogaden War, Vietnamese invasion of Kampuchea, Sino-Vietnamese War, Soviet–Afghan War, Iran-Iraq War, Yugoslav Wars, Houthi takeover in Yemen, Syrian Civil War, War in Donbas
  • Designer:  KhMDB
  • Designed:  1937–1940
  • Unit cost:  3,094–9,000 Man hours, 130,000–429,000 Rbls
  • Produced:  1940–1946 (USSR), 1951–1955 (Poland), 1951–1958 (Czechoslovakia)
  • Number built:  84,070, 35,120 T-34, 48,950 T-34-85
  • Variants:  See T-34 variants
  • Weight:  26.5 t, 31 t (T-34-85)
  • Length:  6.68 m
  • Width:  3 m
  • Height:  2.46 m
  • Crew:  4 (T-34)
  • Armour:  Hull front 47 mm /60° (upper part), 45 mm (1.8")/60° (lower part), Hull side 40 mm/41°(upper part), Hull rear 45 mm, Hull top 20 mm, Hull bottom 15 mm, Turret front 60 mm (round), Turret side 52 mm/30°, Turret rear 30 mm, Turret top 16 mm
  • Main, armament:  76.2 mm (3.00 in) F-34 tank gun
  • Secondary, armament:  2 × 7.62 mm (0.3 in) DT machine guns
  • Engine:  Model V-2-34 38.8 L V12 Diesel engine, 500 hp (370 kW)
  • Power/weight:  18.9 hp (14 kW) / tonne (T-34)
  • Suspension:  Christie
  • Ground clearance:  0.4 m (15.75 in)
  • Operational, range:  Road, 330 km (205.05 mi), Cross-country, 200 km (124.27 mi)
  • Speed:  53 km/h (33 mph)
  • Data source:  DuckDuckGo