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T-34 – legend and true story. A PHOTO

The most massive WWII tank T-34 was superior in all respects all foreign counterparts. Why we were the best of the best?

T-34 - legend and true story. A PHOTO

In connection with the advent of such weapons in Russia, that make useless the potential enemy's air defense system, about what the message to the Federal Assembly, President Putin mentioned, remember our previous achievements in the military sphere. First of all, the legendary tank of World War II – excellent «tridtsatchetvorku». It was the most massive tank of the period. T-34 was superior in all respects all foreign counterparts. In products, developed by the design bureau of the Department of Kharkov tank factory number 183 under the leadership of Mikhail Koshkin, It was absolute superiority in cross, maneuverability and mobility. A installed on a long-T34 (30,5 caliber) 76-mm gun L-11 (sample 1939 of the year) significantly superior to the initial velocity armor-piercing projectile (635 m / sec) all existing in those years foreign armored artillery systems.

T-34 - legend and true story. A PHOTO

«Received alarming reports about the quality of Russian tanks. The superiority of the material part of our armored forces, occurred so far, It was lost and was transferred to the opponent», – hysteria future inspector general of armored troops (he they will in 1943) Heinz Guderian, after armored fist Wehrmacht encountered a worthy opponent. For its part, the allies also appreciated the T-34.

T-34 - legend and true story. A PHOTO

Should I repeat like a mantra, that the T-34 was the best tank in the world? Really there were no serious problems? let's be honest, I had many problems. At first, to mass-produce this medium tank in the Ural factories. Otherwise, the best way would have remained on paper, rather than the battlefield. Secondly, although close to the characteristics of our military machine German tanks T-IV and T-V «Pantera» (for different reasons) It proved to be uncompetitive, others were superior to the enemy tanks «tridtsatchetvorku». Thirdly, tanks do not always fight with tanks. Here against them anti-tank mines and, which appeared towards the end of the war, effective in the conditions of urban warfare «faustpatron».

T-34 - legend and true story. A PHOTO

But how good are not by themselves tanks, they still need to be able to manage. Then you and the generalship to win, and soldier nous. As far as, virtually none of the warring parties did not lead a purposeful calculation wrecked enemy tanks. For this reason, the exact data, we do not have. The best Soviet tank during World War II recognized Guards Senior Lieutenant Dmitry Lavrinenko, lost 18 December 1941 g. For two and a half months, he participated in 28 battles and destroyed 52 tanka. In June 1942 year senior lieutenant Vladimir Hazov forces three T-34 stopped the column of German tanks, killing 27 German combat vehicles. Hazova platoon mate at full strength returned to the battalion.

T-34 - legend and true story. A PHOTO

It was a strategic aspect with a touch of politics. While the Third Reich relied on blitzkrieg, in the Soviet Union were preparing for a future war. Every day in our country off the belt on 22 combat vehicles. Such a large number of tanks from the Nazis, which bend under him the French and Czech military factories, did not have. the main thing, to the Nazis and did not seek. This mistake will be felt immediately after the failure of the plan «lightning war».

T-34 - legend and true story. A PHOTO

Suvorov taught to fight is not the number, and the ability. It turns out, that the Red Army, despite the presence in it more, rather than the fascists number of tanks, forced to revert to an east, to Moscow. we lost, although we had more and better tanks. Here it is necessary to make amendments. According to official data, on 24 Thousands of Soviet tanks came down already 3 300 German tanks! However, not all of these machines were against each other. Further: Our managed to find serviceable and broken tanks in the same column category accounting. Plan «Barbarossa» He singled out for their own purposes 3 658 tanks and 252 self-propelled guns. We are talking about assault weapons such as StuG.III, self-propelled guns on the basis of a medium tank T-III. That's not counting 135 and self-propelled guns 20 command vehicle chassis «tank destroyer» Panzerjager. And these numbers were in the Department of Artillery, not Armored Forces.

T-34 - legend and true story. A PHOTO

Knockers sometimes refer to the conclusions of American military experts about a destroyed as our «tridtsatchetvorok», passed the test at the Aberdeen proving ground even in times of war. At the same time the Yankees praised the choice of the angles of inclination armor plates hull and turret, great sights, reliable and easy to maintain gun F-34 and compact aluminum diesel B-2. or mention, that allegedly some technical developments, our designers have borrowed from others. They forget, or pretend, that the tank industry in the USSR was just born, while others were not able to create anything close to resembling a unique T-34!

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