1812: Napoleon in Moscow
1812: Napoleon in Moscow It could be said that the T-34 was the tank that won the Second World War. Stalin s tank factories outstripped Hitler s by a factor of three to one, and production of the…
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1812: Napoleon in Moscow
It could be said that the T-34 was the tank that won the Second World War. Stalin s tank factories outstripped Hitler s by a factor of three to one, and production of the T-34 also exceeded that of the famed American M4 Sherman. In total 57,000 were produced between 1941 and 1945.
Its sloping armor was innovative at the time and its wide tracks suited it to off-road warfare. Not only did this output swamp German panzer production, the T-34 was a robust no frills war-winning design easy to manufacture and reliable. Crucially it required little maintenance in comparison to German tanks, and its chassis was used as the basis for a range of assault guns, the SU-85, SU-100 and SU-122.
Anthony Tucker-Jones s photographic history of this exceptional armored vehicle follows its story through the course of the war, from its combat debut against the Wehrmacht during Operation Barbarossa, through