Favorite Armoured Vehicles

[jones0430]

The best tank of WWII had to be the T34/85. The 85mm gun could and did defeat German heavy tanks at more than the 200 meters that was average for the 76mm gun.

The strategic vision behind the T34 was a cheap, massed produced vehicle which could operate under poor maintenance conditions with minimal support for a defined number of hours.

The engine and tracks of the T35 were good for about 1000 hours of operation. About 400-500 miles of operation. After that they were basically replaced.

Don\'t forget that at least one variant of the T35 had a baffle plate by the return wheel of the track. Its purpose was to force the track pin back into the track blocks. These track pins were simple bolts with no nuts. This simplified track repair and contstruction.

There is also the rumored T35 design that has the turret screwed on. Too many revolutions to wrong way unscrews the turret from the chassis. Too many the other way and traverse stops.

The Soviet designers spared no cost on the comfort of the crew.

It was designed to carry a gun. The crew was secondary. It was cost efficient.