The T-34 was a Soviet medium tank from the Second World War and the post-war period.
The first prototypes were built in 1937-1940, and serial production in the USSR was carried out in 1940-1957. About 84,000 vehicles of this type were built in its course, which makes the T-34 one of the most produced tanks in history! The drive was provided by a single 500 HP V-2-34 engine. The length of the car – in the T34 / 76 version – was 6.68 m, with a width of 3 meters. The armament consisted of a 76.2 mm F-34 gun and two 7.62 mm DT machineguns. The main armament in the T-34/85 version was the 85mm ZIS-S-53 gun.
According to the top commanders of the German Wehrmacht, the Soviet T-34 was the finest tank ever produced. While technically classified as a medium tank, the T-34 out-classed everything that Germany could build and send east until the arrival of the Tiger and Panther tanks, and even then the Soviets simply up-gunned the T-34 with an 85mm main gun in place of the original 76mm gun. Had the war lasted any longer, Germany might have been able to field one of several heavy tank designs that might have been a match for the T-34, but it is just as well that didn’t happen as they would have encountered the Josef Stalin heavy tanks and still lost the tank war.
The kit is molded in light gray styrene presented on 26 parts trees plus two trees molded in gray and a small fret of photo-etched parts.
Features
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The hull does have the suspension troughs as well as a firewall between the engine and crew compartments
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Choice of T-34 or OT-34 turret
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Commander and loader hatches are positionable (but no interior)
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Choice of flat hatch or cupola for commander
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Optional stowage boxes on rear of hull
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Positionable driver’s hatch (but no interior)
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Photo-etched engine deck grille
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Link and length track
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Choice of road wheels
The kit provides markings for the following subjects
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T-34/76, 27, Prokhovka, 1943
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T-34/76, 37, 264th Armored Brigade, Ukraine, 1943
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T-34/76, 103, Kursk, 1943
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OT-34/76, 111, Pskov
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OT-34/76, C-6
Specifications
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Scale: 1:35
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Length: 193 mm
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Height: 73 mm