These babies would roll out of their factories combat ready and

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>>33548094
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>>33548094
>until their gearbox decided to commit sudoku

>>33548450
bzzt wrong kid

>>33548094
OP, will you forget about those stupid Russians?

>>33548094
Or until they caught a stray shell in the ammo compartment. Either or really

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>it's just a good, solid tank.

Until the armor fell off because it was put together with duct tape and superglue.

>>33552644
I've never heard of T-34 armor falling off without the tank exploding. Got a source on that?

>>33552609

I'm curious to know the velocity of this guys head fired out of a cannon

>>33548094
yeah, the road to berlin was littered with burned out t34's...so you are partially right anyway, OP.

>>33552609
I mean, he's right.

Americans can bitch about ergonomics all they want but they didn't kill 80% of the Wehrmacht or capture Berlin.

>>33552952
They also made sure their tanks worked sometimes instead of just setting the crew at the ene of the production line and yelling "GO CAPTURE BERLIN CYKA"

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EVERY THREAD UNTIL YOU LIKE IT

>>33552952
>didn't capture Berlin
Which was an entirely voluntary choice by Eisenhower. Had he wanted it, Americans would have rolled into Berlin before the Soviets.

>>33552609
I miss being 10 and watching this show in my underwear while eating dry cereal.

>>33553103
>hatches are't welded shut
gee what a surprise

>>33548094
Weren't the ones that were "rolled out of the factories and onto battle" not even equipped with optics? The gunners had to literally aim down he barrel or just drive up really close before firing.

>>33553471
>That
>In any way, shape, or form, a hatch
wew lad

>>33548094
itt:

>murricans being like LOL ARMOUR GAPS
>slavaboos being like MUH WINNING WW2

Whereas the truth is, the T-34/85 is a pretty decent tank for its time, typically made under less than ideal conditions and put into combat in less than ideal conditions. So it often broke down. But it was also simple to fix, too, which helped.

At the beginning of its life it was probably one of the best, if not the best, tank in the world (hint: it was designed in 1938 and produced in 1940). By the end of the war, its advantage came from numbers and all around capability; it wasn't so heavy it got bogged easily, it was tough enough that it didn't just aspode when someone pissed near it, it was easy to maintain, reliable enough, with a good enough gun.

Basically it's the epitome of "good enough".

>>33553103
It's the back of a tank, retard.

>>33553103

Staring at this is making my head spin: it seems like the crack is opening and closing in the picture.

>>33552952
They also didn't lose 40,000 T-34s on the road to Berlin. Based on Korean War evaluations, that could easily be 100,000 T-34 crew members lost.

>>33554802
how high are you

>>33554694
>losing to inferior tanks throughout 1942 and never managing a positive exchange ratio

If it were German, the T-34 would be regarded as a complete disaster

>>33548094
More like
>until Eighty Eight millimetres of ethnic cleansing crashed into it, turning it to a smouldering shitbox

>>33554854
Well, naturally. The issue was partially with the tank (again, as I outlined, it was far from perfect) but more doctrinal issues.

The Soviets had "good enough" tanks, even great tanks at certain periods of time, the Germans just -- pound for pound -- fought so much better.

>>33554824

I don't think tyrannical governments give a shit about how many people they sacrifice in order to meet their goals.

>>33548094
I read in 'Enemy at the Gates' that they would just send these off to battle without even painting them.

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>>33554854
T-34 was indeed a complete disaster. For germans.

>>33553103
This is a picture of the back. If it was welded they wouldn't be able to get the engine out.

>>33553103
Quantity has a quality all its own

Germans used to call them "The Russian Leopard"