"Pre-War Potential" Topic
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| Tango01 | 02 Jul 2020 9:21 p.m. PST |
"As worldwide tank building practice shows, it takes about five years to develop a new tank in peace time from the development of the requirements to the final product. The tank often changes significantly between envisioning and production, as happened with the T-34. The initial requirements for the BT-20 tank composed in mid-October of 1937 described a convertible drive tank weighing 13-14 tons with 20-25 mm of armour and armed with a 45 mm gun or 76 mm L-10 gun. Three years later, the tank that went into production was fully tracked, weighed 25.6 tons, had an L-11 gun and 45 mm thick armour. The mass grew gradually during development along with the improvement of the tank's characteristics. However, the T-34 was supposed to change significantly by the summer of 1941. This T-34M was the result of changing requirements. The start of the Great Patriotic War got in the way of developing even a prototype, but the T-34M became the starting point for a whole series of tanks and had an effect on the production T-34. The T-34 tank underwent changes from the very start of production. The turret was widened, instead of a cabin the driver received a hatch. Various additions and improvements were made nearly every month. Someone who is not well versed in these issues might think that the designers delivered an unfinished tank that had to be completed on the go, but that is not the case. Any radically new tank like the T-34 ends up having a settling period such as this…"
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| Blutarski | 03 Jul 2020 7:42 a.m. PST |
The T-34 also received, throughout the war, a succession of design alterations intended to reduce production time and cost.
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| 4th Cuirassier | 04 Jul 2020 5:14 a.m. PST |
Does anyone know of a good source of scale line drawings of the hexagonal turret? |
| Walking Sailor | 08 Jul 2020 11:42 a.m. PST |
Scroll down; the third drawing is a "mouse ear', the fourth is the Chelyabinsk, and at the bottom a better 'mouse ear'. drawingdatabase.com/t-34 The most complete set of all T-34 drawings is in the book "T-34 Mythical Weapon" which goes for the almost mythical price of 180-215 Sterling.
Hint: $140 USD from Aberdeen Books in Colorado leaves a lot of room for postage and he has always shipped 'next day' to me. You could email for postage costs. link |
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