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Medium Tank World War 2: T-34

29.0k Supermini555  8.1 years ago
Auto Credit Based on BaconAircraft's CLOSED! Soviet Aircraft Challenge!

This is the famous USSR tank that served during the War

Roll: Turn the turret
Pitch: Steer the vehicle

The T-34 was a Soviet medium tank that had a profound and lasting effect on the field of tank design. Although its armour and armament were surpassed later in the war, it has been often credited as the most effective, efficient and influential tank design of the Second World War. At its introduction, the T-34 possessed an unprecedented combination of firepower, mobility, protection and ruggedness. Its 76.2 mm (3 in) high-velocity tank gun provided a substantial increase in firepower over any of its contemporaries; its heavy sloped armour was difficult to penetrate by most contemporary anti-tank weapons. When first encountered in 1941, the German tank general von Kleist called it "the finest tank in the world" and Heinz Guderian confirmed the T-34's "vast superiority" over existing German armour of the period.

The T-34 was the mainstay of Soviet armoured forces throughout the Second World War. Its design allowed it to be continuously refined to meet the constantly evolving needs of the Eastern Front: as the war went on it became more capable, but also quicker and cheaper to produce. Soviet industry would eventually produce over 80,000 T-34s of all variants, allowing steadily greater numbers to be fielded as the war progressed despite the loss of thousands in combat against the German Wehrmacht. Replacing many light and medium tanks in Red Army service, it was the most-produced tank of the war, as well as the second-most-produced tank of all time (after its successor, the T-54/55 series). Its evolutionary development led directly to the T-54/55 series of tanks, and from there to the T-62, T-72, and T-90 tanks that, along with several Chinese tanks based on the T-55, form the backbone of many armies even today. Widely exported following the war, in 1996, T-34 variants were still in service in at least 27 countries.

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor CLOSED! Soviet Aircraft Challenge!
  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 15.4ft (4.7m)
  • Length 23.0ft (7.0m)
  • Height 10.9ft (3.3m)
  • Empty Weight 3,053lbs (1,385kg)
  • Loaded Weight 26,269lbs (11,915kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.128
  • Wing Loading 15,619.5lbs/ft2 (76,261.2kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1.7ft2 (0.2m2)
  • Drag Points 8352

Parts

  • Number of Parts 121
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 490
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    @Supermini555 hah, I actually never thought of that xD

    8.1 years ago
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    Nice!!

    8.1 years ago
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    29.0k Supermini555

    I asked a question to @BaconAircrafts about this:
    "Does it HAVE to be a soviet plane? Can we make russian tanks?"
    He replied:
    "Well, if it was made I. The Soviet era, I will accept." @Supermini555"
    @SimpleTechAndResearch
    Btw I just realized your acronym is STAR

    8.1 years ago
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    Uhh it's made for BaconAircrafts Soviet Aircraft Challenge. Were tanks Aircrafts in WWII?

    8.1 years ago