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T-34 variants
Variants of Soviet medium tank / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The T-34 medium tank is one of the most-produced and longest-lived tanks of all time.
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Main article: T-34
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T-34 variants | |
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Type | Medium tank |
Place of origin | Soviet Union |
Service history | |
In service | 1940–1970s (USSR) |
Production history | |
Produced | 1940–1956 (USSR) |
No. built | About 84,070 |
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Identification of T-34 variants can be complicated. Turret castings, superficial details, and equipment differed between factories; new features were added in the middle of production runs, or retrofitted to older tanks; damaged tanks were rebuilt, sometimes with the addition of newer-model equipment and even new turrets.[1] Some tanks had appliqué armor made of scrap steel of varying thickness welded onto the hull and turret; these tanks are called s ekranami ("with screens"), although this was never an official designation for any T-34 variant.