The Soviet T-34 medium tank needs no introduction, being the most
famous tank ever built especially as has seen service across the
globe throughout the twentieth century's most brutal wars. However,
despite this fame, little has been written about its design
changes. While most tank enthusiasts can differentiate between the
'T-34/76' and the 'T-34-85', identifying different factory
production batches has proven more elusive. Until now. With nearly
six hundred photographs, mostly taken by soldiers who both operated
and fought against the T-34, this book seeks to catalogue and
contextualise even the subtlest details to create a true 'T-34
continuum'. The book begins with the antecedents of the T-34, the
ill-fated BT 'fast tank' series and the influence of the traumatic
Spanish Civil War before moving to an in-depth look at the T-34's
prototypes. After this, every factory production change is
catalogued and contextualised, with never-before-seen photographs
and stunning technical drawings. Furthermore, four battle stories
are also integrated to explain the changing battle context when
major production changes take place. The production story is
completed with sections on the T-34's post-war production (and
modification) by Czechoslovakia, Poland, and the People's Republic
of China, as well as T-34 variants.
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