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The T-34 is a Soviet medium tank from World War II.When introduced, its 76.2 mm (3 in) tank gun was more powerful than many of its contemporaries, [8] and its 60-degree sloped armour provided good protection against anti-tank weapons.
SU-85 was a T-34-based tank destroyer armed with an 85 mm D-5T gun. SU-85M was an improved SU-85 with enhanced frontal armour and the commander's station raised and moved outward into a sponson. SU-100 was an upgrade of the SU-85M platform with an 100 mm D-10S gun. SU-122P was an attempt to enhance the SU-100. The model was armed with a 122mm D ...
The SU-85 (Samokhodnaya ustanovka 85) was a Soviet self-propelled gun used during World War II, based on the chassis of the T-34 medium tank. Earlier Soviet self-propelled guns were meant to serve as either assault guns, such as the SU-122, or as tank destroyers; the SU-85 fell into the latter category.
The T34 heavy tank was an American design for a heavy tank. It evolved from the T29 heavy tank and T30 heavy tank in 1945, using the same chassis, but sporting a 120 mm (4.72 in) modified 120 mm gun M1 anti-aircraft gun . [ 3 ]
The Tank Destroyer Command eventually numbered over 100,000 men and 80 battalions each equipped with 36 self-propelled tank destroyers or towed guns. The first US tank destroyer was a 75 mm gun on a half-track chassis M10 tank destroyer. Only a few shots were expected to be fired from any firing position. Strong reconnaissance elements were ...
Type 5 Na-To tank destroyer; two built; Type 5 To-Ku amphibious tank; Type 5 Ho-Ri tank destroyer with a 105 mm cannon and an additional 37 mm gun; exact status unknown; Naval 12 cm SPG; one prototype built with a mounted Type 10 120 mm gun on a Type 97 Chi-Ha chassis; Type 97 experimental flamethrower tank number 2
Typical was the Battle of Abu-Ageila, where Egyptian forces with armoured forces included a battalion of tank destroyers and a tank regiment, formed of Soviet World War II armor, which included 90 T-34-85 tanks (with 85 mm guns), 22 SU-100 tank destroyers (with 100 mm guns), and about 16,000 men,[141] clashed with the Israelis with 150 post ...
T-34-76 (Model 1941) (26 tonnes) at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in 1987 KV-1 (45 tonnes) on display in Kirovsk. Prior to the invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II, the German armed forces were not aware of two newly developed Soviet tanks, the T-34 and the KV. As a result, they were surprised when they met them in combat for the first ...