Wasn’t a lot of the goodness in the T-34 design from American Walter Christie, who had no success selling his ideas in the US?
“Wasn’t a lot of the goodness in the T-34 design from American Walter Christie, who had no success selling his ideas in the US?”
Sure was! Hiram Maxim had the same problem.
I went to The Armor Ball at Fort Knox, KY one year, and the guest speaker was a WWII Tanker. It came time for him to speak, and the place was totally quiet. We all waited to hear his experience and wisdom.
“The Russians bought the Christie tank and it was better than what we had. Thank-you.”
And he sat down.
One of the best speeches I ever heard.
The brilliance of the T-34 was in combining the Christie chassis with sloped side armor.
The suspension system had its origins in the Christy design of the 1920s. The sloped armor, cast turrets and diesel engines were Soviet design elements. The combination made for one hell of a tank.