Posted on 04/19/2018 8:58:37 AM PDT by C19fan
A copy of the largest tanks of World War II was produced for a Russian military museum. A working T-35 tank, which weighed even more than Russias newest main battle tank, was built by the metallurgical company Uralelectromed JSC for the Museum of Military Equipment in the Sverdlovsk region, Russia.
During the years between World War I and World War II, the new Soviet state pursued an aggressive military expansion plan, including the mechanization of its armed forces. The construction of heavy tanksheavier than any of those fielded by any other countrywas meant to grow Soviet heavy industry, encourage the study of engineering, as well as strengthening the Soviet military.
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“very limited combat during Barbarossa due to the tanks breaking down before they could reach the combat zone.”
Well, that would be a bit of a drawback. lol
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The Red Army did not train the crews to do mechanical repairs on tanks before the German invasion. So when a tank broke down on the march to the area of operations the crew simply abandoned the vehicle.
A counter British TOG.
The Tiger I was 54 tons (60 short tons). The Tiger II was 68 tons (75 short tons).
Don't forget the Maus. What was that, over 100 tons?
Sounds like a tactical error, not training the crew to do field repair. What were they....unionized? lol
They hadn’t gotten around to swearing in with a hand puppet.
Actually - pretty cool!!!!!
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The T-35 was built with the trenches of World War IIand enemy tanksin mind. The heavy tank was meant to spearhead an attack on prepared enemy positions, rolling over trenches, destroying bunkers and machine gun nests with its 76-millimeter gun, and fending off counter attacking enemy tanks with its forward-facing 45-millimeter gun. In case accompanying infantry got bogged down, the T-35 could engage targets to its flanks and rear. The tank held enough ammo for a prolonged battle, with each carrying 96 rounds of 76-millimeter ammo, about 180 rounds of 45-millimeter anti-tank shells, and 10,000 rounds of machine gun ammo. Some tanks were equipped with flamethrowers.
A Stuka magnet
“Sounds like a tactical error, not training the crew to do field repair.”
From what I’ve read of the Soviet military it was one of their traditions that it was usually just officers who knew how to conduct field repairs. For some reason the lower ranks were deliberately kept ignorant of technical information.
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188 tons (207 short) but only 1 prototype was ever made.
The typical soviet soldier was basically an agricultural peasant for whom anything more advanced that a horse-drawn plough was high tech.
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