IMO the T34 was the best tank of the war. It was crude, and inferior to the Tiger and Panther in terms of its gun and armor. But I think it was best because (1) ease of manufacture; Tiger/Panther were very complex (2) ease of maintenance (3) maneuverability, particularly during Russia's swampy spring and intense winters (4) reliability; the complexity of the Tiger/Panther led to significant breakdowns, much more that the crude and simple T34.
T34s built during WW2 were actually crude, poorly made with inferior parts and quality and were dispatched in their tens of thousands by German tanks and PAKs. Good thing there were 60,000 of them because 25,000 would have achieved nothing.
Post war T34s were far superior to WW2 T34s. Don't confuse the two. T34s won through sheer numbers, not through any superior quality.
Too often people look at post war T34s and think they were that quality during WW2. They WERE not.
Allso i dont realy get why do people compare the two machines? T-34 is a medium tank , it is used to strike fast and punch through the enemy defence , it was even a practice for infantry to sit on the tank as it raced at the enemy , and than jump off (the so called tank troopers).Tiger on the other hand is a defferent class - heavy tank , combining deffence and offence ability because of its heavy armor and a long gun.If your gona compare a Tiger , than compare it to IS-2 , or SU-122/SU-152
Sigh..Sherman had a hight profile, low velocity gun, good armour and speed. T-34 had a ok gun, sloped armour, good speed but lacked in refinement, and lack of radios early war. As for going up against Panthers and such, long range duel pretty useless, 75L70 had range atvantage over T-34-76 and 85..best way as they learned was to attempt to flank the Panther..not always successful though
The M4 has two hatches to get out... on EARLY models. Late models had three. Frontal armor was comparable on both tanks but the T-34 has sloping on ALL sides, not just the front like the Sherman.
Overall the T-34 is slightly superior to the Sherman but it's not hard to improve on garbage.
You know, I respect your veiw of Soviet superiority during WWII, but the Soviets were shitting themselves over the Tiger tank. A T-34 can't penetrate the Tigers frontal armor from any range, and needs to be within 500 m (For the 76.2 mm) or 1000 m (For the 85 mm).
The Tiger can take out a T-34 frontally from any practical range.
You know what that means?
A group of T-34s would have to outnuber the Tiger long enough to hit it in the rear.
ya your right, tigers are far superior in battle, you probably alredy know this but the tiger is half the speed of the t-34, not nearly as menuverable and 2 more crew memebers than t34 and they can only produce bout 1000 a month
No... the only allied tanks (Not including tank-destroyers) that can penetrate the Tigers frontal armor is the Sherman Firefly, the M26 Pershing, and the IS-2/3. The T-34/85 can get a side penetration at 1000 m.
the russian were not shitting for a tiger tank the Germans were shitting for a t34 most germans generals wanted something that looked like the T34 the tiger was all armor the russian could have made a tank with 300m armor but whats the use if its to slow and hard too make?
In the early stages of the war, I'd agree with you, the T-34 could easily deal with the thin armour of the Panzer II or III and the early German guns couldn't knock out the T-34. But as the Germans studied the T-34's preformance, they countered it with the Tiger I and later the Panther, which the Soviets immediately stopped the production of the KV-series of heavy tanks and started producing the superior IS heavy tank and the T-34/85 in response.
""Fact, the T34/85 is FAR superior then the Sherman.""
Actually during the Korean War both tanks met...and the Sherman mostly got the better of the T34/85. This was the late version 'jumbo' Sherman with heavy armour, long 76mm gun and HVVS suspension.
The two tanks were roughly equal but both were inferior to Tigers and Panthers.
hahahhahaahahah how could u possibly think the sherman (a.k.a) burning coffin can possibly defeat a t34 when it would need to get 100m to pierce its side armor??
Are you kidding? I said the Sherman was comparable, along with the Panzer IV, to the T-34, not better.
And how is it that it needs to be within 100 meters to penetrate the T-34's side armor, when it needs to be within 500 meters to penetrate the Tiger I's side armor?
t-34 was the backbone of the russian army, numerous tanks previously failed in different aspects...it's main advantage being diesel so didn't light-up as easily from impact...but lacked from a small turret so commander had also to become the gunner...higher looses in battle resulted from a lack of electronics, where the german panzers could re-coordinate after a battle started to fill gaps, the soviet tanker was for the most part on his own with pre-battle details
so gaps created during battle couldn't be readily actted upon...none the less it was equal to the panzer V or panther, and considered by some in Germany to be the superior tank. The sherman lacked armor to battle head on with the panther, and Tiger, and the US never equipped any of there own shermans with the British 17 pounder or became known as firefly tanks to equal the gun of the 88...was a firefly tank from Canada that hit Wittmann's tank in the turret and killed the Black knight
No way was the T34/85 equal to the Panther. The Panther had a superior gun and superior armour. The Panther's win to loss ratio against the T34/85 was far better.
Panther ausf G was the best all round tank of WW2
The T-34:Number built about 84,070;The Panther:Number built about 6000.The germans lost the war because they developed very expensive weapons like the Tiger,the Panther and Me 262!
The Russians developed in 1944 one of the best weapon in the war,the SU-100,more than a match for the German heavy tanks,with a high-velocity gun of 100mm calibre.The IS-2 and the SU-100 were the Russian response to the German heavy tanks.The Panther should be compared with this tanks and not with the older T-34.
the best looking tank of WW2 look how nice it looks like a modern tank today the t34 is the grandpa of all modern tanks if you say it sucks then you are just jealous because you had a crappy Sherman while our t34/85 could knock out tiger's form 500m
1: The M4 Sherman's preformance was twined against the T-34. And if that's not enough for you, the M4 Sherman beat the T-34 in Korea.
2: The Tiger's frontal armor is too thick for the 76.2mm or 85mm gun to penetrate from any range, though could get a side penetration at 500m (76.2mm)/1000m (85mm).
3: The FT-17 is the grandfather of all modern tanks.
4: What American's jealous of the T-34? missge123456 is German.
I'm dumb? I would like to know where you got your facts, because the Easy 8 in Korea had no more or less armor than the M4 Shermans used in WWII. The Easy 8 just had a slightly better 76 mm gun, which was like how the T-34 had a 76.2 mm gun and later the T-34/85 had a 85 mm gun.
And sloped armor became very much the fashion after World War II, although not every tank designed since the war makes much use of it.
Hei guys look at missge123456 country,he's a hunn, fucking Nazi. I think he is sorry he cant rule us "UNTERMANSCHEN". Hey missge123456, Didn't your grangfather froze to death? Goering didn't and Adolf didn't. 8 million of YOUR, German people died because of the Nazi's will to rule the world. Want to continue this ?
Wow, who the fuck taught YOU history? The Germans were shitting themselves over the T-34, if they hadn't been so desperate to counter it they would never have produced the Panther.
ters up the park grass fast
vivitar45 1 year ago
diesel power!
xmiihanix 3 years ago
diesel power! )
xmiihanix 3 years ago
nice i got thise tank at 1:72 at scale and its got a 76mm gun thats greath for a tank like thise one
riprunescaperip 3 years ago
a great tank!
ryan1258 3 years ago
IMO the T34 was the best tank of the war. It was crude, and inferior to the Tiger and Panther in terms of its gun and armor. But I think it was best because (1) ease of manufacture; Tiger/Panther were very complex (2) ease of maintenance (3) maneuverability, particularly during Russia's swampy spring and intense winters (4) reliability; the complexity of the Tiger/Panther led to significant breakdowns, much more that the crude and simple T34.
JohnR22926 3 years ago
THANK YOU, T-34!
rusbp 3 years ago
T34s built during WW2 were actually crude, poorly made with inferior parts and quality and were dispatched in their tens of thousands by German tanks and PAKs. Good thing there were 60,000 of them because 25,000 would have achieved nothing.
Post war T34s were far superior to WW2 T34s. Don't confuse the two. T34s won through sheer numbers, not through any superior quality.
Too often people look at post war T34s and think they were that quality during WW2. They WERE not.
Mangani245 3 years ago
Ooooh-la-la! Ain't she lovely? A fascist-stompin' machine fer sure!
vikingjim666 4 years ago 2
Allso i dont realy get why do people compare the two machines? T-34 is a medium tank , it is used to strike fast and punch through the enemy defence , it was even a practice for infantry to sit on the tank as it raced at the enemy , and than jump off (the so called tank troopers).Tiger on the other hand is a defferent class - heavy tank , combining deffence and offence ability because of its heavy armor and a long gun.If your gona compare a Tiger , than compare it to IS-2 , or SU-122/SU-152
RippersToll 4 years ago 2
clackety-clack
jrg8008 4 years ago
Sigh..Sherman had a hight profile, low velocity gun, good armour and speed. T-34 had a ok gun, sloped armour, good speed but lacked in refinement, and lack of radios early war. As for going up against Panthers and such, long range duel pretty useless, 75L70 had range atvantage over T-34-76 and 85..best way as they learned was to attempt to flank the Panther..not always successful though
wartmcbeighn 4 years ago
Fact, the T34/85 is FAR superior then the Sherman.
One thing is the T34 is deisel.
The Sherman is Gas...
Not only it has weaker armour. It alsoonly 1 hatch to get out.
A german tiger can take out masses of those things... while groups of t34 would give it a challenge.
silentdanny83 4 years ago
silentdanny83,
The M4 has two hatches to get out... on EARLY models. Late models had three. Frontal armor was comparable on both tanks but the T-34 has sloping on ALL sides, not just the front like the Sherman.
Overall the T-34 is slightly superior to the Sherman but it's not hard to improve on garbage.
Bf2009 4 years ago
groups? 1 would be a challenge
SovietBlitz 4 years ago
You know, I respect your veiw of Soviet superiority during WWII, but the Soviets were shitting themselves over the Tiger tank. A T-34 can't penetrate the Tigers frontal armor from any range, and needs to be within 500 m (For the 76.2 mm) or 1000 m (For the 85 mm).
The Tiger can take out a T-34 frontally from any practical range.
You know what that means?
A group of T-34s would have to outnuber the Tiger long enough to hit it in the rear.
Bf2009 4 years ago
ya your right, tigers are far superior in battle, you probably alredy know this but the tiger is half the speed of the t-34, not nearly as menuverable and 2 more crew memebers than t34 and they can only produce bout 1000 a month
SovietBlitz 4 years ago
T-34/85 could take on a Tiger FRONTALY from 500m.
RippersToll 4 years ago
No... the only allied tanks (Not including tank-destroyers) that can penetrate the Tigers frontal armor is the Sherman Firefly, the M26 Pershing, and the IS-2/3. The T-34/85 can get a side penetration at 1000 m.
Bf2009 4 years ago
the russian were not shitting for a tiger tank the Germans were shitting for a t34 most germans generals wanted something that looked like the T34 the tiger was all armor the russian could have made a tank with 300m armor but whats the use if its to slow and hard too make?
warmoviesboy 3 years ago
In the early stages of the war, I'd agree with you, the T-34 could easily deal with the thin armour of the Panzer II or III and the early German guns couldn't knock out the T-34. But as the Germans studied the T-34's preformance, they countered it with the Tiger I and later the Panther, which the Soviets immediately stopped the production of the KV-series of heavy tanks and started producing the superior IS heavy tank and the T-34/85 in response.
Bf2009 3 years ago
""Fact, the T34/85 is FAR superior then the Sherman.""
Actually during the Korean War both tanks met...and the Sherman mostly got the better of the T34/85. This was the late version 'jumbo' Sherman with heavy armour, long 76mm gun and HVVS suspension.
The two tanks were roughly equal but both were inferior to Tigers and Panthers.
Mangani245 3 years ago
hahahhahaahahah how could u possibly think the sherman (a.k.a) burning coffin can possibly defeat a t34 when it would need to get 100m to pierce its side armor??
SovietBlitz 4 years ago
Are you kidding? I said the Sherman was comparable, along with the Panzer IV, to the T-34, not better.
And how is it that it needs to be within 100 meters to penetrate the T-34's side armor, when it needs to be within 500 meters to penetrate the Tiger I's side armor?
Idiot...
Bf2009 4 years ago
a little thing called egaduration or however the hell you spell it
SovietBlitz 4 years ago
t-34 was the backbone of the russian army, numerous tanks previously failed in different aspects...it's main advantage being diesel so didn't light-up as easily from impact...but lacked from a small turret so commander had also to become the gunner...higher looses in battle resulted from a lack of electronics, where the german panzers could re-coordinate after a battle started to fill gaps, the soviet tanker was for the most part on his own with pre-battle details
gotcha109 4 years ago
so gaps created during battle couldn't be readily actted upon...none the less it was equal to the panzer V or panther, and considered by some in Germany to be the superior tank. The sherman lacked armor to battle head on with the panther, and Tiger, and the US never equipped any of there own shermans with the British 17 pounder or became known as firefly tanks to equal the gun of the 88...was a firefly tank from Canada that hit Wittmann's tank in the turret and killed the Black knight
gotcha109 4 years ago
gotcha109,
No way was the T34/85 equal to the Panther. The Panther had a superior gun and superior armour. The Panther's win to loss ratio against the T34/85 was far better.
Panther ausf G was the best all round tank of WW2
cameronburge 4 years ago 2
The T-34:Number built about 84,070;The Panther:Number built about 6000.The germans lost the war because they developed very expensive weapons like the Tiger,the Panther and Me 262!
alinsicalin 4 years ago
And yet, Panther should be compared with IS2, not the T-34. It's just different league!
harryred 4 years ago
The Russians developed in 1944 one of the best weapon in the war,the SU-100,more than a match for the German heavy tanks,with a high-velocity gun of 100mm calibre.The IS-2 and the SU-100 were the Russian response to the German heavy tanks.The Panther should be compared with this tanks and not with the older T-34.
alinsicalin 4 years ago
You`re right! T 34/85 was good, but Panther was even better not mentioning King Tiger or just simple Tiger T6...:)
ciastekwuzet1 4 years ago
I agree, it was way ahead of its time, the hardest tank of ww2. and still looks good decades later.
TheGodParticle 4 years ago
the best looking tank of WW2 look how nice it looks like a modern tank today the t34 is the grandpa of all modern tanks if you say it sucks then you are just jealous because you had a crappy Sherman while our t34/85 could knock out tiger's form 500m
warmoviesboy 4 years ago
1: The M4 Sherman's preformance was twined against the T-34. And if that's not enough for you, the M4 Sherman beat the T-34 in Korea.
2: The Tiger's frontal armor is too thick for the 76.2mm or 85mm gun to penetrate from any range, though could get a side penetration at 500m (76.2mm)/1000m (85mm).
3: The FT-17 is the grandfather of all modern tanks.
4: What American's jealous of the T-34? missge123456 is German.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
Bf2009 4 years ago
are u dumb the shermans in korea had over 100mm armor and a better gun. by modern tank i mean by the sloped armor
warmoviesboy 4 years ago
I'm dumb? I would like to know where you got your facts, because the Easy 8 in Korea had no more or less armor than the M4 Shermans used in WWII. The Easy 8 just had a slightly better 76 mm gun, which was like how the T-34 had a 76.2 mm gun and later the T-34/85 had a 85 mm gun.
And sloped armor became very much the fashion after World War II, although not every tank designed since the war makes much use of it.
Bf2009 4 years ago
no the sherman had more armor dont argue cuase its true
warmoviesboy 4 years ago
I was expecting a more intelligent response. Explain? Maybe you have the M26 Pershing mixed up with the M4 Sherman.
Bf2009 4 years ago
Hei guys look at missge123456 country,he's a hunn, fucking Nazi. I think he is sorry he cant rule us "UNTERMANSCHEN". Hey missge123456, Didn't your grangfather froze to death? Goering didn't and Adolf didn't. 8 million of YOUR, German people died because of the Nazi's will to rule the world. Want to continue this ?
Borik2002 4 years ago
t-34 is the best tank in WW2..fast to make,easy to repair,fast and with enough firepower
soldier7799 4 years ago
the t34 is a sowiet gay production. It didnt hit anything in WW2. There was a very popular german who shot 16 t34 with his tigerII.
missge123456 4 years ago
Yeah!!!And you are flaming homo who takes it in the butthole
xkgb 4 years ago
Wow, who the fuck taught YOU history? The Germans were shitting themselves over the T-34, if they hadn't been so desperate to counter it they would never have produced the Panther.
rossmum 4 years ago
and may we not forget the king tiger
BTpaintballer 4 years ago
indeed. ill bet you are sad that you dind get a 76mm grenade in your ass!
luuko656 4 years ago
"Didnt hit anything", wtf! The T34 was one of the most feared vehicles in the red army. Pretty as well.
varus1985 4 years ago 2
"It didnt hit anything in WW2". Please, no more of your bullshit. Take your medicine and go to bed. In fact take it all at once, loser.
Skullstorm17 4 years ago 2
nice lawn job...
oduvanchikrus 5 years ago
le t34 ets magnifique
vivelaww2 5 years ago