T-34 (Family)

Description

The T-34 is a Soviet medium tank design put into service in 1940. It served throughout World War II and is the most produced World War II tank design at a total of roughly 65,000 units.

Vehicles

Rank II

T-34-76

• T-34 (Prototype) - A-34 prototype which became the famous T-34
• T-34 (1st Gv.T.Br.) - Premium T-34-76 (1941) from 1st Guard Tank Brigade
• T-34E - T-34-76 (1941) with applique armor
• T-34 (1940) - First production series of T-34-76 with L-11 gun
• T-34 (1941) - Second production series with F-34 cannon
• T-34 (1942) - Third production series with a welded, three-men "Mickey Mouse" turret
• T-34E STZ - T-34E manufactured in Stalingrad with revised armor

Rank III

T-34-76

• ▄T-34 - Finnish captured tanks during the Continuation War of 1941-1944
• ▀T-34-747(r) - German designation to captured & modified T-34 (1942)
• ␗T-34 (1943) - Model 1943, forth and last production series supplied to PLAGF in early 1950s

T-34-57

• T-34-57 - T-34 1940/1941 with ZiS-2 57 mm cannon
• T-34-57 (1943) - Model 1943 with ZiS-2 57 mm cannon

T-34-85

• T-34-85 (D-5T) - 1943, first production series of T-34-85 with D-5T cannon

Variant

• ▂Phòng không T-34 (USSR) - Vietnamese SPAA based on T-34 chassis - Soviet event vehicle

Rank IV

T-34-85

• T-34-85 - 1944, second production series of T-34-85 with S-53 cannon
• ▄T-34-85 - Finnish captured tanks during the Continuation War by mid/late 1943
• ␗T-34-85 - Supplied to PLAGF/PVA in 1950s
• ␗T-34-85 No.215 - a "combat-hero" tank during Korean War from PVA
• ␗T-34-85 Gai - attempted production for PLAGF with HMG and domestic modifications
• T-34-85E - Model 1944 with field modification of spring bed applique armor against shaped charges

Variant

• T-34-100 - Prototype of T-34 with LB-1 100 mm cannon
• ␗Phòng không T-34 - Vietnamese SPAA based on T-34 chassis - Chinese tech-tree vehicle

History

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Variants (in-game)

Medium Tanks

Prototype

• A-34 - (Prototype)

T-34-76

• T-34 Mod. 1940
  • T-34 Mod. 1940 STZ

• T-34-76 Mod. 1941
  • T-34E

• T-34 Mod. 1942
  • Pz. 747(r) 'T-34C'

• T-34 Mod. 1943

T-34-57

• T-34 Mod. 1941 (ZiS-4)
• T-34 Mod. 1943 (ZiS-4M)

T-34-85

• T-34-85 Mod. 1943 - (D-5T gun)
• T-34-85 Mod. 1944 - (S-53 gun)
  • T-34-85E
  • T-34-85 Gai

T-34-100

• T-34-100

Tank Destroyers

• SU-85
  • SU-85M
• SU-100
• SU-122P

SPGs

• SU-122

SPAAs

• Phòng không T-34

Media

Videos

T-34 Family - War Thunder Official Channel

Long-serving tanks discusses the T-34 (Family) at 07:02 - War Thunder Official Channel

Most produced tanks discusses the T-34 (Family) at 4:00 - War Thunder Official Channel

Legends: T-34 - War Thunder Official Channel

The T-34 Family - War Thunder Official Channel

The Shooting Range #84 - War Machines section at 00:30 discusses the T-34 (Family).

Kharkov Design Bureau for Mechanical Engineering named after A. A. Morozov
Light Tanks
BT-5	BT-5 · RBT-5
BT-7	BT-7 · BT-7M · BT-7A (F-32)
Medium Tanks
T-34-76	T-34 (Prototype) · T-34 (1940) · T-34 (1941) · T-34 (1st Gv.T.Br.) · T-34 (1942) · T-34E STZ · T-34E
T-34-57	T-34-57 · T-34-57 (1943)
T-34-85	T-34-85 (D-5T) · T-34-85 · T-34-85E
T-34-100	T-34-100
T-44	T-44 · T-44-100 · T-44-122
Main Battle Tanks
T-54	T-54 (1947) · T-54 (1949) · T-54 (1951)
T-64	T-64A (1971) · T-64B
Export/Captured
T-34	▀T 34 747 (r) · ▄T-34 · ▄T-34-85 · ␗T-34 (1943) · ␗Т-34-85 (S-53)
T-54	▄T-54
See Also	Uralmashzavod · Uralvagonzavod