Т-10М: Heavy Tank’s Final Form

The heavy tank T-10 entered service with the Soviet Army at a time when heavy tanks were already becoming a thing of the past. Armies around the world — the Soviet Union included — were shifting toward a new ideal: a single, universal tank design that combined speed, protection, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. Yet it was during this very transition — as the era of heavy tanks was drawing to a close — that the T-10 entered mass production and went on to serve for decades.