The T-34-85 (German designation: T-34/85) was a major improvement with an 85 mm gun in a three-man turret. All T-34-85 models are externally very similar. Model 1943: Short production run of January–March 1944 with D-5T 85 mm gun.

Jun 30, 2014 · While most tank enthusiasts can differentiate between the ‘T-34/76’ and the ‘T-34-85’, identifying different factory production batches has proven more elusive. Until now. ‘T-34 Shock’ contains 614 photographs, 48 technical drawings, and 28 color plates.

T-34-85. Model 1943 - This production model was built from February to March 1944 at Zavod 112, with the 85 mm D-5T gun and a new larger cast three-man turret, a commander's cupola and two dome-shaped ventilators clustered together on top of the turret.

The T-34/85 was introduced in 1944 and featured a larger turret with a more powerful 85mm D-5T gun compared to the earlier 76.2mm gun on the standard T-34. This larger gun allowed the T-34/85 to engage enemy tanks more effectively.

Dec 17, 2022 · T-34-85 – the military designation of the last mass modification of the Soviet medium tank T-34 with an 85-mm caliber gun. Adopted by the Red Army by GKO Decree No. 5021 of January 23, 1944. Designed on the basis of the serial T-34 tank of the 1942 model.

Sep 27, 2017 · In January 1940 a prototype T-34, mounting a 76.2mm gun, drove all the way from Kharkov in the eastern Ukraine to Moscow for a demonstration to the leadership at the Kremlin. It then motored on to Finland to demonstrate its firepower against captured Finnish bunkers.

The Soviet T-34/85 was one of the most successful tanks of the Second World War. What set the T-34 apart from other tanks, was it's use of sloped armour.

Sep 27, 2017 · The T-34/85-I was first issued to elite Guards Tank units, and the new gun soon proved its worth. Based upon the pre-war M-1939 85mm (3.34in) antiaircraft gun, it had an effective range of 1000m (1100yd) and, it was claimed, was able to penetrate the frontal armour of the German Tigers and Panthers.

Jul 30, 2018 · The Soviet Union’s T-34/85 was an up-gunned version of its very successful T-34 medium tank. Though the original version had proved effective against the German Panzer III and IV tanks, the T34’s 76mm gun was woefully outclassed by the Panther and Tiger series.

The T-34/85 is basically classified as an "upgraded version" of the successful T-34 base medium tank, heavily designed and built by the Soviet Union during World War II. The Germans invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, and so far, the Panzer III and Panzer IV series have been the workhorse of their armored assault.